• Mr. Steven M. Iden
  • Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB
  • Holden Auditorium
  • 4:00 p.m.
  • Faculty Host: Dr. Pradeep Raj

More efficient and capable high performance aircraft require highly integrated designs with energy balance considered at conceptual design.  Propulsion, power, and thermal challenges require the knowledge and integration of complex systems early in the design.  The OPTIMUS program was established by AFRL to bring new disciplines to the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization to address these challenges by developing new methods that merge conceptual and preliminary design.

Biography:

Mr. Steven M. Iden is Optimized Integrated Multidisciplinary Systems (OPTIMUS) Program Manager for the USAF Aerospace Vehicles Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate.  He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), SAE, and Tau Beta Pi.  Mr. Iden has a BS, MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton and has 30 years of experience in the aerospace industry.  He joined AFRL from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works where he led the F-35 vehicle systems improvements and derivatives team.