Final Round and Prize Distribution 

Registration and Trials  

09:00 - 09:45 Invited Talks Dr. Barry Prentice, University of Manitoba  

09:45 - 10:15 Keynote Talk Mr. James Egan, Plimp Airships 

10:15 - 10:30 Tea Break

10:30 - 11:00 Invited Talk Dr. Csaba Singer, h-aero 

11:00 - 11:25 Paper ID : 015

Optimization of Modified TPU/TiO2 Films using UV Additives for Improved Weathering Properties 

Ms. Bharti Rana, IIT Delhi 

11:25 - 11:50 Paper ID : 017

Evaluation of High-Performance Fabric Based Laminated Hull Material for High Altitude Airship 

Dr. Shikha Chouhan, IIT Delhi 

11:50 - 12:15 Paper ID : 020

Functionalization of Polyurethane adhesives with UV additives to enhance weather stability of laminated structures 

Ms. Shuchita Tomar, IIT Delhi 

12:15 - 12:40 Paper ID : 021

Degradation Study of Aromatic and Aliphatic Polyurethane Films in Artificial Weathering: Impact on gas barrier and 

Mechanical Properties 

Dr. Neeraj Kumar Mandlekar, IIT Delhi 

12:40 - 12:50 Sponsored Poster 1 Mr. Nicolas Caeymaex, Flywin 

12:50 - 13:00 Sponsored Poster 2 Mr. S. J. Rao, Garware Technologies 

13:00 - 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 - 14:10 Paper ID : 053

Estimation of Stability Derivatives due to Translational Motion of Various LTA Vehicles using CFD 

Mr. Anoop Sasidharan, Amrita University 

14:10 - 14:35 Paper ID : 002

Effect of Geometrical Parameters of a Tethered Aerostat on Longitudinal Stability Boundaries 

Dr. Rakesh Kumar, PEC 

14:35 - 15:00 Paper ID : 018

Adaptive Control Design for Stratospheric Airship with Actuator Faults 

Mr. Het Joshi, IIT Madras 

15:00 - 15:10 Sponsored Poster 3 Mr. John Craig, Marjohrita Consultancy 

15:10 - 15:20 Sponsored Poster 4 Dr. Csaba Singer, h-aero 

15:20 - 15:35 Tea Break

15:35 - 16:00 Paper ID : 019

Look Ahead Steering Based Path Following Control for an Airship 

Mr. Ramesh Hun, IIT Madras 

16:00 - 16:25 Paper ID : 047

Autonomous Tilt Rotor Stabilized Plimp Hybrid Airship Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 

Mr. Ajay Vishwath, Parul University        

16:25 - 16:50 Paper ID : 052

Numerical Approach to Maneuver Design and Feasibility Evaluation for the Autonomy of Airship 

Ms. Gobiha D., IIT Madras 

16:50 - 17:25 Keynote Session Mr. Khurshed Dordi, DB Group India 

17:25 - 18:00 Visit to Exhibition Stalls and Viewing Contributed Posters* 

18:00 - 19:30 Panel Discussion II : "Artificial Intelligence for Airship Flight Path Control", moderated by Mr. Frank Neumann, IMIEU 

19:30 - 20:00 Valedictory Session 

*Exhibition Stalls and Contributed Posters can also be visited during the Lunch and Tea breaks 

09:00 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:20 Welcome Address and Overview of DELTAs - 2022 Dr. Rajkumar S. Pant, IIT Bombay

10:20 - 10:50 Invited Talk Dr. Tessy Thomas, DRDO

10:50 - 11:00 Release of Conference Proceedings

11:00 - 11:15 Tea Break

11:15 - 12:30 Panel Discussion I: 

   "Relevance of Lighter-Than-Air systems for the Future of Indian Aviation",  moderated by Dr. Harpreet A De Singh, AeSI & IWPA 

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:00 Keynote Talk Ms. Swathi Mehta, Empyreal Galaxy

14:00 - 14:25 Paper ID : 016

Airship turn performance estimated from efficient potential flow panel method 

Dr. Jesus Gonzalo, University of León 

14:25 - 14:50 Paper ID : 036

Numerical Investigation of Laminar to Turbulent Boundary Layer Transition over Airship Envelopes 

Mr. Shantanu Gulawani, IIT Bombay 

14:50 - 15:15 Paper ID : 040

Effect of Reynolds Number on the aerodynamic characteristics of leading-edge protuberanced airship fin 

Mr. C. Hari Babu, Kalasalingam University 

15:15 - 15:30 Tea Break

15:30 - 16:00 Keynote Talk Mr. Goparaj Gopalakrishnan, Flying Whales

16:00 - 16:25 Paper ID : 008

CPACS LTA - Using common data structures for visualization and optimization of airships 

Mr. Carl Serafin Eissing, Aerarium e.V. 

16:25 - 16:50 Paper ID : 009

Airship Sling-Load Operations: a Model Flight-Test Approach 

Mr. Johannes Eissing, Aerarium e.V. 

16:50 - 17:15 Paper ID : 026

A Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation (MDO) Algorithm for the Automatic Sizing of an Unmanned LTA Platform 

Dr. Piero Gili, Politecnico di Torino 

17:15 - 17:40 Paper ID : 027

The concepts of telescopic and self-deployable tensegrity-based helium-filled aerostats 

Dr. Cezary Graczykowski, Polish Academy of Sciences 

17:40 - 18:05 Paper ID : 037

Designing Helium-Filled Aerostats Applying Scaling Procedure, Mini-Models CANDY and Fly-Tests on SKYLAB 

Dr. Jan Holnicki-Szulc, Polish Academy of Sciences 

19:00 - 21:30 Conference Banquet

09:30 - 10:00 Introduction to Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) systems Dr. Manish Tripathi, IIT Bombay

10:00 - 10:30 Introduction to METACOMP and Software Suites and Workshop cases Dr. C. Balaji, Metacomp Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

10:30 - 10:45 Tea Break

10:45 - 12:15 Rigid Body RANS simulations of envelopes of LTA systems Mr. M. Mahendhran, Metacomp Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

12:15 - 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 - 15:15 FSI simulations using Metacomp Software Suites Dr. C. Balaji, Metacomp Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

15:15 - 15:30 Tea Break

15:30 - 17:30 Hands on Training Session