eucass 2025 | 20th Anniversary | 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences (EUCASS)
Submission TOpics
For Aircraft and Launch Vehicles including Re-Entry Bodies AEROFLIPHY AEROSTATS Airships, balloons, lighter than air AEROST
AEROFLIPHY
The AEROFLIPHY symposium addresses all aspects of aerodynamics relevant to aircrafts and UAVs, missiles and projectiles, launchers, and re-entry vehicles. Aero-acoustics will be also examined for aeronautical applications with a special focus on landing and take-off flight phases of aircraft. Topics will deal with both external and internal flows since aerodynamics and aero-acoustics are the main concern of the symposium.
Papers will preferentially address at least one of the following three approaches: physical understanding, theoretical analysis, and/or the development of control technologies and control methodologies applied to aeronautical or space flows.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers in the fields of:
- Advances in ground and wind tunnel test capabilities, in-flight and airborne testing,
- Boundary layer transition and flow instability,
- Experimental diagnostics,
- Flow control using energy deposition, MEMS, nanotechnologies and other methods,
- Generation, propagation, and control of vehicle noise,
- Hypersonic aerothermodynamics,
- Innovative aerodynamic configurations,
- Numerical methods for flight physics applications,
- Optimal aerodynamic design including artificial intelligence,
- Plasma, MHD and non-equilibrium flows,
- Shock wave boundary layer interactions,
- Steady and unsteady aerodynamics,
- Turbulence modeling and simulation,
- Vortex dynamics.
AEROST
The AEROST symposium will cover the innovations and promising developments in the field of Lighter Than Air (LTA) aircrafts.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- Improvements of weather observation and forecasts as a game changer for aerostat applications,
- innovative Guidance Control and Navigation for Aerostats,
- new materials for fabrics, ropes and structures and their application to aerostat design
- virtual prototyping and dynamic simulation for aerostats,
- energy management and use of renewable energy – Use of solar energy,
- electric propulsion for aerostat applications,
- innovative hybrid design Aerostat / Aerodyne,
- HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo Satellites)
- Hydrogen management for buoyancy and/or fuel – Onboard hydrogen regeneration to offset leakage,
- UAV logic and advantages for aerostats,
- balloon as first stage rocket launch (Rockoon),
- new sensors (smaller and IoT) and applications to aerostat mission,
- Ground Handling Solutions for Aerostats,
- specific topics for LTA Airworthiness – Airships shape effects,
- specific topics for LTA Air Traffic Management,
- specific topics for LTA staff operator training and qualification,
- ongoing activities in the framework of the current EU research programs.
CFDMPS
This symposium CFDMPS will welcome communications about CFD and Multi-Physics simulations:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in continuous regime and rarefied atmosphere,
- aeroelastic simulation,
- acoustics,
- multi-phase simulation (VOF, spray, phase change, …),
- thermal management (convective, radiative, conductive and ablative),
- electromagnetic high and low frequency analysis,
- Multi-Physics coupling of various physics, including structural and multi-disciplinary optimization.
All the modelling methodologies will be covered from systems engineering to advanced 3D simulation, with High Performance Computing and Model Order Reduction.
In terms of aerospace industrial application domains, targets are the use of advanced simulation for:
- The design and qualification of spacecraft (launchers, satellites, space stations, space telescopes, …),
- certification of aircrafts (airframes, aeroengines, helicopters …) and strategic vehicles.
New expanding simulation domains are also welcome, like:
- Multi-Physics topology optimization,
- spacecraft multi-physics fragmentation prediction,
- Hydrogen storage, flow and related multi-physics and challenges for aircraft propulsion, etc.
Contributions on computing methods and numerical methods for the CFDMPS topics in aerospace are welcome, e.g.:
- AI (PINNs, AI derived new turbulence models, surrogate models, optimization etc.)
- Quantum Computing
- Numerical models (LBM, SPH, DSMC, etc.)
CLINAV
The session CLINAV will address the progress towards a more sustainable aviation system with a focus on alternative fuels and propulsion systems.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- Technical progress in Sustainable Aviation Fuels
- Sustainable Aviation Fuels climate impact
- Operational aspects of alternative fuels
- Hydrogen and liquid natural gas
- Hybrid-electric aircraft conceptual design and performance evaluation
- Electric and hybrid-electric powertrain architectures
- Direct combustion of LH2/LNG
- Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of alternative concepts
The symposium is organized with the European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN).
FDGNCAV
The FDGNCAV symposium will cover the applications of novel analytical and experimental methods for the analysis and the prediction of the flight dynamics of civil and military airplanes, drones, launch vehicles and spacecraft as well as on-board electronics and avionics.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- Control, guidance, navigation,
- mission analysis, flight management,
- multi-sensor data fusion,
- image processing,
- on-board decision and autonomy,
- verification and validation technology,
- highly innovative technologies and state-of-the-art research in energy storage, power distribution, sensors,
- radiation-hard electronics, wireless and power line communications,
- embedded software,
- methods and tools such as model-based system engineering, data coding and modulations, fault tolerance,
- avionics architectures such as embedded computing platforms, communication and telemetry data networks,
- thermal management, power control, centralized versus distributed systems.
FLOCONIA
Flow control FLOCON is one of the most promising avenues for developing alternative design, control technology and greener solutions to current air vehicles. The theoretical and technological difficulties are however very challenging. The objective of these sessions is to place the various scientific communities involved in front of the operational and technical realities, including today the role of the Artificial Intelligence in the control processes. The event will be a unique opportunity for European and worldwide researchers to showcase their work and to exchange with the most prominent academic and industrial specialists.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
Laminar Flow Control Technology
- Designs,
- gap managing,
- actuators (piezo-electric, magneto-mechanic, cross flow straighteners, microjets, …),
- intelligent – adaptive surfaces.
Turbulent Flow Control Technology
- Materials – actively controlled porosity,
- actuators – (piezo-electric, magneto-mechanic, microjets…),
- intelligent – adaptive surfaces,
- combined actuator / sensor techniques,
- hybrid active riblet surface,
- plasma arrays,
- passive acoustic methods.
Engines
- Laminar + turbulent flow (see above),
- noise cancelling – active acoustic liners – MEMS,
- heat managing,
- combustion,
- boundary Layer Ingestion,
- distributed propulsion – cancelling shear flow effects.
Control strategies
- Open or close loops,
- machine learning,
NEWSPA
The main objectives of the NEWSPA symposium is to discuss the technical options and organizations enabling the development of future operations in space. They could be associated either to new ICT capabilities, way of working, etc or to new space transportation services based on any launch system, including not only the European Ariane 6, Vega C and their evolutions, but also worldwide solutions.
Papers are solicited in the domains of:
- New launch systems under development worldwide, from micro (e.g. new initiatives), to small (e.g. Vega C class) and big launchers (e.g. Ariane 6 class),
- New space transportation elements under development worldwide for payloads requiring orbital transfer, from kick-stages to space-tugs for new in-orbit operations and services,
- New space transportation services worldwide for small spacecraft, including ride-shares, piggy-back and motorized dispenser solutions, large constellations deployment, as well as recoverable orbital payloads (e.g. Space Rider, its evolutions and its competitors),
- Future satellite missions (science, Earth observation, navigation, telecom, …), innovative spacecraft (vs platform and/or payload) & ground segment (e.g. multi-mission capabilities, data storage) design, in-orbit-flight types (e.g. stand alone, constellation), Quality of Service (including high reactivity and continuity),
- Associated enabling technologies.
PROPHY
The PROPHY symposium will cover all aspects of Air-Breathing, Rocket and in-space propulsion, spanning from new developments in engines and propellants to modelling and testing. It will also address Electrical Propulsion under all its variants, as well as Advanced Propulsion such as Solar Sails, Tethers, Slingshot…
Topics range from basic research and development to applied studies, using experimental, theoretical and/ or advanced numerical methods, with a special focus on fundamental physical understanding.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- Air-breathing propulsion, including alternative fuels, nano additives
- supersonic/ hypersonic aircraft propulsion, scramjet/multi- mode ramjet, modified and combined cycles, pulsed detonation engines, propulsion system aspects),
- electric propulsion, fuel cells
- hybrid electric propulsion applied to transportation aircraft (electric machine for HEP, EMI and electric discharge, power electronics, electric architecture and related issue (power and thermal management)
- Launch Vehicle Propulsion (solid, liquid, gaseous, gel, and hybrid propellants),
- in-space propulsion (chemical, electric and nuclear engines; solar radiation; beamed energy; micro-propulsion; propellant-less techniques; on-board power),
- Research and Technologies for propellant injection and ignition, combustion fundamentals, combustion stability, combustion modelling, heat transfer and cooling for propulsion devices, thrust nozzles, engine and stage equipments …
- Propulsion aspects of space debris remediation
- Advanced Propulsion
Nota: Turbomachinery topics should be addressed to the dedicated symposium TURBO
REUSYS
The REUSYS symposium is for all stakeholders involved in the research and development of reusable launch systems. It will review the status of the different activities and projects
Papers are expected in every technical domain associated with reusability:
- system studies and new missions enabled by reusability,
- dedicated technologies,
- technology demonstrators,
- reusability strategies,
- space access policy,
- synergies with aeronautics,
- development roadmaps,
- commercial aspects,
- reusability normative landscape and standards.
SPEXPLO
The main objective of the space exploration symposium SPEXPLO is to prepare for robotic and human exploration of space destinations including Low Earth Orbit, Moon, Mars and beyond. Enabling a sustainable space exploration in an affordable and productive manner is a long-term goal that we will use to shape our near-term activities.
The Space Exploration symposium will focus on scientific research, technologies and technical activities in relation with the EUCASS main symposia (systems, propulsion, flight physics, flight dynamics/GNC, avionics, structures and materials).
The major topics will cover:
- Mission architectures,
- Commercial Space,
- Infrastructures
- enabling technologies such as (non-exhaustive)
- Propulsion,
- Cryogenic Fluid Management
- Space Power and Energy,
- Materials, Manufacturing and Architecture,
- Thermal Management Systems.
- In-Situ-Resource-Utilization (ISRU), that covers
- Materials, construction and architecture, oxygen and water extraction from regolith and polar volatiles, regolith excavation and processing, resource prospection needs and approaches, production of consumables and propellants, regolith for energy storage, environmental challenges; crossovers with terrestrial resources…
STUDENT
“Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter” could be the motto of the Space Student Programs Symposium STUDENT this year in Rome in the framework of EUCASS.
If you are ready to boldly go where no student has gone before, you’re in the right place. Don’t miss out and take the opportunity to meet all actors of academic, research and industrial world in order to share your passion, experience, your work and research findings and emerge new ideas and collaboration. In this perspective, in parallel of possible material and demonstrators exposition, students are invited to submit their papers in both theoretical advances as well as practical applications and demonstrators in the fields of space activities.
This session will address thematic such as:
- Launcher system
- avionics
- guidance, navigation and control,
- ground segment,
- structures and materials,
- propulsion
- eco-design.
So don’t hesitate, join us ! Be actors of change to reinvent the space of tomorrow.
STRMAT
The STRMAT symposium covers improvements introduced in aerospace structures and engines through innovative materials, processing technologies, structural design and analysis. It addresses fundamental research domains of aeroelasticity and structural dynamics. Massive introduction of fiber-reinforced organic composites has become a reality and the introduction of other composites is progressing in the engines.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- Materials and technologies (metallic and composite),
- manufacturing and assembly of composite and metallic structures,
- aero-elasticity,
- acoustics and vibro-acoustics,
- structural design including design principles,
- static analysis, structural dynamics,
- impact dynamics, shock response,
- dynamic absorbers,
- fatigue and fracture,
- testing methodologies under both static and dynamic loading,
- non destructive testing, health monitoring.
SUSTAV
This symposium SUSTAV addresses all the fundamental challenges, both in its civil and military aspects, that aviation is facing to ensuring a cleaner, quieter, smarter future for the industry.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- Novel aircraft concepts, including blended wing bodies, strut-braced wings, boundary layer ingestion, asymmetric configurations, open rotors,
- Multidisciplinary design optimization, including sensitivity analysis and artificial intelligence,
- Atmospheric physics, measurements, and modeling to avoid flying into areas causing contrail formation,
- Reduction of the impact of aircraft noise, through the aircraft design, airport structure, flight operations, or balanced approach,
- Ground operations including new infrastructures or the retrofitting of existing ones to account for the introduction of alternative fuels such as hydrogen or sustainable aviation fuel,
- Special sessions on ongoing research programs.
SUSTSP
This symposium SUSTSP addresses space sustainability and logistics, integrating several topics to have a holistic approach to support a sustainable European space industry. We should consider in-space sustainability and the impact of space activities on the earth’s and space debris environment. The symposium will also consider the transformation towards a space circle economy and space debris remediation.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
Impact of space activities on the space and earth environment and circular economy
- Eco-design and life cycle engineering,
- Life cycle cost and value, atmospheric pollution (i.e. launcher emissions, re-entry)
- Environmental impact of the launch phase
- Strategies for minimising environmental footprints in space missions and technologies
- In-orbit manufacturing and asembly
- Circular economy initiatives
Space logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of things (resources, people, data…) from a point of origin to a point of consumption.
- Flow and network logistics models
- Constellation deployment
- Consideration of the environmental impact on Earth during the lifecycle phases of satellite
- On-orbit assembly
- Space supply chain
- Transportation modelling and associated operations research
- Selection of launcher and space transport vehicles at system-level including environmental impact assessments and alternatives with lower emissions
- New technologies or orbits with significant logistics demands
Space debris and long-term sustainability
- Long-term space debris modelling and risk analysis
- Space debris indexes
- Space capacity definition and allocation
- Environmental implications of space debris including light pollution.
Space Traffic Management and Space Situational Awareness (STM and SSA)
- Earth-based and space-based observations and measurements
- Re-entry prediction
- Space surveillance
- Collision avoidance manoeuvres
- Fragmentation analysis and reconstruction
Space debris mitigation
- Space assets protection against collisions
- End-of-life mitigation and remediation
- Active debris removal missions
- Design for demise:
- Design for demise and space safety
- Environmental impact of re-entry phase
- Inspection, refuelling and servicing missions design for repair/recycle
- Demonstration missions
- Environmental impacts of debris mitigation
SYSINT
The SYSINT symposium is concerned with multidisciplinary and integration problems (subjects where separate disciplines interact in synergy) both in aviation and astronautics, for either crewed or uncrewed vehicles.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- MDO (optimization tools and strategies, sensitivity analysis, artificial intelligence),
- fluid-structure-GNC thermal interaction,
- mission/ trajectories, advanced or new concepts,
- payload and crew comfort (acoustics and vibration, air-conditioning),
- FDIR approaches,
- embedded systems/ trends on information technologies,
- architecture design with COTS hardware,
- ergonomics, augmented reality and Human Machine interaction
- energy harvesting,
- human factor activities: flight simulation and training, CRM (Crew Resource Management), fatigue, stress and performance.
- special sessions on ongoing research program.
TESTING
This symposium TESTING deals with all the aspects associated to testing in the aerospace domain. Testing occurs in numerous stages of the aircraft life: simulation testing, research and development testing, production and maintenance testing, all being either on ground or in flight or even both, and all being either at component and/or at complete-aircraft level. Over the last decades, testing in aerospace has being continuously optimized for passenger aircraft, space vehicle or defence related programs. Today, testing faces new challenges with future platforms like eVTOL aircraft and drones.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- New technologies in sensors, data acquisition and telemetry for lab and flight test instrumentation,
- test methods and means for hydrogen, electric or other new zero emissions energies,
- Big Data , Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for analysis and validation of test data,
- virtual and distributed testing, digital twins,
- NDT, DIC… advanced component and complete-aircraft testing for development up to production testing,
- challenges of test and evaluation for future platforms,
- development of ground testing capabilities.
TURBO
The TURBO symposium will cover all turbomachinery related aspects of air-breathing and space propulsion engines.
Of interest are the latest technology developments in gas turbine (turbo-prop, turbo-jet, turbo-fan), ramjet, scramjet, pulsed and detonation engines.
Advances in the analysis, design and testing of compressors, turbines, and pumps, as well as the latest combustion and cooling technologies implemented in the next aero engine generation are of primary interest for this symposium.
Likewise, contributions related to vibration, aero-acoustic and aero-elasticity of the turbomachinery components, and more in general all aero-mechanical turbomachinery aspects of the engine are welcome. Engine testing, measurement techniques and performance monitoring will also be considered.
Contributions in terms of basic and applied research of experimental, numerical and theoretical nature are expected.
Papers are solicited in the fields of:
- Air-breathing engines
- Turbines
- Compressors
- Fan
- Pumps
- Combustion chambers
- Heat transfer and cooling technologies
- Engine testing and monitoring
- Experimental techniques
The symposium is organized with the EUROTURBO.
UAVFUT
This symposium deals with the possible civil applications of UAVFUT in the future and the specific solutions required for these applications.
In recent years, the number of possibilities offered by UAVs has quickly risen, because of their capability to offer more reliable, safer, or faster solutions. At the same time, technical challenges have been encountered, which form as many hurdles on the way towards an even larger expansion of these applications.
In this symposium, these applications will be addressed, together with the technical challenges and solutions proposed to increase the UAVs capabilities.
Papers are solicited in the fields of UAVs with respect to:
Applications:
- Environmental science and engineering: smart farming, forest monitoring, plant monitoring, water monitoring, soil cover, Aerology, Archeology, weather analysis, air quality,
- health services: emergency situation assessment, drugs delivery, blood sample analysis, emergency people transportation,
- civil engineering and architecture: building with UAV, hydraulic, road inspection, structure and building inspection, large infrastructures surveillance, architectural survey, territorial development,
- logistics applications: goods and persons transportation,
- security: sensitive site surveillance, law enforcement entities, crowd surveillance.
Specific Technologies/approaches:
- Computing sciences: communication systems, cybersecurity, AI, guidance & control, visualization, swarm robotics, signal processing (video), trajectory strategy (Navigation, obstacle avoidance),
- embedded systems: new detectors (hyperspectral imaging, radar, lidar…), electronic systems, Robustness and Safety design,
- technologies: radar / optronics for traffic / obstacles detection, sensors for teledetection, inertias,
- engineering: mechanic, fluid, structure, materials, design, Battery Technologies and management,
- ground control station & human factors: design, man-machines interactions, supervision of (more) autonomous systems.
Others:
- Business intelligence, legal.
As a reminder
Coverage and topics
EUCASS is the largest aerospace conference in Europe. The trend for 2025 will be:
- AERODYNAMICS and FLIGHT PHYSICS
- AEROSTATS
- CFD & MULTI-PHYSICS SIMULATION IN AEROSPACE
- CLIMATE-NEUTRAL AVIATION FUELS
- FLIGHT DYNAMICS/GNC and AVIONICS
- FLOW CONTROL
- NEW SYSTEMS FOR FUTURE SPACE OPERATIONS
- PROPULSION PHYSICS
- REUSABLE SYSTEMS FOR SPACE ACCESS
- SPACE EXPLORATION – IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION
- SPACE STUDENT PROGRAMS
- STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS
- SUSTAINABLE AVIATION
- SUSTAINABLE SPACE
- SYSTEM INTEGRATION
- TESTING IN AEROSPACE
- TURBOMACHINERY
- UAVs