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Meyer Nahon

Title: 
Professor
Meyer Nahon
Contact Information
Address: 

Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 455

Email address: 
meyer.nahon [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-398-2383
Link(s): 
91社区 Institute for Aerospace Engineering (MIAE)
Degree(s): 

Ph.D. 91社区
M.ASc. University of Toronto
B.ASc. Queen's University

Courses: 

MECH 220: Mechanics 2
MECH 412: System Dynamics and Control
MECH 532: Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control
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Research areas: 
Dynamics and Control
Selected publications: 
  • E. Bulka and M. Nahon, 2019, 'Automatic Control for Aerobatic Maneuvering of Agile Fixed-Wing UAVs,听Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems,听Vol. 93, No. 1-2, pp. 85-100.
  • J. Levin, A. Paranjape and M. Nahon, 2018, 'Sideslip and Slipstream in Extreme Maneuvering with Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles', AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 1610-1616.
  • M. Al-Solihat and M. Nahon, 2016, 'Stiffness of Slack and Taut Moorings', Ships and Offshore Structures, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 890-904.
  • W. Khan and M. Nahon, 2015, 'Development and Validation of a Propeller Slipstream Model for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles', AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 52, No.6, pp. 1985-1994.

Current research: 
  • Dynamics/control of cable actuation (systems actuated using cables, such as robots, cranes, elevators, etc.)
  • Dynamics and control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
  • Motion planning and obstacle avoidance for UAVs
  • Dynamics and control of underwater vehicles
Areas of interest: 

Primary Research Theme: Dynamics and Control
Research Group/Lab:

Fundamental: Dynamics and control of mechanical systems. Motion measurement. Cable dynamics. Vehicle dynamics. Aeronautical: Dynamics and control of tethered aerostats, towed instruments, autonomous vehicles, aircraft. Motion measurement using accelerometers, rate gyros, GPS. Underwater: Dynamics and control of ROVs, AUVs, towed vehicles. Robotics: Kinematics, dynamics, control of parallel mechanisms, with emphasis on flight simulator platforms. Contact force determination in the simulation of multibody systems.

Areas of expertise: 

Dynamics and Control

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