Ben Woods
Lecturer
Department of Engineering
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Benjamin K.S. Woods earned his PhD in Aerospace Structures from the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center at the University of Maryland in 2012, having earlier received a B.S. with honors (2005) and M.S. (2007) in Aerospace Engineering from Maryland. His PhD focused on the development of a novel pneumatic actuator solution for active helicopter rotor blades. He was also heavily involved in Maryland’s World Record breaking Human Powered Helicopter project. He held a post-doctoral research post (Senior Research Officer) at Swansea University from 2012 to 2015, where he developed a number of morphing aircraft concepts.
Research Interest
Dr. Woods is a Lecturer in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Bristol University. His research focuses on the development of novel structural solutions to challenging problems in aerospace engineering. This includes a broad range of work on morphing and adaptive aerostructures, development of low cost, ultra-efficient wound composite truss structures, novel energy storage and actuation methods, and reusable composite tooling solutions. The research undertaken by Dr. Woods is concept driven and spans a range of disciplines including structures, aerodynamics, mechanics, kinematics, materials, optimization and design. He uses a variety of analytical, numerical, and experimental tools.
Publications
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Woods, BKS, Parsons, LL, Coles, ABN, Fincham, JHS & Friswell, MI, 2016, ‘Morphing elastically lofted transition for active camber control surfaces’. Aerospace Science and Technology, vol 55., pp. 439-448
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Woods, BK, Hill, I & Friswell, MI, 2016, ‘Ultra-efficient wound composite truss structures’. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol 90., pp. 111-124
