Luis Estefano Ferrer-Vidal Espana-Heredia

Title
Associate Professor
Email
Department
Aerospace Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering
Luis Estefano Ferrer-Vidal Espana-Heredia
Dr. Ferrer-Vidal has a PhD from Cranfield University with a focus on gas turbine performance and aerodynamics. He has worked in the industrial gas turbine field with Mitsubishi Power Systems, as a researcher with Rolls-Royce plc, and as a turbomachinery and performance consultant engineer with PCA Engineers Ltd. His areas of interest are the aerothermal sciences, gas turbine performance, turbomachinery aerodynamics, and engine design.
  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace, Cranfield University
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering: Aerodynamics and Propulsion, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering: Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Private Pilot - Federal Aviation Administration
  • AE 307: Incompressible Aerodynamics
  • AE 403: Jet Propulsion
  • AE 435: Jet Propulsion Preliminary Des
  • AE 700: Thesis

AE 440 - Jet Propulsion Detail Design

AE 314 - Experimental Aerodynamics

  • Ferrer-Vidal, L.E., Pachidis, V. (2021),"Numerical modeling of core compressor discharge for a windmilling aero engine", Journal of Aerospace Science & Technology, DOI:10.1016/j.ast.2020.106365

  • Ferrer-Vidal, L.E., Pachidis, V., Tunstall, R.J. (2020),"Generating axial compressor maps to zero speed", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, DOI:10.1177/0957650920976052

  • Roig Tio, F., Ferrer-Vidal, L.E., Azamar Aguirre, H., Pachidis, V. (2020),"Considerations on Axial Compressor Bleed for SubIdle Performance Models", Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition., DOI:10.1115/GT2020-14413

  • Righi, M., Ferrer-Vidal, L.E., Pachidis, V. (2020),"Body-force and mean-line models for the generation of axial compressor sub-idle characteristics", The Aeronautical Journal, 1-19. DOI:10.1017/aer.2020.58

  • Ferrer-Vidal, L.E, Iglesias-Pérez, A., Pachidis, V. (2020), "Characterization of axial compressor performance at locked rotor and torque-free windmill conditions", Journal of Aerospace Science & Technology,  DOI 10.1016/j.ast.2020.105846

  • Ferrer-Vidal, L.E, Schneider, M., Allegretti, A. Pachidis, V. (2019), "A loss and deflection model for compressor blading at high negative incidence", ASME Journal of Turbomachinery,  DOI 10.1115/1.4044967

  • Righi, M., Ferrer-Vidal, L.E., Allegretti, A., Pachidis, V., Tunstall, R. (2019), "Low-order models for the calculation of compressor sub-idle characteristics", ISABE 2019 Conference, Canberra, Australia

  • Ferrer-Vidal, L.E. (2018), "A rig for sub-idle compressor characteristics", Conference Presentation, XXIV Biennial Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery, Prague, Czechia

  • Ferrer-Vidal, L.E., Pachidis, V., Tunstall, R. (2018), "An enhanced sub-idle map generation method", GPPS Forum 2018, Zurich, Switzerland