Contact Ankit Sharma
- Email: ankitsharma@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Ankit brings over 7 years of combined experience across industrial and academic settings, specializing in aircraft design, CFD, FEA, and multi-fidelity aerodynamic and structural modelling. He holds a diverse background that spans concept-to-prototype development, including CFD-based preliminary design of novel aircraft configurations.
Research opportunities
eVTOL (electric Verti鈥慣ake-Off & Landing) design and multidisciplinary optimization.
Multi-fidelity surrogate modelling.
AI/data-driven strategies for early-phase aircraft design.
Current activities
Tool development for the Airbus ONEheart project, creating agile, low-emissions conceptual design frameworks.
Clients
- Airbus SE
- Boeing Co
- NASA
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
- NLR (Netherlands Aerospace Centre)