Quiet Drones 2026
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Day 3: Wednesday 1 July 2026

All plenary sessions will take place in Lecture room A

[ Mon Jun 29] [ Tue Jun 30] [ Wed Jul 01] [compact]


Lecture room B Lecture room G
08:30   Doors open & coffee
09:00   Keynote Xin Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Chair: Antonio Torija Martinez
09:00
60 mins
Sound transmission of drones in urban wind conditions
Xin Zhang
10:00   BREAK
10:30   Session 15: UAS/UAM noise regulations 1
Chair: Zoltan Bazso
10:30
20 mins
UAS-NoiseCheck – Comparing EASA Drone Noise Measurements Using Ground-Based and Microphone Array Approaches
Matin Blass, Stefan Grebien, Franz Graf
10:50
20 mins
Noise Assessment in Support of the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Drone Package Delivery Operations in the United States
Brandon Robinette
11:10
20 mins
On the Influence of Measurement Configuration for UAS Noise Characterisation
Dale Lambert
10:30   Session 16: Propeller and rotorcraft noise modeling 1
Chair: Ulf Orrenius
10:30
20 mins
On the modelling of a porous strut installed below a UAV propeller
Huachen Zhu, Michael Kingan, Xianghao Kong, Jiangying Liu
10:50
20 mins
Streamlined numerical prediction of drone urban noise impact
Brendan H.P. Mullen, Pau Varela, Jorge García-Tíscar, Luis Miguel García-Cuevas
11:10
20 mins
Stator noise reduction technologies for quieter and more efficient drone propulsion
Matthew Mulcahy, Craig Gillespie, John Kennedy, Gareth Bennett
11:30   short BREAK
11:40   Session 17: UAS/UAM noise regulations 2
Chair: Nathan Shrubsole-Green
11:40
20 mins
Flight test campaign following the new EASA Guidelines on noise measurement of UAS
Nico Van Oosten, Luis Meliveo, Silviu Emil Ionescu
12:00
20 mins
Indoor Drone Noise Impact on European Buildings: The Role of Façade Insulation and Stand-Off Distance for Urban Operations
Marco Oliveira, John Kennedy
11:40   Session 18: Propeller and rotorcraft noise modeling 2
Chair: Ulf Orrenius
11:40
20 mins
What to expect from limited-fidelity drone simulations: a noise perspective
Federico N. Ramírez, Jorge García-Tíscar, Roberto Navarro, Luis Miguel García-Cuevas
12:20   LUNCH
13:30   Session 19: Community Impact, Engagement, and Perception 2
Chair: Pernilla Ulfvengren
13:30
20 mins
Potential of ornithopters for quiet drones
Michael Paul Jenkins
13:50
20 mins
Building public trust towards drone identification system
Ittiporn Chaisit, Ella-Mae Hubbard, Paul Lepper
14:10
20 mins
Psychoacoustic evaluation of propeller designs for a quadcopter drone
Renatto M. Yupa-Villanueva, Roberto Merino-Martinez
14:30
20 mins
An Interactive App for Rating the Perception of Auralized Propulsion Systems: First Results Towards Validation
David Straub, Carla Bubeck, Rahman Al Mahmudur, Clémence Dubois, Susanne Bartels, Stephen Schade
14:50
20 mins
Noise Management for UAS and AAM: A UK Update
Ed Weston
13:30   Session 20: Acoustic Detection and Identification of Drones
Chair: Furkat Yunus
13:30
20 mins
Comparative Evaluation of Models and Features for Acoustic Drone Detection in Real-World Conditions
Martin Blass, Hannes Bradl, Franz Graf
13:50
20 mins
Performance comparison of MEMS and analogue microphones for acoustic drone localization
Nathan Itare, Jean-Hugh Thomas, Stephane Letourneur, Kosai Raoof
14:10
20 mins
Improving acoustic drone detection generalization through pretraining and data augmentation
Paul Reuter, Mattes Ohlenbusch, Christian Rollwage
14:30
20 mins
Implementation and Optimization of a Compact Deep Learning Architecture for Portable Acoustic Drone Detection
Hadrien Pujol, Julien Preuilh, Magali Arnaud, Thierry Mazoyer
14:50
20 mins
AeroFeathers: Biomimetic 3D Printed Fiber Surface Treatments for Quiet Drone Propellers
William Johnston, Bhisham Sharma, Janith Godakawela, Kara Hardy
15:10   Conference closure
15:30   Latours Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (optional)