Carl C Johnson
Carl Johnson’s teaching is focused on multi-disciplinary courses at the undergraduate level. This includes vehicle performance, fixed wing aircraft design, and design competition courses that involve the design, building and testing of small unmanned aircraft systems. Mr. Johnson’s teaching approach is focused on developing future engineers with a practical understanding of highly complex problems and how all of the aspects of a complex problem interact with each other.
Carl Johnson’s research interest is focused on methodologies for aircraft performance, sizing and flight dynamics. This includes small unmanned aircraft systems, fixed wing vehicles, vertical lift and hybrid configurations. Potential operating environments include both Earth’s atmosphere in addition to non-terrestrial environments with atmospheres.
Lab/Collaborations:
- Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)
Disciplines:
- Systems Design & Optimization
- M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
- B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Kansas, 2003
- Johnson, C. and Tai, J.C. "Evaluation of Mission and Configuration Effectiveness Employing Active Flow Control (AFC) Technologies," AIAA 2023-2626. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. January 2023.
- Vukasinovic, B., Funk, R. B., Johnson, C. and Glezer, A. "Circulation Control of a Channel Wing Using Discrete Coanda Actuation," AIAA 2024-3796. AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024 . July 2024.
- Cooperider, W.S., Bermudez-Rivera, R., Vallejos, J., Pingree, G., Johnson, C., and Mavris, D. "Using Discrete Event Simulation to Define Requirements for Autonomous Aeromedical Evacuation Vehicles in Combat," AIAA 2025-1430. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. January 2025.
- Obero, T., Masset, A., Paulson, L., Himdi, N., Garces, C., Johnson, C., Ahuja, J., and Mavris, D. "Sizing Analysis for Non-Terrestrial Aircraft," AIAA 2025-2731. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. January 2025.
- J. L. O. Solano et al., "A Systems Engineering Approach Enabling Multi-Domain Robotic Field Testing: the Unmanned Collaborative Research Testbed," OCEANS 2025 - Great Lakes, Chicago, IL, USA, 2025, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.23919/OCEANS59106.2025.11245088.