Dr Zoran Vulovic

Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Research interest

 Level 1: I am looking into ways of using GPS to determine if there is a structural damage in aircraft.

Level 2: I examine how suitable GPS is for determining frequency domain parameters of aircraft structure.

Level 3: The problem I am most interested in is whether operational frequencies, operational mode shapes and their curvatures can be accurately obtained using GPS receivers and consequently used for health monitoring purposes.

Interest in engineering

Why did you get into engineering?

Two factors were relevant. From an early age I was good at mathematics and had an occasional urge to dismantle things. Also, I was growing up surrounded by people who found engineering to be a highly respectable profession.

Advice for prospective aerospace, mechanical, mechatronics, manufacturing and naval architecture engineers

Work hard but don’t forget to look around you. Engineering is everywhere.

Lectures/Courses taught

MMAN3200 Linear Systems and Control

AERO4620 Dynamics of Aerospace Vehicles and Systems

AVEN2230 Aviation Technologies

AERO3110 Aerospace Design 1

Awards

MecSoc Lecturer of the Year 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013

Education

PhD/postgraduate

PhD, UNSW, 2012

MSc, Cranfield Institute of Technology UK, 1990

Undergraduate

BEng, University of Belgrade, 1984