Javid Bayandor

PhD

Javid Bayandor.

Javid Bayandor

PhD

Javid Bayandor

PhD

Research Interests

Space explorations and mission design; collision dynamics and crashworthiness; aerospace conceptual design; space physics; ballistics; bioinspired robotics; advanced aerospace structures; fluid-structure interactive systems

Biography Publications Teaching Research Latest News

Latest News

  • Stingray-shaped probes could explore Venus’s atmosphere
    11/14/19
    Gizmodo UK reported that NASA is looking at a ‘stingray-inspired spacecraft’ to explore the dark side of Venus. The space agency, in collaboration with the UB CRASH Lab led by Javid Bayador, has created the design for the “morphing spacecraft with wings flapping like a fish’s pectoral fin rays.”
  • Stingray-inspired spacecraft may explore Venus' mysterious dark side
    11/13/19
    A video on USAToday.com covered the spacecraft that UB’s CRASH lab, led by Javid Bayandor, is working with NASA to design and which would “sail over the dark side of Venus like a stingray."
  • NASA is looking at a 'stingray-inspired spacecraft' to explore the dark side of Venus
    11/12/19
    Fox News included a story on UB’s CRASH lab, which is working with NASA to design a new spacecraft that would fly around Venus and take measurements of its harsh atmosphere that includes incredibly hot temperatures, thick clouds of sulfuric acid and volcanoes.
  • Stingray-inspired spacecraft could eventually probe the atmosphere of Venus
    11/12/19
    Yahoo! and several other websites posted articles about UB’s CRASH lab, which is working with NASA to design a new spacecraft that would fly around Venus and take measurements of its harsh atmosphere that includes incredibly hot temperatures, thick clouds of sulfuric acid and volcanoes.
  • Stingray-Shaped Probes Could Explore Venus's Atmosphere
    11/11/19
    A story on MSN featured UB’s CRASH lab, which is working with NASA to design a new spacecraft that would fly around Venus and take measurements of its harsh atmosphere that includes incredibly hot temperatures, thick clouds of sulfuric acid and volcanoes.
  • Power beaming to Venus, thermal mining on solar bodies and 16 other revolutionary tech ideas funded by NASA
    4/23/19
    An article on Science 2.0 about studies that are being funded by the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program reports they include “Bioinspired Ray for Extreme Environments and Zonal Exploration (BREEZE), a study by Javid Bayandor, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
  • Newark airport drone disruption could be way of the future
    1/24/19
    An article on NBC News about drone sightings that grounded flights at Newark airport quotes UB professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Javid Bayandor.