Richard Hann
Senior Researcher, Director of NTNU Icing Lab,
NTNU
Dr. Richard Hann is the Director of the UAV Icing Lab at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Aerodynamics Lead at UBIQ Aerospace. With over a decade of experience in the field, Dr. Hann is a world-leading expert on UAV icing, having authored more than 40 publications on the topic. He earned his degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart in Germany in 2013 and went on to complete his PhD on the topic of UAV icing at NTNU in 2020. Dr. Hann’s research focuses on developing innovative methods for predicting and mitigating the effects of icing on emerging and disruptive aircraft such as UAVs, urban air mobility, and eVTOL aircraft. Dr. Hann's is the co-chair of the NATO RTO Task Group AVT-388 – Operation of UAVs in Icing Environments. He is a member of the AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Technical Committee, the AIAA Ice Prediction Workshop, and the SAE AC-9C Aircraft Icing Technology Committee.
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