Meet the editor

Prof. George Dekoulis received a PhD in Space Engineering and Communications from Lancaster University, UK, in 2007. He was awarded a 1st Class BEng (Hons) in Communications Engineering from De Montfort University, UK, in 2001. He received several awards from STFC, UK and EPSRC, UK and the IET Hudswell International Research Scholarship. He is currently a professor at the Aerospace Engineering Institute (AEI), Cyprus.

He is the founder of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) – Cyprus and General Chair of IEEE Aerospace Engineering Innovations 2019 (IEEE AEI 2019) Symposium, 20-23 April 2019, Limassol, Cyprus. He has previously worked as a professor in Aerospace Engineering at various departments, such as Space & Planetary Physics, Aeronautical & Space Engineering, Professional Flight, Robotics/Mechatronics & Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical & Electronics Engineering. His research is focused on the design of reconfigurable aerospace engineering systems.

Contents

and Bipropellant Rocket Systems

*Zohar Schlagman, Avihay Habibi and Moti Elyashiv*

Composites under Compressive Loading

Matrix Converter for More Electric Aircraft

*by David W. Johnson*

*by Alan Hiken*

*by Paula S. Morgan*

*by Imayavaramban Munuswamy and Patrick W. Wheeler*

Advanced Nonlinear Modeling of Gas Turbine Dynamics *by Roman L. Zelenskyi, Sergiy V. Yepifanov and Igor Loboda*

*by Moises Meza Pariona and Katieli Tives Micene*

Hypereutectic Al-Fe Alloy Processed by Laser Surface Remelting

Turbine Engine Lubricant and Additive Degradation Mechanisms

The Evolution of the Composite Fuselage: A Manufacturing Perspective

Robotic Autonomous Spacecraft Missions: Cassini Mission-To-Saturn Example

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 29**

**Chapter 3 53**

**Chapter 4 75**

**Chapter 5 95**

**Chapter 6 125**

**Chapter 7 153**

**Chapter 8 175** Effect of Microstructure on Microhardness and Electrochemical Behavior in

*by Carolina Ramirez, Vitor Reis, Carlos Opelt, Rafael Santiago, Facundo Almeraya, Mauricio V. Donadon, Citlalli Gaona, Rene Croche and Miguel Angel Baltazar*

Green Comparable Alternatives of Hydrazines-Based Monopropellant

*by Dov Hasan, Dan Grinstein, Alexander Kuznetsov, Benveniste Natan,* 

High Strain Rate Characterization of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced
