Ed J. Alvarez

[Whisper Aero @WhisperAero]

🚨 STOL & VTOL will never be the same. Meet JetFoil™, a new form of powered lift!

JetFoil embeds our UltraQuiet™ efficient ducted fans into the leading edges of wings for simple, compact, fast, safe, and silent runway independent operations.

[Whisper Aero @WhisperAero]

At Whisper, short-term wins and long-term impact go hand-in-hand. Thank you to @Inc for highlighting our agile team. We’re bringing UltraQuiet™ technology to the world—revolutionizing how we power everything from leaf blowers to next-gen aircraft.
https://t.co/7NHDxOWix0

[Whisper Aero @WhisperAero]

Aero engineer @EdJAlvarez1 is attending @aiaa #SciTech next week - if you'll be there, don't miss his presentation: 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

Whisper Aero disclosed at #AIAAAviation the first principles that make possible near-silent electric propulsion.
After working for two and a half years in stealth mode, we published four technical papers diving into various aspects of distributed electri…https://t.co/0Ag3ue1D8S

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

If you are attending #AIAA #AVIATION next week, don't miss our presentation:

𝐕𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰
Monday 1:00 pm (room Hillcrest A)

In this p…https://t.co/XhhADH86Gk

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

By going back to first principles, at Whisper Aero we have been able to redefine the limits of what is possible in quiet propulsion. We are finally ready to talk about this.

“Most companies only think about designing for low nois…https://t.co/Fk7s1gQicn https://t.co/etuVJ46HAr

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After six years and a PhD, we are finally ready to open-source and release!

𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲:  𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺

FLOWUnstea…https://t.co/WFDzodL0X3

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

A state-of-art intro to gradient-based MDO by John Jasa at NASA Glenn Research Center. Gotta love the beat-boxing intro haha

John features several figures and concepts from the MDO book by Joaquim R. R. A. Martins and Andrew Ning.…https://t.co/qXq0z5VgZJ https://t.co/SCLLXpwxmv

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

Whisper Aero is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? https://t.co/7oi5q51y8X

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

Recently appointed as Affiliate Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University.

This is a non-tenure affiliation aiming to maintain the collaboration between Whisper Aero and BYU's FLOW Lab (PI Andrew Ning) in existing and future STTR/SBIR contracts. https://t.co/sCXjcYL3EP

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

"Meshless Large Eddy Simulation of Multirotor Aircraft through the Reformulated Vortex Particle Method," NASA Advanced Modeling and Simulation Seminar Series.

The seminar I gave last week at NASA Ames Research Center is now available online:…https://t.co/beQ8ZSRRBK

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

I'm honored be giving a NASA AMS seminar next week. Everyone's welcome to join!

TITLE: "Meshless large eddy simulation of multirotor aircraft through the reformulated vortex particle method"

WHEN/WHERE
Aug 9th, 9am PDT.
Virtual meeting @…https://t.co/j19Zq9T5ES

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

After joining the Whisper Aero team last year through a phase I and II AFWERX STTR during my PhD, I'm pleased to announce that I've now transitioned to a full-time position in the team.

[x] Complete a PhD
[x] Join a world-class team and company
[ ] Rev…https://t.co/7ZqVG3n3XJ

[Ed J. Alvarez @EdJAlvarez1]

If you are attending #AIAAaviation next week, don't miss our presentation:

"FLOWUnsteady: An Interactional Aerodynamics Solver for Multirotor Aircraft and Wind Energy," Monday 9:30 am, APA-03

I won't be there due to family circumstances, but the presen…https://t.co/7Yxr4rx96d