Projects
At AERIAS we tackle the aerospace industry’s most pressing challenges by turning cutting-edge research into practical solutions. Our interdisciplinary expertise spans the following core pillars:
- Automated Systems & Artificial Intelligence: Advancing autonomy, robotics, and intelligent diagnostics to improve safety and performance.
- Sustainable Propulsion Systems: Driving innovation in clean energy integration, lightweight structures, and solar-powered UAVs.
- Cabin Interior Technology: Enhancing passenger experience through noise reduction, air purification, and circadian lighting
- Space Flight & Advanced Flight Systems: Pushing the boundaries of orbital technologies, in-orbit communications, and flight dynamics.
- Advanced Materials: Next-generation smart materials and ones tailored for mission-specific properties.
Our ecosystem advantage.
We’re embedded in Canada’s renowned Downsview Aerospace Innovation & Research (DAIR) Hub, which connects us to government, academia, and private industry.
Our research collaborations in action: Real projects, real impact
Our collaborations deliver more than prototypes, they accelerate progress. We combine cutting-edge facilities, interdisciplinary expertise, and real-world application. This winning combination means we’re helping our clients accelerate their timelines, reduce risk, and achieve results that move their strategic goals forward.
Explore some of our highlighted projects below.
Eliminating pathogens from aircraft cabins
In response to COVID-19, aerospace partners turned to AERIAS to rapidly advance cabin air quality solutions. By collaborating with leading hospitals and healthcare researchers, we developed and tested novel filtration techniques and pathogen mitigation processes, bringing new levels of safety and hygiene to cabin environments.
Immersive training on next-gen technologies
Through a collaboration with SenseGlove, we tested advanced haptic gloves in mixed-reality training environments. Integrated into custom VR simulations, these gloves and smart textiles allow trainees to “hold” and “touch” virtually represented objects, enabling safe, cost-effective practice of complex maintenance tasks and emergency procedures.
Creating ultra-realistic simulations for safer, cost-effective training
Using CAD modelling, geotags, and detailed facility scans, we fully rendered aircraft, environments, and even entire cities with ultra-realistic precision through Unreal Engine and advanced visualization tools. These digital models allowed our partners to simulate UAV flight plans, landing protocols, and maintenance procedures; reducing risk, improving safety, and saving costs on physical trials.
Enhancing passenger comfort through lighting, seating and acoustics innovation
We are designing and testing next-generation cabin interior solutions, from lighting systems and noise cancellation, to seat ergonomics. Our work helps mitigate the key factors that contribute to passenger fatigue and jet lag, delivering comfort improvements that align with both brand and performance goals.
Advancing space exploration through autonomous robotics testing
Our expert team built an Advanced Space Dynamics Test facility to test robotic spacecraft in a 2D frictionless space environment. Through these capabilities, we’ve performed experiments in autonomous inspection, servicing, and assembly of large space structures, to the development of intelligent multi-rover robotics systems for planetary exploration.
Evolving remote sensing through long-endurance solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Toronto Metropolitan University and AERIAS researcher, Goetz Bramesfeld, has led the development of the Clean Renewable Energy Aerial Test Vehicle (CREATeV). This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been used in Canada to survey natural habitats and collect data on wildlife. Using solar power and constructed primarily of carbon fibre/fibreglass laminates, the aircraft has enhanced endurance and can perform in cold weather.