Pioneering the future of aerospace AI

David Del Rey Fernández named Pratt & Whitney Canada Industry-Sponsored Research Chair

By Melodie Roschman

Faculty of Mathematics

The aerospace industry is at a turning point—where artificial intelligence is no longer a concept of the future but a necessity for advancing safety, efficiency and sustainability. To accelerate this transformation, Dr. David Del Rey Fernández has been named as Pratt & Whitney Canada’s new Industry-Sponsored Research Chair in Industrial Artificial Intelligence, reinforcing its commitment to cutting-edge research that will shape the next generation of aircraft propulsion.

As an assistant professor in Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, Del Rey Fernández will lead groundbreaking interdisciplinary research at the intersection of AI, computational mathematics and sustainable aeronautics. His team’s work will focus on developing machine learning-driven simulation techniques that will revolutionize the way we design, test and optimize gas turbine engines.

“It is an incredible honour to be named the P&WC Chair in Industrial AI,” says Del Rey Fernández. “The work that will be accomplished during this chair has the potential to revolutionize the design and safety of next generation gas turbine engines and will provide a template on how to enhance simulation techniques with machine learning as well as use machine learning to accelerate simulation workflows.”

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