Richard Pat Anderson

About Richard Pat Anderson

Richard Pat Anderson is Chief Technology Officer at VerdeGo Aero. Location: Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Dr. Anderson is a professor of Aerospace Engineering and the Director of the Eagle Flight Research Center. He is an authority on flight dynamics; automatic flight controls; electric and hybrid electric propulsion; and novel vehicle concepts include fixed wing hybrid aircraft and e/hVTOL urban mobility vehicles. Dr. Anderson has lead a team that developed and flew the first manned electric gas/battery hybrid aircraft. He is the author of University patents in the area of hybrid aircraft propulsion and active ground noise mitigation of motors and rotors. His research in these areas include $4M in externally funded programs. His background includes not only engineering but also experience as an ATP rated pilot with category and class ratings that include airplane single and multiengine, land and sea, glider and helicopter. He holds an FAA certified flight instructor and airframe & powerplant certificate with inspection authorization. Due to his involvement in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) development, he holds an FAA UAS operator certificate. Dr. Anderson’s awards include the Lindbergh Electric Airplane Prize, The Carnegie Foundation's Florida University Professor of the Year and the University’s Researcher of the Year. He is an EAA Chapter president and the chairman of the GAMA electric propulsion committee. Dr. Anderson has founded several successful companies and is currently the President of a 501(3) charitable organization devoted to general aviation youth education.

Skills

• Research
• Higher Education
• Leadership

Additional experience

• Professor

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Started August 1996

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, University of Central Florida
• Master of Science - MS, Penn State University