Delivered keynote to the 3K strong Honeywell Aerospace division on Feb 22nd. 2021 on account of Engineer's week in the US. Theme is an outside in perspective in Technology and Innovation for the Aviation industry on account of the disruption brought about by Climate Change

1. Engineer’s Week 2021 @
Honeywell Technology Solutions
Disruption and Innovation
in Aviation
An Outside-In Perspective
Narayanan Subramaniam
Senior Director of Engineering (& Principal Architect), Nutanix
IEEE Bangalore & IEEE Computer Society Executive Committee Member, Co-Chair Humanitarian Technologies &
Climate Action
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cnsubramaniam
WebSite: http://www.Climate350.com

2. SQ A350-900 – California Coast, 2017
EK A380-800 – North Pole, 2015
BA 787-900 – Central Asia, 2019
BA 747-400 – North Atlantic, 2019 Chandrayaan-2 – Live from SDSC, Sriharikota, July 2019 SJ MAX8 – 2 days before ET crash 2019
Image Credits: Narayanan Subramaniam – Personal Photos

3. Traditional definition of “Disruptive Innovation”
Image Credit: cio-wiki.org
Customer needs == Human/Business
needs

4. The Forgotten Customer & The Biggest Business At Stake
Image Credit: NASA – Apollo 8 Earth Rise

5. Exponential Human Demands for
Energy
Image Credits: https://badmoodblog.com/2019/04/03/the-internets-energy-consumption/,
Statista 2020
ICT == Internet & Communication Technologies

6. The Disruption: Earth’s Overall Energy Balance
Image Credits: https://badmoodblog.com/2019/04/03/the-internets-energy-consumption/,
Statista 2020, IPCC, NOAA GWP == Global Warming Potential

7. The Disruptive Consequence: Climate Apocalypse
Climate Change: Globally Pervasive, owing to Human Induced Energy Imbalance, resulting in
the Unnatural Extinction of Species with Unnatural “Landscaping” of the Environment
Image Credits: Iberdrola

8. Aviation Technology Radar
For Meaningful Innovation, there now needs to be, more than anytime before, a strong link
between Technology and Our Natural World, of which Humans are only a Small Part
Image Credits: KPMG Aviation Report

9. Addressing the Disruption: Key Pillars for Innovation in Aviation

10. Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
with AI & IoT
Waste Management
Next-Gen High
Bypass Turbofans,
Fuel Management
IFE, Seat Power
Energy Management
SW & LP HW
Taxi-Bots to cut
fuel burn on
taxiways
EGTS powered by
APU to cut fuel
burn on taxiways
High Energy Density
Batteries and
Intelligent BMS for
On-Board Aircraft,
Drone & Ground
Systems Power
Hybrid Solar-Wind
Farms & Energy
Storage with
Intelligent SW for
Airports, Ground
Systems
Electric Buses and
Trains for Passenger
Movement To/From
and Within Airport
Image Credits: Various sources on the Internet
Natural Bio-
degradable materials
for cabin and ground
food, beverages and
accessories packaging
Water and Energy
Efficient Lavatories
with reduced toxic
chemicals
Localized
Sustainable Sewage
Treatment and
Disposable
Innovation Opportunities in “Climate Action”

11. Innovation Opportunities in “Ideation from Nature”
BioMimicry Smart Materials & Shapes
Drag reducing Sharklet and Raked wingtip designs
learnt from birds and sharks. Opportunity for shape
optimization and dynamic control SW algorithms
using ML.
Modeling hummingbird flight dynamics and control
for advanced drone operations (search & rescue)
Advanced polymer and composite
microstructures used together for
dynamic variable geometry and control
for efficient flight similar to seagulls
Image Credits: Various sources on the Internet
Chevron shapes on engine nozzless cut
engine noise. Inspired by smart,
dynamic shapes in owls for silent flying
Electroactive Polymers (emulate
biological muscles) for next generation
aileron actuation and control

12. Innovation Opportunities in “Environmental Adaptation”
Safety with AR/VR, AI/IoT Health
Image Credits: Various sources on the Internet
Dynamic Augmented Reality for
focused flight operations and piloting
at all times, especially with
increasing vagaries in the weather
Integrated Sensor Networks on
ground and aircraft for end to end
safety monitoring and management.
Increasing extremes of weather will
require a globally scalable real-time
adaptive sensor relay and decision
network
Augmented Reality for Aircraft MRO,
and Virtual Reality for enhanced
MRO and Pilot Training. Increasing
extremes of weather will test existing
ML based MRO algorithms
Self cleaning micro-oxidising crystal
based surfaces (e.g. seat trays,
security trays) in an era of
increasing pandemics with active
monitoring and prediction for
life/wear-and-tear
Self and rapid cleaning of lavatories
without toxic chemicals (e.g. with
short burst high intensity UV light) in
an era of increasing pandemics with
active monitoring
Touchless IFE, Seat and Cabin
Controls in an era of increasing
pandemics

13. Innovating for The Disruption: Business Case
Humankinds’ migration & travel dates 200,000 years and is hard-wired into us.
Sufficient brainpower and “low-hanging fruit” $$$ revenue/profit exists to enable sustainable
aviation and in general sustainable lifestyles. It just requires perspective and a will to action
Image Credits: Various sources on the Internet

14. IEEE Code of Ethics
( https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html )
1. to hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public, to strive
to comply with ethical design and sustainable development practices, to
protect the privacy of others, and to disclose promptly factors that might
endanger the public or the environment;
Key Tenet of Innovation: Ethics, Ethics and Ethics

15. Engineer’s Week: A Call for Sustainable Innovation for the Planet
Image Credits: Various sources on the Internet
Hope and Consequent Action is a Great Thing. Let Us Get to Work !

16. THANK YOU !
Narayanan Subramaniam
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cnsubramaniam
WebSite: http://www.Climate350.com