Aircraft designers continually strive to optimize aerodynamic efficiency and increase the comfort and safety ofair travel. This is addressed by embedding into the design process a complex interplay of disciplines likeaerodynamics, structural elasticity and dynamics, as well as safety concerns such as in-flight icing. Suchmulti-physics numerical approaches, anchored around Computational Fluid Dynamics, have become the mostwidely used platforms for aircraft design.The objective of the research is to develop new multi-physics computational approaches capable of providingdeeper understanding of the interaction between many different phenomena and support the need for accurateand efficient tools for the design of future aircraft.The research will cover topics ranging from hypersonic high-altitude gas dynamics to helicopter aerodynamicsand aero-icing, and encompassing the development of efficient meshing tools and advanced Reduced OrderModeling for cost-effective real-time calculations.The research is financed by Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter and the outcomes of the research will put theCanadian aerospace sector at the forefront of the scientific and industrial aerospace communities, within theselected fields of research.It is the intention of both companies to increase their research activities in Canada through this Chair, and inthe case of LMCO, to establish a new Canadian entity to industrialize the results of this research.