
International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Navigation Systems
ICAAN-2025
The aim of the conference is to bring together the academicians, researchers, and industrial professionals to discuss and exchange their knowledge, innovative ideas, latest issues, advanced technologies, and advancements in the field of Aerospace and Navigation Systems.
Conference Dates: 22, 23 AUGUST 2025
Venue: Saranathan College of Engineering, India
About ICAAN-2025
The conference will act as an international platform to share the novel approaches, development and technology improvement among researchers, students, developers, and practitioners. The conference invites and encourages the submissions in terms of concepts, surveys, state-of-the art original and unpublished research, applications and industrial case-studies and in progress research that can be categorized among regular and poster papers. The conference will be having many plenary lectures and invited talks by International speakers covering the latest topics in the field of Aerospace and Navigation systems.
About the College
Saranathan College of Engineering is the brain-child of the great philanthropist Mr.K.Santhanam, a chartered accountant by profession. He named the college after his illustrious teacher (Guru) Prof. V. Saranathan, former Principal of National College, Trichy and an educationist par excellence of yester-years. The sprawling campus of the college is located on the Trichy-Viralimalai-Madurai National Highway. It offers 10 UG programmes and 5 PG programmes. Six of the ten Bachelor’s programmes are accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), India. In 2021, the institution has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), New Delhi, India with A+ grade in the first cycle itself. Since 2024, our college has been conferred with autonomous status by University Grants Commission. All departments are affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, India. The college has a galaxy of well qualified and dedicated teaching faculty, spacious classrooms, smart lecture halls, conference halls, well-stacked library with online journals and well-equipped laboratories with advanced equipment for research and academic activities. The college is about 4 km from the Railway Junction and 12 km from the Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ).
About the Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering was started in the year 2005. The department offers an undergraduate programme B.E. Mechanical Engineering with sanctioned intake of 60 students and a postgraduate programme M.E Thermal Engineering with a sanctioned intake of 18 students. The department is accredited by NBA, New Delhi (since June 2018) in TIER II category. Also, the department is a recognized research centre of Anna University, Chennai and it has the state-of-the-art laboratories, CAD centre with advanced software, a department library, experienced and expert faculty members having doctoral degrees and outstanding research publications in peer reviewed International and National journals. The department’s mission is to generate employable mechanical engineering graduates with knowledge, skills and ethics; provide them with the professional and soft skills necessary to lead a successful career and peaceful life and equip them with the confidence necessary to contribute to society by performing in their respective chosen fields of endeavour.
About the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
The Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department was established in the year 1998 with an intake of 40 which was then increased to 120 in the year of 2011. In 2004, the master’s programme in Communication Systems was started. The Department is accredited by NBA. In 2013, the Department was recognized as a research Centre by Anna University. Eighteen research scholars were awarded Ph.D., and currently 20 research scholars are pursuing Ph.D., in the Department. The Department has received funds from AICTE RPS, AICTE MODROBS, TNSCST-RFRS and TNSCST-SPS. The Department has received title winner award of Smart India Hackathon for 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2024. The Department has organized CSIR, TNSCST, AICTE, DST funded national and international seminars and conferences. Also, the Department conducted AICTE funded ATAL FDP in Communication domain during 2021 and in VLSI domain in 2023.
Technical Tracks

Part I: Aerodynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics
✈ Aerodynamic Design and Analysis
✈ Wind Tunnel Testing
✈ High-Speed Aerodynamics
✈ Low-Speed Aerodynamics
✈ Numerical Simulation Methods
✈ Hypersonic Aerodynamics
✈ Multi-phase Flows
✈ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
✈ Missile Aerodynamics

Part II: Propulsion and Structures
✈ Chemical and Electrical Spacecraft Propulsion
✈ Green Propulsion and Plasma Modelling
✈ Combustion, Fuels & Emission
✈ Heat Transfer
✈ Compressors, Turbines & Fans
✈ Aerospace Structures and Aeroelasticity
✈ Structural Health Monitoring
✈ Lightweight Structures
✈ Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace
✈ Composite Materials

Part III: Navigation & Communication
✈ GNSS and IRNSS
✈ Troposphere Data Analysis
✈ Instrument Landing System (ILS)
✈ Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)
✈ Differential GPS
✈ Quality of Service in Communication
✈ Wireless Communication
✈ Satellite and Space Communication
✈ Avionics Systems & Flight Management Systems (FMS)

Part IV: Artificial Intelligence in Aerospace
✈ AI Applications in Aerospace
✈ Artificial Neural Networks in Aerospace
✈ Deep Learning Algorithms
✈ Reinforcement Learning in Aerospace
✈ Data Mining and Machine Learning
✈ Bio-Inspired Algorithms
✈ Genetic Algorithms
✈ Statistical Learning Algorithms
✈ Applications of AI in Aerospace Data Analysis

Part V: Plenary Talks and Keynotes
Keynote Address
Future Trends in Aerospace Technology
Plenary Talk
Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Aviation
Plenary Session
Challenges in Aerospace Structures
Keynote Presentation
Navigation Systems for Future Space Missions
Important Dates
Abstract Submission
10.04.2025
Abstract Acceptance
15.04.2025
Paper Submission
30.05.2025
Paper Acceptance
30.06.2025
Camera Ready Paper Submission
30.07.2025
Schedule of Session
11.08.2025
Conference Dates
22, 23 Aug 2025
Conference Registration Fee
Student / Research Scholars
₹ 600 (per paper)
Academician
₹ 1200 (per paper)
Industrialist
₹ 2000 (per paper)
Foreign Authors
USD 40 (per paper)
Publication Partners
Papers accepted after peer review will be published in the ASTI Springer (Scopus-Indexed) Book Proceedings/Google Scholar-Indexed Journal based on the author’s choice and payment of publication fees.
Copyright Form for ASTI

Sponsorship

ICAAN-2025
Saranathan College of Engineering
Venkateswara Nagar
Trichy – Madurai Highway Panjappur
Tamil Nadu – 620012, India