Efficient and Robust Enforcement of Geometric Non-Interference Constraints for Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA 2026-4501 (AFRL public release) (2026)
Enhancing Robustness and Efficiency in Large-Scale System Design Optimization Using Hessian-Vector Products
ASME IDETC/CIE 2026, Houston, Aug 23–26 (DETC2026-XXXX); public domain at conference (2026)
modOpt: A modular development environment and library for optimization algorithms
Advances in Engineering Software (2026)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
A Distributed Algorithm for Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization With Global Constraints
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum (2026)
Surface Mesh Deformation for Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aircraft Concepts
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA 2026-4569 (2026)
System-Level, Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of an Air Taxi Concept
Journal of Aircraft (2026)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Blended Wing Body Aircraft Using Mid-Fidelity, Multi-Point Analysis
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum (2026)
VortexAD: A Graph-Based Linear Potential Flow Analysis Framework for Large-Scale MDO
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA 2026-4642 (2026)
Multifidelity Surrogate Modeling for 3D Aerodynamic Flow Field Prediction Using Graph Neural Networks
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum (2026)
Computational Framework for High-Fidelity Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using Weighted POD
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum (2026)
Towards Hyper-Reduced Weighted POD for Large-Scale Aerodynamic Design Optimization
AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (2026)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Design Optimization of Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Using a Novel Multi-Fidelity Surrogate Modeling Approach
Springer-format journal manuscript (venue verify) (2026)
Knowledge-Guided Generative Surrogate Modeling for High-Dimensional Design Optimization Under Scarce Data
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (2026)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Reduced Jacobian Supervision for Data-Efficient Operator Learning in High-Dimensional Design Spaces
AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum (2026)
Cost Optimization of Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Through Powertrain Modeling
Journal of Air Transportation (2025)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Weight minimization of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft: From the comprehensive powertrain perspective
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (2025)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Multidisciplinary Control Co-Design Optimization of Anguilliform-Swimming Soft Fluidic Robots
IEEE-format conference/letter, 2025 (RoboSoft/ICRA-class; verify) (2025)
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot
AIAA SciTech 2025 Forum; AIAA 2025-1751 (2025)
Spline Dimensional Decomposition with Interpolation-Based Optimal Knot Selection for Stochastic Dynamic Analysis
arXiv:2505.12879 [stat.ML], June 2025 (journal venue: verify) (2025)
Penalty-Based Coupling of Non-Matching Beam Cross-Section Meshes for Large-Scale Design Optimization
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025 (2025)
Serially-Connected Soft Continuum Robots for Endovascular Emergencies
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (2025)
A Distributed Method for Solving Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Optimization Problems
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025 (2025)
Differentiable Surface Mesh Deformation for Non-Conformal, Independently Parameterized Components with Large Shape Changes
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025 (2025)
Toward Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aircraft With CFD and Mixed-Fidelity System Models
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (2025)
A Fast, Memory-Efficient Panel Method for Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Under Uncertainty Using Graph-Based Modeling
AIAA conference paper, 2025 (forum: verify) (2025)
Geometric design of electric motors using adjoint-based shape optimization
Optimization and Engineering (2025)
Hybrid Training of Physics-Informed Neural Networks with Approximate Supervision
AIAA conference paper, 2025 (forum: verify) (2025)
Ozone: an open-source ordinary differential equation solver for gradient-based optimization
Optimization and Engineering (2025)
Large-Scale Distributed Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of the NASA Lift-Plus-Cruise Air Taxi Concept
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (2025)
A comparative study of uncertainty quantification methods in gust response analysis of a Lift-Plus-Cruise eVTOL aircraft wing
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (2025)
Extension of graph-accelerated non-intrusive polynomial chaos to high-dimensional uncertainty quantification through the active subspace method
Aerospace Science and Technology (2025)
Large-scale MDO under uncertainty of an eVTOL aircraft using dimension reduction via global sensitivity analysis
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025 (2025)
Open-source shape optimization for isogeometric shells using FEniCS and OpenMDAO
Engineering with Computers (2025)
Scalable enforcement of geometric non-interference constraints for gradient-based optimization
Optimization and Engineering (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Closing the Loop on Concentric Tube Robot Design: A Case Study on Micro-Laryngeal Surgery
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Large-scale multidisciplinary design optimization of a NASA air taxi concept using a comprehensive physics-based system model
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Abort Guidance During Lunar Powered Descent
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Review of Computational Models for Large-Scale MDAO of Urban Air Mobility Concepts
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
SMT 2.0: A Surrogate Modeling Toolbox with a focus on hierarchical and mixed variables Gaussian processes
Advances in Engineering Software (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Static Task Scheduling for Parallel Execution of Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Models
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Enforcing Work Conservation in Modular Aeroelastic Coupling For Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
A gradient-enhanced univariate dimension reduction method for uncertainty propagation
Aerospace Science and Technology (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
A gradient-enhanced univariate dimension reduction method for uncertainty propagation
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Graph-accelerated non-intrusive polynomial chaos expansion using partially tensor-structured quadrature rules for uncertainty quantification
Aerospace Science and Technology (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Graph-accelerated large-scale multidisciplinary design optimization under uncertainty of a laser-beam-powered aircraft
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
A Method for Modular MDO Model Assembly via a Solver Independent Field Representation
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Automating adjoint sensitivity analysis for multidisciplinary models involving partial differential equations
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (in press 2024, per CV) (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Shape Control of Concentric Tube Robots via Approximate Follow-the-Leader Motion
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Automated shape and thickness optimization for non-matching isogeometric shells using free-form deformation
Engineering with Computers (2024)
Shape optimization of non-matching isogeometric shells with moving intersections
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (2024)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Aerostructural Predictions Combining FEniCS and a Viscous Vortex Particle Method FLOWVPM
AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum (2023)
A Differentiable Method for Low-Fidelity Analysis of Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motors
AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum (2023)
A Novel Single-Turn Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for Electric Aircraft
Energies (2023)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
A Graph-Based Methodology for Constructing Computational Models that Automates Adjoint-Based Sensitivity Analysis
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 67.5 (2024), p. 76 (2023)
Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Virtual-Telescope CubeSat Swarm
AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum (2023)
Applicability of Low-Fidelity Tonal and Broadband Noise Models on Small-Scale Rotors
AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum (2023)
Efficient Gradient-Based Optimization of Differential-Algebraic Equation Systems
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (2023)
An SQP algorithm based on a hybrid architecture for accelerating optimization of large-scale systems
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (2023)
Physics-based Surrogate Models for Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Weight Prediction
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (2023)
Air-taxi transition trajectory optimization with physics-based models
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (2023)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Gradient-Based Sizing Optimization of Power-Beaming-Enabled Aircraft
AIAA conference paper, 2023 (forum: verify) (2023)
Airfoil shape parameterization using reconstruction-error-minimizing generative adversarial networks
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (2023)
Fast and Robust Computation of Optimal Rotor Designs Using Blade Element Momentum Theory
AIAA Journal (2023)
Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of the NASA Lift-Plus-Cruise Concept Using a Novel Aircraft Design Framework
VFS Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting, Mesa AZ, Jan 24–26 2023; preprint arXiv:2304.14889 (2023)
Generating Structural Weight Estimation Equations for a Category of UAM Aircraft
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (2023)
Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of an eVTOL Aircraft Using Comprehensive Analysis
AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum (2023)
Automatic adjoint sensitivity analysis of models for large-scale multidisciplinary design optimization
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (2023)
Integrating MBSE and MDO through an Extended Requirements-Functional-Logical-Physical (RFLP) Framework
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (2023)
Model Reduction of Isogeometric Shell Structures For Large-Scale Design Optimization
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (2023)
Solver-Independent Aeroelastic Coupling For Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (2023)
Accelerating Model Evaluations in Uncertainty Propagation on Tensor Grids Using Computational Graph Transformations
Aerospace Science and Technology 145 (2024), p. 108843 (2023)
High-Dimensional Uncertainty Quantification Using Graph-Accelerated Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos and Active Subspace Methods
AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum (2023)
Optimally tensor-structured quadrature rule for uncertainty quantification
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (2023)
Mission-Oriented Trajectory Optimization for Search-and-Rescue Multirotor UAVs in Cluttered and GPS-Denied Environments
AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum (2022)
A hybrid architecture for large-scale system design optimization of PDE-based models
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2022)
A Generalized Framework for Concentric Tube Robot Design Using Gradient-Based Optimization
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2022)
Investigation of Optimal Air-Taxi Transition Profiles using Direct-Transcription Trajectory Optimization
AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum (2022)
Multiple Optima in Abort Ascent during Lunar Powered Descent
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (2022)
Efficient Uncertainty Propagation Through Computational Graph Modification and Automatic Code Generation
AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum (2022)
Equality-Constrained Engineering Design Optimization Using a Novel Inexact Quasi-Newton Method
AIAA Journal (2022)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
A frequency-domain-inspired reformulation of the unsteady vortex lattice method
AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum (2022)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Topology optimization with automated derivative computation for multidisciplinary design problems
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2022)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
An open-source framework for coupling non-matching isogeometric shells with application to aerospace structures
Computers & Mathematics with Applications (2022)
Modularization of High-Fidelity Static Aeroelastic MDO Enabling a Framework-based Optimization Approach for HPC
AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum (2021)
Unifying Monolithic Architectures for Large-Scale System Design Optimization
AIAA Journal (2021)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Robust modeling and optimal design of rotors using blade element momentum theory
AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM (2021)
An Adaptive, Inexact Gradient-based Algorithm for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM (2021)
Dynamic topology optimization of battery packs for eVTOL aircraft under time-dependent loading
AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM (2021)
Large-scale multidisciplinary optimization under uncertainty for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (2020)
A new architecture for large-scale system design optimization
AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM (2020)
Automatic generation of global shell-element meshes for large-scale structural design optimization
AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM (2020)
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Framework with Coupled Derivative Computation for Hybrid Aircraft
Journal of Aircraft (2020)
A Python surrogate modeling framework with derivatives
Advances in Engineering Software (2019)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Topology optimization in OpenMDAO
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2019)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
OpenMDAO: an open-source framework for multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2019)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
High-Fidelity Design-Allocation Optimization of a Commercial Aircraft Maximizing Airline Profit
Journal of Aircraft (2019)
An automated selection algorithm for nonlinear solvers in MDO
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2018)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Implementation of topology optimization using openMDAO
2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2018)
A Computational Architecture for Coupling Heterogeneous Numerical Models and Computing Coupled Derivatives
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (2018)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
A fast-prediction surrogate model for large datasets
Aerospace Science and Technology (2018)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Large-scale multidisciplinary optimization of an electric aircraft for on-demand mobility
2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2018)
Design and Trajectory Optimization of a Morphing Wing Aircraft
2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2018)
Open-source coupled aerostructural optimization using Python
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2018)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Solution of ordinary differential equations in gradient-based multidisciplinary design optimization
2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2018)
A novel approach to discrete truss design problems using mixed integer neighborhood search
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2018)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Reconfigurable model execution in the OpenMDAO framework
18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference (2017)
A Mixed Integer Efficient Global Optimization Algorithm for the Simultaneous Aircraft Allocation-Mission-Design Problem
58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2017)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Kona: A Parallel Optimization Library for Engineering-Design Problems
57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2016)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Allocation-mission-design optimization of next-generation aircraft using a parallel computational framework
57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2016)
An unstructured quadrilateral mesh generation algorithm for aircraft structures
Aerospace Science and Technology (2016)
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aircraft Configurations — Part 1: A Modular Coupled Adjoint Approach
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics Lecture Series, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium, May 2016 (2016)
Optimization of 3D lattice cores in composite sandwich structures
Journal of Composite Materials (2015)
Parallel allocation-mission optimization of a 128-route network
16th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference (2015)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
Simultaneous aircraft allocation and mission optimization using a modular adjoint approach
56th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2015)
Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Truss-Braced-Wing Aircraft
16th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference (2015)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Publisher version (manual exception))
A modular adjoint approach to aircraft mission analysis and optimization
56th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2015)
Automatic Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Derivatives Using a Graph-Based Problem Formulation in OpenMDAO
15th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference (2014)
Efficient and Scalable Computational Design of a Small Satellite
28th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, 2014; SSC14-VIII-6 (3rd place, student paper competition — per CV) (2014)
Geometry and Structural Modeling for High-Fidelity Aircraft Conceptual Design Optimization
15th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference (2014)
Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Optimization of a Small Satellite’s Design and Operation
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2014)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Large-Scale MDO of a Small Satellite using a Novel Framework for the Solution of Coupled Systems and their Derivatives
54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2013)
Review and Unification of Methods for Computing Derivatives of Multidisciplinary Computational Models
AIAA Journal (2013)
Details · DOI · BibTeX · PDF (Preprint)
Simultaneous optimization of propeller–hull systems to minimize lifetime fuel consumption
Applied Ocean Research (2013)
A Dynamic Parametrization Scheme for Shape Optimization Using Quasi-Newton Methods
50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (2012)
GeoMACH: Geometry-Centric MDAO of Aircraft Configurations with High Fidelity
12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference (2012)
Micromechanical Modeling and Design Optimization of 2-D Triaxial Braided Composites
50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (2012)
Review and Unification of Methods for Computing Derivatives of Multidisciplinary Systems
53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference<BR>20th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference<BR>14th AIAA (2012)