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The third research question formulates an analytic resilience integral combining preemption probability, robustness, recovery time, and an adaptation trajectory with a phase-decomposed cost model, where the integral couples resilience investment to the architecture being designed. The validated methods are composed into a multi-objective optimization spanning constellation architecture and resilience phase variables. All-in-One Integrated Resilience Optimization (AIRO) jointly optimizes all variables with, tested against two sequential baselines, with and without resilience optimization. AIRO produced wider Pareto spread on all three objectives and discovered more than twice the architecture classes of the sequential approach, including constellations with lower sensor capability paired with high adaptation investment that the sequential methods cannot find. The resilience objective also drove orbit diversity beyond what performance and cost optimization together could produce. The graph surrogate, the analytic resilience integral, and the architecture-coupled cost model make resilience tractable inside the computational budget of evolutionary optimization, enabling enhanced resilience tradespace exploration for future cislunar SDA systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDate and time: 2026-04-24, 1:30 PM\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELocation: Code\/Cove\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommittee:\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Dimitri Mavris (advisor), School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Brian Gunter, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Kyriakos Vamvoudakis, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Michael Balchanos, chool of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Michael Steffens, Draper Laboratory\u003Cbr\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Design Methodology For Resilient Cislunar Space Domain Awareness Architectures\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Design Methodology For Resilient Cislunar Space Domain Awareness Architectures"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-15 21:06:34","changed_gmt":"2026-04-15 21:07:03","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-24T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-24T15:00:16-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-24T15:00:16-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-24 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-24 19:00:16","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-24 19:00:16","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Code\/Cove","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689780":{"#nid":"689780","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Angel Mario Zarate Villazon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent Name: Angel Mario Zarate Villazon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvisor: Dr. Dimitri Mavris\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMilestone: PhD Thesis Proposal\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDegree Program: Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETitle: A Model-Based Methodology Supporting Commonality Integration in the Lunar Surface Mobility Vehicle Family\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbstract: The goal of the Artemis program is to establish a sustainable lunar settlement, which requires surface mobility vehicles capable of diverse, evolving missions. These use cases support exploration and infrastructure deployment activities. With challenges related to affordability and complexity, NASA has established commonality and interoperability, which relate to sharing common parts and ensuring diverse systems are compatible, as key design principles. Despite the widespread success of leveraging common vehicle platforms in the automotive and aerospace industries, current proposals for lunar surface vehicles remain largely treated as isolated systems rather than a cohesive family of systems where commonality can be leveraged. This fragmented approach overlooks the benefits that commonality can bring, such as reduced development costs and simplified lunar surface logistics and maintenance. However, transitioning to a family of systems perspective introduces complex tradeoffs between commonality and mission-specific performance, necessitating a methodology to identify where commonality should be integrated. To navigate this tradeoff, this research proposes a hybrid approach that leverages the analytical commonality and performance assessments of Product Family Design with the variability management frameworks from Product Line Engineering to support commonality integration decisions. The hybrid approach addresses three main phases of the decision-making process for commonality integration: Modeling of the variability of the lunar surface mobility family of vehicles across its operational, functional, and physical layers of abstraction in a feature model to elicit alternative designs through generative artificial intelligence. Linking simulation instances to the feature model to automatically generate physics-based constraints between these alternatives and ensure the feasibility of design alternatives. Evaluation of the commonality and performance tradeoff and the sensitivity of metric selection for the decision on integrating commonality across parts in different vehicles of the family. Overall, these contributions formulate a methodology that provides decision support on where it is appropriate to leverage commonality.\u0026nbsp; This research enables physics-driven decisions on a comprehensive description of the alternatives to decide commonality and interoperability. 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Although indium monoselenide (InSe) offers high intrinsic mobility, a layered van der Waals structure, and a suitable bandgap, MBE-grown films typically underperform exfoliated crystals because defects and competing phases are \u201cbaked in\u201d during the first one to three monolayers at the substrate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; To address this challenge, interface-engineered MBE is used to deliberately shape nucleation and early-stage growth. Metal-precursor layers, chalcogen pretreatments, and time-structured flux schemes are tuned to control nucleation density, phase stability, and grain coalescence, with the goal of producing phase-pure, continuous, low-roughness InSe films within BEOL thermal budgets. Structural and morphological characterization (Raman phase fraction analysis, AFM, TEM) is used to map how these interface-engineering strategies change phase composition, grain size, and interface disorder.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The influence of substrate bonding and symmetry is further examined by applying these interface-engineered approaches across van der Waals, ionic, and covalent or amorphous platforms. Hall bar devices then relate interface and microstructural metrics directly to Hall mobility, carrier density, sheet resistance, and Hall sensitivity. 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However, the practical deployment of AZIBs is severely hindered by fundamental challenges at the zinc anode interface, including uncontrolled dendritic growth, hydrogen evolution reactions (HER), and surface corrosion. This research proposes a multi-scale computational framework\u2014integrating density functional theory (DFT), molecular dynamics (MD), and machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIP)\u2014to design high-performance zinc anode protective layers and optimize electrolyte systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first part of this work investigates the atomic-scale mechanisms of a zinc-doped polypyrrole (Zn-doped PPy) conductive polymer as a functional protective layer. Using DFT calculations, we analyze the structural and electronic properties of PPy, demonstrating that Zn doping at nitrogen sites significantly enhances electrical conductivity by reducing the bandgap and creates potent nucleation sites for uniform Zn deposition. 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Dr. De Choudhury is known for her contributions to the fields of computational social science, human-computer interaction, and digital mental health. Through fostering interdisciplinary collaborations, Dr. De Choudhury and her collaborators have contributed significantly to advancing the development of computational techniques for early detection and intervention in mental health, as well as in unpacking how social media use benefits or harms mental well-being.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDe Choudhury\u0027s contributions have been recognized through awards like the 2023 SIGCHI Societal Impact Award, the 2023 ICWSM and the 2022 Web Science Trust Test-of-Time Awards, the 2021 ACM-W Rising Star Award, as well as nearly two dozen paper awards. In 2024, she was inducted into the SIGCHI Academy and in 2025 was named an ACM Distinguished Member. 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A tumbling target satellite with angular momentum components across multiple body axes may require multiple servicer satellites contacting in different planes to achieve full detumble. This manuscript develops a cooperative distributed model predictive control (DMPC) framework that coordinates the maneuvers between multiple servicer satellite agents to achieve zero-impulse contact with a free-spinning target satellite. Each servicer internally runs a hierarchical MPC controller that coordinates between two separately actuated modules of the servicer satellite: (1) a moment generation module and (2) a manipulation module. The distributed outer layer coordinates across servicers by enforcing consensus on the shared target state. We analyze the computational complexity of the large-scale centralized optimization problem and the smaller-scale distributed subproblems independently and then analyze how the number of agents scales with computational complexity. We evaluate the performance of the DMPC framework by simulating multi-servicer zero-impulse contact scenarios with a free-spinning target satellite via numerical Monte Carlo (MC) trials and comparing the simulation results with the centralized MPC framework. We validate the multi-servicer contact scenario using MuJoCo to verify that the coordinated detumble maneuver satisfies zero-impulse contact constraints across all servicer-target contact points.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDate and time: 2026-04-23, 11:00 AM\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELocation: Montgomery Knight 317\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommittee:\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Sarah Li (advisor), School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Sarah Li, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Glen Chou, College of Computing and School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Panagiotis Tsiotras, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Koki Ho, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003ENA, NA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDistributed MPC for momentum counter-balanced and zero-impulse contact of a free-spinning satellite\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Distributed MPC for momentum counter-balanced and zero-impulse contact of a free-spinning satellite"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-14 16:53:54","changed_gmt":"2026-04-14 16:54:31","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-23T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-23T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-23T12:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-23 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-23 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-23 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Montgomery Knight 317","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166866","name":"MS Proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689745":{"#nid":"689745","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MS Proposal by Kevin Tang","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent Name: Kevin Tang\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvisor: Dr. John Dec\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMilestone: MS Thesis Proposal\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDegree Program: Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETitle: Improving Atmospheric Entry Environment Prediction Using Machine-Learning Surrogate Models\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbstract: The expansion of the space economy, driven by both private and public sectors, has increased the demand for atmospheric entry prediction. Accurate predictions in early mission analysis enable guidance and control design, establishment of mission requirements, landing footprint estimation, and space debris risk assessment. Current early mission analysis tools face a fundamental trade-off: simplified models are computationally fast but neglect key physics such as aerodynamics and ablation; high-fidelity multi-physics simulations are accurate but computationally expensive for uncertainty studies. This work proposes a mission-driven framework that bridges this gap by coupling a 3-DOF non-planar trajectory propagator with FUN3D computational fluid dynamics and FEAR ablation analysis to generate high-fidelity training data, which is then used to develop machine-learned surrogate models for aerodynamic coefficients and ablation response. Training data is concentrated near a nominal trajectory; its plausible dispersions with altitude, velocity, and vehicle geometry are used as inputs, and lift coefficient, drag coefficient, mass loss, and frontal area recession are used as outputs. The coupled Trajectory-CFD Solver has been developed and validated against the Stardust sample return capsule re-entry. The framework predicts the landing site within 41 miles of the actual location, reducing the prediction error by nearly half compared to a conventional low-fidelity trajectory propagator. Remaining work includes data generation improvements, surrogate model training and deployment, integration of the surrogates into the trajectory propagator, and Monte Carlo uncertainty quantification of landing footprints. The resulting framework will demonstrate how mission-specific surrogate modeling can preserve the fidelity of high-fidelity solvers at a fraction of the computational cost, advancing early-phase reentry mission analysis.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDate and time: 2026-05-04, 11:00 AM\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELocation: ESM 108\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommittee:\u003Cbr\u003EDr. John Dec (advisor), School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Krish Ahuja, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Alvaro Romero-Calvo, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EImproving Atmospheric Entry Environment Prediction Using Machine-Learning Surrogate Models\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Improving Atmospheric Entry Environment Prediction Using Machine-Learning Surrogate Models"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-14 16:52:25","changed_gmt":"2026-04-14 16:52:25","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-05-04T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-05-04T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-05-04T12:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-05-04 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-05-04 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-05-04 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"ESM 108","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166866","name":"MS Proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689744":{"#nid":"689744","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Swarnima Roychowdhury","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESwarnima Roychowdhury\u003Cbr\u003EBME PhD Proposal Presentation\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDate: 2026-04-14\u003Cbr\u003ETime: 1:15 PM\u003Cbr\u003ELocation \/ Meeting Link: HSRBII N600\/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/emory.zoom.us\/j\/7107586495?omn=99305046995\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/emory.zoom.us\/j\/7107586495?omn=99305046995\u003C\/a\u003E Meeting ID: 710 758 6495\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommittee Members:\u003Cbr\u003EMichael E. Davis, PhD (Advisor); Ilanit Ronen-Itzhaki, PhD; Jennifer Kwong, PhD; Rebecca Levit, MD; David Myers, PhD\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETitle: Mitochondrial Integration and Bioenergetic Restoration in Cardiomyocytes via Extracellular Vesicle Transfer\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbstract:\u003Cbr\u003EMyocardial infarction (MI) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and results in irreversible loss of cardiomyocytes due to progressive mitochondrial dysfunction in surviving border zone cells. This bioenergetic deficit, characterized by collapsed mitochondrial membrane potential, impaired oxidative phosphorylation, and reduced ATP production, is not addressed by current clinical therapies and contributes directly to the transition from MI to heart failure. Recent studies have explored delivering extracellular vesicles containing functional mitochondria (MEVs) as a strategy to restore cardiomyocyte bioenergetics with promising results. However, the surface proteins mediating MEV uptake in cardiomyocytes have not been identified, and the intracellular fate of EV-delivered mitochondria in cardiomyocytes remains unknown. Our lab has confirmed that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived (BMSC) MEVs carry intact, respiring mitochondria and are internalized by induced pluripotent stem cell- derived (iPSC) cardiomyocytes. We hypothesize that MSC MEV uptake in cardiomyocytes is mediated through specific EV surface receptors, and that EV-delivered mitochondrial cargo integrates with the host mitochondrial network and contributes to bioenergetic rescue. Aim 1 will characterize MSC MEV biophysical properties and mitochondrial functionality using respiratory profiling. Aim 2 will identify the surface proteins governing cardiomyocyte uptake, visualize the intracellular fate of donor mitochondrial cargo, and determine the role of mitochondrial fusion proteins in bioenergetic rescue. 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SLE is difficult to study, diagnose, and treat due to its unpredictable symptoms and complex underlying biology. Its higher prevalence in women suggests an X chromosome-linked mechanism. Increasing evidence implicates dysregulated chromatin states as key drivers of aberrant immune cell differentiation and function in SLE, particularly in CD4+ T cells. Chromatin modifications, including DNA methylation and H3K27me3, play central roles in regulating T cell identity, and their disruption contributes to loss of self-tolerance. Methyl-CpG Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2), an X-linked DNA methylation reader, is a validated SLE susceptibility locus, and its overexpression induces autoantibody production in vivo. While DNA methylation and H3K27me3 are typically anti-correlated, emerging studies suggest MeCP2 can associate with H3K27me3 and Polycomb complexes. To address gaps in defining chromatin reader mechanisms, this work uses synthetic biology tools to model and interrogate epigenetic dysregulation. We show CRISPR activation of MeCP2 in CD4+ T cells induced aberrant gene expression, reduced IL2 production, activated IFN genes, and altered Polycomb expression, suggesting crosstalk between DNA methylation and Polycomb machinery. To overcome limitations in H3K27me3 detection, we identified gain-of-function CBX8 mutations and engineered binding domains with enhanced affinity and specificity for H3K27me3. These domains were used to generate fluorescent probes that revealed distinct binding phenotypes and enabled visualization of H3K27me3 patterning in live T cells. 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Epoxy resins are known for having high chemical and corrosion resistance, high impact resistance, toughness, and outstanding adhesion. They are widely used as adhesives, high-performance composite matrices for aerospace and sporting goods, and protective coatings against corrosive and radiative environments. By incorporating inorganic materials into the epoxy matrix at the molecular level, properties of the organic epoxy and the inorganic fillers can be covalently connected, decreasing the risks of phase separation and leading to a homogenous hybrid material. Existing epoxy OI hybrid materials typically rely on silicon as the inorganic component and require the addition of hardeners, catalysts, or solvents to generate a crosslink network. Aluminum isopropoxide (AIP) presents an opportunity for the development of a two-part epoxy \u2013 AIP hybrid system. 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Thermal properties of the commercial epoxy \u2013 AIP, DGEBA \u2013 AIP, and BECHMA \u2013 AIP systems cured at varying AIP concentrations revealed the effects AIP has on the crosslinking network and the thermal stability of the systems. At 15 wt% AIP, a more homogenous crosslinked network formed, evidenced by the higher reported values for glass transition and onset of thermal degradation, while increased AIP concentrations resulted in hybrids with a greater resistance to total thermal degradation and higher thermal stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOverall, this work highlights the strong initiation properties of AIP towards the ROP reaction of epoxide rings. 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Because of their importance in determining operability limits and structural loads, the effort to understand, model, and predict these pressure and heat release oscillations has garnered much attention. Decades of experimental analysis and modeling work has resulted in a very robust understanding of the linear behavior and stability of thermoacoustic modes. However, numerous experiments have noted the presence of limit cycles, intermittency, and chaos which cannot be understood through linear analyses. Further complicating these systems is the presence of multiple linearly-unstable modes whose coupling can cause yet more complex behaviors. This work proposes to contribute to the understanding of the nonlinear dynamics of coupled thermoacoustic modes through both experimental characterization and model building. A novel experimental facility will explore both the steady-state and transient behavior of a system with multiple interacting modes. By using a hydraulically-actuated variable-length exhaust, this test setup can precisely control acoustic mode shapes without altering operating conditions. A data campaign will characterize the dynamics of global and spatially-resolved heat release and acoustic pressure in this rig at high speed across gas-turbine relevant operating conditions. To extract more generalizable information about the underlying physics in the system, a reduced order model will be constructed to reproduce the observed behaviors. By connecting model terms to physical phenomena, the model will help uncover the mechanisms underpinning the system dynamics. 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This issue is particularly severe in dynamic conditions and non-conformal wearable systems, where motion-induced noise overlaps with low-frequency bio-signals such as EMG and EOG, making conventional structural or computational approaches insufficient.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this work, we present a multi-scale strategy for motion artifact suppression that integrates structural design, geometrical optimization, and material-level damping. Kirigami-patterned structures are first introduced to achieve strain isolation by redistributing mechanical deformation away from the sensing interface, enabling stable EMG acquisition in freely moving ALS animal models. These structures are further optimized through systematic analysis of kirigami geometries, where hierarchical fractal patterns demonstrate improved strain isolation, reduced mechanical instability, and enhanced signal quality in dynamic applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address non-conformal wearable systems, we develop a material-based approach using polyborosiloxane (PBS), a viscoelastic polymer with dynamic boroxine networks. Molecular dynamics simulations and rheological experiments reveal that boroxine-rich networks provide frequency-stable energy dissipation, enabling effective suppression of motion artifacts in EOG systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis work establishes a comprehensive framework that combines structural and material design strategies to enable robust bio-signal acquisition across diverse wearable platforms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProf. Antonio Facchetti\u0026nbsp;\u2013 School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProf. Shucong Li\u0026nbsp;\u2013 School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProf. Peter Hesketh \u2013 School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevelopment of\u0026nbsp;soft materials and\u0026nbsp;kirigami-based\u0026nbsp;mechanical decoupling for\u0026nbsp;motion-artifact\u0026nbsp;reduction in\u0026nbsp;wearable\u0026nbsp;electronics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Development of soft materials and kirigami-based mechanical decoupling for motion-artifact reduction in wearable electronics"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-14 16:34:19","changed_gmt":"2026-04-14 16:34:52","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-28T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-28T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-28T12:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-28 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-28 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-28 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center Room #2107 ","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689738":{"#nid":"689738","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MS Defense by Pranjal Gehlot","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPranjal Gehlot\u003Cbr\u003EBME MS Thesis Defense Presentation\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate\u003C\/strong\u003E: 2026-04-17\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E: 11:30 AM\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation \/ Meeting Link\u003C\/strong\u003E: In-Person: EBB 5029; Virtual Access: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92759768746\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92759768746\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDr. S. 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By aligning structural embeddings with biological response similarity, the model captures meaningful relationships between drugs while remaining independent of cell line features at inference. This enables zero-shot (cold-start) prediction, allowing similarity estimation and downstream prioritization for previously unseen drugs using only their molecular graphs. Our model was evaluated on the data from the Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC) datasets accessed via PyTDC v1.1.15. 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Digital demonstrators have been proposed as viable alternatives, yet the field lacks empirical guidance on how to design the visualizations embedded within them. This dissertation addresses that gap using laser scanning instruction as its primary case. The dissertation is designed to contribute an empirical comparison of distinct visualization approaches in an instrument-level digital demonstrator using a behavioral transfer measure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study is organized around three research questions corresponding to three identified gaps in literature. RQ1 examines how visualization design within a screen-based digital demonstrator affects the risk of visualization dependency. RQ2 investigates how the extent of demonstrator exposure influences physical scanner skill transfer, as measured by setup time. RQ3 asks what instructional outcomes a full-scale immersive VR demonstrator produces relative to the screen-based tool, and whether VR presence supports deeper schema formation or amplifies scaffold dependency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo theoretical frameworks govern the study. Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) provides the primary lens, framing dependency risk as a consequence of over-scaffolding that bypasses the germane processing required for durable schema formation. The Cognitive Affective Model of Immersive Learning (CAMIL) governs the VR strand, positioning presence and agency as mediators of immersive learning benefits while acknowledging that immersive novelty may also increase extraneous load.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study employs mixed methods, pragmatist design across seven sequential phases. A screen-based demonstrator was developed incorporating two visualization conditions. The first being a lower-fidelity abstract circle grid that required active conceptual inference. The second is a higher-fidelity apple point cloud designed to make the resolution-quality relationship perceptually explicit. Physical scanner setup time served as the primary behavioral outcome, chosen for its independence from self-report and its sensitivity to dependency effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERQ2 is supported by the strongest evidence. Graduate teams with full demonstrator access completed physical scanner setup much more quickly as compared to a more limited-access cohort. This dose-response pattern was independently replicated in an undergraduate cohort at Georgia Tech, substantially strengthening the evidentiary basis. RQ1 is supported by preliminary evidence in which all five teams trained on the higher-fidelity visualization exhibited dependency when transitioning to the physical scanner. That finding requires replication before it can be treated as confirmed. 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The stress release (or stress drop) during an earthquake provides fundamental information about the energy budget, and the slip and area of rupture, which are needed to investigate earthquake triggering and rupture dynamics. Stress drop is also an important element of seismic hazard forecasting since high stress drop earthquakes radiate more high frequency energy, resulting in stronger ground shaking.\u0026nbsp;However, in practice stress drop has proved notoriously hard to measure reliably. Estimates by different researchers, using different methods or datasets, have yielded highly inconsistent values. This wide scatter masks physical trends (such as depth, mechanism, regional variation, or dependence on fault heterogeneity) that may identify the factors governing earthquake rupture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI will discuss recent work by myself and others focused on improving stress drop estimates, and investigating the uncertainties resulting from modelling assumptions and the ambiguity of separating source and path effects in recorded seismograms. A consistent observation is that\u0026nbsp;there is more\u0026nbsp;small-scale spatial\u0026nbsp;variability and complexity within one individual sequence, than there is between earthquakes in different tectonic settings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E*Refreshments: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Atrium)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESmall earthquakes contain a wealth of information about active structures, and the state of stress in the earth, not least because they are so numerous. The stress release (or stress drop) during an earthquake provides fundamental information about the energy budget, and the slip and area of rupture, which are needed to investigate earthquake triggering and rupture dynamics. Stress drop is also an important element of seismic hazard forecasting since high stress drop earthquakes radiate more high frequency energy, resulting in stronger ground shaking.\u0026nbsp;However, in practice stress drop has proved notoriously hard to measure reliably. Estimates by different researchers, using different methods or datasets, have yielded highly inconsistent values. This wide scatter masks physical trends (such as depth, mechanism, regional variation, or dependence on fault heterogeneity) that may identify the factors governing earthquake rupture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI will discuss recent work by myself and others focused on improving stress drop estimates, and investigating the uncertainties resulting from modelling assumptions and the ambiguity of separating source and path effects in recorded seismograms. A consistent observation is that\u0026nbsp;there is more\u0026nbsp;small-scale spatial\u0026nbsp;variability and complexity within one individual sequence, than there is between earthquakes in different tectonic settings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E*Refreshments: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Atrium)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Variability and Controversy: What can we resolve from observations of small earthquake sources?"}],"uid":"36678","created_gmt":"2026-03-11 12:22:31","changed_gmt":"2026-04-14 16:28:49","author":"tbuchanan9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-23T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-23T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-23T12:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-23 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-23 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-23 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"EST L1205","extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"679944":{"id":"679944","type":"image","title":"Ambercombie Headshot","body":null,"created":"1776181913","gmt_created":"2026-04-14 15:51:53","changed":"1776181913","gmt_changed":"2026-04-14 15:51:53","alt":"Ambercombie Headshot","file":{"fid":"264169","name":"Ambercombie---Headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/14\/Ambercombie---Headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/14\/Ambercombie---Headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":134195,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/14\/Ambercombie---Headshot.jpg?itok=YfZcMBSs"}}},"media_ids":["679944"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/profiles\/rachel-e-abercrombie\/","title":""}],"groups":[{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"175623","name":"EAS Seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689736":{"#nid":"689736","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ion Trapping \u2013 Integrating technology and beyond","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMelissa Revelle is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and an expert in atomic, molecular, and optical physics, specializing in trapped-ion quantum computing. Her research focuses on the design, development, and integration of microfabricated ion traps and related hardware for scalable quantum information systems. She earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. from Rice University, where her doctoral work examined quasi-one-dimensional ultracold Fermi gases. At Sandia, she has led the development of multiple state-of-the-art ion trap platforms, operated and advanced QSCOUT (a DOE quantum computer operated at Sandia National Laboratories), and currently leads efforts in integrated photonics and modular trap architectures for next-generation quantum computing. Her work spans fundamental AMO physics through applied quantum hardware development, with an emphasis on enabling practical trapped-ion quantum technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the numbers of ions in a system grows, the reality of controlling this magnitude of qubits is becoming clear. Some amount of integrated technology is required for these systems due to the limited optical access available through even the most innovative vacuum systems. Thousands of ions cannot be reasonably addressed by strictly using external lasers and imaging systems. The science and development of the supporting technology for these quantum computers is a niche, but critical, area of research. We are developing methods of integrating photonic capabilities into traps themselves, along with heterogenous integration to leverage an approach that does not require compromises. I will share our vision of scaling these quantum systems and a variety of work we are conducting on advancing not just quantum computing, but quantum technologies at Sandia National Laboratories.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis work was funded in part by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at Sandia National Laboratories. Support is also acknowledged from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, National Quantum Information Science Research Centers, Quantum Systems Accelerator. Sandia National Labs is managed and operated by NTESS, LLC, a subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Dept. of Energy\u2019s NNSA under contract DE-NA0003525. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the U.S. Government. 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Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) can power and sustain biomedical implants and IoT microsensors in medical and industrial applications where light and motion are inaccessible. Millimeter-scale TEGs, however, are resistive, intermittent, low-voltage, and as a result, also low-power. An energy-harvesting system for this type of imperfect source must not only track the maximum power point (MPP) but also include and replenish a small battery, regulate and supply a load, wake from no-charge conditions, and coordinate and control several intertwined feedback loops. Unfortunately, state-of-the-art TEG systems are largely incomplete. Some can wake and track the MPP, but not include or replenish a battery or supply a load, or the other way around. And when tracking the MPP is included, it is often suboptimal. This research proposes to develop a CMOS power-supply system that can track the MPP, replenish and draw assistance from a small battery, supply and regulate a load, and wake from no-charge conditions. Two fundamental goals for this research are to develop an accurate MPP model that can be used to optimize the system and build a harvester that outputs the highest maximum power possible. One way to improve the performance of the system is by improving the efficacy of the switched-capacitor circuit used to wake the harvester. Another way is to design circuit components so they duty-cycle and require little quiescent current to operate. 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Resonator\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ayazi, Advisor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Shaolan Li, Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ansari\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe objective of my proposed research is to develop a versatile, low phase noise dual-mode oscillator architecture that is applied to a distributed Lam\u00e9 resonator (DLR) for high-performance timing and temperature sensing. Dual-mode MEMS resonators enable a unique method for precision self-temperature sensing for temperature-compensated and oven-controlled MEMS oscillators. A high-performance, low phase noise dual-mode oscillator design is crucial to achieving high-resolution and high-bandwidth resonator self-temperature measurement. 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The GT Employee Health and Well-Being Committee cordially invites you to an afternoon of refinement and relaxation.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn honor of National Tea Day and Stress Awareness Month, we are transforming the Techwood Room into a Regency-era retreat. 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At-sea experimental testing is the most informative and accurate way to determine vehicle aerodynamic characteristics in these environments, but it is extremely costly and time-consuming. Advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods have been developed to resolve much of the turbulent flow structures and the interactions with the vehicle, but require significant allocations or investments in high-performance computing (HPC) clusters all while still requiring notable wall-clock time for converged results. Shipboard operations require fast, computationally efficient, and physically realistic modeling capabilities to supplement the traditional, resource-intensive experimental approaches. A tool of this nature must balance cost and accuracy while capturing the essential physics of the ship airwake and the corresponding unsteady aerodynamic response of the vehicle. This effort focuses on developing an integrated machine learning (ML) -based modeling and simulating framework for predicting complex ship airwake quantities and the resulting small UAV responses during launch and recovery; and assessing the sensitivity, relative cost, and the accuracy of these predictions. First, metrics need to be defined for what constitutes a realistic reduced-order model of the complex ship airwake with respect to small UAV shipboard operations. To accomplish this, low-order flight dynamics simulations are employed to investigate the unsteady, dynamic vehicle response along the approach path towards the flight deck. The unsteady behavior of the vehicle through time is correlated to the specific structures in the airwake that induce energetic responses. These are used as benchmark quantities to capture in the reduced-order model for functionally realistic ship airwake predictions. Finally, a new model is introduced that incorporates the ML-based airwake predictions coupled with vehicle flight dynamics and an autonomous trim routine to predict the realistic trajectory of the small UAV given a prescribed approach path to help inform safe operating limits based on the given ship-UAV combination.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDate and time: 2026-04-09, 1:00PM\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELocation: Price Gilbert 4222\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommittee:\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Marilyn Smith (advisor), School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Juergen Rauleder, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Beckett Zhou, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Karen Feigh, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Daniel Prosser, US Navy\u003Cbr\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Dynamic Model of Unpiloted Aerial Systems for Complex Ship Airwake Environments\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Dynamic Model of Unpiloted Aerial Systems for Complex Ship Airwake Environments"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-07 20:45:48","changed_gmt":"2026-04-07 20:46:23","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-09T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-09T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-09T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-09 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-09 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-09 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Price Gilbert 4222","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689547":{"#nid":"689547","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Anant Girdhar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent Name: Anant Girdhar\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvisor: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jeff.jagoda@aerospace.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejeff.jagoda@aerospace.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMilestone: PhD Thesis Final Examination (Defense)\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDegree Program: Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETitle: A Process-Based Interpretable Data-Driven Framework for Local Chemical Kinetic Model Comparison\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbstract: Simulation of reacting flow in practical combustors require reduced chemical kinetic models in order to remain computationally tractable. However, comparisons between detailed and reduced chemistry models are frequently based on global observables and therefore do not clearly explain where local discrepancies arise or what physical and chemical processes are responsible for them. When treated as high-dimensional vector spaces, combustion datasets can be partitioned and described compactly through clustering and dimensionality reduction techniques. These techniques are typically used to create transportable Reduced Order Models instead of for analysis. Additionally, they are typically used in conjunction with state-space based representations of the data which do not provide mechanistic insight into local processes. This dissertation develops a process-based, interpretable, data-driven framework for comparative model analysis using Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) applied to species-level chemistry and diffusion contributions. A bluff-body stabilized combustor is used as a motivating benchmark. A freely propagating laminar premixed flame and an opposed-jet premixed flame are used as controlled canonical configurations for method development and comparison. A 17-species reduced methane-air chemical kinetic model is compared against the detailed 53-species GRI Mech 3.0 to demonstrate the methodology. A state-space based L-PCA analysis provides a baseline description of thermochemical structure, while the process-space NMF analysis yields additive factors that are directly connected to local transport and chemistry. Reaction path analysis is used to validate the decomposition against known chemical pathways. The results show that process-based decompositions provide a useful complementary view of chemical model discrepancies and can organize similarities and differences between detailed and reduced mechanisms more clearly than global comparisons alone. In addition, the analysis suggests an emergent interpretation based on the relative alignment of chemistry and diffusion feature vectors, which may offer a useful lens for discussing flame-zone structure. 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The decisions made in this phase, covering performance budgets, structural concepts, and propulsion configurations, are rarely substantially revised thereafter, yet the processes that govern them provide no structured means of revisiting them coherently as requirements, assumptions, and knowledge continue to evolve. A review of the literature reveals that, despite mature processes for feasibility assessment and requirements management, early-stage aerospace design lacks a systematic means of exploring, justifying, and revisiting design decisions as the knowledge that governs them continues to evolve. To address these, this thesis proposes a methodology centered on the concept of \u0022system intent\u0022, the formally encoded combination of prioritized requirements, decision rationale, explicit assumptions, and tacit knowledge, and its systematic connection to multidisciplinary trade-space exploration and decision justification. The methodology is developed across three successive research areas and evaluated through a multi-domain, commercial-aircraft conceptual design demonstration that involves sequential changes to requirements and assumptions. The result is a pipeline that equips designers to formally encode the reasoning behind design decisions in a way that actively drives trade-study formulation, to respond to requirement and assumption changes through targeted updates rather than complete reconstruction, and to assess, at any point in the conceptual phase, which assumptions most threaten the stability of the current design selection and what would need to change for an alternative decision to be warranted, capabilities that current practice does not support. This work provides a structured foundation for design decision-making in complex aerospace programs where requirements, priorities, and knowledge are subject to continuous revision.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDate and time: 2026-04-23, 8AM - 11AM\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELocation: Collaborative Design Environment (CoVE), Weber (SST II)\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommittee:\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Dimitri Mavris (advisor), School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EProf. Daniel Schrage, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EProf. Kai James (Pending), School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Elena Garcia, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Jorge Camacho-Casero, Airbus\u003Cbr\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIntent-Conditioned Trade-Space Exploration and Decision Support for Early-Stage Aerospace System Design\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Intent-Conditioned Trade-Space Exploration and Decision Support for Early-Stage Aerospace System Design"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-07 20:41:02","changed_gmt":"2026-04-07 20:41:36","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-23T08:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-23T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-23T11:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-23 12:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-23 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-23 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Collaborative Design Environment (CoVE), Weber (SST II)","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689544":{"#nid":"689544","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MS Defense by Hande Bahar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHande Bahar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvisor: Prof. Hailong Chen\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ewill defend a master\u2019s thesis entitled\u003Cem\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElectrodeposition-derived MnO2 \u0026nbsp;as a Cathode Material for Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOn\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETuesday, April 14, 2026\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E2 - 3 pm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMRDC 3515 Conference Room\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eor virtually via Teams:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/27383687193711?p=5UjqkvKqUUcvSeFrWA\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/27383687193711?p=5UjqkvKqUUcvSeFrWA\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/27383687193711?p=5UjqkvKqUUcvSeFrWA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProf. Hailong Chen - Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (advisor)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProf. Meilin Liu - School of Materials Science and Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProf. Anju Toor - School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have emerged as promising energy storage systems due to their safety, low cost, and environmental compatibility. Among various cathode materials, MnO\u2082 stands out because of its abundance, non-toxicity, and structural versatility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis study investigates the synthesis, structural characterization, and electrochemical performance of electrodeposited MnO\u2082 polymorphs as cathode materials for AZIBs. Phase-controlled MnO\u2082 films were successfully fabricated via electrodeposition by tuning precursor chemistry and deposition conditions. Cathodic deposition from KMnO\u2084-based electrolytes produced layered \u03b4-MnO\u2082, while acidic MnSO\u2084-based systems enabled the formation of \u03b5-MnO\u2082. Structural analysis using X-ray diffraction confirmed the phase evolution and highlighted the strong influence of substrate and deposition parameters on crystallinity and film quality. Electrochemical testing revealed that electrodeposited MnO\u2082, consisting of 100% active material without binders, exhibited higher specific capacity compared to commercial \u03b2-MnO\u2082.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOverall, this work demonstrates that electrodeposition is an effective route for phase-controlled synthesis of MnO\u2082 and provides insights into structure\u2013performance relationships for improving AZIB cathodes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EElectrodeposition-derived MnO2 \u0026nbsp;as a Cathode Material for Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Electrodeposition-derived MnO2  as a Cathode Material for Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-07 20:35:43","changed_gmt":"2026-04-07 20:35:43","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-14T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-14T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-14T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-14 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-14 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-14 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"MRDC 3515 Conference Room or virtually via Teams","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"111531","name":"ms defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689543":{"#nid":"689543","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Rohit Pai","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2018Gabor density bounds, woven systems and weighted oblique dual frames\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; Monday, 27th April\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 10.30am (EST)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZoom link:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgatech.zoom.us%2Fj%2F5430145654%3Fpwd%3DE6D8k4UWjLaOURjO0RyzvsyMVFtyOx.1%26omn%3D95297390163\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cthesis%40grad.gatech.edu%7Ce0f5a59434c245df90e408de94e48877%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639111906409488543%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=%2B9iusrKt7h0RBzZqWnJbo74fqNw3%2BNdHAvFJaeOG7s8%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/5430145654?pwd=E6D8k4UWjLaOURjO0RyzvsyMVFtyOx.1\u0026amp;omn=95297390163\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee members\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Christopher Heil (advisor)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Michael Lacey\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Doron Lubinsky\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Michael Damron\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Kasso Okoudjou\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first chapter focuses on density bounds. Beurling density bounds for basis-type systems have been studied for several decades, in the frameworks of exponential systems, Gabor systems, wavelets and more general reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. In the work of Olevskii and Ulanovskii (2009), and Nitzan (2024), necessary density conditions were established for a new class of systems known as \u2018near-uniformly minimal\u2019 exponentials. Near-uniform minimality is a generalization of uniform minimality (which itself can be thought of as an analogue of linear independence). We deduce analogous necessary density conditions for near-uniformly minimal Gabor systems. Completeness is a dual property to minimality. Much in the same way, Nitzan (2024) introduced a dual notion of \u2018uniformly complete\u2019 exponentials. She also proved necessary density conditions in this case, using a duality argument, connecting it to near-uniform minimality. We establish analogous density bounds for uniformly complete Gabor systems. 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