Herber Research Group

Dr. Saeed Azad and Dr. Daniel Herber attended the 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences on August 20-23, 2023. Dr. Saeed Azad presented the paper "Concurrent probabilistic control co-design and layout optimization of wave energy converter farms using surrogate modeling [C34]" and was selected as a Paper of Distinction (see the slides)! Dr. Daniel Herber presented, on behalf of Anthony Sirico, the paper "On the use of geometric deep learning towards the evaluation of graph-centric engineering systems [C33]" (see the slides). Dr. Daniel Herber was also the chair of the Control Co-Design session (DAC-01-01).  ⟨2023/08/21⟩

Danny Call and Dr. Daniel Herber attended the INCOSE 2023 International Symposium held in Honolulu, HI on July 15-20, 2023. Danny Call presented a poster for the paper titled "Case for systems engineering in an agile world and principles for growth [C32]".  ⟨2023/07/15⟩

Several members of the group have exciting summer activities! Athul Sundarrajan will be working as a graduate intern in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center (ECaSS) to support the Water Power R&D group in extending ROSCO, NREL's open-source wind turbine controller, for a first-of-their-kind reference controller floating marine turbine. James Wheaton will be continuing his internship with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an MBSE intern in the Robotic Systems Staff group, developing the SysML architecture of the Robotic Transfer Assembly System within the Earth Return Orbiter on the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return mission scheduled to launch in 2027. McKenzy Johnson and Ian Gowen will also continue their Spring 2023 SURE projects with the group this summer.  ⟨2023/05/09⟩

McKenzy Johnson and Ian Gowen presented posters at the SURE Poster Fair & Celebration on April 26, 2023. Their posters were Model-Based Structured Requirements and Creating a Simplified Optimization Model of a Natural Gas Power Plant, respectively.  ⟨2023/04/26⟩

Congratulations to James Wheaton who passed his Ph.D. preliminary examination titled "Bootstrapping a Trustworthy and Seamless Digital Engineering System" on April 17, 2023! His slides are available here.  ⟨2023/04/17⟩

Congratulations to Danny Call who passed his Ph.D. preliminary examination titled "Characterizing and improving the adoption rate of model-based systems engineering through an application of the diffusion of innovations theory" on April 13, 2023! His slides are available here.  ⟨2023/04/13⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber was invited to present virtually to the INCOSE Requirements Working Group during their monthly meeting the topic "Model-Based Structured Requirements in SysML [C25]" on March 30, 2023. A recording and the slides are available.  ⟨2023/03/30⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber attended the 2023 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in National Harbor, MD on March 22-24, 2023.  ⟨2023/03/22⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber presented the paper "Advancing model-based engineering through improved integration of domain-specific simulation and analysis using SysML-based models for unmanned aerial vehicles [C31]" at the AIAA 2023 Science and Technology Forum and Exposition on January 23, 2023. Links to the prerecorded talk and slides can be found here and here, respectively.  ⟨2023/01/23⟩

Welcome to Ian Gowen and McKenzy Schroeder who joined the group as Scott Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) researchers in January 2023 for the SP2023 semester!  ⟨2023/01/17⟩

Congratulations to Maurice Ombogo who completed his Master's project titled Analyzing lifecycle requirements of marine hydrokinetic energy systems"! His project model is also available here.  ⟨2022/12/12⟩

Welcome to Svetlana Lawrence who joined the group as a distance Ph.D. student in Fall 2022!  ⟨2022/11/17⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber attended the SPI2 In-person Workshop at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on November 16-17, 2022.  ⟨2022/11/16⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber attended the 2022 ARPA-E Ocean Week in Washington, DC on October 25-26, 2022.  ⟨2022/10/25⟩

Various members of the group attend the 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences on August 15-17, 2022. Dr. Saeed Azad presented the paper "Control co-design under uncertainties: formulations [C27]". Links to the prerecorded talk and slides can be found here and here, respectively. Roberto Vercellino presented the paper "Control co-design optimization of natural gas power plants with carbon capture and thermal storage [C26]". Links to the prerecorded talk and slides can be found here and here, respectively. Dr. Daniel Herber was also the chair of the Control Co-Design session (DAC-01-01).  ⟨2022/08/15⟩

Roberto Vercellino presented a poster "Realizing profitable carbon capture on natural gas plants with thermal energy storage through optimization-based decision support [P9]" (which was also among 3 receiving the Student Poster Competition Award) and Ethan Markey presented "Economic viability of natural gas power plants with carbon capture and electrically charged thermal energy storage [P8]" at the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology in Pittsburgh, PA on June 21-23, 2022.  ⟨2022/06/21⟩

Congratulations to Roberto Vercellino who defended his Master's thesis successfully on June 6, 2022 titled "Analysis and control co-design optimization of natural gas power plants with carbon capture and thermal energy storage"! His slides are available here.  ⟨2022/06/06⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber and Roberto Vercellino attended the 2022 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Denver, CO on May 23-25, 2022.  ⟨2022/05/25⟩

Along with Ann Batchelor, Dr. Daniel Herber copresented "Transition to Digital Engineering" during the Systems Engineering Friday Talks on April 29, 2022. The recording and slides are both available.  ⟨2022/04/29⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber presented the paper "Model-Based Structured Requirements in SysML [C25]" at the virtual 2021 IEEE International Systems Conference on April 25, 2022. Links to the prerecorded talk and slides can be found here and here, respectively.  ⟨2022/04/25⟩

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Miller who defended his Ph.D. dissertation successfully on March 24, 2022 titled "Applying Model-based Systems Engineering in Search of Quality by Design"! His slides and recording are available here and here.  ⟨2022/03/24⟩

Daniel Call gave a lightning talk titled "When You Build It and They Do Not Come [P6]" at the 2022 INCOSE International Workshop on January 29, 2022. Link to the recording is available here.  ⟨2022/01/29⟩

LaTasha Starr presented the paper "Sewing the Digital Transformation Thread: A Deeper Look into Model-Based Six Sigma (MBSS) and the Model‐Based Systems Architecture Processes (MBSAP) [C24]" at the AIAA 2022 Science and Technology Forum and Exposition on January 3, 2022. The slides can be found here.  ⟨2022/01/03⟩

Congratulations to Mo Hussein who passed his Ph.D. preliminary examination on his research titled "Comparative Analysis of Integrated Scrum Model-Based System Architecture Process (SMBSAP) and Traditional Scrum Approaches for Developing Health Technology System"!  ⟨2021/11/05⟩

Ethan Markey gave the presentation "Economic Viability of Flexible Carbon Capture for Natural Gas Power Plants [P5]" at the 2021 TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo on October 20, 2021.  ⟨2021/10/20⟩

Athul Sundarrajan presented the paper "Open-loop Control Co-design of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines using Linear Parameter-varying Models [C22]" at the virtual 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences on August 19, 2021. Links to the prerecorded talk and slides can be found here and here, respectively. Dr. Daniel Herber was also the chair of the Control Co-Design session (DAC-01-01).  ⟨2021/08/19⟩

Welcome to Dr. Saeed Azad who joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher in July 2021!  ⟨2021/07/05⟩

Congratulations to Athul Sundarrajan who defended his Master's thesis successfully on June 8, 2021 titled "Some Efficient Open-Loop Control Solution Strategies for Dynamic Optimization Problems and Control Co-Design"! His slides are available here.  ⟨2021/06/08⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber presented the paper "Towards a Fair Comparison between the Nested and Simultaneous Control Co-design Methods using an Active Suspension Case Study [C20]" at the virtual 2021 American Control Conference on May 25, 2021. Links to the recording and slides can be found here and here, respectively.  ⟨2021/05/25⟩

Welcome to Andrew Miller and Daniel Cobb who joined the group as a distance Ph.D. students in May 2021!  ⟨2021/05/17⟩

The recently-funded ARPA-E project on control co-design hydrokinetic energy systems was written about in a Systems Engineering Department news article.  ⟨2021/03/27⟩

Welcome to Matt McCarter who joined the group as a distance Ph.D. student in January 2020!  ⟨2021/01/27⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber (Co-PI) was awarded a research grant from NSF for the project "Probabilistic Performance Assessment and Control Co-Design of Wave Farms" with Gaofeng Jia (PI) and Hussam Mahmoud (Co-PI). Award Abstract #2034040.  ⟨2020/12/23⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber virtually presented the seminar talk "Integrated Dynamic System Design through the Dimensions of Plant, Control, and System Architecture" at the University of Colorado Boulder Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Department on December 1, 2020. Link to the slides can be found here and recording here.  ⟨2020/12/01⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber and Woodward PI Dr. Kamran Shahroudi have started work on a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) project with Woodward, Inc..  ⟨2020/09/01⟩

Welcome to H. Sinan Bank, Daniel Call, Anthony Sirico, and LaTasha Starr who joined the group as a distance Ph.D. students in August 2020!  ⟨2020/08/24⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber is on a team that has been awarded a contract for the ARPA-E-sponsored project "Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System," in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania, ION Clean Energy, and Bright Generation Holdings. Announcement and project description.  ⟨2020/07/13⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber was awarded a contract for the project titled "Conceptual Level Thermal System Architecture Design and Model Based Systems Engineering," in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory.  ⟨2020/04/23⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber gave a plenary talk at the NSF Online Workshop on Integrated Design of Active Dynamic Systems (IDADS) held on March 26, 2020. His talk was titled "Control Co-design Direct Transcription Solution Strategies: Overview and Challenges" and is available here.  ⟨2020/03/26⟩

Welcome to Hannah Park, Khang Ho, and Macklin Harrington who joined the group as Scott Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) researchers in January 2020 for the SP2020 semester!  ⟨2020/01/27⟩

Welcome to Athul Sundarrajan who joined the group as an on-campus graduate student researcher in January 2019!  ⟨2020/01/03⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber was awarded a contract to contribute to the ARPA-E-sponsored project "Wind Energy with Integrated Servo‐control (WEIS): A Toolset to Enable Controls Co‐Design of Floating Offshore Wind Energy Systems," in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).  ⟨2019/12/01⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber presented the seminar talk "Challenges and Methods for the Integrated Design of Dynamic Engineering Systems through System Architecture Synthesis and Control Co-design" at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Flatirons Campus in Golden, CO on October 31, 2019.  ⟨2019/10/31⟩

A technical report report titled "Approximating Arbitrary Impulse Response Functions with Prony Basis Functions [R4]" by Dr. Daniel Herber and James Allison is now available.  ⟨2019/10/21⟩

Dr. Daniel Herber attended the IDETC 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences held in Anaheim, CA on August 18-21, 2019.  ⟨2019/08/22⟩