Welcome to Dr. Daniel Herber's research group website!
The Herber Research Group at Colorado State University, headed by Dr. Daniel Herber, focuses on design optimization, model-based systems engineering, system architecture synthesis, combined physical and control system design (control co-design), and numerical optimal control concentrated around the development of novel theory and tools for integrated design methods conducive to emerging and dynamic engineering systems.
The group works in several engineering application domains, including recent projects in offshore wind/wave energy systems, carbon capture combined with thermal storage and natural gas plants, aero-actuation systems, and thermal management networks for aircraft, and continues to expand.
6 latest publications
[J20] | 'Leveraging system dynamics to predict the commercialization success of emerging energy technologies: lessons from wind energy.' Energies, 18(8), p. 2048, Apr 2025. |
[J19] | 'Concurrent geometry, control, and layout optimization of wave energy converter farms in probabilistic irregular waves using surrogate modeling.' Ocean Engineering, 320, p. 120183, Mar 2025. |
[C50] | 'Innovating air cycle machine design: a MAGMA-driven approach for aircraft thermal management.' In AIAA 2025 Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA 2025-1473, Orlando, FL, USA, Jan 2025. |
[C49] | 'Engineering and design of an integrated thermal storage and carbon capture system on Calpine's Delta Energy Center.' In Greenhouse Gas Control Technology Conference, Calgary, Canada, Oct 2024. |
[C48] | 'Importance of ontologies for integration of systems engineering (SE) and human factors engineering (HFE) into system development and design.' In International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications, Split, Croatia, Sep 2024. |
[T9] | 'Integrating geometric deep learning with a set-based design approach for the exploration of graph-based engineering systems.' Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Aug 2024. [slides] |