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
| [T15] | 'Using an ontology and metamodels to evaluate systems engineering (SE) domain-specific modeling languages (DSML).' D.Eng. Dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, May 2026. [slides] [recording] |
| [J25] | 'A general framework for supporting economic feasibility of generator and storage energy systems through capacity and dispatch optimization.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 148(3), p. 031709, Mar 2026. |
| [C58] | 'A data-driven surrogate modeling and sensor/actuator placement framework for flexible spacecraft.' In 2026 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, Mar 2026. [arXiv:2601.06325] [slides] |
| [T14] | 'Simulation, optimal control, and control co-design of wind and marine turbines using derivative function surrogate models.' Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Dec 2025. |
| [J24] | 'Aligning early-stage ship design and model-based systems engineering methodologies.' Naval Engineers Journal, 137(4), p. 90–103, Dec 2025. [podcast] |
| [P20] | 'Transforming ship specification development with MBSE use cases: model-driven approaches for naval systems engineering.' Technology, Systems, and Ships & Combat Systems Symposium, Arlington, VA, USA, Nov 2025. [slides] |