
2022 DAGsi Student Research presentations

ANDREW KILLIAN (RQ)
Periodic Vortical Gust Encounter and Mitigation Using Closed Loop Control
Faculty Member: Dr. Sid Gunasekaran
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Albert Medina

ATTICUS BEACHY (RQHV)
Hypersonic Vehicle Design Framework Using Machine Learning with Multi-Fidelity Data Under Uncertainty
Faculty Member: Dr. Harok Bae
AFRL Sponsor: Josè Camberos

BENJAMIN MILLARD (RQ)
An Investigation of Detonation Diffraction, Reinitiation, and Amplification
Faculty Member: Dr. Daniel Cuppoletti
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Ombrello

BRYCE MAZUROWSKI (RQHF)
Multiscale Modeling of Composite Materials with the Generalized Finite Element Method
Faculty Member: Carlos Armando Duarte
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Patrick O’Hara

DAVID WOOD (RY)
Context Aware Malware Detection using GAN’s
Faculty Member: Dr.Keigo Hirakawa
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. David Kapp

DANIEL TYREE (R)
Detection of Medical Inhaler Use via Terahertz Spectroscopy
Faculty Member: Ivan Medvedev
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Steve Kim

HOLLIS SMITH (RQ)
Topology Optimization of Aerospace Structures with Geometric Primitives
Faculty Member: Julián Norato
AFRL Sponsor: Joshua Deaton

JACOB JADISCHKE (RQ)
Control Techniques for Aircraft Energy Management
Faculty Member: Dr. Mitch Wolff
AFRL Sponsor: Jon Zumberge

JAVIER AVECILLAS (RQHF)
Maturation of Generalized Finite Element Technology for Multi-Scale Solid and Fluid Mechanics Applications
Faculty Member: Carlos Armando Duarte
AFRL Sponsor: Ravi Chona

JOSHUA MAYERSKY (RX)
Ferroelectric Oxides For Neuromorphic Computing and Hardware Assurance
Faculty Member: Dr. Rashmi Jha
AFRL Sponsor:Dr. Amber Reed

MARCUS ACTON (RQ)
An Experimental Investigation into the Effects of Inlet Swirl on the Compression System of a Jet Engine
Faculty Member: Dr. Mitch Wolff
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Mike List

MARIAH SHWARTZ (RY)
InAs/AlAsSb Avalanche Photodiodes for Lidar Applications
Faculty Member: Dr.Sanjay Krishna
AFRL Sponsor:Dr. Charles Revner

NATHANIEL WOOD (RX)
Automated Topology Optimization of PBF via State Estimation and Control of Internal Temperatures
Faculty Member: David Hoelzle
AFRL Sponsor: Andrew Gillman

PATRICIA LOUGHNEY (RX)
Pre-ceramic Polymer-Assisted Nucleation and Growth of Cu2S Nanoplates
Faculty Member: Dr. Vicky Doan-Nguyen
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Pruyn

RACHEL TULLIS (RQ)
Investigation of Surface Roughness Effects on Additively Manufactured Metals Under Dynamic Loading
Faculty Members: Dr. Joy Gockel and Dr. Nathan Klingbeil
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Onome Scott-Emuakpor

ROHIT DESHMUKH (RQ)
Maturation of Generalized Finite Element Technology for Multi-Scale Solid and Fluid Mechanics Applications
Faculty Members: Jack J. McNamara
AFRL Sponsor: Patrick O’Hara

TJ MILLER (RQ)
Temporal Convergence and Stability Assessment of the Generalized Finite Element Method for Multi-Scale Field Problems
Faculty Members: Jack McNamara
AFRL Sponsor: Patrick O’Hara

TYLER WESTWOOD (RY)
Improvement of Exploration of Patch Generation Search Spaces Using Software Metrics in the Context of Bug Generation
Faculty Members: Dr. Nan Niu and Dr. Rashmi Jha
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. David Kapp

WILLIAM A. METZGER (RYDI)
Characterization of Printed Silver Thin Films Sintered by a Scanning Laser Technique
Faculty Members: Dr. Ahsan Mian
AFRL Sponsor: Dr. Emily Heckman