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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
My research is in network analysis and modeling of complex systems and Systems of Systems (SoS). I use bio-inspired systems design to solve  sustainability and resilience related problems. Human networks of interest include, but are not limited to, industrial resource networks, power grids, water distribution networks, makerspace learning environments, circular economy efforts, and supply chains.

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4606 Distributed Computing And Systems Software

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9 Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure

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12 Responsible Consumption And Production

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4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics And Robotics

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12 Responsible Consumption And Production

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Georgia Institute of Technology - (Atlanta, Georgia, United States)

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University of Pittsburgh - (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

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UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY AND ROBUSTNESS FOR NETWORK DESIGN USING THERMODYNAMIC POWER CYCLES

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Industrial Ecosystems and Food Webs: An Expansion and Update of Existing Data for Eco-Industrial Parks and Understanding the Ecological Food Webs They Wish to Mimic

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Resistance to Opportunities of Plastic Recycling

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Enquiry:  The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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An Analysis of Factors Impacting Design Self-Efficacy of Senior Design Students

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American Society for Engineering Education

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A Comparison of Graph-Theoretic Approaches for Resilient System of Systems Design

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A Product Architecture-Based Tool for Bioinspired Function-Sharing

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Bio-Inspired and AI DeepWalk Based Approach to Understand Cyber-Physical Interdependencies of Power Grid Infrastructure

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Designing eco-industrial parks in a nested structure to mimic mutualistic ecological networks

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An Eco-Industrial Park-Based Method for Net Zero Community Creation

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9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Evaluating benefits of ecologically-inspired nested architectures for industrial symbiosis

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Ecosystem guidance for the incorporation of renewable utilities in a multi-use campus network.

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Leveraging graph clustering techniques for cyberphysical system analysis to enhance disturbance characterisation

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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

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Ecological Uniqueness for Understanding Line Importance in Power Grids

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Ecology-inspired resilient and affordable system of systems using degree of system order

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Designing Industrial Networks Using Ecological Food Web Metrics.

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Mixed-Integer Optimization for Bio-Inspired Robust Power Network Design

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Bioinspired human network diagnostics: Ecological modularity and nestedness as quantitative indicators of human engineered network function

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A Bioinspired Framework for Analyzing and Predicting the Trade-off Between System of Systems Attributes

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Bio-inspired design for robust power grid networks

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BIO-INSPIRED MODELING APPROACHES FOR HUMAN NETWORKS WITH LINK DISSIPATION

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Matrix Trays: From waste to opportunities

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Designing ecologically-inspired robustness into a water distribution network

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A Comparison of Graph-Theoretic Approaches for Resilient System of Systems Design

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BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED CLOSED LOOP MANUFACTURING NETWORKS

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9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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WASTE REDUCTION: A REVIEW OF COMMON OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Work in Progress: The Antigua Forum Format: Increasing Information Flow for Increased Pedagogical Innovation

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Bio-inspired Design: Quantifying System of Systems Fitness

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Bio-inspired design for resilient water distribution networks

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Bio-Inspired Avenues for Advancing Brain Injury Prevention

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An Ecological Robustness Oriented Optimal Power Flow for Power Systems' Survivability

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A Preliminary Investigation into Ecological Network Analysis for Cyber-Physical Power Systems

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Exploring System of Systems Resilience vs. Affordability Trade-Space Using a Bio-Inspired Metric

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Food webs: Realizing biological inspiration for sustainable industrial resource networks

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Bipartite Network Analysis Utilizing Survey Data to Determine Student and Tool Interactions in a Makerspace

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American Society for Engineering Education

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ECOLOGICAL ROBUSTNESS AS A DESIGN PRINCIPLE FOR SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS

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An Ecological Robustness Oriented Optimal Power Flow for Power Systems' Survivability

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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An Investigation into Ecological Network Analysis for Cyber-Physical Power Systems

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Bio-Inspired Design for Robust Power Networks

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Lessons from Living Systems for the Development of Sustainable Industrial Resources Networks

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Bio-inspired Design for Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Extending the Ecological Network Analysis Framework to Cyber-Physical Power Networks

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Ecological Uniqueness for Understanding Line Importance in Power Grids

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Ecological Robustness-Oriented Grid Network Design for Resilience Against Multiple Hazards

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Board 398: The Effects of COVID-19 on Students Tool Usage in Academic Makerspaces

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American Society for Engineering Education

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A CORRELATION BETWEEN THERMAL EFFICIENCY AND BIOLOGICAL NETWORK CYCLICITY

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An Ecological Robustness-Oriented Approach for Power System Network Expansion

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Ecosystem Modularity as a Guide for Makerspaces Evaluations

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Ecological Principles and Metrics for Improving Material Cycling Structures in Manufacturing Networks

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9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Mimicking nature for resilient resource and infrastructure network design.

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9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Ecological Uniqueness for Understanding Line Importance in Power Grids

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Nestedness of eco-industrial networks: Exploring linkage distribution to promote sustainable industrial growth

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Extending Ecological Network Analysis to Design Resilient Cyber-Physical System of Systems

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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A Multigraph Modeling Approach to Enable Ecological Network Analysis of Cyber Physical Power Networks

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING NETWORKS: THE ROLE OF EXCLUSIVE SPECIES IN ACHIEVING ECOSYSTEM-TYPE CYCLING

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Mimicking the nested structures of ecosystems in the design of industrial water networks

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Ecology-Inspired Technique for Resilient Engineered System of Systems Design

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An ecosystem perspective for the design of sustainable power systems

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Improving performance of eco-industrial parks

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Developing a Supply Chain Modeling Approach to Facilitate Ecology-Inspired Design for Sustainability and Resilience

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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A quantitative engineering study of ecosystem robustness using thermodynamic power cycles as case studies.

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Correlation between thermodynamic efficiency and ecological cyclicity for thermodynamic power cycles.

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Exploring System of Systems Resilience Versus Affordability Trade-Space Using a Bio-Inspired Metric

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Improving Performance of Eco-Industrial Parks

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Extending the Use of Bio-Inspiration for Water Distribution Networks to Urban Settings

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Joint Special Issue: Advances in Design and Manufacturing for Sustainability

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Mixed-Integer Optimization for Bio-Inspired Robust Power Network Design

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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BIO-INSPIRED HUMAN NETWORK DESIGN: A MULTI-CURRENCY ROBUSTNESS METRIC INSPIRED BY ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS

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Using A Modularity Analysis to Determine Tool and Student Roles within Maker Spaces

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Benchmarking and Improving Makerspaces Using Quantitative Network Analysis

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Directorate for Education & Human Resources - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering; 3123 TAMU

# schools[]
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# inTheNews[].label
Engineer This!: Taking inspiration from food webs to power grids (Featuring Dr. Astrid Layton)

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Pursuing greater resilience through nature-inspired power grids

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How Food Webs May Improve Electric Grids

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Dr. Astrid Layton Bio-Inspired Industry Design

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Following nature’s cue, researchers build successful, sustainable industrial networks

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Ask an Engineer: What's wrong with recycling? (Featuring Dr. Astrid Layton)

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How the Food Web Can Keep the Electricity Flowing