Research Projects Directory

PI Thomas Yang

PI Siyao Li
Current communication networks with transmitter/receiver nodes can provide large-scale area coverage and robust interconnection between nodes. This allows for the seamless integration of sensing functions into the existing communication framework, paving the way for Integrated Communication and Sensing (ICAS). Unlike previous generations that treated communication and sensing separately, ICAS eliminates the need for additional hardware, extra transmit power, or dedicated frequency bands, by enabling communication signals to support data transmission and environmental sensing simultaneously. This convergence makes ICAS a key feature of six-generation (6G) communication and enables advanced applications, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) missions, autonomous driving, surveillance, and smart cities, to be powered by a single transmitted signal.
This project aims to develop a novel ICAS framework tailored specifically for autonomous systems operating in safety-critical environments. The primary focus is enabling environment sensing by systematically analyzing the received information-carrying communication signals, through line-of-sight and/or reflected and scattered paths.

PI Dae Won Kim

PI Sirish Namilae
Under this research project we will develop an innovative structural health monitoring system for inflatable space habitat structures by integrating nanocomposite piezoresistive sensors

PI Leila Halawi

CO-I Marwa El-Sayed

CO-I Mark Miller

CO-I Sophia White
This project aims to develop a transferable plan for integrating industry standards into engineering and aeronautics programs, with a short-term goal of refining learning modules. It has the potential to serve as a model for other STEM institutions and improve learning outcomes at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

CO-I Dothang Truong

CO-I Ryan Wallace
This research led by Richard Stansbury (PI) will provide further insight into the safe integration of sUAS through the forecasting of expanded and non-segregated sUAS operations. The ASSURE research team will collect data to inform the FAA on risk-based methodologies to develop and apply safety rules, regulations, and revised Safety Management System (SMS) protocols based on forecasted UAS operational needs and performance characteristics.

PI Soumia Ichoua
In this project, stochastic modeling and optimization techniques are used to address the effective integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) (e.g. micro-C HP, wind turbines, solar panels and storage). The goal is to increase clean energy capacity and its ability to accommodate energy demand efficiently.

PI Massoud Bazargan
Conducted operational and simulation approaches to identify potential bottlenecks and examine future expansion strategies for airports by integrating SATS with GA.

CO-I Maxwell Cannon

CO-I Noah Eudy
Currently, there is limited, but ongoing, simulation research on the integration of space operations into the NAS that focuses on impacts to other constituents and in finding solutions (cf, Tinoco, et al., 2019; Colvin & Alonso, 2015). Particularly, academic research based on modeling and simulation is quite minimal. Thus, the first objective of this research was to continue our current efforts and develop additional simulation models to analyze the potential impacts of launch and re-entry activities on key NAS stakeholder operations, particularly those of airlines, but also general aviation. NASA KSC/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) clearly play a critical role in both the state of Florida and in our nation’s space ecosystem. As such, our area of interest was defined as Cape Canaveral, Florida. We built on our previous simulation research that centered on horizonal take-off and landing of Concept Z reusable launch vehicles (RLV) at Cecil Air and Space Port in Jacksonville, FL (cf, Tinoco et al (2019); Tinoco et al, pending) and our understanding of air traffic routes on the heavily traveled Eastern Seaboard.

PI David Worrells

CO-I David Ison

CO-I Brent Terwilliger

CO-I Kenneth Witcher
Evaluate existing Airport Master Plan, Conduct an on site survey, work with Airport Management to establish existing capabilities, provide input to the Airport Master Plan that addresses integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the 20 year Airport Master Plan.

PI Thomas Yang
In modern wireless communications, scenarios often arise in which the receiver is required to perform detection of multi-user transmissions on the same channel or suppress co-channel interferers. In these scenarios, signal separation techniques based on statistical properties can be highly effective.

PI Kelly George
Descriptive study of the aviation & aerospace industries' importance in Florida & Volusia County as well as the local economic impact of an established aerospace technology research park.

PI Richard Prazenica

CO-I Troy Henderson

CO-I Morad Nazari
This research will identify key sources of uncertainty in representative detect and avoid architectures and assess the downstream risks and effects of spurious information on downstream system performance

PI Emily Faulconer
Previous studies have found that inquiry labs improved chemistry students’ abilities to ask high level questions (Hofstein, Shore, & Kipnis, 2004; Hofstein et al., 2005). However, both studies used traditional approaches as the control and neither described the actual level of inquiry applied. This study sought to investigate the influence of the level of inquiry on student engagement, measured by the quantity and quality of student questions and LIKERT survey responses regarding attitudes towards chemistry and the classroom experience.

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