The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech

Matt Daskilewicz

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Matt Daskilewicz has been a member of ASDL since 2005. He is co-advised by Professor Brian German and Professor Dimitri Mavris. Matt's primary research interest is multi-criteria decision making, especially: (1) developing techniques for exploring high-dimensional Pareto frontiers, (2) interactive multivariate visualization for decision support, (3) "invertible" formulations for rapidly exploring multi-objective decision problems, (4) effect of considering robustness and reliability on design decisions. Matt is also the inventor and lead developer of the RAVE design decision support system for MATLAB, which incorporates multivariate visualization, optimization, and other techniques for exploring design problems.

Contact: mdaskilewicz (at) asdl (dot) gatech (dot) edu

Education

  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2005, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2007, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Expected in 2012, Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Work

Matt's research interests include:

  • Exploration and interpretation of Pareto frontiers
  • Design decision-making
  • Handling uncertainty in design
  • Algebraic geometry applications in decision making
  • Aerodynamics in conceptual/preliminary design
  • Information visualization
  • Visual analytics
  • User interface design for design decision support

According to the text of his publications, Matt also spends a lot of time thinking about...

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Honors and Distinctions

  • Williams Prize from Lehigh University for scholarly writing in the arts and sciences, 2003
  • First Tier Award for NASA Aeronautics Student Competition (2006) "GIT SMART: A Feasibility Study of a Mars Scout Vehicle to Study Methane" (Team Project)
  • Recipient of Georgia Tech President's Fellowship

Publications

Conference Proceedings

  • "A Design Methodology Enabling The Efficient High-Fidelity Design Of Combined Cycle Power Plants" M. A. Prior, I. C. Stults, M. J. Daskilewicz, S. J. Duncan, B. J. German, and D. N. Mavris. Proceedings of Energy Sustainability 2009.
  • "Aspects of Effective Visualization of Multidimensional Design Spaces" Matthew Daskilewicz and Brian German. 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), 2009
  • "Zero Lift Drag and Drag Divergence Prediction for Finite Wings in Aircraft Conceptual Design" Timothy Takahashi, Brian German, Arvin Shajanian, Matthew Daskilewicz, and Shane Donovan. 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2010
  • "An MDO-Inspired Systems Engineering Perspective for the "Wicked" Problem of Aircraft Conceptual Design Brian German and Matthew Daskilewicz. 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), 2009
  • "Robust Design Considerations in the Multi-Objective Problem of Aircraft Conceptual Design" Matthew Daskilewicz, Brian German, Timothy Takahashi, Shane Donovan, and Arvin Shajanian. 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

18th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference, 2010

  • "RAVE: A Graphically Driven Framework for Agile Design-Decision Support" Matthew Daskilewicz and Brian German. 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference, 2010
  • "Wing Section Thickness and Camber Allocation for Conceptual and Preliminary Aircraft Design" Arvin Shajanian, Timothy Takahashi, Brian German, Matthew Daskilewicz, and Shane Donovan. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 4-7, 2011
  • "Using interactive visualizations to assess aircraft thermal management system modeling approaches" Brian German, Matthew Daskilewicz, and John Doty. 11th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 2011
  • "Influence of Design Uncertainty on Installed Propulsion System Performance" Matthew Daskilewicz, Nicholas Caldwell, Drew Slobodnjak, and Brian German. 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2012
  • "Observations on the Topology of Pareto Frontiers with Implications for Design Decision Making" Matthew Daskilewicz and Brian German. 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2012

Peer Reviewed Articles

  • "Effects of Disciplinary Uncertainty on Multi-Objective Optimization in Aircraft Conceptual Design" Matthew Daskilewicz, Brian German, Timothy Takahashi, Shane Donovan, and Arvin Shajanian. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 44, 2011. pp 831-846
  • "Form Factor and Critical Mach Number Estimation for for Finite Wings" Timothy Takahashi, Brian German, Arvin Shajanian, Matthew Daskilewicz, and Shane Donovan. Journal of Aircraft 49 No. 1, 2012. pp. 173-182
  • "Rave: A Computational Framework to Facilitate Research in Design Decision Support" Matthew Daskilewicz and Brian German. Journal of Computing in Information Science in Engineering 12, 2012

Software Disclosures

Memberships & Service

  • Member of Tau Beta Pi
  • Student member, AIAA, 2004-Present
  • Chair of the ASDL Academy, 2010-2011