About Us

About Us

ASDL is a leader in the area of systems design, architecting, and optimization and is the largest lab of its kind in the world. It is widely recognized for graduate education and research in systems engineering and vehicle design.

Our Past

History of ASDL

ASDL was created in 1992 in response to feedback from companies that universities produced scientists, not engineers. The lab was formed to help support the industrial need for large-scale systems integration. Started with a handful of students, the lab has grown to be an entity of over 300 individuals, composed of approximately 50 research faculty and 250 students organized into six divisions.
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Our Vision

The ASDL Vision

Develop the next generation of highly qualified engineers for academia, industry, and government
Develop cutting edge multi-disciplinary, physics-based methods suitable for the design of all types of complex systems and systems of systems
Provide independent and credible assessment capabilities using integrated, quantifiable methodologies to government, and industry
Recent research focuses on combining ASDL’s signature methods with advances in computing to enable large-scale virtual experimentation for complex systems design
Overview

Since its foundation in 1992, ASDL has:

1,285 Graduates

1,009 M.S. Degrees

276 Ph.D. Degrees

$300M+ in Sponsored Research

425+ Studies for Both Government and Industry Sponsors

200+ Journal Papers and 870+ Conference Papers

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Our Organization

ASDL is unique in the Georgia Tech ecosystem. We play the role of campus-wide system integrators and have organized ourselves to maximize our impact in this way.

Industry Partners

ASDL works with industry, government, and research organizations from around the world to solve their most complex and dynamic problems.

Strategic Alliances

ASDL performs research of targeted interest to government and industry organizations through various centers of excellence and strategic university relationships.

External Advisory Board

ASDL’s External Advisory Board provides advice about ASDL’s curriculum, research initiatives, and other activities the lab should pursue.

Activities & Events

ASDL thrives on a sense of community. Throughout the year, we have a number of activities to bring the lab together, to celebrate occasions and to encourage each other.

Facilities

ASDL has state-of-the-art visualization facilities and high-performance computational capabilities that support design and analysis in a collaborative, team-centered environment.