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Elena Garcia

Senior Research Engineer
Chief, Advanced Methods Division

Dr. Garcia is currently a Senior Research Engineer and Advanced Methods Division Chief at the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) within the School of Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Garcia’s role is key in furthering the state of the art in systems engineering methods, ensuring application of the latest methods across the ASDL research portfolio, and transitioning methods into the classroom instruction.

  • _Ph. D. Aerospace Engineering Design, 2002 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  • _MS Aerospace Engineering Design, 1997 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  • _BS Aerospace Engineering, 1996 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

  • _Integration of systems for more electric aircraft architectures (Multiple efforts from 2005 to the present. Sponsored by AFRL, Airbus, Boeing, EADS, Hispano-Suiza, NASA, Rolls-Royce)
  • _Environmental policy decision support methods (Multiple efforts from 2004 to the present. Sponsored by EPA, FAA, NASA)
  • _System-of-system studies focusing on the global transportation system of the future (Multiple efforts from 2000 to the present. Sponsored by NASA and Thales)
  • _Cost estimation methods development (Multiple efforts from 1996 to the present. Sponsored by GEAE, NASA, Vought)
  • _Design methods development for personal air vehicles (2001-2005, sponsored by NASA)

  • _AIAA 2020-3577 FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENTS OF A HYBRID TURBOELECTRIC MEDIUM ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE by Gokcin Cinar, Alexander A. Markov, Jonathan C. Gladin, Elena Garcia, Dimitri N. Mavris and Soumya S. Patnaik
  • _AIAA 2020-1616 TRANSIENT SURROGATE MODELING FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS by Andrew T. Van Zwieten, Gokcin Cinar, Elena Garcia, Jonathan C. Gladin and Dimitri N. Mavris
  • _AIAA 2019-1590 MODELING FIDELITY REQUIREMENTS OF MISSION-LEVEL ANALYSIS ON BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION PROPULSION SYSTEM by Mingxuan Shi, Manish Pokhrel, Jonathan C. Gladin, Elena Garcia and Dimitri N. Mavris
  • _AIAA 2018-0418 SIMULATION OF INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR AIRCRAFT TURNAROUND PROCESS Hyunjee Jin, Elena Garcia and Dimitri N. Mavris
  • _AIAA 2018-4136 RAPID ASSESSMENT OF POWER REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIMIZATION OF THERMAL ICE PROTECTION SYSTEMS by Mayank V. Bendarkar, Imon Chakraborty, Elena Garcia and Dimitri N. Mavris
  • _AIAA 2018-1489 UAV SWARMS FOR MIGRATION FLOW MONITORING AND SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION SUPPORT by Shawn Wesley Skinner, Sarah Urdahl, Thomas Harrington, Michael G. Balchanos, Elena Garcia and Dimitri N. Mavris
  • _AIAA 2018-2024 MEGAWATT-CLASS TURBOELECTRIC DISTRIBUTED PROPULSION, POWER, AND THERMAL SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT By Jin Kim, Kevin Kwon, Sayan Roy, Elena Garcia and Dimitri N. Mavris
  • _AIAA 2017-5057 CONVERGENT NOZZLE GROSS THRUST COEFFICIENT AND DISCHARGE COEFFICIENT CALCULATION WITH BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION (BLI) EFFECTS by Shi, M. Pokhrel, M., Gladin, J.and Garcia, E. 10.1109/SYSCON.2016.7490552 CREATION OF A DECISION-SUPPORT METHODOLOGY FOR SELECTING MORE-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT SUBSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES by Craisse, J., Kruger, S., Kim, Y.J., Chakraborty, I., Briceno, S.I., Li, Y., Garcia, E., and Mavris, D.N.,
  • _AIAA 2015-3187 FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE FUTURE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM by Mohammed Hassan, Alexia Payan, Holger Pfaender, Dimitri N. Mavris, Elena Garcia, and Jeff Schutte.
  • _AIAA 2015-1682 INTEGRATING SUBSYSTEM SIZING INTO THE MORE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PHASE by Ingram, C., Dendinger, T., Inclan, E., Charront, Y., Handschuh, K., Chakraborty, I., Garcia, E., and Mavris, D.N
  • _AIAA 2014-0681 AN INTEGRATED AND PARAMETRIC ENVIRONMENT FOR GENERATION, SELECTION AND EVALUATION OF NEW ARCHITECTURES AT A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL: APPLICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM by Frank, C., Levy, W. Durand, J-G., Garcia, E. and Mavris, D.
  • _ICAS-2012-644 METHODOLOGY FOR THE DESIGN OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT PRODUCT FAMILIES by D. Freeman, D. Lim, E. Garcia, D. Mavris ICAS-2012-648 DESIGN OF UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SEARCH AND RESCUE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC T. Melin, D. Freeman, D. Lim, E. Garcia, D. Mavris
  • _ASME-DET2011-47472 IDENTIFICATION OF PRODUCT FAMILY PLATFORMS USING PATTERN RECOGNITION by D. Freeman, D. Lim, E. Garcia, D. Mavris Journal of Aircraft 2011 vol.48 no.5 (1482-1494) HARMONIZING EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN AVIATION MODERNIZATION EFFORTS THROUGH VISUAL ANALYTICS by O. Pinon, D. Mavris, E. Garcia
  • _AIAA-2011-7055 A SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIOS by O. Pinon, D. Mavris, E. Garcia presented at 11th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, Sep. 20-22, 2011
  • _AIAA-2011-6956 STOCHASTIC AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS OF UAV MISSION EFFECTIVENESS P. Ranque, D. Freeman, K. Kernstine, D. Lim, E. Garcia, D. Mavris presented at 11th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, Sep. 20-22, 2011 DETC2011-47472 IDENTIFICATION OF PRODUCT FAMILY PLATFORMS USING PATTERN RECOGNITION by D. Freeman, D. Lim, E. Garcia, D. Mavris Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computer and Information in Engineering Conference DETC’11 August 28-31, 2011, Washington DC, United States
  • _SAE 10PSC-0025 FACILITATING THE ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THROUGH INTEGRATED MODELING AND SIMULATION by A. Maser, E. Garcia, D. Mavris presented at 2010 SAE Power Systems Conference November 2-4, 2010 - Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
  • _ICAS 2010-1.4.2 AIRCRAFT MISSION AND SYSTEM FAILURE CONSIDERATIONS FOR FUNCTIONAL INDUCTION BASEDCONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE DESIGN by M. J. Armstrong, C. de Tenorio, E Garcia, et al presented at the 27th Congress of ICAS, Nice, France 19-24 September, 2010
  • _ICAS 2010-7.3.2 EFFICIENT INTEGRATION OF TRANSIENT CONSTRAINTS IN THE DESIGN OF AIRCRAFT DYNAMIC SYSTEMS by L. L. Phan, D. N. Mavris, J.-J. Charrier*, E. Garcia et al presented at the 27th Congress of ICAS, Nice, France 19-24 September, 2010
  • _ICAS 2010-11.9.2 DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIONSBASED APPROACH TO THE SELECTION OF AIRPORT CAPACITYENHANCING TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIOS by O. J. Pinon, E. Garcia, D. N. Mavris presented at the 27th Congress of ICAS, Nice, France 19-24 September, 2010
  • _AIAA-2010-9061 AIRCRAFT VALUATION: A NETWORK APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF AIRCRAFT FOR FLEET PLANNING AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING C. Justin, E. Garcia, D. Mavris presented at 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, Sep. 13-15, 2010
  • _AIAA-2010-9321 PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES AGAINST LOW ALTITUDE AERIAL VEHICLES: MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES A. Payan, E. Garcia, D. Mavris presented at 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, Sep. 13-15, 2010
  • _AIAA-2010-594 PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES: A METHODOLOGY FOR FACILITATING MODELING AND SIMULATION OF NOTIONAL SCENARIOS by Alexia Payan, Elena Garcia, Dimitri Mavris for the 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Orlando, Florida, Jan. 4-7, 2010
  • _AIAA-2009-6902 A VISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH TO THE QUALITATIVE COMPARISON OF THE SESAR AND NEXTGEN EFFORTS by Olivia Pinon, Dimitri Mavris, Elena Garcia, for the 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO) and Aircraft Noise and Emissions Reduction Symposium (ANERS) , Hilton Head, South Carolina, Sep. 21-23, 2009
  • _AIAA-2009-5505 THERMAL MANAGEMENT MODELING FOR INTEGRATED POWER SYSTEMS IN A TRANSIENT, MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT by Adam Maser, Elena Garcia, Dimitri Mavris for the 45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Denver, Colorado, Aug. 2-5, 2009
  • _ICAS 2008-6.2.2 METHODOLOGY FOR AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE SIZING by C. de Tenorio, D. Mavris, E. Garcia, M. Armstrong for the 26th Congress of ICAS and 8th AIAA ATIO, Anchorage, Alaska, Sep. 14-19, 2008
  • _ICAS 2008 6.6 ST / AIAA-2008-8973 PARAMETRIC MODELING OF AN ELECTRICAL TEST RIG FOR POWER OPTIMIZED AIRCRAFT ARCHITECTURES by Leon Phan, Dimitri Mavris, Jean-Jacques Charrier, Hispano-Suiza (SAFRAN Group), Pascal Thalin, Hispano-Suiza (SAFRAN Group), Elena Garcia for the 26th Congress of ICAS and 8th AIAA ATIO, Anchorage, Alaska, Sep. 14-19, 2008
  • _AIAA-2008-8965 A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION AND SELECTION by Olivia Pinon, Dimitri Mavris, Elena Garcia, for the 26th Congress of ICAS and 8th AIAA ATIO, Anchorage, Alaska, Sep. 14-19, 2008
  • _AIAA-2008-8928 FUNCTION BASED ARCHITECTURE DESIGN SPACE DEFINITION AND EXPLORATION by Michael Armstrong, Cyril De Tenorio, Dimitri Mavris, Elena Garcia, for the 26th Congress of ICAS and 8th AIAA ATIO, Anchorage, Alaska, Sep. 14-19, 2008
  • _ICRAT 2008 TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM AIRPORTS: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH by O. Pinon, D. Mavris and E. Garcia presented at Third International Conference on Research in Air Transportation Fairfax, Virginia, US June 2008
  • _ICAS 2006-7.10.2 FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AIRCRAFT – SYSTEM – SUBSYSTEM