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Neil R. Weston

Senior Research Engineer
Chief Engineer

Dr. Weston is the Chief Engineer for the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) and a Senior Research Engineer in School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. He has been a lead for development and implementation of computational disciplinary analyses in ASDL He has over 25 years of experience in the different phases of design, analysis, and testing of various complex systems. His main areas of interest include developing and implementing new methods for systems design and optimization, developing physics-based simulation models, and all areas of theoretical, applied and computational mechanics. As the Chief Engineer for ASDL, Dr. Weston has been responsible for helping guide research initiatives and ensuring the quality of research done in the lab. For the past eleven years, Dr. Weston has been an instructor for the capstone fixed-wing design course for seniors in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Several of the design teams advised by Dr. Weston have placed in national AIAA design competitions. In addition, Dr. Weston has taught the Aerospace Vehicle Performance class numerous times, as well as courses in dynamics and advanced structural analysis.

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Aerospace Engineering, 2000, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  • Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, 1984, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  • Bachelor of Science, 1982, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  • Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, 1977, Montana Tech, Butte, MT

Conference Papers

  1. Hanagud, S.V..Zhou, W.Y., Craig, J.I., Weston, N.R., �Use of System Identification Techniques for Improving Airframe Finite Element Models Using Test Data�, AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 32nd, Baltimore, MD, Apr 8-10, 1991, Technical Papers. Pt. 4 (A91-31826 12-39). Washington, DC, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991, p. 2986-2995.
  2. Weston, N.R., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., �Passive Control of Seismic Response Using Ductile Cladding Panels� Proceedings of the Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (7NCEE), Boston MA, July 21-25, 2002
  3. Frits, A., Weston, N., Pouchet, C., Kusmik, A., Krol, W., Mavris, D., �Examination of a Torpedo Performance Space and its Relation to the System Design Space� Presented at the 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta GA, September 4-6, 2002
  4. Fitzgerald, C.J., Weston, N.R., Putnam, Z.R., Mavris, D.N., �A Conceptual Design Environment for Technology Selection and Performance Optimization for Torpedoes,� Presented at the 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Atlanta GA, September 4-6, 2002
  5. Frits, A, Weston, N, and Mavris, D, �Inclusion of Tactical Considerations for System-of-Systems Optimization of Torpedoes�, 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, 30 August-1 September 2004, Albany, New York
  6. Frits, A, Reynolds, K, Weston, N, Mavris, D, �Benefits of Non-Dimensionalization in Creation of DoEs for Sizing Torpedo Systems�, 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, 30 August-1 September 2004, Albany, New York
  7. Weston, N, Balchanos, M, Koepp, M, Mavris, D, �Strategies for integrating models of interdependent subsystems of complex system-of-systems products�, to be presented at the IEEE 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 5-6, 2006
  8. Weston, N, Balestrini-Robinson, S, Fullmer, D, Mavris, D �Design of a Resource Advisor for the Next-Generation Surface Combatant,� IEEE 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 5-6, 2006
  9. Hughes, R, Balestrini, S, Kelly, K, Weston, N, Mavris, D, �Modeling of an Integrated Reconfigurable Intelligent System (IRIS) for Ship Design,� ASNE Ship and Ship Systems Technology (ST3) Symposium, 2006
  10. Summet, J, Flagg, M, Rehg, J, Abowd, G, Weston, N, �GVU-PROCAMS: Enabling novel projected interfaces,� Proceedings of ACM Multimedia, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. October 23-27 2006
  11. Li,Y, Weston, N, Mavris, D, �A Multi-Agent Autonomous Decision Making Process for Resource Allocation�, 2007 ASNE Automation and Control Conference, Biloxi, MS, December 10-11 2007
  12. Zhang, K, Balestrini, S, Li, Y, Weston, N, Mavris, D, �A Multi-Agent-Based-Control System for the Integrated Engineering Plant�, 2007 ASNE Automation and Control Conference, Biloxi, MS, December 10-11 2007
  13. Balchanos, M, Balestrini, S, Weston, N, Mavris, D, �Multi-Physics Time-Variant First-Order Model Integration�. 2007 ASNE Automation and Control Conference, Biloxi, MS, December 10-11 2007
  14. Li, Y., Weston, N, Mavris, D., �An Approach for Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method Selection and Development �. ICAS Conference 2008, Anchorage, AK, Sep. 14-19, 2008
  15. Nairouz, B., Hoepfer, M., Weston, N., Mavris, D.. �An Exploration of Guidelines and Limitations on the Co-Simulation of Integrated Sub-Models�. ASNE Advanced Naval Propulsion Symposium 2008, Arlington, VA, Dec. 15-16, 2008
  16. Nairouz, B., Hoepfer, M., Weston, N., Mavris, D., ASNE Electric Ship Design Symposium 2009, National Harbor, Maryland Feb. 12-13, 2009
  17. Patel, R., Hadley, J., Gabhart, A., Deepika, S., Xiao, W., Grant, J., Robertson, N., Weston, N., Steffens, M., Mavris, D., " Maritime Autonomous System Design Methods and Technology Frocasting", 14th Annual International Marine Design Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 26-30, 2022
  18. Balkas, E., Shi, M., Gladin, J., Weston, N., Mavris, D, “Performance Trade-offs and Operations of Electric Boosted Aircraft for 2030 Single-Aisle Market”, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Anaheim, CA, June15-17, 2022

  • Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • Member, American Physical Society (APS)