TSVEG Research Assistants

Post Docs

Steve Kirstukas
S. J. Kirstuas, K. M. Bryden, D. A. Ashlock, "A Hybrid Evolutionary Strategy for the Analytical Solution of Differential Equations," submitted to the International Journal of Smart Engineering System Design.

S. J. Kirstukas, K. M. Bryden, D. A. Ashlock. "Evolving Solutions of Differential Equations Using Analytical Derivatives," in Smart Engineering Design: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Programming, Complex Systems, and Artificial Life edited by C.H. Dagli et al., ASME Press, 12:275-280 (2002).

D. S. McCorkle, K. M. Bryden, and S. J. Kirstukas, "Building a Foundation for Power Plant Virtual Engineering," in the Proceedings of the 28th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL, pp. 118-127 (2003).

Angran Xiao

Ph.D. Students

Steve Corns
D. A. Ashlock, K. M. Bryden, S. M. Corns, P. S. Schnable, and T. J. Wen, Training Finite State Classifiers to Improve PCR Primer Design,  submitted to Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines.

K. M. Bryden, D. A. Ashlock, and S. M. Corns, Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms,  IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation , in revision.

S. M. Corns, K. M. Bryden, and D. A. Ashlock, Rate of Information Transfer in Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms,  accepted for ANNIE 2003 ¾ Smart Engineering Design: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Programming, Complex Systems, and Artificial Life, November 2003.

S. Corns and K. M. Bryden, Evolutionary Optimization of Engineering Systems Using Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms,  accepted for the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo, November 2003.

Matt Hagge
K. M. Bryden and M. J. Hagge, "Modeling the Combined Impact of Moisture and Char Shrinkage on the Pyrolysis of a Biomass Particle," Fuel, 82(13): 1633-1644 (2003).

M. J. Hagge and K. M. Bryden, "Modeling the Impact of Shrinkage on the Pyrolysis of Dry Biomass," Chemical Engineering Science, 57(14):2811-2823 (2002).

M. J. Hagge, K. M. Bryden, and M. A. Dietenberger, "Effects of Backing Board Materials on Wood Combustion Performance," to be presented at the 5th International Conference on Wood and Fire Safety, Slovakia, (2004).

M. J. Hagge and K. M. Bryden, "Numerical Modeling of Moist, Shrinking Biomass in a Deep, Fixed Bed Combustor," in the Proceedings of the Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Newcastle, Australia, (2001).

K. M. Bryden and M. J. Hagge, "Considerations in Modeling Fuel Switching Outcomes with Biofuels," presented at the 2003 Electric Power Conference, Houston, TX, March 2003.

M. J. Hagge and K. M. Bryden, "Modeling Combustion and Pyrolysis of Wood Chips," presented at the 27th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL, March 2002.

Gengxun Huang
G. Huang, K. M. Bryden, E. Vasquez, "Understanding Coal Roping Mechanisms," submitted to the ASME Power Conference, March 2004.

K. M. Bryden, G. Huang, P. E. Johnson, E. Vasquez, "VR-XPR: A Toolkit for Rapid Development of Virtual Energy Systems," presented at the 27th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL, March 2002.

Balasubramanian Karthikeyan
B. Karthikeyan, K. M. Bryden, D. A. Ashlock, "Visualizing Information Flow in Evolving Graph-Based Population," presented at ANNIE 2003--Smart Engineering Design: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Programming, Complex Systems, and Artifical Life, November 2003.

Doug McCorkle
D. S. McCorkle, K. M. Bryden, and C. G. Carmichael, A New Methodology for Evolutionary Optimization of Energy Systems,  Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering , accepted for publication.

K. M. Bryden, D. A. Ashlock, D. S. McCorkle, and G. L. Urban, Optimization of Heat Transfer Utilizing Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms,  International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow , 24(2):267-277 (2003).

K. M. Bryden, and D. S. McCorkle, Evolutionary Optimization of Energy Systems Using Population Graphing and Neural Networks,  submitted to Advances in Engineering Software.

D. A. Ashlock, K. M. Bryden, P. E. Johnson, and D. S. McCorkle, A Data Segregation Strategy Using Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms,  submitted to the International Journal of Smart Engineering System Design.

D. S. McCorkle, K. M. Bryden, D. A. Swensen, Using Virtual Engineering Tools to Reduce NOx Emissions,  submitted to the ASME Power Conference, March 2004.

D. McCorkle, K. M. Bryden, and D. A. Ashlock, Planned Tournament Selection,  accepted for ANNIE 2003 ¾ Smart Engineering Design: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Programming, Complex Systems, and Artificial Life, November 2003.

D. S. McCorkle and K. M. Bryden New Evolutionary Techniques for Optimization of Energy Systems Utilizing Computational Fluid Dynamics,  accepted for the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo, November 2003.

D. A. Ashlock, K. M. Bryden, P. Johnson, and D. McCorkle, Improving Data Segregation with a Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithm,  in Smart Engineering Design: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Programming, Complex Systems, and Artificial Life edited by C. H. Dagli et al., ASME Press, 12:417-422 (2002).

D. S. McCorkle, K. M. Bryden, and S. J. Kirstukas, Building a Foundation for Power Plant Virtual Engineering,  in the Proceedings of the 28 th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems , Clearwater, FL, pp. 63-71 (2003).

K. M. Bryden, K. L. Chess, and Douglas S. McCorkle, Application of Virtual Engineering Tools in Power Plants,  presented at the 2003 Electric Power Conference, Houston , TX , March 2003.

Sunil Suram

Aditya Velivelli
A. C. Velivelli and K. M. Bryden, A Cache-Efficient Implementation of the Lattice-Boltzmann Method,  submitted to Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.

A. C. Velivelli and K. M. Bryden, Parallel Performance of the Lattice-Boltzmann and Implicit Approaches to the Solution of the 2-D Diffusion Equation,  accepted for the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo, November 2003.

A. C. Velivelli and K. M. Bryden, Parallel Performance of the Lattice Boltzmann Method for the Two-Dimensional Steady State Burger's Equation,  submitted to the SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing (PP04), San Francisco , CA (2004).

Master's Students

Josh Engelbrecht

Denny Hadiwinata

Joe Hynek

David Muth

Craig Riedel

Yifei Wang

Undergraduate Students

Jared Abodeely

Tracy Fendrick

Nathan Johnson

Nathan Nelson

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