Dr. John M. Colombi, Professor of Systems Engineering
Curriculum Chair, Systems Engineering Program
MS Thesis Advised
Masters Students: Advisor (181 students/ 117 projects)
(117) James Winton, VALIDATION OF DIGITAL SYSTEM MODELS, AFIT-ENV-MS-23-M-245GSE, March 2022. Advisor
(116) Mark Elliot, Multi-Criteria Decision Model For Civil Engineering Readiness Portfolio Management, DL GEM, Sep 2022. Advisor
(115) Ray Periera, CISLUNAR ELECTRICAL POWER AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TRADE SPACE STUDY, AFIT-ENV-MS-22-M-248, DL GSE, March 2022.
(114) Travis W. Odum, DEVELOPING A DOD TESTING PROFILE: MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FORTEST AND EVALUATION STRATEGY, DL GSE, Sept 2021.
(113) Marco Lassus, ASSESSING DISTRIBUTED MISSION OPERATIONS SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND CASE STUDY, DL GSE, Dec 2021.
(112) David Lemmer and Nathan Erbe, APPLYING MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND FIDELITY QUANTIFICATION TO SUPPORT FAIR FIGHT IN A DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION SYSTEM, GSE, Sept 2021.
(111) Matt Boland, Opportunities and Challenges for Digital Transformation, Did not graduate. GEM-21, March 2021.
(110) Jeff King, USING MODEL BASED SYSTEM ENGINEERING TO IDENTIFY SAFETY CRITICAL FUNCTIONS IN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATIONS, GSE, March 2021.
(109) Ben Donohoo, DEVELOPING A METHODOLOGY FOR SIMULATION-BASED GAME THEORETIC SYSTEM DESIGN, GSE, March 2021.
(108) Mark Kassan, THE UTILITY OF MODELING AN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FOR AIR FORCE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, GSE-22M, DL GSE, March 2021.
(107) Loay Almannaei, DESIGN AND TEST OF AN AUTONOMY MONITORING SERVICE TO DETECT DIVERGENT BEHAVIORS ON UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS, GSE, June 2020.
(106) Kathleen Cheney, Development, Test, And Evaluation Of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems In A Simulated Wide Area Search Scenario: An Implementation Of The Autonomous Systems Reference Architecture, GSE, March 2020.
(105) Fred Hertwig, Search-Based Vs. Task-Based Space Surveillance For Ground-Based Telescopes, AFIT-ENV-MS-19-M-178, GSE, March 2019
(104) Partric Kelly, Methodology for Including Base Infrastructure In Conceptual System Analysis, AFIT-ENV-MS-19-M-182, GSE, March 2019
(103) Cory Combs, Verification of Autonomous Systems: Developmental Test and Evaluation of an Autonomous UAS Swarming Algorithm Combining Simulation, Formulation, and Live Flight, AFIT-ENV-MS-19-M-168, GSE, March 2019
(102) Tim Allen, Design and Test Of A UAV Swarm Architecture Over A Mesh Ad-Hoc Network, GSE March 2018
(101) Walid Basraoui, Analysis of Merit-Based Observation Scheduling for Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Space Situational Awareness (SSA), , GSE March 2018
(100) Michael Felten, OPTIMIZATION OF GEOSYNCHRONOUS SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ARCHITECTURES USING PARALLEL COMPUTATION, GSE March 2018
(99) Mark Bateman, OPTIMIZATION OF GEOSYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT AND ASCENT VEHICLE SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS VIA PARALLEL EVALUATION OF EXECUTABLE ARCHITECTURES, GSE March 2018
(98) Major Taehoi Koo (Korean Air Force), ARCHITECTING A RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE CONSTELLATION FOR THE KOREAN PENINSULA. GSS (space systems). March 2018
(97) Joseph Owens, Valuating Process Improvement Courses Of Action Through Modeling And Simulation, AFIT-ENV-MS-17-S-049, Part-time DL GSE Sept 2017.
(96) Mike Walters, Matt Jenkins, Joe Cuhran, Quantifying And Evaluating The Resilience Of Optimized Space Constellations For Fire Detection, AFIT-ENV-MS-17-J-057. Part-time, DL GSE June 2017
(95) Bryan Bentz, Reliability And Cost Impacts For Attritable Systems, GSE March 2017
(94) Ryan Recker, Determining The Operation And Support Cost For Low Cost Attritable Aircraft, Graduate Cost Analysis (GCA), March 2017
(93) Lidia Toscano, Effectiveness Of Inter-Vehicle Communications And On-Board Processing For Close Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle Flight Formations, GSE March 2017
(92) Roman Tillman, High-Performance Computing For Cubesat Constellation Design, GSE March 2017
(91) Steve Waichtel and Jordan Sterns Group, Genetic Algorithm Optimization Of Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space Situational Awareness Systems Via Parallel Evaluation Of Executable Architectures, GSE March 2017
(90) Donald Barrent, Development Of The Architecture Cost Effectiveness Framework And Application To Open Systems Architectures, Part-time, GSE March 2017
(89) Sophia Bucknell, Cost Driven Agent Based Simulation Of The Department Of Defense Acquisition System, Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College, School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, BSE, April 2016.
(88) Eric Shirley, Application Of System Engineering Leading Indicators To Scrum Agile Projects, part-time GSE, Graduated March 2016.
(87) Cody Palmer. Optimizing Multi-Domain System-of-Systems using Model-Based System Engineering. AFIT-ENV-MS-16-M-174. GSE March 2016.
(86) Courtney Allen, Evaluation Of Control Inputs On The Spin Recovery Of The 88CAB Super Decathlon, part-time GSE, Sept 2015
(85) Lyndsey Buckly, Binary integer assignment program to determine the optimal launch manifest for heterogeneous disaggregated satellite constellations, GSE, June 2015.
(84) Derek Molle, PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF LOAD FOR AIR FORCE DATA CENTERS, part-time GSE, March 2015.
(83) Jonathan E. Logue, MISSION ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR GEOSYNCHRONOUS SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, DL part-time. AFIT-ENV-MS-14-D-28, Dec 2014.
(82) Chris Olsen, Intrusion Detection Alert System: Queueing analysis, DL part-time GSE, Dec 2014.
(81) Adam Brown, Hosted Payload requirements case study, DL part-time GSE, Dec 2014
(80) Jennifer Kaiser, EFFECTS OF DYNAMICALLY WEIGHTING AUTONOMOUS RULES IN AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) FLOCKING MODEL, DL part-time GSE, Sept 2014.
(79) Joseph Lay, SoS inspection, , Air Force Inspection System: An Application For System-of-systems (SoS) Engineering. part-time GSE, Jun 2014.
(78) Andrew Berger and Caleb Murphy, An Analysis Of The Impact Of Variations In Mean Time Between Demand On Air Force Fleet Level Aircraft Parts Inventories. part-time GSE, June 2014.
(77) Jacob Lambach, Integrating Uas Flocking Operations With Formation Drag Reduction, part-time GSE, March 2014
(76) Capt Justin Sutherlin, Improving The Enterprise Requirements And Acquisition Model’s Developmental Test And Evaluation Process Fidelity, GSE March 2014
(75) Charlie Neal, “Feasibility of Onboard Processing of Heuristic Path Planning and Navigation Algorithms within SUAS Autopilot Computational Constraints”, GSE, March 2014
(74) Josh Burger, Interface Evaluation For Open System Architectures, GSE, March 2014
(73) Col Tim West, Correlation of Rapid Acquisition principles from the SOCOM C-145A "Tropic Thunder" Program, SE Certificate, Advisor, Fall 2013
(72) John Grigaliunas, THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENTAL TEST ENVIRONMENT: THE IMPLICATION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND SEAMLESS VERIFICATION, part-time GSE, Fall 2013
(71) Morgan Musser, SYSTEM EVOLUTION WITH TECHNOLOGY: ANALYZING DESIGN PRINCIPLES ON THE C-130, part-time GSE Sept 2013
(70) Justin Overmyer, PROCESS RELIABILITY MODELING EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (EELV) MISSION ASSURANCE, DL part-time GSE Sept 2013.
(69) Major Bradley C. Panton, Strengthening DoD Cyber Security With The Vulnerability Market, Graduate Research Project, Cyber IDE Masters, AFIT-ENV-GRP-13-J-06, June 2013.
(68) Major Chris Auger, Major Brian Yoshimoto, German LtCol Lars Baldus, Modeling Space Launch Process Delays to Improve Space Vehicle Acquisition Timelines, AFIT-ENV-GRP-13-J-01, June 2013
(67) Scott Songer, Cooperative UAS networking, MSSE Thesis, Mar 2013
(66) Jon Welborn, USA, Cooperative UAS simulation, MSSE Thesis, Mar 2013
(65) Klayton Bobsein, SoS Evolution Modeling and Analysis, GSE, Mar 2013
(64) Daniel Muntunga, Identification of Test Patterns, DL part-time GSE, Mar 2013
(63) Brad DelloIocono, System of Systems Human Activity modeling, DL part-time GSE Sept 2012
(62) Louis Hogge, Realistic Reliability metrics, DL part-time GSE, Sept 2012
(61) Lasorda, Mike. Thermal Space Situational Awareness. Part-time MS GSE Jun 2012
(60) Achille Aloisi, Classified NRO case study, DL part-time GSE, June 2012
(59) Ford, Ryan Colburn, Yosef Morris, Principles of Success for Expedited Systems Engineering, MS IDE, Jun 2012.
(58) Charles Ryan and Walter Harvey, Cost Benefit of Prototyping Fixed Wing Aircraft, IDE, June 2012
(57) B. Webster, Multi-Aircraft Control Human Computer Interface analysis MS GSE, Mar 2012.
(56) Knorr, Laurie. Systems Engineering Leading Indicators for high-speed sled test. DL MS GSE. 2012
(55) Rick Carrano, Evaluation of Best Value to Diminishing Manufacturing Sources/Material Shortages (DMS/MS) And Obsolescence Alternatives: Mitigating Orphaned Technology In The Canopy Fracturing Initiation System (CFIS), March 2012
(54) Nelson, Eric. Mission planning efficiency of Remote Tracking Station (RTS) in the Air Force Satellite Control Network. DL MS GSE 2011.
(53) Andrew Smith. Part-time GRD 2011. Systems Engineering for Rapid Product Development. Fall 2011.
(52) 1Lt Shaun D. Phipps and 1Lt Phillip F. Wagenbach. Early Human Systems Integration Emphasis In The Design Phase And The Impacts On Satellite Command And Control Systems. DL MS GSE, Sep 2011
(51) Getzelmen, Ellen. An Analysis Of C-17 Fuel Tankering. DL MS GSE Sept 2011.
(50) Jason Belvill An Applied System of Systems (SoS) Perspective on Integrating and Acquiring New Space Systems, SE Certificate, March 2011.
(49) J Varilek & C. Kretsinger, High Velocity Penetrating Weapon (HVPW) Early SE, MS IDE, June 2011
(48) Evey, Chris. Technology Insertion in The High Performance Computing (Hpc) Environment. DL MS thesis, June 2011
(47) Bohren and Howard, Manned deep-space alert and warning architecture, MS DL Thesis,June 2011
(46) J. McGrogan and M. Schneider, Critical factors and their interactions in implementing MultiAircraft Control, MS Thesis. March 2011
(45) Chris Curtis, Layered Sensing management cooperative cueing, MS Thesis, June 2011.
(44) Paul La Tour, COTS integration in Rapid Product Development, MS Thesis. March 2011
(43) Ben Lozano, Improving Mission Life by Analyzing/Optimizing Power Consumption for Small UAVs through Live Tests and Simulation, MS Thesis, March 2011.
(42) Justin M. Overmyer, Ground Antenna Architectures and Potential Consolidation, AFIT DL Cert Capstone, Dec 2010
(41) Eric Snyder. Conceptual Design And Analysis Of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) For Command And Control Of Space Assets, . AFIT/GSE/ENV/10-D04DL, DL MS Thesis. Sept 2010
(40) Jason Shibata, A Space Acquisition Leading Indicator Based On System Interoperation Maturity, AFIT/GSE/ENV/10-D02DL, DL MS Thesis. Dec 2010
(39) Jacob Martinez, Soft Systems Methodology Applied To The Joint Information Warfare Center (JIOWC) Organization, DL MS Thesis, Dec 2010
(38) Matt Glenn and Todd Ivenor, An Engineering Baseline Evaluation And Service-Oriented Analysis Of Air Mission Management Application Alternatives, IDE MS GRP, June 2010
(37) Gabriel Bugajski. Architectural Considerations for Single Operator Management of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. MS Thesis. AFIT/GSE/ENV/10-M03. March 2010.
(36) Jill Ward, Chris Wellbaum, Andrew Stryker and Matt Seibert. System Analysis and Prototyping
for Single Operator Management of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Operating Beyond Line of Sight. MS Thesis. AFIT/GSE/ENV/10-M01. March 2010. Coadvisor of this team with Dr Dave Jacques and Dr Rich Cobb
(35) Chris Cobb and Damian Gallegos. “Live-Virtual-Simulated environments for Training and T&E”, DL MS Thesis, June 2010.
(34) Bryan Lowe, Software Requirements Management: Application to AFSCN. AFIT DL Cert Capstone, March 2010
(33) James Spencer III, Consolidation of the Space Launch Industrial Base. AFIT DL Cert Capstone, March 2010
(32) Alex Hausman, Tailoring the SE process: Application at Arnold Center. AFIT DL Cert Capstone, March 2010
(31) Nick Merski, “Tailored Systems Architecture Concepts for Design of Space Science and Technology Missions Using DoDAF V2.0”, DL MS Thesis. AFIT/GSE/ENV/09-04DL. Dec 2009.
(30) Amanda Langenbrunner and Mary Trautwein, Risk Assessment for Space Launch Test Process, DL MS Thesis, Dec 2009.
(29) Doug Dillon and Mariela Styers, “Systems Integration as Applied in the DoD Space Systems Acquisition”, DL MS Thesis. AFIT/GSE/ENV/09-02DL. Dec 2009.
(28) Lee Chase, Integration Of Cyber Situational Awareness Into System Design, MS IDE, AFIT/GSE/ENV/09-J-01, 2009.
(27) Larry Gunn, Tim Bode, John Ferko, Classified Space SE case study, MS IDE, Jun 2009.
(26) Mike Fetters, Achieving Alignment: An Analysis Of Enterprise Architecture Best Practices Within The United States Air Force, AFIT/GIR/ENV/09-M01, 2009.
(25) Eric Cring, Adam Lenvesty, Architecting Human Operator Trust In Automation To Improve System Effectiveness In Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Control, AFIT/GSE/ENV/09-M06, 2009.
(24) Rupinder Sekhon, Development Of Technical Performance Measures For The NASA Constellation Program, AFIT DL Cert Capstone, AFIT/ENV/SEC/08-D03, 2008.
(23) Tung Ngo, Technical Performance Measurements As Status Indicators For Software Intensive Programs, AFIT DL Cert Capstone, AFIT/ENV/SEC/08-D02, 2008.
(22) Kee Lee, Autonomous Flight Operations For Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Systems, AFIT DL Cert Capstone, AFIT/ENV/SEC/08-D01, 2008.
(21) Richard W. Barker, PhD, Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Enterprise Architecture (EA): A First Look, AFIT DL Cert Capstone, AFIT/ENV/SEC/08-S01, 2008.
(20) Laurie C. Knorr, Requirements and Test Analysis for the Air Force Research Lab’s High Efficiency Sodium Guidestar System, AFIT DL Cert Capstone, AFIT/SEC/ENV/08-J01, 2008.
(19) Kyle D. Brown, Adam W. Little and Matthew T. Muha, “Capital Investment Management for Air Force Reserve Command Information Technology”, AFIT MS GRP, AFIT/ISE/ENV/08-J03, 2008.
(18) Jonathon Zall, David O'Malley, “Architecting Cognition within The Department Of Defense Architecture Framework”, MS GRP, June 2008.
(17) Jason A. Spindler, Modern Interface Considerations for Satellite Control Networks, AFIT DL Cert Capstone, AFIT/ENY/SEC/07-D05, Dec 2007.
(16) Brannen Cohee and Charles Turner, Distributed Common Ground Station Verification and Validation, AFIT MS GRP, June 2007.
(15) Eugene White, Adrian Spain, Ted Gaitlin, Jeffrey Stands, F-15 Operational Flight Program Software Release Complexity, MS GRP, June 2007.
(14) Thomas Rock, Paul Spaven, Flying Unmanned Air Systems in FAA Controlled Air Space: An Integrated Solution, AFIT MS GRP, June 2007.
(13) Joshua Campbell, Stanley Cooley, Matthew Durkin, Brian Maddocks, “Investigating Hastily-Formed Collaborative Networks”, AFIT MS Thesis, AFIT/GSE/ENY/07-M01, 2007.
(12) Ann Wong-Jiru, “Graph Theoretical Analysis Of Network Centric Operations Using Multi-Layer Models”, AFIT MS Thesis, AFIT/GSE/ENY/06-S01, Sept 2006.
(11) L. Anderson, P. Doty, K. Timkus, M. Griego, “Near term solutions and long-range planning for Helicopter Brown-out”, AFIT MS GRP June, 2006.
(10) T. Wieser, B. Anderson, J. Kennedy, A. Piepkorn, “Enterprise Architecture and Analysis for Special Operations Forces Air Mission Planning”, AFIT MS GRP, June, 2006.
(9) M Cannon, G Buckner, G Buttram, A Callozo, M Jiru, “AFRL Rapid Response for a Joint Tactical Air Controller Friendly Marking Device”, AFIT MS GRP, June, 2006.
(8) Bret Anderson, Joseph Beahm and Robert White, “Survey and Optimization of F-15C sustainment options”, AFIT MS GRP, June, 2006.
(7) R. Beal, J.P. Hendrix, G.P. McMurray, W.C. Stewart, “Executable Architectures and Their Application to a Geographically Distributed Air Operations Center”, AFIT MS Thesis, AFIT/GSE/ENY/05-M03, 2005.
(6) K. Conner, P. Lambertson, and M. Roberson, “Analyzing The Air Operations Center Air Tasking Order Process Using Theory Of Constraints (TOC)”, AFIT MS GRP, AFIT/ISE/ENY/05-J01, 2005.
(5) T.J. Jamison, Phillip A. Layman, Brice T. Niska, and Steven P. Whitney, “Evaluation of Enterprise Architecture Interoperability”, AFT MS GRP, AFIT/ISE/ENY/05-J02, 2005.
(4) James Bowen, Jr., James Reynolds III, John Schaefer III, and Michael Webb, “Design of The Aerial Target Control System”, AFIT MS GRP, AFIT/ISE/ENY/05-J03 , 2005.
(3) William Gideon, William McGuffey, and Alex Stathopoulos, “AFCA and the ASIP Program Manager: Tracing the Air Force Cryptological Architecture (AFCA) To the Mission Critical Task List And Assessing Its Utility To The Core Program Management Functions”, AFIT MS GRP, AFIT/ISE/ENY/05-J04, 2005.
(2) M. Callender, J. Gates, L. Hubert, J. Osurman, W.Rogan, “Support of The Air Force Global Force Management Data Initiative Community Of Interest”, AFIT MS GRP, AFIT/ENY/05-J05, 2005.
(1) B. Baude, S. Begeman, C. Eichorst, C. Lindell, and T. Rauls, “Network Centric Analysis of Air Operations”, AFIT MS GRP, AFIT/IGSE-04S, 2004.