Dr. John M. Colombi, Professor of Systems Engineering
Curriculum Chair, Systems Engineering Program
PhD Dissertations Advised
Mark Bateman, Reduced Order Non-INtrusive (RONIN) Modeling for Strategic Defense Planning, Georgia Tech Aerospace Department, June 2023. External Committee
Jordan Stern, Strategically Robust System-of-systems Design, Systems Engineering , Stevens Institute, Hoboken NJ. Graduated 29 March 2022, External Committee
Darren Thornton, PROVIDING CISLUNAR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS CAPABILITIES USING GEO- AND HEO-BASED OPTICAL SENSORS?, Space Systems DSE-22S, Graduated Sept 2022. Committee
Dustin Hayhurst, A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PARAMETRIC COMBAT ANALYSIS, Systems Engineering. Graduated Sept 2022. Advisor.
Jonathon S. Gipson, An Enhanced Framework for Collaborative All-Source Navigation With Integrity, Systems Engineering. Graduated Sept 2021. Committee.
Albert Vassos, Optimal Incorporation of Non-Traditional Sensors into the Space Domain Awareness Architecture, ENY Space Systems, Gradudated Sep 2021. Committee.
Eric E. Geiselman, Civilian. Evaluation Of Text-Based Information Portrayal And Access Techniques For Constrained Area Presentation: A Comparison Of Human Performance. Systems Engineering. Graduated March 2020. Committee.
Katja Schuitemaker, MOIRA: modeling integral risk assessment, University of Twente, Netherlands, Graduated 13 Dec 2019. External Opposition Committee.
Neil Ranly, Exploring methods to support project selection with non-linear portfolio objectives, time sensitive objectives, time sensitive resource constraints, and modeling inadequacies. Ops Research GOR-18S. Graduated Sept 2018. Committee
Joshua Rodewald, An Information Theoretic Investigation Of Complex Adaptive Supply Networks With Organizational Topologies, Systems Engineering PhD. Graduated Dec 2016. Hooded March 2017. Advisor.
Michael Kretser, Design Structure Matrics for Enterprise IT evolution. ENS Logistics Sciences. Graduated Sept 2015. Committee.
Logan Mailloux, A PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY ANALYSIS OF PRACTICAL DECOY STATE ENABLED QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Systems Engineering PhD. Graduated Sep 2015. Committee
Major Rob Thompson, A METHODOLOGY FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF DISAGGREGATED SPACE SYSTEM CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS, Systems Engineering PhD. Defended 15 May 2015. Grad Jun 2015. Advisor.
Christos Chalyvidis, System of Systems Interoperability Analysis of Supply Chain Management systems. ENS Logistics Science PhD. Defended April 2015. Grad Jun 2015. Committee.
Thomas Ford, “Interoperability Measurement”, AFIT/DSE/ENV/08-S01, Sept 2008. Note: 1st AFIT Systems Engineering PhD. Admitted Sep 2005, Grad Sep 2008. Hooded 2009. Advisor.
Nicholas Hardman, Systems Engineering PhD student admitted Sep 2006. Candidacy: Oct 2008. Defense: November 2009. Hooded March 2010. Research Topic: Empirical Methodology for Human-Systems Integration. Advisor
Jason B. Clark, Functionality,Complexity and approaches to assessment of resilience under constrained energy and information. AFIT-ENV-DS-15-M-159. Graduated March 2015. Committee.
Jeffrey C. Parr, A Method To Develop Neck Injury Criteria To Aid Design And Test Of Escape Systems Incorporating HMDs, Systems Engineering PhD. Graduated Sept 2014. Committee
Vhance Valencia, NETWORK INTERDEPENDANCY MODELING FORRISK ASSESSMENT ON BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, Systems Engineering PhD. Graduated Sept 2013. Committee
Eric Ryan, COST-BASED DECISION MODEL FOR VALUING SYSTEM DESIGN OPTIONS, Systems Engineering PhD. Graduated Sept 2012. Committee
Jeremy Jordan. The Average Network Flow Problem: Shortest Path And Minimum Cost Flow Formulations, Logistics Science PhD, Graduated. Sept 2011 Committee
Dirk Yamamoto, Providing A Theoretical Basis For Nanotoxicity Risk Analysis Departing From Traditional Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling, Systems Engineering PhD. Graduated Sept 2010. Committee.