James Allison

For More Information

• Design Impact YouTube Channel
• 3D SPI2 Research @UIUC (Strategic Research Initiative)
• Engineering System Design Lab

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2008
• MSE, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, 2005
• MSE, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2003
• AAS, Automotive Technology, Weber State University, 1998

Biography

James Allison is an associate professor and the Jerry S. Dobrovolny Faculty Scholar at UIUC. He is a faculty member of the ISE and Aerospace Engineering (affiliate) departments. Prof. Allison holds MS (2004, ME | 2005, IOE) and Ph.D. (2008, ME) degrees from the University of Michigan. He also holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2003, University of Utah) and an AAS in Automotive Technology (1998, Weber State University). He is the co-author of over 150 research publications and the recipient of several awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, ASME Design Automation Young Investigator Award, ASME papers of distinction, and several teaching and advising awards. Previous experience includes work in the automotive and engineering software industries. Current research focuses on the creation and analysis of novel quantitative design methods for engineering systems that enable the identification of non-obvious high-performance system designs. Specific topics of study include: control co-design, system architecture design, and Spatial Packaging of Interconnected Systems with Physical Interactions (SPI2). His investigations span a wide range of application domains, including mechatronics, power electronics, wind/water renewable energy systems, spacecraft attitude control, intelligent structures, scramjet design, automotive systems, manufacturing, and fluid systems.

Academic Positions

• Jerry S. Dobrovolny Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 - Present
• Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aerospace Engineering, 2018 - Present
• Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 2018 - Present
• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 2011 - 2018
• Lecturer, Tufts University, Mechanical Engineering, 2010-2011
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering, 2008

Other Professional Employment

• Senior Engineer, MathWorks, Inc., Natick MA, 2008-2011
• Consulting Engineer, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn MI, 2008

Professional Highlights

• Prof. Allison is an internationally-recognized leader behind the impactful new era of control co-design (CCD), which has made possible completely new levels of integration and performance enhancement for design of actively controlled engineering systems. Prof. Allison's work in CCD has led to >$150M in government funding centered on CCD, including transformational advancements in offshore wind, hydrokinetic renewable energy systems, and carbon capture and use.
• PI of multiple projects focused on revolutionizing how interconnected physical engineering systems are designed, including a UIUC Strategic Research Initiative award to support creation of a new center, a DARPA award, and multiple industry-funded projects.
• PI of several related projects focused on a new technology for precision spacecraft attitude control that has resulted in multiple patents and a spinoff company (Samara Aerospace), including a NASA USIP CubeSat mission for LEO test, a NASA SBIR award, NSF grant funding, an NSF STTR award, a Space Force SBIR award, UIUC OTM proof of concept award (for increasing technology readiness), and multiple collaborative funding awards from JPL.
• Prof. Allison was named the Jerry S. Dobrovolny Faculty Scholar in 2019.
• Prof. Allison received the NSF CAREER award "Integrated Design of Intelligent Structures with Tailored Distributed Damping" in 2017.
• One of the founding faculty members of the NSF Engineering Research Center "Power Optimization of Electro-thermal Systems" (POETS), an NSF Engineering Research Center (start date: August 2015).
• Selected as the 2013 ASME Design Automation Young Investigator Award Winner.

Resident Instruction

• SE 498: Control Co-Design
• SE 598: Analysis of Engineering Research
• GE/SE 413: Engineering Design Optimization
• GE/SE 410: Component Design

Graduate Research Opportunities

The ESDL is not currently taking on new PhD or MS thesis students.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Several undergraduate students are involved in research projects at the Engineering System Design Lab, and we are often looking for bright and ambitious students to join our group. Please contact either Prof. Allison (jtalliso@illinois.edu) or a current ESDL PhD student to learn more about current opportunities and steps you can take to get involved with ESDL research.

Research Interests

• Intelligent Structure Design and Vibration Control
• Aircraft electrification
• Automotive Design (Vehicle Electrification, Hybrid Powertrains, Active Suspension Systems)
• Electro-Thermal System Design Optimization
• Robotics and Automation
• Spacecraft Design and Control
• Topology Optimization: Structural, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems
• Topological design: system architecture, graph theory, efficient enumeration methods, machine learning
• Sustainable Energy Systems (Wind, Wave, and Hydrokinetic Turbine Energy Systems)
• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
• Engineering Design Optimization
• Engineering System Design
• SPI2: Spatial Packaging of Interconnected Systems with Physics Interactions
• Control Co-Design (CCD): Integrated physical and control system design optimization methods

Selected Articles in Journals

• Saeid Bayat, Yong Hoon Lee, James T. Allison. 'Nested Control Co-design of a Spar Buoy Horizontal-Axis Floating Offshore Wind Turbine.' Ocean Engineering, to appear.
• Saeid Bayat, Nastaran Shahmansouri, Satya R.T. Peddada, Alex Tessier, Adrian Butscher, and James T. Allison. 'Extracting Design Information from Optimized Designs of Power Flow Systems: Application to Multi-split Thermal Management System Configuration.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, published online, to appear in print. DOI: 10.1115/1.4068378
• Yong Hoon Lee, Saeid Bayat, James T. Allison, Md Sanower Hossain, D. Todd Griffith. 'Multidisciplinary Modeling and Control Co-Design of a Floating Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine System.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Invited, Special Issue, Jun 2025, 147(6): 061702. DOI: 10.1115/1.4068072
• Saeid Bayat, Nastaran Shahmansouri, Satya R.T. Peddada, Alex Tessier, Adrian Butscher, and James T. Allison. 'Multi-split Configuration Design for Fluid-based Thermal Management Systems.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Feb 2025, 147(2): 021705. DOI: 10.1115/1.4066425
• Albert E. Patterson, Charul Chadha, Iwona M. Jasiuk, and James T. Allison. 'Impact of Element Layout and Notching Technique on the Fracture Toughness of FFF-Processed Thermoplastics.' Procedia Structural Integrity, 2024, V.61, 148-155. DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2024.06.020
• Waheed B. Bello, Satya R.T. Peddada, Anurag Bhattacharyya, Lawrence E. Zeidner, James T. Allison, and Kai A. James. 'Multi-Physics 3D Component Placement and Routing Optimization Using Geometric Projection.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Aug 2024, 146(8): 081702. DOI: 10.1115/1.4064488
• Athul K. Sundarrajan, Yong Hoon Lee, James T. Allison, Daniel S. Zalkind, and Daniel R. Herber. 'Open-Loop Control Co-Design of Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbines using Linear Parameter-Varying Models.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Apr 2024, 146(4): 041704. DOI: 10.1115/1.4063969
• M. Sadman Sakib, D. Todd Griffith, Saeid Bayat, James T. Allison, and MD Sanower Hossain. 'Intracycle RPM Control for Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines.' Wind Energy, March 2024, 27(3), P. 202-224. DOI: 10.1002/we.2885.
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Nathan M. Dunfield, Lawrence E. Zeidner, Zane Givans, Kai James, and James T. Allison. 'Enumeration and Identification of Unique 3D Spatial Topologies of Interconnected Engineering Systems Using Spatial Graphs.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Oct 2023, 145(10): 101708. JMD Featured Article. DOI: 10.1115/1.4062978
• Saeid Bayat, James T. Allison. 'SS-MPC: A User-Friendly Software Based on Single Shooting Optimization to Solve Model Predictive Control Problems.' Software Impacts, Volume 17, p. 100566, Sept 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.simpa.2023.100566.
• Albert E. Patterson, Charul Chadha, Iwona M. Jasiuk, and James T. Allison. 'Tensile Behavior of Individual Fibers and Films Made via Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing.' Next Materials, 1(1), March 2023, 100002. DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2023.100002
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Lawrence E. Zeidner, Horea T. Ilies, Kai A. James, and James T. Allison. 'Towards a Holistic Design of Spatial Packaging of Interconnected Systems with Physical Interactions (SPI2).' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(12), Dec 2022. JMD Featured Article. DOI: 10.1115/1.4055055
• Albert E. Patterson, James T. Allison. 'Minimally-Restrictive Manufacturability Constraints in Mechanical Design: Mapping and Enforcement.' ASME Open Journal Engineering, April 2022. DOI: 10.1115/1.4054170
• James T. Allison, Michel-Alexandre Cardin, Chris McComb, Max Yi Ren, Daniel Selva, Conrad Tucker, Paul Witherell, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao. 'Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Design.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2), Feb 2022. Invited editorial. DOI: 10.1115/1.4053111
• Cui, Tonghui, James T. Allison, and Pingfeng Wang. 'Reliability-based Control Co-design of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines.' Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 64 (6): p. 3653-3679, Dec 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-021-03046-3
• Albert E. Patterson, Yong Hoon Lee, and James T. Allison. 'Generation and Enforcement of Process-Driven Manufacturability Constraints: A Survey of Methods and Perspectives for Product Design.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(11), p. 110801, Nov 2021. DOI: 10.1115/1.4050740
• Albert E. Patterson, Charul Chadha, Iwona M. Jasiuk, James T. Allison. 'Fracture Testing of Polymer Materials Processed via Fused Filament Fabrication: A Survey of Materials, Methods, and Design Applications.' Progress in Additive Manufacturing, June 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s40964-021-00196-0
• Albert Patterson, Tais Rocha Pereira, James T. Allison, Sherri L. Messimer. 'IZOD Impact Properties of Full-density Fused Deposition Modeling Polymer Materials with Respect to Raster Angle and Print Orientation.' Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235(10), p. 1891-1908, May 2021. DOI: 10.1177/0954406219840385
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Kai A. James, and James T. Allison. 'A Novel Two-stage Design Framework for 2D Spatial Packing of Interconnected Components.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(3), p. 031706, March 2021. Invited article for special issue. DOI: 10.1115/1.4048817
• Alex Jessee, Satya R.T. Peddada, Danny J. Lohan, Kai A. James, James T. Allison. 'Simultaneous Packing and Routing Optimization using Geometric Projection.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(11), p. 111702, Nov 2020. DOI: 10.1115/1.4046809
• Zitao Liao, Danny J. Lohan, Nathan C. Brooks, James T. Allison, Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski. "A Systematic Design Methodology for Series-Stacked Energy Decoupling Buffers Based on Loss-Volume Pareto Optimization," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 8(3), Sept 2020, p. 2192-2205. DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2020.2987347
• Vedant, James T. Allison. 'Pseudo-Rigid-Body Dynamic Models for Design of Compliant Members.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3), p. 031116, March 2020. Invited article for special issue. DOI: 10.1115/1.4045602
• Tonghui Cui, James T. Allison, and Pingfeng Wang. 'A Comparative Study of Formulations and Algorithms For Reliability-based Co-Design Problems.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3), p. 031104, March 2020. Invited article for special issue. DOI: 10.1115/1.4045299
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Pamela J. Tannous, Andrew G. Alleyne, James T Allison. 'Optimal Sensor Placement Methods in Active High Power Density Electronic Systems with Experimental Validation.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(2), Feb 2020. DOI: 10.1115/1.4044744
• Danny J. Lohan, James T. Allison, Ercan M Dede. 'A Study on Practical Objectives and Constraints for Heat Conduction Topology Optimization.' Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 61(2), p. 475-489, Feb 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-019-02369-6
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'A Problem Class with Combined Architecture, Plant, and Control Design Applied to Vehicle Suspensions.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(10), p. 101401-11, Oct 2019. DOI:10.1115/1.4043312
• Albert E. Patterson, Charul Chadha, Iwona M. Jasiuk, and James T. Allison. 'Design and Repeatability Analysis of Desktop Tool for Rapid Pre-Cracking of Notched Ductile Plastic Fracture Specimens.' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, EFM-2019-718, Vol. 217, 106536, Aug 2019.
• Yong Hoon Lee, Jonathon K. Schuh, Randy H. Ewoldt, James T. Allison. 'Simultaneous Design of Non-newtonian Lubricant and Surface Texture Using Surrogate-based Multiobjective Optimization.' Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 60(1), p. 99-116, July 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-019-02201-1
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Daniel R. Herber, Herschel Pangborn, Andrew G Alleyne, James T Allison. 'Optimal Flow Control and Single Split Architecture Exploration for Fluid-based Thermal Management.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(8), p. 083401-083401-12, April 2019. DOI:10.1115/1.4043203
• Pamela J. Tannous, Satya R.T. Peddada, James T. Allison, Thomas Foulkes, Robert P. Pilawa, Andrew G. Alleyne. 'Model-based Temperature Estimation of Power Electronics Systems.' IFAC Control Engineering Practice, 85, p. 206-215, April 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2019.01.006
• Yashwanth Kumar Nakka, Soon-Jo Chung, James T. Allison, Jack B. Aldrich, and Oscar S. Alvarez-Salazar. 'Nonlinear ODE-PDE Attitude Control of a Spacecraft with Strain-Actuated Solar Arrays.' AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 42(3), p. 458-475, March 2019. DOI: 10.2514/1.G003478
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Nested and Simultaneous Solution Strategies for General Combined Plant and Control Design Problems.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(1), p. 011402, Jan 2019. DOI: 10.1115/1.4040705
• Bozun Wang, Yefei Si, Charul Chadha, James T. Allison, Albert E. Patterson. 'Nominal Stiffness Evaluation and Regression Analysis of GT-2 Rubber-Fiberglass Timing Belts.' Robotics, special issue on Kinematics and Robot Design, 7(4), Dec 2018. DOI: 10.3390/robotics7040075
• Tinghao Guo, Jiarui Xu, Yilin Dong, Neal E. Davis, James T. Allison. 'Network Analysis of Design Automation Literature.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(10), p. 101403, Oct 2018. DOI: 10.1115/1.4040787.
• William Crossley, Siyao Luan, James T. Allison, Deborah Thurston. 'Optimization Problem Formulation Framework with Application to Engineering Systems.' Systems Engineering 20(6), p. 512-528, Nov 2017. Invited contribution to CESUN special issue. DOI: 10.1002/sys.21418
• Christian M. Chilan, Daniel R. Herber, Yashwanth Kumar Nakka, Soon-Jo Chung, James T. Allison, Jack B. Aldrich, Oscar S. Alvarez-Salazar. 'Co-Design of Strain-Actuated Solar Arrays for Spacecraft Precision Pointing and Jitter Reduction.' AIAA Journal, 55(9), pp. 3180-3195, Sept 2017. DOI: 10.2514/1.J055748
• Anand Deshmukh, James T. Allison. 'Design of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems using Surrogate Models of Derivative Functions.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(10), p. 101402-101402-12, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/1.4037407
• Jonathon K. Schuh, Yong Hoon Lee, James T. Allison, Randy H. Ewoldt. 'Design-driven modeling of surface-textured full-film lubricated sliding: validation and rationale of non-standard thrust observations.' Tribology Letters, 65(2), p. 35, June 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-017-0818-8
• Yong Hoon Lee, Jonathon Schuh, Randy H. Ewoldt, James T. Allison. 'Enhancing Full-Film Lubrication Performance via Arbitrary Surface Texture Design.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 65(2), p. 35, June 2017. DOI: 10.1115/1.4036133
• Daniel R Herber, Tinghao Guo, James T. Allison. 'Enumeration of Architectures with Perfect Matchings.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(5), p. 051403, May 2017. DOI: 10.1115/1.4036132
• Danny J. Lohan, Ercan M. Dede, James T. Allison, 'Topology Optimization for Heat Conduction Using Generative Design Algorithms.' Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 55(3), p. 1063–1077, March 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-016-1563-6
• Tinghao Guo, James T. Allison. 'On the Use of Mathematical Programs with Complementary Constraints in Combined Topological and Parametric Design of Biochemical Enzyme Networks. Engineering Optimization. 49(2), p. 345-364, Feb 2017. DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2016.1188091
• Rebecca Corman, Lakshmi Rao, N. Ashwin Bharadwaj, James T. Allison, Randy H. Ewoldt. 'Setting Material Function Design Targets for Linear Viscoelastic Materials and Structures.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. 138(5), p. 051402, March 2016. DOI: 10.1115/1.4032698
• Daniel Herber, Anand Deshmukh, Marlon Mitchell, James T. Allison, 'Project-Based Curriculum for Teaching Analytical Design to Freshman Engineering Students via Reconfigurable Trebuchets.' Education Sciences, 6(1), article 7, Feb 2016. DOI: 10.3390/educsci6010007
• Anand P Deshmukh, James T Allison. 'Multidisciplinary Dynamic Optimization of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Design.' Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 53(1), pp. 15-27, Jan 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-015-1308-y
• Ashish Khetan, Danny J. Lohan, James T. Allison. 'Managing Variable-Dimension Structural Optimization Problems using Generative Algorithms'. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 50(4), pp. 695-715, Oct 2015.
• Horea Ilies, Matt Parkinson, Carolyn Conner Seepersad, Michael Kokkolaras, Kenneth Ragsdell, Panos Papalambros, Farrokh Mistree, Christopher Williams, Rahul Rai, Jitesh Panchal, Scott Ferguson, Bryony DuPont, James Allison. 'New Perspectives on Design Automation: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the ASME Design Automation Conference.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 137, No. 5., 050301, May 2015. DOI: 10.1115/1.4030256
• James T. Allison, Tinghao Guo, Zhi Han. 'Co-Design of an Active Suspension Using Simultaneous Dynamic Optimization.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 136, No. 8, p. 081003, Aug 2014. DOI: 10.1115/1.4027335
• James T. Allison, Daniel R. Herber. 'Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Dynamic Engineering Systems.' AIAA Journal, Vol. 52, No. 4, April 2014. DOI: 10.2514/1.J052182
• James T. Allison. 'Engineering System Co-Design with Limited Plant Redesign.' Engineering Optimization, Vol. 46, No. 2, p. 200-217, 2014. DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2013.764999
• James T. Allison 'Plant-Limited Co-Design of an Energy-Efficient Counterbalanced Robotic Manipulator.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 135, No. 10, p. 101003, Oct 2013. DOI: 10.1115/1.4024978
• Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, Panos Y. Papalambros, and David J. Gorsich. 'Constraint Management of Reduced Representation Variables in Decomposition-Based Design Optimization.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133, No. 10 - Special Issue on Designing Complex Engineered Systems, Oct 2011. DOI: 10.1115/1.4004976
• Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Decomposition-based Design Optimization of Electric Vehicle Powertrains Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition.' Invited Article, International Journal of Powertrains, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.72-92, Aug 2011. DOI: 10.1504/IJPT.2011.041910
• Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Reduced Representations of Vector-Valued Coupling Variables in Decomposition-based Design Optimization.' Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 44, No. 3, p. 379-391, March 2011. DOI: 10.1007/s00158-011-0636-9
• James T. Allison and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Consistency Constraint Allocation in Augmented Lagrangian Coordination.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol 132, No. 7, July 2010. DOI: 10.1115/1.4001525
• James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Optimal Partitioning and Coordination Decisions in Decomposition-based Design Optimization.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 131, No. 8, Aug 2009. DOI: 10.1115/1.3178729
• James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'On Selecting Single-Level Formulations for Complex System Design Optimization'. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. Vol: 129(9), pp. 898-906, Sept 2007. pdf. DOI: 10.1115/1.2747632

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Dario Rodriguez, Tulio Ricciardi, James T. Allison, and Jonathan B. Freund. 'Conceptual Design and Optimization of a Scramjet with Ablative Thermal Protection System.' AIAA AVIATION Forum 2025, to appear.
• Elena Fernandez Bravo, James T. Allison. 'Satellite MDO Problem Formulation Using Design Coupling Information.' In the Proceedings of the 75th International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy, Oct 14-18 2024.
• Elena Fernandez Bravo, Melkior Ornik, James T. Allison. 'Numerical Estimation of Bidirectional Plant-Control Design Coupling in Control Co-Design.' In the Proceedings of the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-142636, Washington DC, Aug 2024. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2024-142636
• Yong Hoon Lee, Saeid Bayat, James T. Allison, Md Sanower Hossain, D. Todd Griffith. 'Modeling and Control Co-design of a Floating Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine System'. In the Proceedings of the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-143495, Washington DC, Aug 2024. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2024-143495
• Saeid Bayat, Nastaran Shahmansouri, Satya R.T. Peddada, Alex Tessier, Adrian Butscher, and James T. Allison. 'Multi-split Configuration Design for Fluid-based Thermal Management Systems.' In the Proceedings of the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-143578, Washington DC, Aug 2024. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2024-143578
• Saeid Bayat, Nastaran Shahmansouri, Satya R.T. Peddada, Alex Tessier, Adrian Butscher, and James T. Allison. 'Advancing Fluid-Based Thermal Management Systems Design: Leveraging Graph Neural Networks for Graph Regression and Efficient Enumeration Reduction.' In the Proceedings of the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-143660, Washington DC, Aug 2024. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2024-143660
• Saeid Bayat, Nastaran Shahmansouri, Satya R.T. Peddada, Alex Tessier, Adrian Butscher, and James T. Allison. 'Extracting Design Knowledge from Optimization Data: Application to Multi-split Thermal Management System Configuration.' In the Proceedings of the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC2024-143065, Washington DC, Aug 2024. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2024-143065
• Prajwal K. Chinthoju, Yong Hoon Lee, Ghanendra K. Das, Kai A. James, and James T. Allison. 'Optimal Design of eVTOLs for Urban Mobility using Analytical Target Cascading.' In the Proceedings of the AIAA Scitech 2024 Conference, Orlando, FL, Jan 2024, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-2235.
• Nowsheen Sharmili, Yong Hoon Lee, and James T. Allison. 'Battery Thermal Management Systems Design Considering Model Fidelity Levels and Design Optimization Utility.' In the Proceedings of the AIAA Scitech 2024 Conference, Orlando, FL, Jan 2024, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-2363
• Saeid Bayat and James T Allison. 'Control Co-Design With Varying Available Information Applied to Vehicle Suspensions.' In the Proceedings of the ASME 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, USA, Aug 2023. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2023-114690
• Corey Parrott, Satya R.T. Peddada, James T. Allison, Kai A. James. 'Machine Learning Surrogates for Optimal 2D Spatial Packaging of Interconnected Systems with Physics Interactions (SPI2)'. In the Proceedings of the 2023 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, San Diego, CA and online, June 2023. DOI: 10.2514/6.2023-4375
• Vedant, Patrick Haddox, James T. Allison. 'Multifunctional Oscillating Structures for Slewing and Active Jitter Cancellation.' In the Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky MT, March 4-11 2023. DOI: 10.1109/AERO55745.2023.10115853
• Vedant, Patrick Haddox, James T. Allison. 'New Mission and Spacecraft Design Enabled Using MSAC.' In the Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky MT, March 4-11 2023. DOI: 10.1109/AERO55745.2023.10115834
• Abbas Bataleblu, Vedant, Saeid Bayat, and James T. Allison. 'Control Implementation Challenges of HI-MSAC: Hinge Integrated Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control.' In the Proceedings of the 2023 AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, Feb 2023.
• Elena Fernandez Bravo, Vedant, Satya R.T. Peddada, and James T. Allison. 'Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control (MSAC) Configuration Design Optimization using Pseudo-Rigid Body Dynamic Models (PRBDM).' In the Proceedings of the 2023 AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, Feb 2023.
• Abbas Bataleblu, Elena Fernandez Bravo, Vedant, James T. Allison. 'SPOAC and Hinge Integrated MSAC: Non-holonomic Attitude Control Systems for Spacecraft.' In the Proceedings of the 36th Annual Small Satellite Conference, Logan UT, Aug 6-11 2022.
• Vedant, James T. Allison. 'Reducing Jitter During Large Slews using Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control.' In the Proceedings of the 2022 AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, Feb 2022. DOI: doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-1098
• Vedant, James T. Allison. 'Advancing MSAC Towards Flight Demonstration Using Hardware in the Loop Validation.' In the Proceedings of the 2022 AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, Feb 2022.
• Waheed B. Bello, Satya R.T. Peddada, Anurag Bhattacharyya, Mark Jennings, Sunil Katragadda, Kai A. James, James T. Allison. 'Underhood Spatial Packing and Routing of an Automotive Fuel Cell System Using 2D Geometric Projection.' In the Proceedings of the 2022 AIAA Scitech Conference, San Diego, CA (Hybrid Virtual), Jan 2022. DOI: 10.2514/6.2022-0804
• Anurag Bhattacharyya, Satya R.T. Peddada, Waheed B. Bello, Lawrence E. Zeidner, Kai A. James, James T. Allison. 'Simultaneous 3D Component Packing and Routing Optimization Using Geometric Projection.' In the Proceedings of the 2022 AIAA Scitech Conference, San Diego, CA (Hybrid Virtual), Jan 2022. DOI: 10.2514/6.2022-2096
• Athul K. Sundarrajan, Yong Hoon Lee, Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Open-Loop Control Co-Design of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Using Linear Parameter-Varying Models.' In the Proceedings of the 2021 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. Virtual. Aug 17-19, 2021. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2021-67573
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Larry Zeidner, Kai A. James, James T. Allison. 'An Introduction to 3D SPI2 (Spatial Packaging of Interconnected Systems With Physics Interactions) Design Problems: A Review of Related Work, Existing Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities.' In the Proceedings of the 2021 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. Virtual. Aug 17-19, 2021. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2021-72106
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Nathan Dunfield, Larry Zeidner, Kai A. James, James T. Allison. 'Systematic Enumeration and Identification of Unique Spatial Topologies of 3D Systems Using Spatial Graph Representations.' In the Proceedings of the 2021 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. Virtual. Aug 17-19, 2021. Nominated for DAC Best Paper Award. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2021-66900
• Jason Jonkman, Alan Wright, Garrett Barter, Matt Hall, James Allison, Daniel Herber. 'Functional Requirements for the WEIS Toolset to Enable Controls Co-Design of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.' In the Proceedings of the 3rd ASME International Offshore Wind Technical Conference. Virtual, Online. Feb 16-17, 2021. DOI: 10.1115/IOWTC2021-3533
• Vedant, James T. Allison, Alexander M. Ghosh. 'Reducing Jitter During Large Slews Using Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control via Torque Analysis'. In the Proceedings of the 2021 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2021, Jan 1-9, 2021. DOI: 10.2514/6.2021-1098
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Albert E. Patterson, James T. Allison. 'Manufacturing Cell Adaption to Disruptive AM Processes: Convex Optimization Approach.' In the Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference, pp. 293-298. Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), Virtual Online, Nov 1-3, 2020.
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Kai A. James, and James T. Allison. 'A Novel Two-stage Design Framework for 2D Spatial Packing of Interconnected Components.' In the Proceedings of the 2020 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 2020, virtual. Invited for submission to the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. Nominated for DAC Best Paper Award. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2020-22695
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Samanta B. Rodriguez, Kai A. James, and James T. Allison. 'Automated Layout Generation Methods for 2D Spatial Packing.' In the Proceedings of the 2020 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 2020, virtual. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2020-22627
• Vedant, James T. Allison. 'Impact of Including Electronics Design on Design of Intelligent Structures: Applications to Multifunctional Structures For Attitude Control (MSAC).' In the Proceedings of the 2020 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems Conference, SMASIS2020-2331, Virtual, Online. Sept 15, 2020. DOI: 10.1115/SMASIS2020-2331
• Vedant, Albert E. Patterson, James T. Allison. 'Multifunctional Structures for Spacecraft Attitude Control.' In the Proceedings of the 2020 AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AAS 20-018, Breckenridge, CO, USA, Feb 2020.
• Tonghui Cui, James T. Allison and Pingfeng Wang. 'Reliability-based Co-Design of State-Constrained Stochastic Dynamical Systems.' In the Proceedings of the 2020 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, Jan 2020. DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-0413
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison, Philip Abolmoali, Robert Buettner, and Soumya Patnaik. 'Architecture Generation and Performance Evaluation of Aircraft Thermal Management Systems Through Graph-based Techniques.' In the Proceedings of the 2020 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, Jan 2020. DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-0159
• Vedant, Alex Ghosh, Matthew West, James T. Allison. 'Reinforcement Learning for Spacecraft Attitude Control'. In the Proceedings of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, 21-25 Oct, 2019, Washington D.C.
• Vedant, Alex Ghosh, Oscar Alvarez-Salazar, James T. Allison. 'Impact of Strain-Actuated Attitude Control Systems for Variant Mission Classes'. In the Proceedings of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, 21-25 Oct, 2019, Washington D.C.
• Vedant, James T. Allison. 'Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control.' In the Proceedings of the 2019 ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems Conference, SMASIS2019-5565, Louisville, KY, USA, Sept 2019. DOI: 10.1115/SMASIS2019-5565
• Charul Chadha, Albert E. Patterson, Iwona Jasiuk, James T. Allison, and Kai A. James. 'Repair of High-value Plastic Components Using Fused Deposition Modeling.' In the Proceedings of the 2019 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Aug 2019. Austin, TX, USA, Aug 2019.
• Tonghui Cui, James T. Allison, and Pingfeng Wang. 'A Comparative Study of Formulations and Algorithms For Reliability-based Co-Design Problems.' In the Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Anaheim CA, Aug 2019. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2019-98307
• Vedant, James T. Allison. 'Pseudo-Rigid Body Dynamic Modeling of Compliant Members for Design.' In the Proceedings of the 2019 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Anaheim CA, Aug 2019. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2019-97881
• Albert E. Patterson, Yong Hoon Lee, James T. Allison. 'Overview of the Development and Enforcement of Process-Driven Manufacturability Constraints in Product Design.' In the Proceedings of the 2019 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Anaheim CA, Aug 2019. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2019-97384
• Albert E. Patterson, James T. Allison. 'Generation and Mapping of Minimally-restrictive Manufacturability Constraints for Mechanical Design Problems.' In the Proceedings of the 2019 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Anaheim CA, Aug 2019. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2019-97386
• Danny J. Lohan and James T. Allison. 'An Assessment of Structural Optimization Methods for Device-Level Heat Sink Design.' In the Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Beijing, China, May 20-24, 2019.
• Yong Hoon Lee, Vedant, Randy H. Ewoldt, James T. Allison. 'Strain-Actuated Solar Arrays for Spacecraft Attitude Control Assisted by Viscoelastic Damping.' In the Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Beijing, China, May 20-24, 2019.
• Tinghao Guo, Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Circuit Synthesis Using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).' In the Proceedings of the 2019 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA 2019-2350, San Diego, CA, USA, Jan 2019. Invited paper. DOI: 10.2514/6.2019-2350
• Tinghao Guo, Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Reducing Evaluation Cost for Circuit Synthesis Using Active Learning.' In the Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Quebec City, Quebec, CA, Aug 2018. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2018-85654
• Albert E. Patterson, James T. Allison. 'Manufacturability Constraint Formulation for Design Under Hybrid Additive-Subtractive Manufacturing.' In the Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Quebec City, Quebec, CA, Aug 2018. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2018-85637
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Daniel R. Herber, Herschel C. Pangborn, Andrew G. Alleyne, and James T. Allison. 'Optimal Flow Control and Single Split Architecture Exploration for Fluid-Based Thermal Management.' In the Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Quebec City, Quebec, CA, Aug 2018. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2018-86148
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'A Problem Class With Combined Architecture, Plant, and Control Design Applied to Vehicle Suspensions.' In the Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Quebec City, Quebec, CA, Aug 2018. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2018-86213
• Zitao Liao, Danny J. Lohan, Nathan C. Brooks, James T. Allison, and Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski. 'Multi-Objective Optimization of Series-Stacked Energy Decoupling Buffers in Single-Phase Converters.' In the 2018 Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics (COMPEL), Padova, Italy, June 25-28, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459929
• Chendi​ ​Lin,​ Dan​ ​Herber, ​Vedant,​ ​Yong​ ​Hoon​ ​Lee,​ ​Alexander​ ​Ghosh,​ ​Randy Ewoldt, James​ ​T.​ ​Allison. 'Attitude​ ​Control​ ​System​ ​Complexity​ ​Reduction​ ​via​ ​Tailored​ ​Viscoelastic​ ​Damping Co-Design.' In the Proceedings of the 2018 AAS Guidance & Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, Feb 2018.
• Yong Hoon Lee, Jonathon K. Schuh, Randy H. Ewoldt, and James T. Allison. 'Simultaneous Design of Non-Newtonian Lubricant and Surface Texture Using Surrogate-Based Optimization.' In the proceedings of the 2018 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, Jan 2018. DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-1906
• Tinghao Guo, Danny J. Lohan, Ruijin Cang, Max Yi Ren, and James T. Allison. 'An Indirect Design Representation for Topology Optimization Using Variational Autoencoder and Style Transfer.' In the proceedings of the 2018 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, Jan 2018 (invited). DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-0804
• Yong Hoon Lee, Rebecca E. Corman, Randy H. Ewoldt, James T. Allison. 'A Multiobjective Adaptive Surrogate Modeling Optimization (MO-ASMO) Framework Using Efficient Sampling Strategies.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-67541, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67541
• Madhav Arora, Siyao Luan, Deborah Thurston, James T. Allison. 'Hybrid Procedure-Based Design Strategies Augmented With Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-68348, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-68348
• Satya R.T. Peddada, Pamela J. Tannous, Andrew G. Alleyne, James T. Allison. 'Optimal Sensor Placement Methods for Active Power Electronic Systems.' In the proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-68253, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-68253
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Unified Scaling of Dynamic Optimization Design Formulations.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-67676, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67676
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Nested and Simultaneous Solution Strategies for General Combined Plant and Controller Design Problems.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-67688, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67668
• Anand P. Deshmukh, Danny J. Lohan, James T. Allison. 'Design of a Reconfigurable Dynamic Testbed for Co-Design Method Validation.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, iDETC-67319, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. Selected as a DAC 'Paper of Distinction'. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67319
• Siyao Luan, Madhav Arora, Deborah Thurston, James Allison. 'Developing and Comparing Alternative Design Optimization Formulations for a Vibration Absorber Example.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-68337, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. Nominated for DFMLC best paper award. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-68337
• Anand P. Deshmukh, James T. Allison. 'Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Design with Optimal Control Considerations.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-67480, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67480
• Tinghao Guo, Jiarui Xu, Yilin Dong, Neal E. Davis, James T. Allison. 'Network Analysis of Design Automation Literature.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC-67361, Cleveland, OH, Aug 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67361
• Danny J. Lohan, James T. Allison. 'Temperature Constraint Formulations for Heat Conduction Topology Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Braunschweig, Germany, June 5-9, 2017.
• Chendi Lin, Yong Hoon Lee, Jonathon K. Schuh, James Allison, Randy Ewoldt. 'Efficient Optimal Surface Texture Design Using Linearization.' In the Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Braunschweig, Germany, June 5-9, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67988-4_48
• Pamela J. Tannous, Satya R.T. Peddada, James T. Allison, Thomas Foulkes, Robert P. Pilawa, and Andrew G. Alleyne. 'Dynamic Temperature Estimation of Power Electronics Systems.' In the Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, May 2017. DOI: 10.23919/ACC.2017.7963482
• Anand P. Deshmukh, Marlon E Mitchell, James T Allison. 'Integrating Model-Based Design and Physical Design Evaluation for Improved Design Education.' In the Proceedings of the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC2016-59299, Charlotte, NC, USA, Aug 2016. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2016-59299
• Danny J. Lohan, Masanori Ishigaki, Ercan M. Dede, James T Allison. 'Combined Lumped and Continuum Parameter Design Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems.' In the Proceedings of the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC2016-60218, Charlotte, NC, USA, Aug 2016. Selected as a 'Paper of Distinction'. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2016-60218
• Daniel R Herber, Tinghao Guo, James T Allison. 'Enumeration of Architectures With Perfect Matchings.' In the Proceedings of the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC2016-60212, Charlotte, NC, USA, Aug 2016. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2016-60212
• Yong Hoon Lee, Jonathon Schuh, Randy H. Ewoldt, James T. Allison. 'Shape Parameterization Comparison For Full-Film Lubrication Texture Design.' In the Proceedings of the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC2016-60168, Charlotte, NC, USA, Aug 2016. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2016-60168
• Anand Deshmukh, James T. Allison, Deborah Thurston. 'Heuristics for Formulating Design Optimization Models: Their Uses and Pitfalls'. In the Proceedings of the 5th International Engineering Systems Symposium, CESUN 2016, Washington, D.C., USA, Jun 2016.
• Danny J. Lohan, Ercan M. Dede, James T. Allison. 'Topology Optimization Formulations for Circuit Board Heat Spreader Design.' In the Proceedings of the 2016 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, Washington, DC, USA, June 2016. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-3669
• Oscar S Alvarez-Salazar, Jack B Aldrich, James T Allison, Soon-Jo Chung. 'Strain Actuated Solar Arrays for Precision Pointing of Spacecraft.' In the Proceedings of the 2016 AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, Feb 2016.
• Christian M Chilan, Daniel R Herber, Yashwanth Kumar Nakka, Soon-Jo Chung, James T Allison, Jack B Aldrich, Oscar S Alvarez-Salazar. 'Co-Design of Strain-Actuated Solar Arrays for Precision Pointing and Jitter Reduction.' In the Proceedings of the 2016 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA-2016-0162, San Diego, CA, USA, Jan 4-8 2016. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-0162
• Lakshmi Gururaja Rao, James T. Allison. 'Generalized Viscoelastic Material Design with Integro-Differential Equations and Direct Optimal Control.' In the Proceedings of the 2015 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Aug 2-5, 2015. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2015-46768
• Lakshmi Gururaja Rao, Jonathon Schuh, Randy H. Ewoldt, James T. Allison. 'On Using Adaptive Surrogate Modeling in Design for Efficient Fluid Power.' In the Proceedings of the 2015 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Aug 2-5, 2015. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2015-46832
• James T. Allison, Daniel R. Herber, Anand P. Deshmukh. 'Integrated Design of Dynamic Sustainable Energy Systems.' In the Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Engineering Design. July 27-30, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-904670-64-3
• Anand P. Deshmukh, Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Bridging the Gap between Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Control in Co-Design: A Framework for Complete Optimal Plant and Control Architecture Design.' In the Proceedings of the 2015 American Control Conference. July 1-3, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2015.7172104
• Danny J. Lohan, Ercan M. Dede, James T. Allison. 'Topology Optimization for Heat Conduction Using Generative Design Algorithms.' In the Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. June 7-12, 2015.
• Ashish Khetan, James T. Allison. 'Large-Scale Topology Optimization Using Parameterized Boolean Networks.' In the Proceedings of the 2014 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Aug 17-20, 2014. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2014-34256
• Jeff D. Arena, James T. Allison. 'Solving The Reconfigurable Design Problem For Multiability with Application to Robotic Systems.' In the Proceedings of the 2014 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Aug 17-20, 2014. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2014-35314
• Daniel R. Herber, Jason W. McDonald, Oscar S. Alvarez-Salazar, Girish Krishnan, James T. Allison. 'Reducing Spacecraft Jitter During Satellite Reorientation Maneuvers via Solar Array Dynamics.' In the Proceedings of the 2014 AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. AIAA, June 16-20 2014. DOI: 10.2514/6.2014-3278
• James Allison, Girish Krishnan and Deborah Thurston. 'Design of Engineering Systems in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering Department at University of Illinois'. In the Proceedings of the 4th International Engineering Systems Symposium, CESUN, Hoboken, NJ., June 8-11, 2014.
• Anand Deshmukh, James T. Allison. 'Design of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems using Surrogate Models of Derivative Functions.' In the Proceedings of the 2013 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC2013-12262. Aug 4-7, 2013. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2013-12262
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. 'Wave Energy Extraction Maximization in Irregular Ocean Waves using Pseudospectral Methods.' In the Proceedings of the 2013 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC2013-12600. Aug 4-7, 2013. Selected as DAC 'Paper of Distinction'. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2013-12600
• N. Ashwin Bharadwaj, James T. Allison, Randy H. Ewoldt. 'Early-Stage Design of Rheologically Complex Materials via Material Function Design Targets.' In the Proceedings of the 2013 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC2013-12262. Aug 4-7, 2013. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2013-13462
• James T. Allison, Ashish Khetan, Danny Lohan. 'Managing Variable-Dimension Structural Optimization Problems using Generative Algorithms.' In the Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. May 19-24, 2013.
• Tinghao Guo, James T. Allison. 'On the Use of MPCCs in Combined Topological and Parametric Design of Genetic Regulatory Circuits.' In the Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. May 19-24, 2013.
• Anand P. Deshmukh, James T. Allison. 'Simultaneous Structural and Control System Design for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines.' In the Proceedings of the 9th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference. Apr 8-11, 2013. DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-1533
• James T. Allison, Daniel R. Herber. 'Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Dynamic Engineering Systems.' In the Proceedings of the 9th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference. Apr 8-11, 2013. DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-1462
• James T Allison, Allen Kaitharath, Daniel R Herber. 'Wave Energy Extraction Maximization Using Direct Transcription.' In ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2012-86619, pp. 485-495, Houston, TX, USA, Nov 9-15, 2012. DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2012-86619
• James T. Allison. 'Plant-Limited Co-Design of an Energy Efficient Counterbalanced Robotic Manipulator.' In the Proceedings of the 2012 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC2012-71108. ASME, Aug 12-15 2012. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2012-71108
• James T Allison. 'Engineering System Co-Design with Limited Plant Redesign.' In AIAA 2012 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, AIAA2012-1526, pp. 1-13, Honolulu, HI, USA, April 23-26, 2012. DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-1526
• James T. Allison and Zhi Han. 'Co-Design of an Active Suspension Using Simultaneous Dynamic Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC2011-48521. ASME, Aug 28-Aug 31 2011. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-48521
• James T. Allison and Sam Nazari. 'Combined Plant and Controller Design Using Decomposition-Based Design Optimization and the Minimum Principle.' In the Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2010-28887. ASME, Aug 15-Aug 18 2010. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-28887
• Erin MacDonald, Katie Whitefoot, James T. Allison, Panos Y. Papalambros, and Richard Gonzalez. 'An Investigation of Sustainability, Preference, and Profitability in Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2010-29055. ASME, Aug 15-Aug 18 2010.
• Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, Panos Y. Papalambros, and David J. Gorsich. 'Constraint Management of Reduced Representation Variables in Decomposition-Based Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2010 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2010-28788. Aug 15-18, 2010.
• Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Reduced Representations of Vector-Valued Coupling Variables in Decomposition-Based Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1-5, 2009.
• James T. Allison and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Consistency Constraint Allocation in Augmented Lagrangian Coordination.' In the Proceedings of the 2008 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2008-49823. ASME, Aug 3-Aug 6 2008.
• James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Optimal Partitioning and Coordination Decisions in Decomposition-based Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2007 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2007-34698. ASME, Sept 4-Sept 7 2007.
• James T. Allison and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Optimal Partitioning and Coordination Decisions in System Design Using an Evolutionary Algorithm.' 7th World Conference on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, May 21-May 25 2007.
• Bryon Sohns, James T. Allison, Hosam Fathy, and Jeffrey L. Stein. 'Efficient Parameterization of Large-Scale Dynamic Models Through the Use of Activity Analysis.' In the Proceedings of the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, Il, Nov 5-10 2006.
• James T. Allison, Brian Roth, Michael Kokkolaras, Ilan Kroo, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Aircraft Family Design Using Decomposition-Based Methods.' In the Proceedings of the 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept 6-8 2006.
• James T. Allison, David Walsh, Michael Kokkolaras, Panos Y. Papalambros, and Matthew Cartmell. 'Analytical Target Cascading in Aircraft Design.' In the Proceedings of the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit AIAA-2006-1326. AIAA, Jan 9-12 2006.
• James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'On the Impact of Coupling Strength on Complex System Optimization for Single-Level Formulations.' In the Proceedings of the 2005 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2005-84790. ASME, Sept. 24-Sept 28 2005.
• James T. Allison, Michael Kokkalaras, Marc Zawislak, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'On the Use of Analytical Target Cascading and Collaborative Optimization for Complex System Design.' In the Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, May 30-June 3 2005.

Refereed Conference Papers and Presentations

• Saeid Bayat, James T. Allison. 'Low-Order Model of a Spar Floating Offshore Wind Turbine.' 2024 NAWEA (North American Wind Energy Academy) Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ (extended abstract presentation), accepted, Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2024.
• Stav Ashur, Isaac Burton Love, Chad Peterson, Danny J. Lohan, Yuqing Zhou, Ercan M. Dede, Nancy M. Amato, Marco Morales Aguirre, James T. Allison. 'Optimizing Pipe and Wire Routing Diversity: Generation and Selection Strategies.' Presented at the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (extended abstract presentation), Washington DC, Aug 2024.
• Dhritiman Roy, Yingying Li, Henry Swales, James T. Allison. 'Open-Loop Optimal Control Strategies for the Mooring System of a Hydro-kinetic Turbine.' Presented at the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (extended abstract presentation), IDETC2024-142757, Washington DC, Aug 2024.
• Abbas Bataleblu, Joohyung Kim, James T. Allison. 'Integrated Manipulation Planning and Control Co-Design of Robot Manipulators.' Presented at the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (extended abstract presentation), IDETC2024-148037, Washington DC, Aug 2024.
• Nowsheen Sharmili, Yong Hoon Lee, James T. Allison. 'Enhancing Collaborative Multidisciplinary Optimization through Surrogate Modeling.' Presented at the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (extended abstract presentation), IDETC2024-148473, Washington DC, Aug 2024.
• Reihaneh Jahedan, Satya R.T. Peddada, Mark Jennings, Sunil Katragadda, James T. Allison, Nenad Miljkovic. 'Automated Enumeration of Reconfigurable Architecture for Electric Vehicle Thermal Management System.' Presented at the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (extended abstract presentation), IDETC2024-148510, Washington DC, Aug 2024.
• Chad Peterson, Reihaneh Jahedan, James T. Allison. 'Automating the Spatial Integration of a Reconfigurable Battery Electric Vehicle Thermal Management System.' Presented at the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (extended abstract presentation), IDETC2024-148328, Washington DC, Aug 2024.
• Chad Peterson, Satya R.T. Peddada, James T. Allison. 'On Holistically Optimizing the Spatial Configuration of Systems.' Presented at the 2023 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC2023-118241, Boston, MA, USA, Aug 2023. Invited extended abstract technical presentation.
• Chad Peterson, Isaac Burton Love, Satya R.T. Peddada, Danny J. Lohan, Yuqing Zhou, Ercan M. Dede, Nancy M. Amato, James T. Allison. 'Automated 3D Pipe and Wire Routing Framework for Rapidly Generating Diversified Design Solutions.' Presented at the 2023 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC2023-118060, Boston, MA, USA, Aug 2023. Extended abstract technical presentation.
• Daniel R. Herber, James T. Allison. "Control Co-Design: Achieving New Functionality and Performance via Integrated Physical and Control System Design." Presented at the 2020 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC2020-19184, St. Louis, MO, USA, Aug 2020. Extended abstract technical presentation.
• James T Allison, Daniel R Herber. "Control Co-Design: Achieving New Functionality and Performance Via Integrated Physical and Control System Design." Presented at the 2019 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2019-13707, extended abstract technical presentation, Nov 8-14, 2019.
• Yong Hoon Lee, R. E. Corman, Randy H. Ewoldt, James T. Allison. 'Continuous Relaxation Spectra and Its Reduced-Dimensionality Descriptions for Engineering Design With Linear Viscoelasticity.' ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2019-13370, extended abstract technical presentation, Nov 8-14, 2019.
• Jonathon K Schuh, Yong Hoon Lee, James T Allison, Randy H Ewoldt. 'A Validated Computational Model for the Design of Surface Textures in Full-Film Lubricated Sliding.' Presentation, The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics, Portland, OR, USA, Nov 2016.

Invited Lectures

• Research Movements in Research Movements in Engineering Design: Two Examples from Integrated System Design
• An Engineering Design Research Grand Challenge with Potential for Impact on Nearly All Physical Engineered Systems
• Creating Fundamentally New Energy System Capabilities Through Comprehensive System Co-Design
• Control Co-Design: The Grand Plan
• Introduction to the ESDL Research Program
• Forming a New Scientific Research Community at the Intersection of Physical and Control System Design
• Fifteen Year Vision for SPI2 Design Automation
• Optimal 3D Spatial Packaging of Interconnected Systems with Physics Interactions (SPI2)
• An Engineering Design Research Grand Challenge with Potential for Impact on Nearly All Physical Engineered Systems
• Control Co-Design: Toward Comprehensive and Holistic Treatment of Physical and Control System Design
• Control Co-Design: A Step Change in Active Engineering System Design Capability
• Control Co-Design: The Next Chapter in Active Engineering System Design
• Integrated Physical and Control System Design Optimization with Application to Attitude Control
• Integrated Physical and Control System Design: Control Co-Design (CCD)
• Advancing Energy Sustainability Through Advanced Integrated Design Methods
• Design Principles and Road Interactions
• Integrated Physical and Control System Design: A Strategy for New Performance Levels in Renewable Energy Systems
• Integrated Physical and Control System Design: A Strategy for New Performance Levels in Renewable Energy Systems
• Multidomain Modeling for Optimization
• Integrated Physical and Control System Design: A Strategy for New Performance Levels in Renewable Energy Systems

Other Publications

• James T Allison, Deborah Thurston, Madhav Arora, Siyao Luan. 'Toward a Method for Achieving Synergy between Heuristic Rules of Thumb and Quantitative Methods in Engineering Design.' 2017 NSF Design Workshop, Atlanta GA, Jan, 2017.
• Yong Hoon Lee, Jonathon K Schuh, Randy H Ewoldt, James T Allison. 'Generalization of Surface Texture Shape Reduces Friction and Increases Load Capacity Simultaneously in Sliding Contact with Full-Film Lubrication.' Presentation, CCEFP Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference 2016, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Oct 2016.
• Jonathon K Schuh, Yong Hoon Lee, James T Allison, Randy H Ewoldt. 'Design Appropriate Modeling for Determining Optimal Friction Reduction with Surface Textures.' Presentation, CCEFP Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference 2016, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Oct 2016.
• Jonathon K Schuh, Yong Hoon Lee, James T Allison, Randy H Ewoldt. '1G.3 Rheological Design for Efficient Fluid Power.' Presentation, CCEFP Webinar Series 2016, Feb 2016.
• James T. Allison 'Generating Design Knowledge Through Systematic Investigation of Interacting Physical Phenomena.' Poster presentation, 2015 NSF Design Circles Workshop, Nov 2015.
• Jonathon K Schuh, Yong Hoon Lee, James T Allison, Randy H Ewoldt. 'Surface Textures and Non-Newtonian Fluids for Decreasing Friction in Lubricated Sliding Contact.' Presentation, CCEFP Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference 2015, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Oct 2015.
• Anand Deshmukh, Marlon Mitchell, James T. Allison. 'Advancing Undergraduate Design Learning Through Extensive Use of Hands-On Model-Based Design Projects.' Poster presentation, UIUC College of Engineering Celebration of Teaching, April 24, 2015.
• Anand Deshmukh, James T. Allison. 'Integrated Physical and Control System Design Methods for Wind Turbines.' Poster presentation, 3rd NREL Wind Energy Systems Engineering Workshop, Jan 14th, 2015, Boulder, CO.
• Jason McDonald, Oscar Alvarez-Salazar, James Allison. 'Strain Actuation & Sensing of SC Structures for Payload Jitter Suppression and Momentum Dumping.' Poster presentation, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Research and Development poster session, Nov 12, 2014, Pasadena, CA.
• James T. Allison. 'Design Principles for Autonomous Engineering Systems.' Poster presentation, WSRI AHEAD Conference, Dec 2013, Dayton OH.

Patents

• Vedant, James T. Allison, "Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control." European patent filing (EPO) 20827109.8 (EP3983297) filed Jan 13, 2022; pending.
• Vedant, James T. Allison, "Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control." US non-provisional patent filing 17/474,214 filed Sept 14, 2021; pending. (Claims priority to US63/078,155 provisional)
• Vedant, James T. Allison, "Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control." US provisional patent filing 63/078,155 filed Sept 14, 2020; converted. Note: this patent is distinct from US62/862,412 and US17/596,797 that have the same title.
• Vedant, James T. Allison, "Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control." US non-provisional patent filing 17/596,797 filed Jan 31, 2020; pending. (Claims priority to US62/862,412 provisional)
• Vedant, James T. Allison, "Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control." International Patent Application PCT/US2020/016108 filed Jan 31, 2020; converted.
• Vedant, James T. Allison, "Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control." US provisional patent filing 62/862,412 filed June 17, 2019; converted.

Reports

• Albert E Patterson, Satya R T Peddada, James T Allison. 'Simple Basic and Convex Processing Time and Power Models for Common Subtractive Manufacturing Processes.' Technical report, Engineering System Design Lab, UIUC-ESDL-2019-02, Urbana, IL, USA, Dec 2019.
• Daniel R Herber, James T Allison. 'Approximating Arbitrary Impulse Response Functions with Prony Basis Functions.' Technical report, Engineering System Design Lab, UIUC-ESDL-2019-01, Urbana, IL, USA, Oct 2019.
• Albert E Patterson, James T Allison. 'Manufacturability Constraint Formulation for Design Under Hybrid Additive-Subtractive Manufacturing (Supplemental Materials).' Technical report, Engineering System Design Lab, UIUC-ESDL-2018-01, Urbana, IL, USA, Aug 2018.
• Daniel R Herber, James T Allison. 'Enhancements to the Perfect Matching-based Tree Algorithm for Generating Architectures.' Technical report, Engineering System Design Lab, UIUC-ESDL-2017-02, Urbana, IL, USA, Dec 2017.
• Daniel R Herber. 'Basic Implementation of Multiple-Interval Pseudospectral Methods to Solve Optimal Control Problems.' Technical report, Engineering System Design Lab, UIUC-ESDL-2015-01, Urbana, IL, USA, June 2015.
• Daniel Herber. 'Solving Optimal Control Problems using Simscape Models for State Derivatives'. Technical Report UIUC-ESDL-2014-1, May 2014.
• Daniel Herber, James Allison, Traci Spencer, Hank Roark. 'Inner Loop Progress on Complex System Architecture Optimization Project'. Internal Technical Report, Deere & Co., March 2014.
• Xin Niu. 'Modeling and Design Analysis of a Permanent Magnet Linear Synchronous Generator'. Technical Report UIUC-ESDL-2013-01, Aug 2013.
• Daniel Herber, Tinghao Guo, James Allison, Traci Spencer, Hank Roark. 'Summary of Initial Work on Complex System Architeture Optimization Project'. Internal Technical Report, Deere & Co., Aug 2013.
• James T. Allison. 'Design Optimization Model for an Automotive Electric Water Pump.' Technical Report, University of Michigan, Optimal Design Laboratory, 2007.

Journal Editorships

• Lead Guest Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Design, 2020-2022.
• Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2018-2021.

Conferences Organized or Chaired

• NSF Workshop on Integrated Design of Active Dynamic Systems (Control Co-Design). Held online March 26, 2020, in-person workshop held May 4-6, 2023.
• SPACES 2022 Workshop: Spatial Packaging Automation Consortium for Engineering Systems. Held in-person at UIUC November 16-17, 2022.
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee and special session organizer (Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Dynamic Systems), World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2012-Present).
• Member of the Scientific Committee, International Conference on Engineering Design (2012-Present).
• ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Symposium Organizer and Chair (2008-Present). Topics: Multidisciplinary Design Optimization; Active System Design; Control Co-Design; Design for Energy Efficiency; Design and Optimization of Sustainable Energy Systems; Design of Complex Systems; Risk, Uncertainty, and Robustness.

Other Outside Service

• Contributor to the International Energy Agency (IEA) Task 55: REFWIND - Reference Wind Turbines and Plants (2023 - present)
• Lead guest editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design special issue 'Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Design'. (2020-2022)

Honors

• Engineering Council Outstanding Advising Award (April 2022)
• Engineering Council Outstanding Advising Award (April 2020)
• Engineering Council Outstanding Advising Award (April 2016)
• Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising (April 2012)

Teaching Honors

• Recognized on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, UIUC (Fall 2013) (March 2014)
• Nominated for the Illinois Student Senate Teaching Excellence Award (Official Voice of the Student Body) (February 2012)

Research Honors

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award (May 2017)
• 2014 JPL Research Poster Conference Award. (May 2015)
• 2013 ASME Design Automation Young Investigator Award (August 2013)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (April 2004)

Public Service Honors

• 2020 ASME Journal of Mechanical Design Associate Editor Award (January 2021)

Other Honors

• MathWorks File Exchange Pick of the Week (2016)
• Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Gold Award (advisor), student design competition (2014)
• Member Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society (2002)
• Member Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society (2001)
• Member Phi Kappa Phi, Collegiate Honor Society (1999)

Recent Courses Taught

• AE 599 JA - Thesis Research
• SE 410 - Component Design
• SE 413 - Engrg Design Optimization
• SE 498 CD1 (SE 498 CD2) - Control Co-Design
• SE 598 - Analysis of Engrg Research