Solar Power
Efficiency Bounds in Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems
An analysis of thermodynamic limits in parabolic trough and heliostat field configurations, with proposed improvements to heat exchanger staging.
Engineering Research Portfolio
Engineering the Systems That Power Tomorrow
Advancing research across energy harvesting, propulsion theory, cosmological monitoring, and intelligent signal systems — building the technical foundations of a sustainable future.
Research domains
Eight Frontiers of Engineering
Each domain represents an active area of research and development — from the physics of energy conversion to the mathematics of signal propagation.
Solar Power Harnessing
Photovoltaic efficiency, concentrated solar systems, and grid-scale energy capture
Battery Systems
Electrochemical storage, charge cycle optimization, and next-generation cell architectures
Power Transformers
High-voltage transmission, magnetic core design, and efficiency loss modeling
Turbine Engine Theory
Thermodynamic cycles, blade aerodynamics, and combustion chamber optimization
Cosmological Monitoring
Sensor arrays, data pipelines, and signal extraction from deep-space observation
EV Motor Systems
Hybrid drivetrain integration, torque vectoring, and regenerative braking dynamics
Signal Processing
Fourier analysis, filter design, noise reduction, and real-time digital signal systems
Communication Systems
Modulation theory, antenna design, and high-bandwidth data transmission protocols
Featured work
Projects at the Frontier
A selection of active and completed research projects spanning energy, propulsion, and information systems.
Solar Power
Helios Array Optimization
Developing adaptive tracking algorithms to maximize photovoltaic yield across variable irradiance conditions.
Turbine Theory
Axial Flux Turbine Model
Computational modeling of axial-flux turbine geometries for improved thermodynamic efficiency.
Battery Systems
Deep-Cycle Li-Ion Architecture
Novel electrode structuring for extended charge cycle life in grid-storage applications.
Cosmology
Stellar Signal Extraction
DSP pipeline for isolating faint cosmological signals from high-noise observation data.
EV Systems
Hybrid Drivetrain Dynamics
Torque vectoring control systems for combined electric-combustion vehicle platforms.
Signal Processing
Adaptive Filter Networks
Real-time adaptive filtering for high-frequency communication channel equalization.
"The great challenges of our era — energy scarcity, climate change, the limits of communication — are fundamentally engineering problems. Solving them requires not just technical skill, but a willingness to think across disciplines and across scales."
Latest research
Recent Publications & Updates
Cosmology
Signal Coherence in Long-Baseline Cosmological Arrays
Examining phase coherence degradation across distributed sensor arrays used in radio telescope networks, and mitigation strategies for atmospheric interference.
EV Systems
Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery in Hybrid Platforms
Quantifying recoverable kinetic energy in combined gas-electric drivetrains under real-world urban driving cycles, with implications for battery sizing.
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