2024
Improved Versatility of Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles [Poster]
REU Student: Michael P. Sutton | REU Graduate Mentor: Trenton S. Henderson | Undergraduate Collaborator: Aidan S. Lay | Faculty: Prof. Devina Sanjaya
Exploring the Feasibility and Utility of Drone-Based Delivery for Unhoused or Hard-to-Reach Populations [Poster]
REU Student: James Copp | REU Graduate Mentor: Daniel Wang | Faculty: Prof. Courtney Cronley
Comparing the Battery Performance Based on the Charging and Discharging Temperatures [Poster]
REU Student: Jennifer Milad | REU Graduate Mentor: Preston Young and Garrett A. Fields | Faculty: Prof. Doug Aaron and Prof. Matthew M. Mench
Understanding Thermal Runaway Using Distribution of Relaxation Times for Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy [Poster]
REU Student: Danelle E. Henderson | REU Graduate Mentor: Preston Young and Garrett A. Fields | Faculty: Prof. Doug Aaron
Propeller-Wing Interaction Analysis Using Data Driven Methods [Poster]
REU Student: Michael Graff | Faculty: Prof. Sicheng He
Making Way: Using Vehicle-Vehicle Communication and A.I. to Clear a Path for an Ambulance Through Heavy Traffic [Poster]
REU Student: Jacob Pickos | REU Graduate Mentor: Zachariah Nelson | Faculty: Prof. Subhadeep Chakraborty
Modeling Equations for Drones in Hover [Poster]
REU Student: Christian A. Crumley | Faculty: Prof. Hans DeSmidt
A Data Driven Approach to Traffic Control and Management for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) [Poster]
REU Student: Emily Smyth | REU Graduate Mentor: Sabrullah Deniz | Faculty: Prof. Zhenbo Wang
Optimizing Autonomous Drone Landing [Poster]
REU Student: Isaiah Brew | REU Graduate Mentor: Sabrullah Deniz | Faculty: Prof. Zhenbo Wang
Mitigating Vulnerabilities in Linux-Based AAM Software [Poster]
REU Student: Rishika Chode | REU Graduate Mentor: Kyungchan Lim | Faculty: Prof. Doowon Kim
2025 [Proceeding] [UTK Tickle College of Engineering Article]
Decentralized Multi-Agent Learning for an Optimized Truck-Drone Last-Mile Delivery System [Poster]
REU Student: Valerie Liang | REU Graduate Mentor: Sabrullah Deniz | Faculty: Prof. Subhadeep Chakraborty
Sim-to-Real Domain Adaptation for Sensor Robustness in Autonomous Aerial Systems [Poster]
REU Student: Adam P. Jansen | REU Graduate Mentor: Sabrullah Deniz | Faculty: Prof. Zhenbo Wang
Rural Appalachian Attitudes Towards Drone-Delivered Healthcare [Poster]
REU Student: William LaGraves | Faculty: Prof. Courtney Cronley
Privacy-Preserving and Decentralized Secure Communication for UAVs [Poster]
REU Student: Esam A. Nesru | REU Graduate Mentor: Jaehwan Park | Faculty: Prof. Doowon Kim
Modular Cargo Casings for Emergency First-Aid Deliveries to Point-of-Need Locations Using Lightweight Drones [Poster]
REU Student: Chayapat Bunterngsook | REU Graduate Mentor: Aidan S. Lay | Faculty: Prof. Devina Sanjaya
Modular Cargo Casings Engineered for Secure Medication Delivery via Lightweight Drones [Poster]
REU Student: Tor B. T. Burwell | REU Graduate Mentor: Aidan S. Lay | Faculty: Prof. Devina Sanjaya
Dynamic Behavior of Bi-Copters with Externally Slung Payloads [Poster]
REU Student: Christian A. Crumley | Faculty: Prof. Hans DeSmidt
Design Optimization of Battery-Powered Quadcopters for Maximum Hover Endurance [Poster]
REU Student: Agnes Walker | Faculty: Prof. Hans DeSmidt
Analysis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Aluminum-Air Batteries [Poster]
REU Student: Veronica C. Seipel | REU Graduate Mentor: Garrett A. Fields | Faculty: Prof. Doug Aaron
2026
Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Hybrid Truck-Drone Last-Mile Delivery
[Submitted to the 2026 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting]
REU Students: Valerie Liang | REU Graduate Mentor: Sabrullah Deniz | Faculty: Prof. Subhadeep Chakraborty
Shape Optimization of Cargo Casings for Delivery Drones
[Submitted to the 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum]
REU Students: Chayapat Bunterngsook, Tor B.T. Burwell, and Michael P. Sutton | REU Graduate Mentors: Aidan S. Lay and Trenton S. Henderson
REU Research Lab: Scientific Computing and Fluid Dynamics Lab | Faculty: Prof. Devina Sanjaya
Designing an Interdisciplinary REU Site in Advanced Air Mobility Around Student-Centered Learning Outcomes
[Submitted to the 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum]
Faculty: Prof. Devina Sanjaya and Prof. Zhenbo Wang
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