Professional

Journal Publications

Gano, S.E., Renaud, J.E., Martin, J.D., Simpson, T.W., 2006,"Update Strategies for Kriging Models for Use in Variable Fidelity Optimization", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 287-298.
Gano, S.E., Agarwal, H., Renaud, J.E., Tovar, A., 2006, "Reliability Based Design Using Variable Fidelity Optimization", Structure and Infrastructure Engineering - Special Issue on Uncertainty Quantification and Design Under Uncertainty of Aerospace Systems, Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4, pp. 247-260.
Renaud, J.E., Gano, S.E., 2006, "Book Review: Numerical Optimization - Theoretical and Practical Aspects", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 541.
Gano, S.E., Sanders, B., Renaud, J.E., 2005, "Hybrid Variable Fidelity Optimization Using a Kriging-Based Scaling Function", AIAA Journal, Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 2422-2433.
Tovar, A., Gano, S.E., Mason, J.J., Renaud, J.E., 2005, "Optimum Design of an Interbody Implant for Lumbar Spine Fixation", Elsevier Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 634-642.
Agarwal, H., Gano, S.E., Renaud, J.E., Pérez, V.M., Watson, L.T., 2005, "Homotopy Methods for Constraint Relaxation in Unilevel Reliability Based Design Optimization", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. (In review)

Gano, S.E., Hunnicutt, R.K., Nelson, J.D., Dockal, R.J., "Improving the Constellation Mission Control Center System Design using Integrated Executable Architectures and Visualization", Proceedings of the ESA/EUMETSAT/AIAA SpaceOps 2008 Conference, AIAA-2008-3505, Heidelberg, Germany, May 12-16 2008. (.pdf)

Gano, S.E., Kim, H., Brown, D.E., "Comparison of Three Surrogate Modeling Techniques: Datascape, Kriging, and Second Order Regression", Proceedings of the 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA-2006-7048, Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept 6-8 2006. (.pdf)

Gano, S.E., Agarwal, H., Renaud, J.E., Tovar, A., "Reliability Based Design Using Variable Fidelity Optimization", Proceedings of the 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, AIAA-2005-2135, Austin, Texas, 18 - 21 April 2005. (.pdf)
Gano, S.E., Renaud, J.E., Martin, J.D., Simpson, T.W., "Update Strategies for Kriging Models for Use in Variable Fidelity Optimization", Proceedings of the 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, AIAA-2005-2057, Austin, Texas, 18 - 21 April 2005. (.pdf)
Patel, N.M., Gano, S.E., Pérez, V.M., Renaud, J.E., Martin, J.D., "Application of an Interior Point Sequential Approximate Optimization Method to an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle", Proceedings of the 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, AIAA-2005-1982, Austin, Texas, 18 - 21 April 2005. (.pdf)
Gano, S.E., Sanders, B., Renaud, J.E., "Variable Fidelity Optimization Using a Kriging Based Scaling Function", Proceedings of the 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA-2004-4460, Albany New York, Aug 30-Sept 1, 2004. (.pdf)
Gano, S.E., Pérez, V.M., Renaud, J.E., Batill, S.M., Sanders, B., "Multilevel Variable Fidelity Optimization of a Morphing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle", Proceedings of the 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, AIAA 2004-1763, Palm Springs, California 19 - 22 Apr 2004. (.pdf)

Patel, N.M., Gano, S.E., Renaud, J.E., Martin, J.D., Yukish, M., "Simulation Model of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Design Optimization", Proceedings of the 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, AIAA 2004-2034, Palm Springs, California 19 - 22 Apr 2004. (.pdf)

Rusnell, M.T., Gano, S.E., Pérez, V.M., Renaud, J.E., Batill, S.M., "Morphing UAV Pareto Curve Shift for Enhanced Performance", Proceedings of the 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, AIAA 2004-1682, Palm Springs, California, 19 - 22 Apr 2004. (.pdf)

Gano, S.E., Renaud, J.E., Batill, S.M., Tovar, A., 2003, "Shape Optimization for Conforming Airfoils", Proceedings of the 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA 2003-1579, Norfolk, VA, April 7-10. (.pdf)

Gano, S.E., "Sensitivity of Optimal Conforming Airfoils To Exterior Shape", Proceedings of the AIAA Student Conference 2003, University of Kentucky at Paducah, April 4-5 2003. (.pdf)
Tovar, A., Gano, S.E., Renaud. J.E., Mason, J.J., "Topology and Shape Optimization of an Interbody Fusion Implant for Lumbar Spine Fixation," In Proceedings of the 29th Design Automation Conference. DETC2003, Chicago, IL, USA. 2-6 Sep. 2003. (.pdf)
Gano, S.E., Renaud, J.E., 2002, "Optimized Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Wing Morphing for Extended Range and Endurance", Proceedings of the 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium and Exhibit on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, AIAA 2002-5668, Atlanta, GA, September 4-6.(.pdf)

Gano, S.E., Hyland, D.C., Kabamba, P.T., 2001, "A Baseline Study of a Low-Cost, High-Resolution, Imaging System Using Wavefront Reconstruction", Proceedings of the AIAA Space 2001 Conference & Exposition, AIAA 2001, Albuquerque, NM, August 28-30. (.pdf)

Gano, S.E., Pérez, V.M., Renaud, J.E., 2001, "Development and Verification of a MATLAB Driver for the SNOPT Optimization Software", Proceedings of the 42st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA 2001-1620, Seattle, WA, April 16-19. (.pdf)

Pérez, V.M., Renaud, J.E., Gano, S.E., 2000, "Constructing Variable Fidelity Response Surface Approximations on the Usable Feasible Region", Proceedings of the 8th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis & Optimization, ,AIAA 2000-4888, Long Beach, CA, September 6-8.(.pdf)