Nick R
- Research Program Mentor
PhD candidate at Stanford University
Expertise
Aerospace engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business
Bio
Hi, my name is Nick Russell. I have an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters degree from Stanford University in Management Science and Engineering. I currently work as an Aerospace System Engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute in the Applied System Laboratory. My academic passions started out around 3D design of physical products and finding innovative ways to manufacture them. It then evolved to innovative business models and entrepreneurship. Currently my research interests lie in aerospace engineering. I work on innovative aircraft platforms and the architectures and protocols that enable them.Project ideas
Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.
Autonomous Aircraft Architectures
Autonomous Aircrafts can enable many services such as environmental monitoring, cheaper transportations, and infrastructure monitoring. There are many architectural decisions to make when designing an autonomous aircraft fleet -such as vehicle size, speed, range, cost, number, and how the fleet will be controlled. We can explore these variables and design an aircraft fleet to accomplish a given mission.
Coding skills
SYSML, Matlab, R, StataCredentials
Work experience
Georgia Tech Research Institute (2022 - Current)
Research FacultyAerojet Rocketdyne (2021 - 2022)
System EngineerDynetics (2020 - 2021)
Project EngineerEducation
Tennessee Technological University
BS Bachelor of Science (2017)
Mechanical EngineeringStanford University
MS Master of Science (2020)
Business, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations ResearchStanford University
PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate
Management Science and Engineering