October
9
2026
11:00 AM

Location

Guggenheim 442
Friday, October 09, 2026 11:00AM

AE Brown Bag Seminar

featuring

 

Siddharth Balraj

Rohan Gonsalves

Shashank Salavadi

 

Friday, October 9

11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Guggenheim 442

 

Rohan Gonsalves 


Title:

Applied Model-Based Systems Engineering: From Subsystem Architecture to Closed-Loop Simscape Simulation

Abstract:

This presentation explores the application of Model-Based Systems Engineering concepts to demonstrate the difference between system architecture and dynamic physical simulation. The research shows 3 separate projects with various complexities. Beginning with a parametric model of the communication subsystem in the ISOS which is integrated into a full orbital segment system. Building upon this foundation, the project transitions into a control design by modeling a closed-loop PID controller for a drone stabilization system. Finally, the presentation details the implementation of the PID loop within a Simscape environment, showing real-time simulation. 

Faculty Advisor:

 

Siddharth Balraj

Title:

Model-Based Systems Engineering of an Automated Aircraft Landing Flare Maneuver

Abstract:

This project uses a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach to design and verify a flight control system for the aircraft landing flare maneuver. A full system model was built in SysML v2, capturing the architecture, behavior, requirements, and aircraft parameters. The flight dynamics were modeled as a linearized four-state longitudinal system, and an LQI controller was designed in MATLAB/Simulink to fly the maneuver. The SysML model was integrated with MATLAB so the architecture could run the simulation and check the results against six landing requirements. The controller met all six across multiple aircraft, and an overweight test case correctly failed, showing the model can verify a design end to end.


Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Selcuk Cimtalay

 

Shashank Salavadi

Title:

Limitations of SysML v1 using a Trade Study on Landing Gear Architectures

Abstract:

Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is a digital methodology used to design, analyze, and verify a product or system. Within MBSE, SysML is one of the most widely used modeling languages. Though SysML v1 has been around for more than a decade, with newer API, some companies have started to switch to a textual editor version called SysML v2. This seminar focuses on using a landing gear architecture trade study to test out the limitations of Version 1. Using three different architectures, with consistent conditions drawn from physics principles and industry standards, the model establishes a fair comparison. The parametric equations, requirements, and structures while creating the model will be analyzed to see where SysML v1 struggles.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Selcuk Cimtalay