Research Output – UTC Sponsored Research

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Manuscripts Published or in Press

  1. Baillie B, Bollas, GM. Development, Validation, and assessment of a high fidelity chilled water plant model. Appl. Thermal Eng. 2017:111:477-88. [link]
  2. Han L, Bollas GM. Dynamic optimization of fixed bed chemical-looping combustion systems integrated in thermal power plants. IFAC Papers Online. 2016;49(7):115-20. [link]
  3. Palmer KA, Hale WT, Bollas GM. Built-in Test Design for Fault Detection and Isolation in an Aircraft Environmental Control System, IFAC Papers Online. 2016;49(7):7-12. [link]
  4. Han L, Zhou Z, Bollas GM. Model-based analysis of chemical-looping combustion experiments. Part II: Optimal design of reduction experiments. AIChE J. 2016;62(7):2419-31. [link]
  5. Han L, Zhou Z, Bollas GM. Model-based analysis of chemical-looping combustion experiments. Part I: Structural identifiability of kinetic models. AIChE J. 2016;62(7):2432-46. [link]
  6. Palmer KA, Hale WT, Bollas GM. Optimal Design of tests for heat exchanger fouling identification, Appl. Thermal Eng. 2016;95:382-93. [link]
  7. P. K. Thota, A. P. Dani, P. B. Luh and S. Gupta, “Cooling Load Forecasting for Chiller Plants Using Similar Day based Wavelet Neural Networks”, IEEE International Conference on Complex Systems Engineering, 2015.
  8. Nihara, J., Gielo-Perczak, K. , Asaki, T., Cardinal, L., Saito, I., Randa, N., Uribe, F., (2015): Finite element analysis of mandibular molar protraction mechanics using mini- Thermal Gradients During Arthroscopic Surgery Using Radio Frequency Electrode screws. European Journal of Orthodontics 37 (1): 95-100.
  9. P. K. Thota, A. P. Dani, P. B. Luh and S. Gupta, “Cooling Load Forecasting for Chiller Plants Using Similar Day based Wavelet Neural Networks”, IEEE International Conference on Complex Systems Engineering, 2015.
  10. M. Stettenbenz, P. Vicente, and A.M. Bazzi, “Embedded System Considerations for Advanced Algorithms in Electric Drives,” in Proc. IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, 2015, pp. 936-940.
  11. Y. Liu and A.M. Bazzi, “A Detailed Induction Machine Core Loss Model in the Arbitrary Reference Frame,” in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2015, pp. 2617-2622.

Patent Applications (in reverse chronological order):

  1. Bollas GM, Palmer K, Prasad D, Park Y, Maljanian J, Poisson R, Jacobson C. Plate-fin Heat Exchanger Fouling Identification. US Patent Application #201562172486, EU Patent Application #16173593.1 – University of Connecticut and United Technologies Corporation. 2016
  2. Provisional US patent application for UConn Invention # 16-056 – the Sit to Stand Assistive Device; Participants: C. Fayal (ECE), S. Kivney (ECE), J. Hodorowski (ECE), K. Vyas (BME), T.  Craddock (BME), T. Dalal (BME), R. Aekins (BME), S. Bowen (BME), E. Vigante ECE), J. Yee (ECE), Gielo-Perczak, K., (BME), Gupta, S. (ECE), University of Connecticut, 2016

Book Chapters:

N/A

Conference Proceedings and Presentations:

2016

  1. Palmer KA, Hale WT, Bollas GM. Active Fault Detection and Isolation and False Alarm Elimination by Constrained Optimization of Built-In and Maintenance Test Conditions. In: 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2016.
  2. Chen C, Bollas GM. A Systems Engineering approach to CO2 mitigation in Combined Cycle Power Plants. In: 4th International Conference on Chemical Looping, Nanjing, China, 2016.
  3. Chen C, Bollas GM. Optimization of efficiency, stability and operability of power plant using a model-based approach. In: 41st International Technical Conference on Clean Coal and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL, USA, 2016.
  4. Han L, Bollas GM. A model-based framework for dynamic optimization in power generation systems. In: 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems (DYCOPS-CAB 2016), Trondheim, Norway, 2016.
  5. Palmer KA, Hale WT, Han L, Jacobson CA, Bollas GM. Built-in Test Design for Fault Detection and Isolation in an Aircraft Environmental Control System. In: 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems (DYCOPS-CAB 2016), Trondheim, Norway, 2016.
  6. Warshauer, S., Roto, A., Gielo-Perczak, K., (2016) Time of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Rehabilitation Using Biomechanical Factors, The 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 2-5, Raleigh, NC
  7. Bowen, S., Gielo-Perczak, K., (2016) Use of Muculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation to Investigte the Effect of Seat Angle on Sit-To-Stand Maneuver, The 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 2-5, Raleigh, NC
  8. Shi, Q., Lakshminarashimhan, K., Noll, C., Scholte, E. et al., “A Lightweight Spatio-Temporally Partitioned Multicore Architecture for Concurrent Execution of Safety Critical Workloads,” SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-2067, 2016, doi:10.4271/2016-01-2067.

2015

  1. Han L, Chen C, Such KD, Zhou Z, Bollas GM. Dynamic Simulation of a Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plant Integrated with Chemical-Looping Combustion. In: 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2015.
  2. Palmer KA, Hale WT, Bollas GM. Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Fouling Identification using D-Optimal Experimental Design. In: Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning XI, Enfield, Ireland, 2015.
  3. Baillie B, Bollas GM. Development, Validation, and Assessment of a High-Fidelity Chilled Water Plant Model. In: 2015 North America Modelica Users’ Group Meeting, Storrs, CT, 2015.
  4. Palmer K, Magnusson F, Hale W, Bollas GM. Dynamic parametric sensitivity optimization using simultaneous discretization in Jmodelica.org. In: 2015 North America Modelica Users’ Group Meeting, Storrs, CT, 2015
  5. Magnusson F, Palmer K, Hale W, Han L, Bollas GM. Dynamic parametric sensitivity optimization using simultaneous discretization in Jmodelica.org. In: 1st International Conference on Complex Systems Engineering, Storrs, CT, 2015
  6. Hale W, Palmer K, Bollas GM. Built-In Tests for Thermal Fluid Systems of Aerospace Applications. In: 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2015
  7. Han L, Zhou Z, Bollas GM, Model-based design of chemical-looping experiments for kinetic validation. In: Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, USA, 2015.
  8. P. K. Thota, A. P. Dani, P. B. Luh and S. Gupta, “Cooling load forecasting for chiller plants using similar day based wavelet neural networks,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Complex Systems Engineering (ICCSE), Storrs, CT, 2015.
  9. D. Zhang, P. B. Luh, J. Fan and S. Gupta, “A decomposition and coordination-based method for chiller plant optimization,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Complex Systems Engineering (ICCSE), Storrs, CT, 2015.
  10. B. P. Baillie and G. M. Bollas, “Development, validation, and assessment of high-fidelity chilled water plant model,” in North America Modelica Users’ Group Meeting, Storrs, CT. 2015.
  11. Chomack, J., Lombardi, N., Schafer, R., Warshauer, S., Gielo-Perczak, K. (2015): Human Factors in Dynamic and Multi-Systems Rehabilitation Approach. The 1st Conference on Human Factors of Robots and Exoskeletons: Rehabilitation and Assistance during The 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2015, Las Vegas, NV, 26-31 July.
  12. D. Zhang, P. B. Luh, J. Fan and S. Gupta, “A Decomposition and Coordination-Based Method for Chiller Plant Optimization,” Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Complex Systems Engineering, Storrs, Connecticut, Nov. 2015

2014

  1. Han L, Zhou Z, Bollas GM. Model-Based Design of Experiments to Achieve Kinetic Validation for Chemical-Looping Systems, Best Presentation Award of the Modeling and Analysis of Chemical Reactors Session. In: AIChE Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, USA; 2014.
  2. Han L, Zhou Z, Bollas GM. Model discrimination and parameter precision using theories of parameter identifiability and design of experiments. In: UTC IASE 1st Annual Conference on Systems Engineering, Storrs, CT, USA 2014.
  3. Palmer K, Hale W, Han L, Bollas GM. Design of Optimal Built-In Tests via System Sensitivity Analysis. In: UTC IASE 1st Annual Conference on Systems Engineering, Storrs, CT, USA, 2014.
  4. Gielo-Perczak, K., Narayan, R. (2014): Integration of Human-User Behavior Models in Controlled System for Improvement of Assistive Devices Design. The 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA, 6-11 July.
  5. Gielo-Perczak, K. (2014): Multi-method Systems Modeling and Analysis: Is It Possible to Apply Holistic Design, Linking the Physical and Cognitive Aspects? The 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014, Kraków, Poland, 19-23 July.
  6. Gielo-Perczak, K. , Höfer, J., Manoukian, O., Baghsaw, K., Zlatev, V.: (2014): New Device Design in Emergency Medicine: Real-Time Intra-Articular Pressure Monitoring Device of the Shoulder Joint. The 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014, Kraków, Poland, 19-23 July.
  7. Kaplan, J., Kelley, M., Williams, J., Gielo-Perczak, K., (2014): Testing Device or  Quantifying Error in Force Plates. The 40th North Eastern Biomedical Conference, Boston, MA, 25-28 April.
  8. Rudinskiy, M., Bula, M., Stahl, T., Davies, N., Fitzgerald, M., Gielo-Perczak, K., D’Andrea, S., (2014). Dual Actuated Gait Rehabilitation Treadmill Implementing Virtual Reality and Visual Postural Feedback. The 40th North Eastern Biomedical Conference, Boston, MA, 25-28 April.

Invited Lectures & Panel Participation:

  1. “Systems Engineering Track Panel Discussion,” SAE 2016 Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference, Hartford, CT, September, 2016.
  2. “Frontiers of Engineering Education,” National Academy of Engineering, Beckman Center, Irvine CA, September, 2016.
  3. “UTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering: Systems Engineering in SMLC’s Smart Manufacturing,” United Technologies Research Center – US DOE site visit of the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, August, 2016.
  4. “UTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering: Fault Detection and Isolation in Cyber-Physical Systems,” United Technologies Research Center – Ireland, June, 2016.
  5. Symposium Selectee and Invited: American Society for Engineering Education Advanced National Effective Teaching Institute Engineering Washington DC, June 1-2, 2016
  6. “A Systems Engineering approach to CO2 mitigation in Combined Cycle Power Plants,” University of Connecticut, Mechanical Engineering Department Lecture Series, January, 2016.
  7. “Structured iBIT design for the identification of fouling in aircraft heat exchangers,” California Institute of Technology, iCyPhy meeting on Built-In Tests, January, 2015.
  8. “Parameter identifiability and optimal experimental design: Theory and application on the identification of reaction kinetics in chemical-looping combustion,” Lund University, Department of Automatic Control, Seminar Series, September 2014.
  9. “Model-derived chemical-looping system designs,” UTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, Distinguished Lecture Series, April 2014.
  10. “Systems Approach on Advanced Utilization and Exploration of Dynamic Models of Thermal Fluids Applications,” UTC IASE 1st Annual Conference on Systems Engineering, November 2014.
  11. Symposium Selectee and Invited: National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education the National Academies’ Beckman Ctr., Irvine, CA, October 24-26, 2014
  12. Injuries of shoulder complex during throwing; Connecticut Children’s Medical Center; Farmington, CT, August, 11, 2013