Graduate Students
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Sam Mahle
Sam Mahle
- S.M. in Technology and Policy, MIT expected '19
- B.S. in Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy '17
Work Experience:
- Fellow, Systems Engineering, Draper (Cambridge, MA)
- Team Lead, Systems Engineering Capstone, '16-'17
- System Mapping of Military Operations in Megacities, Joint Warfare Analysis Center, '15
Research Areas: human-centric risk modeling, tradespace exploration, systems engineering

Arthur J. Middlebrooks
Arthur J. Middlebrooks
- S.M. in Engineering and Management, MIT expected '19
- B.S. in Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy '10
Work Experience:
- Fellow, Systems Engineering, Draper, Cambridge, MA
- Armor and Reconnaissance Officer, US Army (United States, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Poland, Germany)
- Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Systems Engineering, West Point, NY
Research Areas: Engineered Resilient Systems, systems of systems engineering, value-based decision analysis, tradespace development
SM Thesis: Broad Utility: Architectural Decisions for Engineered Resilient Systems in the Operational Environment

Sandi Mihaylova
Sandi Mihaylova
- S.M. in Technology and Policy, MIT expected '19
- B.S. in Economics, US Air Force Academy '15
Work Experience:
- Data Science Lead, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental - Project Kessel Run, San Francisco, CA, '17
- Officer-In-Charge/Resource Advisor, Communications Plans and Projects, Fort Meade, MD, '15-'16
Research Areas: military personnel policy, skill mismatch, workforce and employment
SM Thesis: Employment Consequences of Skill Mismatch in US Air Force Personnel Management

Dylan Muramoto
Dylan Muramoto
- S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT expected '20
- S.M. in Technology and Policy, MIT expected '20
- B.S. in Systems Engineering, US Air Force Academy '18
Work Experience:
- Team Lead, Human-Robot Interaction Senior Capstone, Spring '18
- Intern, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Group 108, Summer '17
Research Areas: autonomy, systems safety, human-machine trust, systems engineering

Jack Reid
Jack Reid*
- Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT expected '21
- S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT '18
- S.M. in Technology and Policy, MIT expected '18
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M '15
- B.A. in Philosophy, Texas A&M '15
Work Experience:
- Intern, Shock & Vibration Environments, Sandia National Labs, '15
- Undergraduate Researcher, Plasma Engineering and Diagnostics Lab, Texas A&M, '13-'14
- Undergraduate Researcher, Nuclear Heat Transfer Lab, Texas A&M, '12
- Undergraduate Researcher, AggiE-Challenge: Biomechanical Modeling of the Human Arm, '12-'13
- Plant Engineering Intern, Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery, '13
Research Areas: complex system design, modeling, and management; emergence; system dynamics
SM Thesis: Assessing and Mitigating Vulnerability Chains in Model-centric Acquisition Programs [pdf]

Raymond Tan
Raymond Tan
- S.M. in Engineering and Management, MIT expected '19
- B.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NUS '09
Work Experience:
- Senior Systems Architect, Defense Science and Technology Agency, Singapore
- Student Intern, Civial Aviation Authority, Singapore
Research Areas: systems architecting, systems engineering, computational intelligence, hybrid warfare
SM Thesis: A Framework for Response to Hybrid Warfare

Parker Vascik
Parker Vascik*
- Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT expected '19
- S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT '17
- S.M. in Technology and Policy, MIT '17
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech '14
Work Experience:
- Intern, NASA UTM Program, '15
- Intern, NASA Aeronautics Mission Research Directorate, '14
- Researcher, Ben T Zinn Combustion Laboratory, Georgia Tech, '14
- Intern, NASA Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion Branch, '13
- Co-op, Rolls-Royce North America, '11-'13
- Researcher, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, Georgia Tech, '11-'12
- Intern, Synchrony Industries, '09
Research Areas: urban air mobility (UAM), unmanned aerial system traffic management (UTM), air transportation systems
SM Thesis: Systems-Level Analysis of On Demand Mobility for Aviation [pdf]

Raymond Vetter
Raymond Vetter
- S.M. in Engineering and Management, MIT expected '19
- M.S. in Engineering Management, Missouri University of Science and Technology '14
- B.S. in Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy '10
Work Experience:
- Military Fellow, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
- Company Commander, Asymmetric Warfare Group, Fort Meade, MD
- Project Engineer, Louisville District, US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Campbell, KY
- Platoon Leader, 9th Engineer Battalion (Combat), Germany & Afghanistan
Research Areas: enterprise transformation, decision analysis in complex environments, systems architecture, systems engineering
SM Thesis: Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integration into the Mode C Veil Using an Enterprise Architecting Framework
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