USU Industry Day

​USU and 47G Industry Day
Wednesday, August 6
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

​Join us for a dynamic series of rapid-fire presentations from Utah State University’s top engineering faculty, sharing their industry-leading findings to members of the 47G community.

This is your front-row seat to the technologies shaping the future of aerospace, defense, energy, and mobility.

​Get insights in just 10 minute sessions, with additional time for Q&A.

​Dr. Haoran Wang
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Focuses on computational modeling and material design for:

• ​High-capacity energy storage materials for next-gen batteries

• ​Soft active materials for robotics and actuators that respond to heat, light, or electricity

​Dr. Ryan Berke
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Specializes in how materials behave and break under extreme temperatures, with applications in:

• ​Hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft re-entry

• ​Gas turbines, rocket nozzles, and nuclear reactor materials

​Dr. Tianyi He
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Develops control systems for advanced aerospace vehicles, including:

• ​Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft

• ​Flexible aircraft requiring complex guidance and navigation solutions

​Dr. Todd Moon
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Applies signal processing and AI to:

• ​WiFi-based indoor radar for security and automation

• ​“Cone of silence” noise cancellation using active arrays

• ​Satellite geolocation via synthetic arrays and orbital motion

​Dr. Nadia Kouraytem
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Leads efforts in additive manufacturing for:

• ​Defense and aerospace components built for high-temperature use

• ​Advanced materials analysis for nuclear and solar energy systems

​Dr. Doug Hunsaker
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Expert in aerodynamics and flight systems, his research covers:

• ​Low-speed to hypersonic flow regimes

• ​Flight dynamics, control, simulation, and experimental testing

• ​Trajectory optimization for efficient flight paths

• ​System identification for accurate modeling and performance tuning

​Dr. Som Dutta
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Focuses on developing high-fidelity CFD and ML models for:

• ​​Swarm Formation Dynamics

• ​Deformable and moving wings

• ​Bio-inspired drag reduction

• ​Digital twins