Month: May 2026

Dr. Layton Inducted as an ASME Fellow

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May 12, 2026

I’m honored to have become an ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Fellow, joining a group of only 3,000+ other ASME members globally after a decade of contributions to the field and ASME.

The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by ASME Members and Fellows, an ASME Member has to have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active membership in ASME.

Two BiSSL Ph.D. Students Graduate!

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May 2026 College Station, Texas

Congratulations, we will miss you, and best of luck to Drs. Hadear Hassan and Emily Payne!! We’re so incredibly proud of you both!

Hadear’s Ph.D. dissertation was titled “Quantitative System Analysis of Efficiency and Resilience in Complex Systems: Manufacturing and Innovation Networks” and focused on the use of bio-inspired systems approaches to understand innovation, sustainability, and resilience in manufacturing and entrepreneurship. Her Ph.D. research produced 9 conference publications and 4 journal publications, with 1 more currently under review and 2 more to be submitted.

Emily’s Ph.D. dissertation was titled “Learning from Biological Ecosystems to Design and Analyze Resilience in Complex Multi-flow Systems” and focused on using bio-inspired systems design approaches to characterize the risk and resilience of cyber-physical power systems. Her Ph.D. research produced 6 conference publications and 5 journal publications, with 3 more currently under review. Emily will be starting this summer at John Hopkins APL.