Mentees

I enjoy working with students of all ages and make an effort to mentor the next generation each year. I have served as a mentor for eight students across four programs (DAGSI, LEGACY, SMART, Wright Scholar).

Mentee Highlights

Isaiah Christopherson

Wright Scholar Research Assistant 2023 & 2024

Projects incorporated into AIAA DCASS presentation, a 2024 ACM SIGMIS CPR paper, and a 2025 IEEE NAECON paper

Jacqueline Liu

SMART Scholar 2025

Project incorporated into 2025 SDIP Final Review and AFRL Discover posters

Addam Jensen

DAGSI Fellow 2025 - 2026

Pursuing M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from Ohio State University

Isaiah Goble

LEGACY Jr. Apprentice 2024 & 2025

Projects incorporated into two AIAA DCASS presentations, an IEEE NAECON paper, and anIEEE TCDS paper

Olivia Ben Aoumeur

SMART Scholar 2026

Pursuing Ph.D. in information sciences at Albany University (SUNY)

Derick Cox

DAGSI Fellow 2024 - 2026

Pursuing Ph.D. in computer science at Wright State University

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Defense Associated Graduate Student Innovators (DAGSI) Fellows

James Pennington, Ph.D. in computer science from Ohio University (2027)
  • 2025 - 2027 Project: Advanced multi-platform and multi-source fusion
Addam Jensen, M.S. in computer science and engineering from Ohio State University (2026)
  • 2025 - 2026 Project: Reinforcement learning with analogical transfer
Derrick Cox, Ph.D. in computer science from Wright State University (2026)
  • 2024 - 2026 Project: Event sequence learning from textual scenario

Leadership Experience Growing Apprenticeships Committed to Youth (LEGACY) Program

Isaiah Goble, B.S. in computer engineering from TBD (2030)

Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholars

Mentees are assigned to a mentor throughout their degree while summer interns are assigned to a mentor for their summer project.

Mentee(s)

Olivia Ben Aoumeur, Ph.D. in information science at the University of Albany (SUNY) (2029)

Summer Intern(s)

Jacqueline Liu, Ph.D. in computer science at Binghamton University (SUNY) (2027)
  • 2025 Project: Efficient Hyperspectral Data Processing on the Edge: Band Selection with Mamba Models

Wright Scholars Research Assistant Program

Isaiah Christopherson, B.S. electrical engineering at Miami University (OH) (2028)
  • 2024 Project: Optimizing algorithm pre-processing steps and analyzing convolutional neural network performance (incorporated into 2025 IEEE NAECON Paper)
  • 2023 Project: Leveraging generative AI and human factors techniques for building image datasets (shared project; incorporated into 2024 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference Paper)
Arya Gadre, B.S. economics at Ohio State University (2028)