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Mark Austin Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

Phone : (301)-405-6627 FAX : (301)-405-6707 E-mail : austin@isr.umd.edu

August 1993 to present

• University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
  Associate Professor
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ,
    Member of the Civil Systems Group,
    
  • Joint Appointment, Institute for Systems Research .
    
  • Affiliate Appointment, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, and Scientific Computation
  • Technical Director, Master of Science in Systems Engineering Program .
  • Associate Director, Systems Engineering and Integration Laboratory .

August 1987 to July 1993

• University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
  Assistant Professor
  • Joint appointments in Department of Civil Engineering and Systems Research Center.

June 1993 to May 1995

• Hughes Information Technology Systems, Landover, Maryland.
  Scientist/Engineer
  • Formulated Education Program for NASA's Earth Observing System Data Information System (EOSDIS) Program.

December 1985 to July 1987

• University of California , Berkeley, California
  Research Engineer, Department of Civil Engineering
  • Conducted research on Computer-Aided Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures.

• Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California , Berkeley in 1985.
• M.S. in Structural Engineering from the University of California , Berkeley in 1982.
• B.E. (First Class Honors) from University of Canterbury , New Zealand in 1980.

• Chairman, Applications Forum Working Group, International Council of Systems Engineering
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Member, Association of Computing Machinery
• Member, New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering

• Coelho M., Austin M.A., and Blackburn M.R. , The Data-Ontology-Rule Footing: A Building Block for
  Knowledge-Based Development and Event-Driven Execution of Multi-Domain Systems ( pdf ),
  17th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2018), Charlottsville, VA, May 8-9, 2018.
• Blackburn M.R., Austin M.A., and Coelho M. , Modeling and Cross-Domain Dependability Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems ( pdf ),
  The 12th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SYSCON 2018)}, Vancouver, Canada, April 23-26, 2018, pp. 23-30.
• Petnga L., Austin M.A. and Blackburn M.B. , Semantically-enabled Model-based Systems Engineering of Safety-critical Network of
  Systems ( pdf ), 27th Annual INCOSE International Symposium (INCOSE 2017),
  Adelaide, Australia, July 15-20, 2017.
• Knizhnik J., Austin M.A. and Carigan C. , Robotic Satellite Servicing Trade Space Down Selection ( pdf ),
  27th Annual INCOSE International Symposium (INCOSE 2017), Adelaide, Australia, July 15-20, 2017.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , An Ontological Framework for Knowledge Modeling and Decision Support in
  Cyber-Physical Systems ( pdf ), Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 30, No. 1, January 2016, pp. 77-94.
• Arellano A., Zontek-Carney E., and Austin M.A. , Frameworks for Natural Language Processing of Texual Requirements ( pdf ),
  International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements, Vol. 8, No. 3 and 4, December 2015, pp. 230--240.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , Spatial Ontologies and Models for Safety-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems ( pdf ),
  International Conference on Complex Systems Engineering (ICCSE 2015), Hartford, CT, November 9-11, 2015.
• Arellano A., Carney E., and Austin M.A. , Natural Language Processing of Textual Requirements,
  The Tenth International Conference on Systems (ICONS 2015), Barcelona, Spain, April 19-24, 2015.
  Best Paper Award.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , Tubes and Metrics for Solving the Dilemma Zone Problem,
  The Tenth International Conference on Systems (ICONS 2015), Barcelona, Spain, April 19-24, 2015.
• Austin M.A., Delgoshaei P., and Nguyen A. , Distributed Systems Behavior Modeling with Ontologies, Rules, and
  Message Passing Mechanisms, ( online site ), 13th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2015),
  Stevens Institute of Technology Campus, Hoboken, New Jersey, March 17-19, 2015.
  MITRE Best Transition in Systems Engineering Research Award.
• Delgoshaei P., Austin M.A., and Pertzborn A. , Semantic Framework for Modeling and Simulation of
  Cyber-Physical Systems ( pdf ), International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements,
  Vol. 7, No's 3-4, December 2014, pp. 223-238.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , Semantic Platforms for Cyber-Physical Systems,
  24nd Annual International Symposium of The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE 2014),
  Las Vegas, NV, June 30 -- July 3, 2014.
• Mosteller M., Austin M.A., Yang S. and Ghodssi R. , Platforms for Engineering Experimental Biomedical Systems ( pdf ),
  IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 9, Issue 4, December 2015, pp. 1218-1228.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , Model-Based Systems Engineering for Design and Automated Operation of Modern Waterway Systems,
  8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SYSCON 2014), Ottawa, Canada, March 31 - April 3, 2014.
• Delgoshaei P., Austin M.A., and Veronica D.A. , A Semantic Platform Infrastructure for Requirements Traceability and
  System Assessment, 9th International Conference on Systems (ICONS 2014),
  Nice, France, February 23-27, 2014.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , Cyber-Physical Architectures for Modeling and Enhanced Operations of Connected-Vehicle Systems,
  2nd IEEE/TRB International Conference on Connected Vehicles (ICCVE 2013), Las Vegas, December 2-6, 2013.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A., Ontologies of Time and Time-based Reasoning for MBSE of Cyber-Physical Systems ( pdf ),
  11th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2013),
  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 19-22, 2013.
  Best Conference Paper Award.
• Nassar N. and Austin M.A., Model-Based Systems Engineering Design and Trade-Off Analysis with RDF Graphs ( pdf ),
  11th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2013),
  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 19-22, 2013.
• Mosteller M., Austin M.A., Yang S., and Ghodssi R. , Platforms for Engineering Experimental Biomedical Systems ( pdf ),
  INSIGHT Magazine, Vol. 15, Issue 4, December 2012, pp. 9-16.
• Delgoshaei P. and Austin M.A. , Software Patterns for Traceability of Requirements to Finite-State Machine Behavior:
  Application to Rail Transit Systems Design and Management, INCOSE 2012, Rome, Italy, 2012.
• Mosteller M., Austin M.A., Yang S., and Ghodssi R. , Platforms for Engineering Experimental Biomedical Systems,
  14th Annual International Symposium of The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE 2012), Rome, Italy, 2012.
  Best Paper Award.
• Delgoshaei P. and Austin M.A. , Software Patterns for Traceability of Requirements to Finite-State Machine Behavior,
  10th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2012), St. Louis, Missouri, March 19-22, 2012.
• Johnnie J., Austin M.A., Sriram G., Conway M. and Misra A. , Systems Engineering and Metabolic Engineering:
  A Side-by-Side Comparison, 10th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2012),
  St. Louis, Missouri, March 19-22, 2012.
• Delgoshaei P. and Austin M.A. , Software Design Patterns for Ontology-Enabled Traceability,
  Ninth Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2011), Redondo Beach, CA, April 14-16, 2011.
• Austin M.A. and Wojcik C.E. , Ontology-Enabled Traceability Mechanisms,
  INCOSE 2012, Chicago, USA, July 12-15, 2010, Paper 562.
• Austin M.A., Tabatabaee V., and Baras J.S. , Systems Engineering Challenges for Design and Real-time Management of
  Component-Enabled Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, Eigth Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2010),
  Hoboken, New Jersey, March 17-20, 2010, Paper 1569270853.
• Selberg S. and Austin M.A. , Toward an Evolutionary System of Systems Architecture ( pdf ),
  INCOSE 2008, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 15-19, 2008.
• Johnson J. and Austin M.A., A Process Modeling Framework for Formal Validation of Panama Canal System Operations ( pdf ),
  INCOSE 2008 Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 15-19, 2008
• Fogarty K. and Austin M.A. , Systems Modeling and Traceability Applications of the Higraph Formalism ( online site )
  Systems Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 2009, pp. 117-140.
• Austin M.A. and Raley C. , Design Platform Methodology for Augmented Cognition,
  Chapter 8 of Augmented Cognition: A Practitioner's Guide , pp. 196-221, Edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow and Kay M. Stanney,
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1369, September 2008, p. 280.
• Selberg S. and Austin M.A. , Backbone Infrastructures for Sustainable System-of-Systems Management,
  Sixth Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2008), Los Angeles, April 4-6, 2008.
• Austin M.A., Mayank V., and Shmunis N., Ontology-Based Validation of Connectivity Relationships in a Home Theater System,
  International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 21, No. 10, October 2006, pp. 1111-1125.
• Austin M.A., Mayank V., and Shmunis N. , PaladinRM: Graph-Based Visualization of Requirements Organized for Team-Based Design,
  Systems Engineering: The Journal of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, May 2006, pp. 129-145.
• Austin M.A. , Toward Platform Architectures for Modular Cognitive Cockpits,
  Ist International Conference on Augmented Cognition, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, July 26, 2005.
• Mayank V. and Austin M.A. , Ontology-Enabled Validation of System Architectures,
  INCOSE 2004, Toulouse, France, June 20-24, 2004.
• Selberg S.A. and Austin M.A. , Requirements Engineering and the Semantic Web ( pdf ),
  ISR Technical Report 2003-20, University of Maryland, College Park, MD., May 2003, (p. 62).
• Austin M.A., Baras J.S., and Kositsyna N.I. , Combined Research and Curriculum Development in
  Information-Centric Systems Engineering, 12th Annual International Symposium of The International Council on
  Systems Engineering (INCOSE 2002), Las Vegas, USA, July, 2002.
• Austin M.A., Web-Based Systems Engineering Application Profiles ( ps.gz ),
  Eighth Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOS 1998E),
  Vancouver, Canada, July 26-30, 1998.

BUILDING ENERGY SYSTEMS

• Delgoshaei P., Heidarinejad M., and Austin M.A. , Combined Ontology-Driven and
  Machine Learning Approach to Management of Building Energy Consumption,
  2018 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild, Chicago, September 26-28, 2018.
• Delgoshaei P. and Austin M.A. , Framework for Knowledge-Based Fault Detection and Diagnostics in
  Multi-Domain Systems: Application to Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems ( pdf ),
  International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, Vol. 10, No 3 and 4, December 2017, pp. 393-409.
• Delgoshaei P., Heidarinejad M., Austin M.A., and Pertzborn A.J. , Semantic Inference-Based Control Strategies for
  Building HVAC Systems Using Modelica-Based Physical Models ( pdf ), The 10th International Symposium on
  Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2017), Jinan, China, October 19--22, 2017.
• Delgoshaei P., Austin M.A., Pertzborn A., Heidarinejad M. and Chandan V. , Towards a Semantically-enabled Control Strategy for
  Building Simulations: Integration of Semantic Technologies and Model Predictive Control ( pdf ),
  15th International Conference of IBPSA (Building Simulation 2017), San Francisco, August 7-9, 2017.
• Delgoshaei P., Austin M.A., and Veronica D. , Semantic Models and Rule-based Reasoning for Fault Detection and Diagnostics:
  Applications in Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems ( pdf ),
  The Twelth International Conference on Systems (ICONS 2017), Venice, Italy, April 23-27, 2017, pp. 48-53.
  

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

• Austin M.A. and Johnson J. , Compositional Approach to Distributed System Behavior Modeling and
  Formal Validation of Infrastructure Operations with Finite State Automata: Application to Viewpoint-Driven
  Verification of Functionality in Waterways ( pdf ), Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, January 2018, p. 28.
• Coelho M., Austin M.A. and Blackburn M.R. , ``Semantic Behavior Modeling and Event-Driven Reasoning for
  Urban System of Systems,'' International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems ( pdf ),
  Vol. 10, No 3 and 4, December 2017, pp. 365-382.
• Petnga L., Austin M.A. and Kaisar E. , Formal Analysis of Delays in Waterway System Operations With Timed Automata Modeling,
  The 7th METRANS International Urban Freight Conference (I-NUF), Long Beach, CA, October 17--20, 2017.
• Bou-Harb E., Kaisar E., and Austin M.A. , On the Impact of Empirical Attack Models Targeting Marine Transportation,
  The 5th IEEE International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS 2017),
  Napoli, Italy, June 26-28, 2017.
• Coelho M., Austin M.A., and Blackburn M. , Distributed System Behavior Modeling of Urban Systems with Ontologies,
  Rules and Many-to-Many Association Relationships ( pdf ),
  The Twelth International Conference on Systems (ICONS 2017), Venice, Italy, April 23-27, 2017, pp. 10-15.
  Best Paper Award.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , Model-Based Design and Formal Verification Processes for Automated Waterway System Operations ( pdf ),
  Systems: Special Issue on Product, Process, System Design Review Methods and Tools, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2016, p. 23.
• Petnga L. and Austin M.A. , Safe Traffic Intersections: Metrics, Tubes, and Prototype Simulation for Solving the Dilemma Zone Problem,
  International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements, Vol. 8, No. 3 and 4, December 2015, pp. 241--254.
• Kaisar E. and Austin M.A., Synthesis and Validation of High-Level Behavior Models for Narrow Waterway Management Systems,
  Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, September 2007, pp. 373-378.
• Kaisar E., Austin M.A., and Papadimitriou S., Formal Development and Evaluation of Narrow Passageway System Operations,
  European Transport/Transporti Europei, Vol. 34, December 2006, pp. 88-104.
• Kaisar E., Austin M.A., and Haghani A. , An Object-Oriented Approach for the Architecture Design of the Management of Narrow Passageways ( pdf ),
  International Workshop on Harbour, Maritime and Multinodal Logistics, Modeling and Simulation, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 16-18, 2004
• Kaisar E., Austin M.A., Lagakos V., and Papadimitriou S. , Hierarchical Object-Oriented Models for Management of Narrow Passageways,
  European Research Studies Journal, Volume VI, Issue (3-4), 2004, pp. 95-108.
• Austin M.A. and Kaisar E. , Multi-Level Object-Based Modeling of Narrow Passageway Transportation Systems,
  6th World MultiConference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, July 14-18, Orlando, FL, 2002.
  Best Paper Award for section on Information Technology Applications in Transportation.
• Casey M.J. and Austin M.A., Semantic Web Methodologies for Spatial Decision Support ( pdf ),
  Proceedings of DSIAge2002: International Conference for Decision Support Systems in the Internet Age. July 3-7, 2002. Cork, Ireland.
• Lagakos V., Kaisar E., and Austin M.A. , Object-based Models for Management of Narrow Passageways in Transportation Systems,
  Eleventh Annual International Symposium of The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Melbourne, Australia, July 1-5, 2001.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND DYNAMICS

• Sebastianelli R. and Austin M.A., Symbolic Analysis of Sub-Optimal Bang-Bang Control Mechanisms in
  Base Isolated Structures, Journal of Shock and Vibration, Vol. 16, No. 2, February 2009, pp. 195-211.
• Austin M.A., and Sebastianelli R., Phase Analysis of Actuator Response for
  Sub-Optimal Bang-Bang and Velocity Cancellation Control of Base Isolated Structures,
  Journal of Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Vol. 14, Issue 7, July 2007, pp. 1034-1061.
• Sebastianelli R. and Austin M.A., Energy Balance and Power Demand Assessment of Actuators in
  Base Isolated Structures supplemented with Modified Bang-Bang Control,
  Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 25, No. 5, March 2007, pp. 541-564.
• Austin M.A. and Lin W.J. , Energy-Balance Assessment of Isolated Structures,
  Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 130, No. 3, March 2004, pp. 347-358.
• Austin M.A., Lin W.J., and Chen X.G., Structural Matrix Computations with Units,
  Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 14, No. 3, July 2000, pp. 174-182.
• Austin M.A. and Voon B.K. , Structural Optimization in a Distributed Computing Environment,
  Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 107, September 1993, pp. 173-192.
• Austin M.A. , High Order Integration of Structural Dynamics Equations: Theory and Numerical Experiments,''
  International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 36, July 1993, pp. 2107-2122.
• Austin M.A., Krishnaprasad P.S., and Wang L.S. , Almost Poisson Integration of Rigid Body Systems,
  Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 107, June, 1993, pp. 105-117.
• Austin M.A., Creighton S., and Albrecht P. , XBUILD : Preprocessor for Finite Element Analysis of Steel Bridges,
  Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, January, 1993, pp. 54-70.
• Austin M.A. and Preston J. , Solid Modeling of RC Beams, Part 1 : Data Structures and Algorithms,
  Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, October 1992, pp. 389-403.
• Preston J. and Austin M.A. , Solid Modeling of RC Beams, Part 2 : Computational Environment,
  Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE. October 1992, pp. 404-416.
• Austin M.A., Mahin S.A., and Pister K.S., CSTRUCT: Computer Environment for the Design of Steel Structures,
  Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, July, 1989, pp. 209-227.
• Austin M.A., Pister K.S., and Mahin S.A. , A Methodology for the Probabilistic Limit States Design of Earthquake-Resistant Structures,
  Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, August 1987, pp. 1642-1659.
• Austin M.A., Pister K.S., and Mahin S.A. , Probabilistic Limit States Design of Moment-Resistant Frames under Seismic Loading,
  Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, August 1987, pp. 1660-1677.
• Austin M.A. and Pister K.S. , Design of Friction-Braced Frames under Seismic Loading,
  Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, December 1985, pp. 2751-2769.

ENGINEERING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

• Austin M.A. , Matrix and Finite Element Stack Machines for Structural Engineering Computations with Units,
  Advances in Engineering Software, Elsevier, Vol. 37, No. 8, August 2006, pp. 544-559.
• Austin M.A. and Chancogne D., Introduction to Engineering Programming in C, MATLAB, and Java ,
  John-Wiley and Sons , New York, p. 656. December, 1998.
• Lin W.J. and Austin M.A., Design of a Scripting Language for the Energy-Based Analysis of Nonlinear Structural Systems,
  I3th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics ( ps.gz ), University of Florida, Gainesville, June 21-26, 1998.
• Chancogne D. and Austin M., Web Dieting -- Dynamic and Interactive Environment Tools for the Web ,
  Sixth World Wide Web Conference, Stanford, California, April 1997, p. 11.
• Austin M.A., X.G. Chen, and W.J. Lin , ALADDIN : A Computational Toolkit for Interactive Engineering Matrix and Finite Element Analysis,
  Technical Report TR 95-74, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, August 1995.

• Best Paper Award, ICONS, Lisbon, Portugal (2020)
• SERC/DoD Incubator Award (2019)
• IARIA Fellow (2018)
• Best Paper Award, ICONS, Venice, Italy (2017)
• Best Paper Award, ICONS, Barcelona, Spain (2015)
• MITRE Best Transition in Systems Engineering Research Award, CSER, Hoboken (2015)
• ISR Outstanding Systems Engineering Faculty Award (2013)
• Best Conference Paper Award, CSER, Atlanta (2013)
• Best Paper Award, INCOSE, Rome, Italy (2012)
• Agilent Technology Foundation (2006)
• Invention of the Year Finalist, University of Maryland (2005)
• Best Paper Award. Information Technology Applications in Transportation, 6WMSCI (2002)
• NSF Research Initiation Award (1989-1991)
• Winiata Memorial Bursary (1985-1986)
• W.W. Van Arnesdale Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley (1982)
• Earle C. Anthony Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley (1981)
• New Zealand Senior University Scholarship (1980)
• Southland Savings Bank Scholarship (1978-1980)

• Software Development: Java, Python, C, Yacc/Byacc.
• Internet Programming: XML, RDF, Ontologies, Jena.
• Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X.
• Software Packages: LaTeX, MATLAB, Photoshop, and others.

• Available upon request

Last Modified: May 1, 2020
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