Bio-Inspired Systems Lab (BiSSL)

Research in Bio-Inspired Complex Network Design for Sustainability and Resilience

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

*Ezemba, J.; Layton, A. (2022) “Bio-Inspired Avenues for Advancing Brain Injury Prevention.” Journal of Mechanical Design. doi: 10.1115/1.4055737
 
Huang, H.; Mao, Z. Layton, A.; Davis, K. R. (2022) “An Ecological Robustness Oriented Optimal Power Flow for Power Systems’ Survivability,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3168226
 
*Warrington, S.; Layton, A.  (2022) “Ecosystem-Inspired Guidance for the Incorporation of Renewable Utilities in a Multi-Use Campus Network.” PLoS ONE 17(5): e0267431. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267431
 
He, W.; Layton, A.; Creasy, T.; Borges, A.; *Williams, J. (2021) “Resistance to Opportunities of Plastic Recycling.” Enquiry The ARCC Journal for Architectural Research – Architecture, Waste, and the Circular Economy, 18 (2): 51-72. DOI: 10.17831/enqarcc.v18i2.1098
 
*Chatterjee, A.; Malak, R.; Layton, A. (2021) “Ecology-inspired Resilient and Affordable System of Systems using Degree of System Order,” Systems Engineering, pp. 1-16. DOI: 10.1002/sys.21598.
 
Ali, A,; Layton, A.; Kio, P.; *Williams, J. (2021) “Matrix Trays: From Waste to Opportunities,” Journal of Cleaner Production, 300: 126813. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126813
 
*Chatterjee, A.; Malak, R.; Layton, A. (2021) “Exploring System of Systems Resilience Versus Affordability Trade-Space Using a Bio-Inspired Metric,” Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 21(5), 1-13. DOI: 10.1115/1.4050288
 
*Chatterjee, A.; *Brehm, C.; Layton, A. (2021) “A Quantitative Benefits Evaluation of Ecologically-Inspired Nested Architectures for Industrial Networks,” Resources Conservation & Recycling, 167. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105423
 
Bhasin, D.; McAdams, D. A.; Layton, A. (2021)“A Product Architecture-Based Tool for Bioinspired Function-Sharing,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 1-33. DOI: 10.1115/1.4049151
 
*Chatterjee, A.; Layton, A. (2020) “Mimicking Nature for Resilient Resource and Infrastructure Network Design.” Reliability Engineering & System Safety. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2020.107142
 
*Brehm, C.; Layton, A. (2020) “Nestedness in Eco-Industrial Parks: Exploring Linkage Distribution to Promote Sustainable Industrial Growth.” Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13057
 
*Dave, T.; Layton, A. (2020) “Designing Ecologically-Inspired Robustness into a Water Distribution Network.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 254(1): 120057. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120057
 
*Panyam, V.; Layton, A. (2019) “A quantitative engineering study of ecosystem robustness using thermodynamic power cycles as case studies.” PLOS ONE, 14(12), p. e0226993. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226993 [open access online]
 
*Panyam, V.; Huang, H.; Davis, K.; Layton, A. (2019) “Bio-Inspired Design for Resilient Power Networks.” Applied Energy, 251. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113349

Reap, J.; Layton, A. (2017) “Lessons from Living Systems for the Development of Sustainable Industrial Resource Networks.” Journal of Energy Challenges and Mechanics 4(1): 1-10.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M. (2017) “Improving Performance of Eco-Industrial Parks.” International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 10(4-5): 250-59.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M. (2016) Designing Industrial Networks using Ecological Food Web Metrics. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(20): 11243-11252, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03066

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M. (2016) “Ecological Principles and Metrics for Improving Material Cycling Structures in Manufacturing Networks. ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 130(10): 101002-101014. DOI: 10.1115/1.4033689

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M.  (2015) Industrial ecosystems and food webs: An expansion and update of existing data for eco-industrial parks and understanding the ecological food webs they wish to mimic. Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12283

Layton, A.; Reap, J.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M. (2012) Correlation between thermodynamic efficiency and ecological cyclicity for thermodynamic power cycles. PLoS ONE, 7:1–7. [open access online]

Book Chapters

Bras, B.; Layton, A.; Weissburg, M. (2016). “Improving Performance of Eco-Industrial Parks.” Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016. Eds. R. Setchi, J. R. Howlett, Y. Liu and P. Theobald. Cham, Springer International Publishing: 227-240.

MS/Ph.D. Theses

Hairston, G. (2022-May) “Using Bio-Inspired Techniques to Design for Improved Sustainability and Robustness in Net Zero Communities.” Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Wilson, T. (2022-May) “Designing and Optimizing Supply Chain Networks for Resilience using Ecological Network Analysis.” Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Foster, A. (2021-June) “Ecological Uniqueness for Understanding Line Importance in Power Grids.” Texas A&M Energy Institute M.S.E. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Adsul, T. (2021-June) “Ant Inspired Innovation Research Strategies.” Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Brehm, C.; (2020-May) “Improving the Environmental and Economic Outcomes of Industrial Networks using Nestedness to Design Resource Distribution Infrastructure” Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Dave, T., (2019-Dec) “Designing Robust Water Distribution Systems using Ecology as an Inspiration” Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
 
Panyam, V., (2019-Dec) “Bio-inspired design for robust power systems” Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
 
Williams, J., (2019-Aug) “Opportunities of Applying System Analysis to the US Waste Management System: Bio-Inspired Solutions for a More Circular Economy” Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
 
Layton, A., (2014-Dec). “Food webs: Realizing biological inspiration for sustainable industrial resource networks” Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

*Chatterjee, A.; Helbig ,C.; R. Malak; A. Layton. “A Survey of Graph-Theoretic Approaches for Resilient System of Systems Design.” ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2022). St. Louis, MO, 2022.

*Wilson, T.; *Chatterjee, A.; Layton, A. “Exploring the Effects of Partnership and Inventory for Supply Chain Resilience Using an Ecological Network Analysis.” ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2022). St. Louis, MO, 2022.

*Blair, S.; Banks, H.; *Hairston, G.; Linsey, J.; Layton, A. “Modularity Analysis of Makerspaces to Determine Potential Hubs and Critical Tools in the Makerspace.” ASEE 2022 Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022.

*Chatterjee, A.; Huang, H.; Davis, K.; Layton, A. “A Multigraph Modeling Approach to Enable Ecological Network Analysis of Cyber Physical Power Networks.” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm) – Control and Operations for Smart Grids Symposium. Aachen, Germany, 2021. (virtual due to COVID-19)

Huang, H.; *Chatterjee, A.; Davis, K.; Layton, A. “An Investigation into Ecological Network Analysis for Cyber-Physical Power Systems.” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm) – Cyber Security and Privacy Symposium. Aachen, Germany, 2021. (virtual due to COVID-19)

*Hairston, G.; A. Layton. “An Eco-Industrial Park-Based Method for Net Zero Community Creation.” ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers & Information in Engineering Conference, 2021. (virtual due to COVID-19)

*Wilson, T.; *Chatterjee, A.; Layton, A. “Developing a Supply Chain Modeling Approach to Facilitate Ecology-Inspired Design for Sustainability and Resilience.” ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers & Information in Engineering Conference, 2021. (virtual due to COVID-19)

*Blair, S.; Banks, H.; Linsey, J.; Layton, A. “Ecosystem Modularity as a Guide for Makerspaces Evaluations.” ASEE 2021 Conference & Exposition. Long Beach, CA, 2021. (virtual due to COVID-19)

*Foster, A.; Huang, H.; M. R. Narimani; *L. Homiller; K. Davis; A. Layton. Ecological Uniqueness for Understanding Component Important in Power Grids. 2021 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC). College Station, TX, USA, 2021. (virtual due to COVID-19)

Huang, H.; *V. Panyam; M. R. Narimani; A. Layton; K. Davis. Mixed-Integer Optimization for Bio-Inspired Robust Power Network Design. 52nd North American Power Symposium (NAPS). Tempe, AZ, USA, 2021.
 
Chatterjee, A; R. Malak; A. Layton. Bio-inspired Design: Quantifying System of Systems Fitness. 18th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER). Redondo Beach, CA, USA, 2020. (conference delayed due to COVID-19)
 
Dave, T.; A. Layton. Extending the Use of Bio-Inspiration for Water Distribution Networks to Urban Settings. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC). St. Louis, MO, USA, 2020.
 
Chatterjee, A; R. Malak; A. Layton. Exploring a Bio-Inspired System of Systems Resilience vs. Affordability Tradespace. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC). St. Louis, MO, USA, 2020. (Winner of Best Paper!)
 
Brehm, C.; J. Linsey; A. Layton. Designing MakerSpaces in a Nested Structure to Maximize Student Impact. ASEE 2020 Conference & Exposition. Montreal, Canada, 2020. Chatterjee, A.; A. Layton. Bio-inspired Design for Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains. 27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference. Grenoble, France, 2020.
 
Chatterjee, A.; C. Brehm; A. Layton. (2020) Mimicking the nested structures of ecosystems in the design of industrial water networks. 27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference. Grenoble, France, 2020.
 
Chatterjee, A., and Layton, A., Bio-Inspired Human Network Design: Multi-Currency Robustness Metric Formulation Inspired By Ecological Network Analysis, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, ASME, Anaheim, CA, USA, 2019.
 
Panyam, V., and Layton, A., Bio-inspired modeling approaches for human networks with link dissipation, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, ASME, Anaheim, CA, USA, 2019.
 
Panyam, V., H. Huang, K. Davis and A. Layton. An ecosystem perspective for the design of sustainable power systems. The 26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering. F. Zhao. West Lafayette, IN, 2019.
 
Brehm, C. and A. Layton. Designing eco-industrial parks in a nested structure to mimic mutualistic ecological networks. The 26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering. J. W. Sutherland. West Lafayette, IN, 2019. (Finalist for Best Paper!)
 
Dave, T. and A. Layton. Bio-inspired design for resilient water distribution networks. The 26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering. S. Skerlos. West Lafayette, IN, 2019.
 
Panyam, V., H. Huang, B. Pinte, K. Davis and A. Layton. Bio-inspired design for robust power networks. 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference. College Station, TX. 2019.

Panyam, V.; T. Dave; A. Layton. ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Understanding Ecological Efficiency and Robustness for Network Design Using Thermodynamic Power Cycles. Quebec City, Canada, 2018.

Layton, A.; B. Bras; M. Weissburg. Designing Sustainable Manufacturing Networks: The role of exclusive species in achieving ecosystem-type performance. Cleveland, OH, 2017. ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conference.

Bras, B.; Layton, A.; Weissburg, M. Improving Performance of Eco-Industrial Parks. Crete, Greece, 2016. SDM 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M.  Ecological robustness as a design principle for sustainable industrial systems. Boston, MA, 2015. ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Reap, J J.; Weissburg, M. Biologically inspired closed loop manufacturing networks. San Diego, CA, 2013. ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

Layton, A.; Reap, J J.; Bras, B. Correlation between thermodynamic efficiency and biological network cyclicity. Washington D.C., 2011. 5th ASME Energy Sustainability Conference.

Conference Presentations

Chatterjee, A; R. Malak; A. Layton. Bio-inspired Design: Quantifying System of Systems Fitness. 18th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER). Redondo Beach, CA, USA, 2020.
 
Dave, T.; A. Layton. Extending the Use of Bio-Inspiration for Water Distribution Networks to Urban Settings. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC). St. Louis, MO, USA, 2020.
 
Chatterjee, A; R. Malak; A. Layton. Exploring a Bio-Inspired System of Systems Resilience vs. Affordability Tradespace. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC). St. Louis, MO, USA, 2020. (Winner of Best Paper!)
 
Brehm, C.; J. Linsey; A. Layton. Designing MakerSpaces in a Nested Structure to Maximize Student Impact. ASEE 2020 Conference & Exposition. Montreal, Canada, 2020. Chatterjee, A.; A. Layton. Bio-inspired Design for Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains. 27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference. Grenoble, France, 2020.
 
Chatterjee, A.; C. Brehm; A. Layton. (2020) Mimicking the nested structures of ecosystems in the design of industrial water networks. 27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference. Grenoble, France, 2020.
 
Panyam, V.; H. Huang; B. Pinte; K. Davis; A. Layton. Bio-inspired design for robust power networks. 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference. College Station, TX, 2019.
 
A. Layton, S. Behdad, B. Heydari. ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, SEIKM Invited Panel: Network Science Approaches for Systems Engineering Design. Quebec City, Canada, 2018.

Panyam, V.; T. Dave; A. Layton. ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Understanding Ecological Efficiency and Robustness for Network Design Using Thermodynamic Power Cycles. Quebec City, Canada, 2018.

Layton, A.; B. Bras; M. Weissburg. ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Designing Sustainable Manufacturing Networks: The role of exclusive species in achieving ecosystem-type performance. Cleveland, OH, 2017.

Bras, B.; Layton, A.; Weissburg, M. SDM 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Improving Performance of Eco-Industrial Parks. Crete, Greece, 2016.

Weissburg, M.; Layton, A.; Bras, B., International Society of Bionic Engineering, Biomimetics Workshop 2015 – Optimization and “trade-off” in Biomimetics, The Ecology of Human Infrastructure. Changchun, China, 2015.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M. ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Ecological robustness as a design principle for sustainable industrial systems. Boston, MA, 2015.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Reap, J.J.; Weissburg, M. ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Biologically Inspired Closed Loop Manufacturing Networks. San Diego, CA, 2013.

Layton, A.; Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference, Bio-Inspired Design of Thermal Networks. Atlanta, GA., 2013.

Layton, A.; Reap, J.J.; Bras, B. 5th ASME Energy Sustainability Conference, A Correlation between Thermal Efficiency and Biological Network Cyclicity. Washington D.C., 2011.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M. Institute for Biological Engineering Conference, Environmental to Industrial Ecology: Analogies. Atlanta, GA, 2011.

Layton, A.; Bras, B.; Weissburg, M. Institute for Biological Engineering Conference, Understanding Biological Metabolic Rate Limits for use in Engineering. Atlanta, GA, 2011.