By Doctor Graham Wild

Conference Papers

Somerville A; Joiner K; Wild G, 2026, 'Effect of Virtual Reality Flight Simulation on Simulator Sickness in ab initio Trainees', San Diego, CA., presented at AIAA Aviation Forum, San Diego, CA., 08 June 2026 - 12 June 2026

Iqbal A; Wild G; Iqbal K, 2026, 'AI-Based Flight State Identification for Aerospace Control Systems', in AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, presented at AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-4755

Li PX; Wild G, 2026, 'The Evolution of Instrumentations in High-Speed Wind Tunnel Experiments for Thermal-Structure Interaction Measurements in Aerospace Application', American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), presented at AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-4591

Nanyonga A; Wild G, 2026, 'Transformer-Based Deep Learning for Flight Phase Classification in ATSB Aviation Safety Reports', American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), presented at AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-4682

Bano S; Fraser P; Wild G, 2026, 'Ultrasonic Monitoring of Ablation in Ceramic-Coated Thermal Protection Materials', in AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, presented at AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-4200

Murray J; Bergen P; Fraser P; Somerville A; Turhan U; Wild G, 2026, 'Visual Attention and Risk Appetite in Drone Flight Operations', in AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, presented at AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-4263

Li X; Dooner D; Handford D; Neely A; Smith J; Wild G, 2026, 'Design and verification of a long duration hypersonic experiment for quasi-distributed thermal structural monitoring using optical fiber-based sensors', in 27th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-5078

Li PX; Dooner D; Handford D; Wild G; Neely A, 2026, 'Experimental Thermal Strain Measurement and Temperature Decoupling on a Heated Cantilever Using Optical Fiber Sensing Technologies', in Conference Proceedings 2026 IEEE 13th International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace Metroaerospace 2026, pp. 351 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MetroAeroSpace69299.2026.11646794

Handford D; Wild G; Smith J; Li PX; van Pelt H; Neely AJ, 2026, 'Fiber Bragg grating sensor application for monitoring of additively manufactured high-temperature aerostructures', in AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition AIAA Scitech Forum 2026, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-1158

Bano S; Fraser P; Wild G, 2026, 'High-Temperature Guided Wave Sensing for Thermal Protection System Structural Health Monitoring in Hypersonic Flight', in 27th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-5113

Bano S; Fraser P; Wild G, 2026, 'Thermal Protection System Structural Health Monitoring with High-Temperature Guided Wave Sensing in High Speed Flight', in Conference Proceedings 2026 IEEE 13th International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace Metroaerospace 2026, pp. 517 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MetroAeroSpace69299.2026.11646676

Nanyonga A; Joiner K; Turhan U; Wild G, 2025, 'Is BERTopic Better than PLSA for Extracting Key Topics in Aviation Safety Reports?', IEEE Xplore, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India, presented at 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications (AIMLA), Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India, 29 April 2025 - 30 April 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AIMLA63829.2025.11040234

Somerville A; Lynar T; Joiner K; Wild G, 2025, 'Use of simulation for pre-training of RPAS pilots', Orlando, Florida, presented at 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, 06 January 2025 - 10 January 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-2728

Nanyonga A; Joiner K; Turhan U; Wild G, 2025, 'Applications of natural language processing in aviation safety: A review and qualitative analysis', ARC, Orlando, Florida, presented at 2025 AIAA SciTech, Orlando, Florida, 06 January 2025 - 10 January 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-2153

Bano S; Pollock L; Van Pelt H; Wild G, 2025, 'Acoustic Emission-Based Health Monitoring for Thermal Protection Systems: Impact of Source Distance and Temperature Sensitivity of Lamb Waves', in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics Icm 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICM62621.2025.10934829

Bano S; Iqbal MFB; van Pelt H; Wild G, 2025, 'Acoustic Emission-Based structural Health Monitoring for Thermal Protection Systems: Impact of Number of Receiver Channels and Temperature Sensitivity of Lamb Waves', in 2025 IEEE Region 10 Symposium Innovations in Technology Shaping the Future Tensymp 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENSYMP63728.2025.11144971

Iqbal A; Somerville A; Wild G, 2025, 'AI algorithms for dynamic maneuver clustering and classification in flight training', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3325

Iqbal A; Wild G, 2025, 'An Ensemble Clustering Approach to Recognize Flight State in Pilot Training', in IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference Proceedings TENCON, pp. 1038 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENCON66050.2025.11374976

Nanyonga A; Wild G, 2025, 'Analyzing Aviation Safety Narratives with LDA, NMF and PLSA: A Case Study Using Socrata Datasets', in 2nd International Conference on Research Methodologies in Knowledge Management Artificial Intelligence and Telecommunication Engineering Rmkmate 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RMKMATE64874.2025.11042356

Nanyonga A; Wild G, 2025, 'Classification of Operational Records in Aviation Using Deep Learning Approaches', in 2025 International Conference on Pervasive Computational Technologies Icpct 2025, pp. 997 - 1002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPCT64145.2025.10940469

Bano S; van Pelt H; Wild G, 2025, 'Evolving Thermal Protection Systems: A Comprehensive Review of Materials, Sensing Technologies, and Smart Solutions', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-4066

Iqbal A; Wild G; Iqbal K, 2025, 'Explainable Flight State Recognition: Toward Intelligent Pilot Training Systems', in Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Engineering I Coste 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/i-COSTE68047.2025.11467550

McLellan W; Wild G, 2025, 'Relativistic Model for Two-Body Photon Kinetic Energy Sail Transit', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-4068

Giannelis NF; Luppino J; Cousens S; Eldridge M; Smith J; Pelt HV; Wild G; Neely AJ; Beinke SK; Gorin S, 2025, 'The Common Front End: A Testbed Concept for High-Speed Technology Maturation', in AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition AIAA Scitech Forum 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-0550

Iqbal A; Wild G; Iqbal K, 2025, 'Towards Trustworthy Flight State Identification Using Explainable Supervised Learning', in Proceedings 2025 IEEE International Conference on Future Machine Learning and Data Science Fmlds 2025, pp. 530 - 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FMLDS67896.2025.00091

Somerville A; Wild G, 2025, 'Understanding engine related safety occurrences and the implications for prognostics and health management systems', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3331

Iqbal A; Jansen T; Somerville A; Wild G, 2025, 'Use of Artificial Intelligence Generated Feedback in Flight Simulation Training', in AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition AIAA Scitech Forum 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-2729

Nanyonga A; Wild G, 2025, 'Utilizing AI for Aviation Post-Accident Analysis Classification', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3592

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Turhan U; Joiner K; Wild G, 2024, 'Exploring Aviation Incident Narratives Using Topic Modeling and Clustering Techniques', in 2024 IEEE Region 10 Symposium Tensymp 2024, IEEE, Netaji Subhas, University of Technology, New Dehli, pp. 1 - 6, presented at IEEE Region Ten Symposium (TENSYMP), Netaji Subhas, University of Technology, New Dehli, 27 September 2024 - 29 September 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENSYMP61132.2024.10752231

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Turhan U; Joiner K; Wild G, 2024, 'Comparative Analysis of Topic Modeling Techniques on ATSB Text Narratives Using Natural Language Processing', Bangalore, India, pp. 1 - 7, presented at 3rd International Conference for Innovation in Technology (INOCON), Bangalore, India, 01 March 2024 - 03 March 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INOCON60754.2024.10511951

Pollock L; Wild G, 2024, 'An exploration of structural health monitoring for hypersonic vehicles', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-4497

Kirkpatrick D; Pollock L; Neely A; Hoke C; Wild G; Dooner D; Smith J, 2024, 'Characterization of Conformal Heaters for Measurement of High-Speed Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-4112

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Wild G, 2024, 'Comparative Study of Deep Learning Architectures for Textual Damage Level Classification', in Proceedings 11th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks Spin 2024, pp. 421 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SPIN60856.2024.10511727

Iqbal A; Wild G, 2024, 'Machine Learning for Phase of Flight Detection', in 2024 International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Engineering I Coste 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/i-COSTE63786.2024.11024581

Pollock L; Wild G, 2024, 'Preliminary design of a thermally morphing hypersonic vehicle flap', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-4139

Somerville A; Pollock L; Joiner K; Lynar T; Wild G, 2023, 'Sustainable Aircraft Design in Engineering Education: Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate Virtually', in Lyng R; Bennedsen J; Bettaieb L; Bodsberg NR; Edström K; Guðjónsdóttir MS; Roslöf J; Solbjørg OK; Øien G (eds.), The 19th CDIO International Conference, Norwegian University of Science and Tecnology, Trondheim, pp. 491 - 501, presented at 19th International Conceive Design Implement Operate (CDIO) Conference at NTNU, Norway, Trondheim, 26 June 2023 - 29 June 2023, https://www.ntnu.edu/documents/1308247420/0/CDIO+2023+Proceedings.pdf

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Wild G, 2023, 'Aviation Safety Enhancement via NLP & Deep Learning: Classifying Flight Phases in ATSB Safety Reports', in 2023 Global Conference on Information Technologies and Communications Gcitc 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GCITC60406.2023.10426306

Nanyonga A; Wild G, 2023, 'Impact of Dataset Size & Data Source on Aviation Safety Incident Prediction Models with Natural Language Processing', in 2023 Global Conference on Information Technologies and Communications Gcitc 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GCITC60406.2023.10426284

Pollock L; Kleine H; Neely A; Wild G, 2023, 'Measuring fluid structural interaction on a cantilevered panel using optical fiber Bragg gratings', in AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-3605

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Molloy O; Turhan U; Wild G, 2023, 'Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning Models to Classify Phase of Flight in Aviation Safety Occurrences', in 2023 IEEE Region 10 Symposium Tensymp 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENSYMP55890.2023.10223666

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Wild G, 2023, 'Phase of Flight Classification in Aviation Safety using LSTM, GRU, and BiLSTM: A Case Study with ASN Dataset', in 2023 International Conference on High Performance Big Data and Intelligent Systems Hdis 2023, pp. 24 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HDIS60872.2023.10499521

Somerville A; Lynar T; Wild G, 2023, 'Safety Implications of Pilot Incapacitation Occurrences for Future Single Pilot Operations', in AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-3613

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Turhan U; Molloy O; Wild G, 2023, 'Sequential Classification of Aviation Safety Occurrences with Natural Language Processing', in AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-4325

Nanyonga A; Wasswa H; Wild G, 2023, 'Topic Modeling Analysis of Aviation Accident Reports: A Comparative Study between LDA and NMF Models', in 2023 3rd International Conference on Smart Generation Computing Communication and Networking Smart Gencon 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SMARTGENCON60755.2023.10442471

Wild G; Baxter G; Srisaeng P; Richardson S, 2022, 'Machine Learning for Air Transport Planning and Management', in AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3706

Murray J; Molloy O; Wild G; Richardson S, 2022, 'Safety Review of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations', in AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3417

Franklin M; Ryan J; Somerville A; Pollock L; Wild G, 2022, 'Simulation of the Stability and Control Characteristics of a Box-Wing Aircraft', in AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3846

Pollock L; Wild G, 2021, 'Modal analysis of a scramjet inlet for optimization of sensor placement', in Accelerating Space Commerce Exploration and New Discovery Conference Ascend 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-4084

Pollock L; Wild G, 2021, 'Spectral domain analysis of acousto-ultrasonic tone burst lamb wave emissions in uncured pre-preg carbon fiber composites', in Accelerating Space Commerce Exploration and New Discovery Conference Ascend 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-4233

Baccini D; Hinckley S; Canning J; Cook K; Allwood G; Wild G; Davies J; Banos C, 2019, 'Gamma irradiation response in photonic crystal and standard optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for radiation dosimetry', in Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2539904

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