Boyang Chen

Research

Research in aircraft systems and computational mechanics.

Work spanning structural health monitoring, finite element simulation, machine learning, and experimental aircraft systems.

Mapping Propeller Noise Across Scales poster showing the custom test platform, electronics, research hypothesis, and preliminary measurements
2026UROP · AIAA ASAT

Mapping Propeller Noise Across Scales

I designed and built our lab's anechoic chamber and three generations of test stands to study how propeller noise changes across scales.

Boyang Chen

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System diagram of fiber Bragg grating sensor clusters distributed across a Boeing 747 and connected to an interrogator and computer for strain analysis
2026AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum

Smart Sensor Placement Using Machine Learning and Bayes Risk for Structural Health Monitoring of Air Vehicles

An aircraft structural health monitoring framework that uses machine learning and Bayes risk to place strain sensors where they provide the most reliable evidence of damage.

Vanessa Chung, Boyang Chen, Addison Rushing, Jacqueline Huynh

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