The Draper Scholars Program emphasizes empowering students in 11 key research areas to make the greatest impact. We encourage applicants to align their research with these topics.
Accelerating the Innovation Cycle
Draper seeks to develop techniques and approaches to shorten the time to take new ideas and transition to prototypes and market solutions.
Technical Point of Contact
Dr. Brent Appleby
appleby@draper.com
appleby@draper.com
Research Interests
Accelerating Design
- Mission-Level, Threat-Informed Modeling and Simulation
- AI-Enhanced Design Tools
- Virtual Design (Digital Twins, Avatars, etc.)
- Design for Manufacturing
Accelerating Development and Test
- Agile Development Practices with Minimal Viable Products
- Digital Engineering
- Model-Based Autocoding
- Software Factory Development Processes (DevOps)
- AI-Based Testing and Verification and Validation (V&V)
Integrating Fabrication into the Draper Technology Innovation Cycle
- Process Design Kit (PDK) + Foundry Design Tools for Hi-Mix, Low Volume Fabrication
- COTS+ (Bolt-on capabilities for national security onto commercial)
- New Product Introduction (NPI) Manufacturing
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