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Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Bryan Watson, PE earned his Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his B.S. in Systems Engineering at the United States Naval Academy in 2009. After graduating, Bryan joined the nuclear Navy, serving as a submarine officer onboard the U.S.S Louisville and at the Naval Prototype Training Unit from 2009-2017. Following his transition from active duty, Bryan was a member of both the Computation and Advancement of Sustainable Systems Lab and at the Sustainable Design and Manufacturing lab. Bryan’s work has been published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Mechanical Design, Reliability Engineering and Systems Saftey, and IEEE’s Systems Journal. Bryan is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a Tillman Scholar. At Embry-Riddle, Bryan leads the Biologically Inspired Design-for-Resilience Lab. Their current work is focused on the use of biologically inspired design to increase the resilience of modern systems. The goal of their work is more reliable services to users, increased user safety, and increased sustainability for connected manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure systems. 

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