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Research & Publications

Peer-reviewed.
DoD-contracted.

Published research at the intersection of autonomous systems, cybersecurity, and AI — with real-world adversarial testing behind it.

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IEEE publication

Peer-reviewed research.

IEEE MWSCAS 2025
Autonomous VehiclesCybersecurityGPS SpoofingSensor FusionAI Safety

GPS Spoofing Resilience in Autonomous Vehicles

IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2025
Abstract

Investigates adversarial attacks on sensor fusion systems in autonomous vehicles — specifically GPS spoofing, frame injection, and cyber-physical risks in real-world operating conditions. Developed a PID navigation system with GPS-based localization in the CARLA simulator and evaluated attack detection pipelines against realistic threat models.

Funding / Affiliation

DoD-contracted research through Tennessee Tech University and Vanderbilt University

Invited back as engineering consultant post-departure to advise on continuing infrastructure development and AI model planning.

Focus areas

Where the research is headed.

Adversarial attacks on autonomous systems

Modeling and detecting attacks against sensor fusion pipelines in autonomous vehicles. Includes simulation-based testing in CARLA, GPS spoofing under real road conditions, and multi-vector attack scenarios.

Cyber-physical security

The boundary between software vulnerabilities and physical system behavior — where a compromised sensor, injected frame, or spoofed signal translates into a physical outcome. Security that accounts for the full chain.

AI system robustness

Evaluating AI model behavior under adversarial and out-of-distribution conditions. Extending beyond accuracy metrics to reliability, failure mode analysis, and graceful degradation under attack.

Academic involvement

Organizations and competitions.

CCDC — Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
Team Captain

Led Tennessee Tech's CCDC team in defending enterprise infrastructure against live red team attacks in a 24-hour competition. Hands-on incident response, forensics, and system hardening under pressure.

TTU AI Club
Vice President (incoming)

Organizing applied AI workshops, speaker series, and project-based learning for students building real AI systems — not toy examples.

TTU CEROC
Research Participant

Center for Energy Research, Education, and Outreach — interdisciplinary research computing and engineering research environment.

Research-informed consulting

Adversarial thinking applied to your systems.

The same approach used in DoD research — modeling threats, testing assumptions, building resilient systems — applied to your architecture.

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