ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network

Mr Gordon Briggs

 

Systems Engineer, Postgraduate Student (PhD) ANU Address: Mr Gordon P.Briggs Australian National University PO Box 8010, Acton, ACT, 0200 Australia Phone: (02) 6161-9001 Fax: (02) 6161-9002 Email: gbriggs@bigpond.com Research Node: Central/CCS

 

Role in Network

Academic - Postgraduate Student

COSNet Research Themes

1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
2. Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Control and Computation
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
4. Network Theory
5. Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation

COSNet Application Areas

1. Complex Physical Systems
2. Complex Biological Systems
3. Complex Computational Systems
4. Complex Socio-Economic Systems

 

Research Topics

Space Systems
Optimization
Evolutionary Algorithms  

Publications

Aitken.D.K., Bailey.J.A., Briggs.G.P., Hough.J.H., Thomas.J.A, Infrared Spectropolarimetry of The Galactic Centre: Magnetic Alignment of The Discrete Sources, MNRAS., (1986) 218, 363-384

Aitken, D.K; Bailey, J.A, Briggs, G.P; Hough, J.H; Roche, P.F, Infrared Spectropolarimetry of Seyfert Galaxy NGC1068, Nature: 310, 660-662, 23 August 1984

Briggs.G.P; Aitken D.K, Middle Infrared Spectropolarimetry of Eta Carinae, Proc Astr Soc of Aust, 6(2), 1985

Briggs, G.P.; Ray, Tapabrata; Milthorpe, J.F.; Optimisation of a Launch Vehicle Stack Model using an Evolutionary Algorithm, SETE 2006 - Systems Engineering, Test and Evaluation Conference, Melbourne, Sept 25-27, 2006, Systems Engineering Society of Australia.

Briggs, G.P.; Ray, Tapabrata; Milthorpe, J.F.; Evolutionary Algorithm use in Optimisation of a Launch Vehicle Stack Model, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan 8-11, 2007.

Briggs, G.P.; Ray, Tapabrata; Milthorpe, J.F.; Optimal Design of an Australian Medium Launch Vehicle, Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering (2007), 3, 105-116

Briggs, G.P., Milthorpe, J.F.; Strategic Propellant Selection for an Australian Medium Launch Vehicle, Proc 7th Australian Space Science Conference, Sydney, 24-27 September, 2007

Robinson, G; Mitchell, R.M; Aitken, D.K; Briggs, G.P; Roche, P.F, Infrared Studies of Eta Carinae – 1. Spectroscopy and a Composite Dust Model, MNRAS, (1987) 227, 535-542.
 

End-User Applications

Optimization of space systems  

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

Senior Member AIAA
Vice-chair Sydney section AIAA
Member Astronomical Society of Australia
Member Systems Engineering Society of Australia