Dr. Bryan Mesmer

Department Chair and Associate Professor, ISEEM Director, Army Human Systems Laboratory

Contact

5000 Technology Drive NW
Olin B. King Technology Hall
Room N143A
Huntsville, AL 35899
Campus Map

256.824.7310
bryan.mesmer@uah.edu

Biography

Dr. Bryan Mesmer joined UAH's ISEEM Department in 2014. While pursuing degrees at the State University of New York at Buffalo, he worked as a design engineer for Carleton Technologies (Cobham), lending his expertise in the areas of weapons and actuation systems, thermal management systems, and research and development. After completing his post-doc research on large-scale complex engineered systems at Iowa State University, Dr. Mesmer joined UAH College of Engineering as an assistant professor and has continued building upon the end-user modeling research he began as a doctoral student. He has also conducted researcher on ways to measure the exergy of the Space Launch System as part of a NASA grant. "The work we are performing will provide a unique way of characterizing the system," he says. "This will allow the capacity of the Space Launch System to be explored and expanded in the most effective ways in the future."

Dr. Mesmer established the Imagining Engineering Systems (ImagEnS) lab at UAH in 2016 to examine preferences in systems engineering. His research team includes graduate and undergraduate researchers who explore non-traditional disciplines, including the use of gamification in training, the communication of preferences through storytelling, and the study of performance metrics of large-scale engineered systems.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Group

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2012
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2010
  • B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2007

Affiliations

  • AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Systems Engineering Technical Committee)
  • ASEM - American Society for Engineering Management
  • INCOSE - International Council on Systems Engineering

Expertise

  • Improving the Design Process in Large-Scale Complex Systems
  • System Design Architecture
  • Interactions in Systems and Design
  • Incorporation of End-User Models and Simulations in Design
  • Integration of New System and Design Processes in Government and Industry Practice
  • Decision Making in Systems Engineering
  • The Art of Systems Engineering
  • Theory of Systems Engineering
  • Decision Theory in the Design Process
  • Value-Based Engineering

Recent Publications

  • Van Bossuyt, D., Allaire, D., Bickford, J., Bozada, T., Chen, W., Cutitta, R., Cuzner, R., Fletcher, K., Giachetti, R., Hale, B., Huang, H., Keidar, M., Layton, A., Ledford, A., Lesse, M., Lussier, J., Malak, R., Mesmer, B., Mocko, G., Oriti, G., Selva, D., Turner, C., Watson, M., Wooley, A., Zeng, Z., “The Future of Digital Twin Research and Development”, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, August 2025, Volume 25, Issue 8

  • Teper, T., Campo, K., Eaton, C., Bhatia, G., Mesmer, B., “Considerations for Implementation of Model-Based Systems Engineering in Different Sectors and System Types Based on Academic Literature”, Systems Engineering, July 2025, Volume 28, Issue 4

  • Eaton, C., Glandon, K., Teper, T., Mesmer, B., Ferreira, S., “Conflicting Perceptions of Project Success and Failure Relationships: A Systematic
    Literature Review”, accepted to Engineering Management Journal, March 2025

  • Yeazitzis, T., White, C., Eaton, C., Weger, K., Mesmer, B., Thomas, D., “Employee Perceptions of Affordability at NASA MSFC”, accepted to Engineering Management Journal, March 2025

  • Symasek, L., Yeazitzis, T., Weger, K., Mesmer, B., “Recent Developments in Individual Difference Research to Inform the Adoption of AI Technology”, Systems, February 2025, Volume 13, Issue 3