Papers

Decarbonization

• J. S. Chalfant, H. Kite-Powell, L. Bonfiglio, C. Chryssostomidis, “Decarbonization of the Cargo Shipping Fleet”, Journal of Ship Production and Design, 38(04), 199-214. Paper

NiPEC and PEPDS

• Robert M. Cuzner, Julie Chalfant, David Gross, Hamed Shabani, N. Ali, N. and Mischa Steurer, "MBSE Approach to Early Naval Ship Design Exploration with Power Electronic Power Distribution System in Power and Energy Corridors," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2025.3550172. Paper
• Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti, Hayden Atchison, Julie Chalfant, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, David Wetz, Giorgio Sulligoi, “Incorporating Energy Storage in the Design of an All-electric Naval Vessel”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, pp 1-11, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2024.3455896 Paper
• Robert M. Cuzner, David C. Gross, Rounak Siddaiah, Julie Chalfant, Mischa Steurer, Naqash Ali, “Determining Parameter Objectives via Model-Based Engineering”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2023, Alexandria, VA, August 1-4, 2023. Paper
• Rounak Siddaiah, Robert M. Cuzner, Chaianan Sailabada, Juan Ordonez, Narayanan Rajagopal, Christina DiMarino, Avi Chatterjee, Julie Chalfant, “Virtual Prototyping Process: Enabling Shipboard Sizing and Arrangement of a Power Electronics Power Distribution System”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2023, Alexandria, VA, August 1-4, 2023. Paper
• C. Araujo, J. Bell, D. Gross, S. Hussain, J. Ordonez, S. Song, and M. Steurer, J. Chalfant, H. Ginn, R. Cuzner, J. Gudex, I. Cvetkovic, N. Spivey, Development of a Functional Architecture for a Power Electronics Based Power Distribution System (PEPDS), ASNE Advanced Machinery Technology Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, July 20-21, 2022. Abstract
• Cooke, Chathan M., Joshua Malone, and Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis. "Impact of MV Standards on Shipboard DC Cable System Size." IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy 9 (2022): 319-327. Paper
• José del Águila Ferrandis, Julie Chalfant, Chathan M. Cooke, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, “Design of a Power Corridor Distribution Network”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2019, Arlington, VA, August 13-16, 2019. Paper
• C. Cooke, C. Chryssostomidis, J. Chalfant, “Modular integrated power corridor”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017. Paper

Thermal Management and Cooling System Design

• Hernandez, David and Julie Chalfant, “Lightweight Heat Pipe Cooling Solution for High-Frequency Transformer in Power Electronics Building Block”, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, accepted. Paper
• J. C. Ordonez, C. Sailabada, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis, C. Li, K. Luo, E. Santi, B. Tian, A. Biglo, N. Rajagopal, J. Stewart, C. DiMarino, “Thermal Management for Ship Electrification - Approaches for Power Electronic Building Blocks and Power Corridors”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification Special Issue on Electrified Ship Technologies, 2024. Paper
• J. C. Ordonez, C. Sailabada, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis, C. Li, K. Luo, E. Santi, B. Tian, A. Biglo, N. Rajagopal, J. Stewart, C. DiMarino, “Thermal Management Approaches for Power Electronic Building Blocks and Power Corridors”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2023, Alexandria, VA, August 1-4, 2023. Paper
• Joushua Padilla, Ethan Lietch, Julie Chalfant, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, “Impact of Pressure Profile on Contact Resistance using PGS in iPEBB Cooling”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2023, Alexandria, VA, August 1-4, 2023. Paper
• Ivan Reyes, Julie Chalfant, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, "Design and Modeling of the Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor Cooling System", Naval Engineer’s Journal, 134(4), 2022, 113-125. Paper
• Joushua Padilla, Julie Chalfant, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, Chathan Cooke, “Preliminary Investigation into Liquid-Cooled PEBBs”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2021, Virtual, August 3-6, 2021. Paper
• S. Yang, J. S. Chalfant, J. C. Ordonez, J. A. Khan, C. Li, I. Cvetkovic, J. V. C. Vargas, M. B. Chagas, Y. Xu, R. P. Burgos, D. Boroyevich, “Shipboard PEBB Cooling Strategies”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2019, Arlington, VA, August 13-16, 2019. Paper
• M. McCandless, A. Colavitto, J. Chalfant, C. Cooke, C. Chryssostomidis, A. Vicenzutti, A. Contin, G. Sulligoi, “Thermal Analysis of MVDC Power Corridor”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2019, Arlington, VA, August 13-16, 2019. Paper
• Zhicheng Wang, Hessam Babaee, Paris Perdikaris, George Em Karniadakis, Julie Chalfant, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, “High-fidelity Modeling and Optimization of Conjugate Heat Transfer in Arrays of Heated Cables”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017. Paper
• Sam Yang, Juan Ordonez, Jose Vargas, Julie Chalfant, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, “System-level ship thermal management tool for dynamic thermal and piping network analyses in early-design stages”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017. Paper
• S. Yang, J. C. Ordonez, J. V. C. Vargas, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis, “Mathematical formulation and demonstration of a dynamic system-level ship thermal management tool,” Advances in Engineering Software, 100:1-18, 2016. Paper
• H. Babaee, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis, A. B. Sanfiorenzo, “System-level Analysis of Chilled Water Systems Aboard Naval Ships,” in IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2015, Alexandria, VA, June 21-24, 2015, pp, 370-375. Paper
• S. Yang, J. C. Ordonez, J.V.C. Vargas, H. Babaee, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis, “Comprehensive System-Level Thermal Modeling of All-Electric Ships: Integration of SMCS and vemESRDC,” in IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2015, Alexandria, VA, June 21-24, 2015, pp, 251-255. Paper
• E. Dilay, J.V.C. Vargas, J.C. Ordonez, S. Yang, R. Schrattenecker, M. Coleman, T. Chiocchio, J. Chalfant and C. Chryssostomidis, “The experimental validation of a transient power electronic building block (PEBB) mathematical model”, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 60, Issues 1–2, 2 October 2013, Pages 411-42. Paper

SystemBuilder, Templating and S3D (Ship Design Tools)

• Lohier, Sebastien and Julie Chalfant, “Metaheuristic Optimization for Automatic Arrangement of Power Electronics Components in a Shipboard Electrical Distribution System”, ASNE Intelligent Ships Symposium, accepted. Paper
• Drake Platenberg, Julie Chalfant, Warren Seering, “Quantifying Flexibility for a Ship Power and Energy System Design”, Proceedings of 15th International Marine Design Conference (IMDC-2024), June 2-6, 2024, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59490/imdc.2024.889 Paper
• Grant Oh, Julie Chalfant, Rod Leonard, Richard Smart, Kevin McCarthy, Patrick McCarthy, “A Comparison of Thermal Management Design Tools S3D and ATTMO”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2023, Alexandria, VA, August 1-4, 2023. Paper
• Natasha Patterson, Julie S. Chalfant, “Ship System Design Space Exploration using Templating”, Naval Engineer’s Journal, accepted. Paper
• Julie Chalfant, “Advancing Automation in Early-Stage Navy Ship System Design”, SNAME International Marine Design Conference (IMDC), Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-30, 2022. Paper
• Marisa Hoosen, Julie Chalfant, “Subdivision Blocks and Component Placement in Early-Stage Ship Design”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2021, Virtual, August 3-6, 2021. Paper
• DaMarcus Patterson, Julie Chalfant, Michael Triantafyllou, “Automation of Component Placement in Early-Stage Ship Design”, ASNE Technology, Ships and Systems Symposium, 2020, Virtual, January 26-28, 2021. Paper
• Daniel J. Snyder, Mark A. Parsons, Alan J. Brown and Julie S. Chalfant, “Network Architecture Framework Applications with FOCUS-Compliant Ship Designs”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2019, Arlington, VA, August 13-16, 2019. Paper
• E. Broughton, R. Smart, R. Leonard, R. Dougal, J. Chalfant, I. Leonard, “High Temperature Superconducting Cable Study Driving M&S Tool Development”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2019, Arlington, VA, August 13-16, 2019. Paper
• Jeffrey McNabb, Nicole A. Robertson, Michael Steffens, Alicia Sudol, Dimitri Mavris, Julie Chalfant, “Exploring the Design Space of an Electric Ship using a Probabilistic Technology Evaluation Methodology”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2019, Arlington, VA, August 13-16, 2019. Paper
• J. S. Chalfant, Z. Wang, M. Triantafyllou, “Expanding the Design Space Explored by S3D”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2019, Arlington, VA, August 13-16, 2019. Paper
• J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis, “Application of Templates to Early-Stage Ship Design”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017. Paper
• Julie Chalfant, Blake Langland, Douglas Rigterink, Cullen Sarles, Peter McCauley, David Woodward, Alan Brown, Robert Ames, "Smart Ship System Design (S3D) Integration with the Leading Edge Architecture for Prototyping Systems (LEAPS)", IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017. Paper
• Julie Chalfant, Daniel Snyder, Mark Parsons, Alan Brown, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, “Graph Theory Applications in FOCUS-compliant Ship Designs”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017. Paper
• Richard Smart, Julie Chalfant, John Herbst, Blake Langland, Angela Card, Angelo Gattozzi, “Using S3D to Analyze Ship System Alternatives for a 100 MW 10,000 ton Surface Combatant”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017. Paper
• M. Ferrante, J. Chalfant, C. Chryssostomidis, B. Langland, R. Dougal, “Adding Simulation Capability to Early-Stage Ship Design,” in IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2015, Alexandria, VA, June 21-24, 2015, pp, 207-212. Paper

Ship Design

• Trincas, Giorgio, Luca Braidotti, Andrea Vicenzutti, Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti, Chathan M. Cooke, Julie Chalfant, Vittorio Bucci, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, and Giorgio Sulligoi. "Integration of the Power Corridor Concept in the Early-Phase Design of Electric Naval Ships using Mathematical Design Models." In Proceedings of 15th International Marine Design Conference (IMDC-2024), June 2-6, 2024, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59490/imdc.2024.753 Paper
• Bucci, Vittorio, Giorgio Sulligoi, Julie Chalfant, and Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis. "Evolution in Design Methodology for Complex Electric Ships." Journal of Ship Production and Design (2021): 1-13.
• J. Chalfant, “Early-Stage Design for Electric Ship,” Proceedings of the IEEE on Electric Ship Technologies, Vol. 103, Issue 12, 20 August 2015, pp. 2252-2266. Paper
• J. Chalfant, M. Ferrante, C. Chryssostomidis, “Design of a Notional Ship for Use in the Development of Early-Stage Design Tools,” in IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2015, Alexandria, VA, June 21-24, 2015, pp, 239-244. Paper
• David Jurkiewicz, Julie Chalfant and Chrys Chryssostomidis, “Modular IPS Machinery Arrangement in Early-Stage Naval Ship Design”, in IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2013, Arlington, VA, April 21-24, 2013, pp, 121-127. Paper

Other

• Cheetham, P., Kim, C. H., Pamidi, S., Smart, R., Robertson, N., Mavris, D., Balchanos, M., McNabb, J., Card, A., Leonard, R., Sudol, A., Chalfant, J., Ordonez, J., “SuPErShip - A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Study on System-Level Benefits of Superconducting Power Devices on Electric Ships”, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 33, issue 5, id. 3256962, August 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2023.3256962 Paper
• Andrew Kasha, Ruiyang Lin, Scott Sudhoff, Julie Chalfant, Jamal Alsawalhi, “A Comparison of Permanent Magnet Machine Topologies for Marine Propulsion Applications”, IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, IEEE ESTS 2017, Arlington, VA, August 15-17, 2017.
• S. Yang, E. Dilay, J. C. Ordonez, J. V. C. Vargas, J. Chalfant, “Volume Element Model Mesh Generation Technique and its Applications,” Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 90, 2015, pp. 107–118.