Publications

Journal articles


	Rohit Sunil Kanchi, Sicheng He. Modal-Centric Field Inversion via Differentiable Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Journal of Computational Physics (major revision submitted) (2026).
	Sicheng He, Max Howell, Daning Huang, Eirikur Jonsson, Galen W. Ng, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Adjoint-based Hopf-bifurcation Instability Suppression via First Lyapunov Coefficient AIAA Journal (major revision) (2025).
	Max Howell, Sicheng He. Time-Spectral Resolvent Analysis for Periodic Dynamical Systems SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (submitted) (2026).
	Yuan Wu, Sicheng He. DKFNet: Differentiable Kalman Filter for Field Inversion and Machine Learning Journal of Computational Physics (under review) (2025).
	Sicheng He, Hang Li, Kivanc Ekici. Torus Time-Spectral Method for Quasi-Periodic Problems arXiv preprint (2025).
	Minglei Yang, Sicheng He. Training-Free Score-Based Diffusion for Parameter-Dependent Stochastic Dynamical Systems Advances in Computational Science and Engineering (2026).
	Jianing Chen, Yan Li, Sicheng He, Daning Huang. Eigenvalue- and Gradient-Aware Optimization for Small-Signal Stability via the Adjoint Method IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2026).
	Sicheng He, Shugo Kaneko, Max Howell, Nan Li, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Efficient Adjoint-based Design Optimization with Optimal Control Journal of Mechanical Design (accepted) (2026).
	Galen W. Ng, Shugo Kaneko, Eirikur Jonsson, Sicheng He, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Hydroelastic Optimization of Submerged Composite Foils with Flutter and Ventilation Constraints Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (accepted) (2026).
	Rohit Sunil Kanchi, Sicheng He. Differentiable singular value decomposition (SVD) Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (2025).
	Prakash Prashanth, Nicolas Gomez-Vega, Sicheng He, Aditeya Shukla, Jonas J. Gonzalez, Diego Salgado Bobadilla, Kanghyun Lee, Prateek Ranjan, Sayed Shayan Zahid, James Abel, Mark Drela, Raymond Speth. TASOPT.jl: A Julia Package for Conceptual Commercial Transport Aircraft Design Journal of Open Source Software (2025).
	Marco Mangano, Sicheng He, Yingqian Liao, Denis-Gabriel Caprace, Andrew Ning, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Wind Turbine Rotor Design Using High-Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization AIAA Journal (2025).
	Galen W. Ng, Eirikur Jonsson, Sicheng He, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Dynamic Hydroelasticity of Composite Appendages with Reverse-Mode Algorithmic Differentiation Composite Structures (2024).
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Jichao Li, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Adjoint-Based Design Optimization of Stability Constrained Systems AIAA Journal (2024).
	Jichao Li, Sicheng He, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins, Mengqi Zhang, Boo Cheong Khoo. Efficient Data-Driven Off-Design Constraint Modeling for Practical Aerodynamic Shape Optimization AIAA Journal (2023).
	Sicheng He, Yayun Shi, Eirikur Jonsson, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Eigenvalue problem derivatives computation for a complex matrix using the adjoint method Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (2023).
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Adjoint-based Limit Cycle Oscillation Instability Sensitivity and Suppression Nonlinear dynamics (2022).
	Jichao Li, Sicheng He, Mengqi Zhang, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins, Boo Cheong Khoo. Physics-Based Data-Driven Buffet-Onset Constraint for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization AIAA Journal (2022).
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Derivatives for Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors via Analytic Reverse Algorithmic Differentiation AIAA Journal (2022).
	Ramin Fakhimi, Mohammad Shahabsafa, Weiming Lei, Sicheng He, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins, Luis Zuluaga, and Tamas Terlaky. Discrete multi-load truss sizing optimization: model analysis and computational experiments Optimization and Engineering (2021).
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Charles A. Mader, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Coupled Newton–Krylov timespectral solver for ﬂutter and limit cycle oscillation prediction AIAA Journal (2021).
	Sicheng He, Mohammad Shahabsafa, Weiming Lei, Ali Mohammad-Nezhad, Tamas Terlaky, Luis Zuluaga, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Mixed-integer second-order cone optimization for composite discrete ply-angle and thickness topology optimization problems Optimization and Engineering (2020).
	Mohammad Shahabsafa, Ramin Fakhimi, Weiming Lei, Sicheng He, Luis Zuluaga, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins, and Tamas Terlaky. Truss topology design and sizing optimization with guaranteed kinematic stability Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2020).
	Yayun Shi, Charles A. Mader, Sicheng He, Gustavo L. O. Halila, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Natural laminarﬂow airfoil optimization design using a discrete adjoint approach AIAA Journal (2020).
	Mohamed Amine Bouhlel, Sicheng He, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Scalable gradient-enhanced artiﬁcial neural networks for airfoil shape design in the subsonic and transonic regimes Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2020). (Webfoil)
	Jichao Li, Sicheng He, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Data-driven constraint approach to ensure low-speed performance in transonic aerodynamic shape optimization Aerospace Science and Technology (2019).
	Mohammad Shahabsafa, Ali Mohammad-Nezhad, Tamas Terlaky, Luis Zuluaga, Sicheng He, John T. Hwang, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. A novel approach to discrete truss design problems using mixed integer neighborhood search Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2018).

Conference proceedings


	Rohit Sunil Kanchi, Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Buffet Alleviation via Linear Stability Adjoint AIAA AVIATION Forum (2026). 2026 AIAA MDO Best Student Paper Runner-Up.
	Yulun Zhuang, Yue Qin, Justin Lu, Zelin Shen, Yichen Wang, Sicheng He, Yanran Ding. SurGE: Surrogate Gradient-guided Evolution for Co-design of Legged Robots with Parallel Elasticity IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (2026). [Project page] [Video]
	Rohit Sunil Kanchi, Benjamin Melanson, Nithin Somasekharan, Shaowu Pan, Sicheng He. UniFoil: A Universal Dataset of Airfoils in Transitional and Turbulent Regimes for Subsonic and Transonic Flows. NeurIPS Dataset and Benchmark Track, San Diego, CA, December 2025.
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Joaquim R. Martins. Wing Aerodynamic Shape Optimization with Time Spectral Limit-Cycle Oscillation Adjoint. In AIAA Aviation, Chicago, IL, June 2022. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
	Denis-Gabriel Caprace, Adam Cardoza, Teagan Nakamoto, Andrew Ning, Marco Mangano, Sicheng He, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Incorporating high-ﬁdelity aerostructural analyses in wind turbine rotor optimization. In AIAA Scitech, San Diego, CA, January 2022. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
	Marco Mangano, Sicheng He, Denis-Gabriel Caprace, Yingqian Liao, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Passive aeroelastic tailoring of large wind turbines using high-ﬁdelity multidisciplinary design optimization. In AIAA Scitech, San Diego, CA, January 2022. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
	Yingqian Liao, Sicheng He, Joaquim R. R. A. Martins, and Yin Lu Young. Hydrostructural optimization of generic composite hydrofoils. In AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, January 2020. AIAA.
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Charles A. Mader, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. A coupled Newton–Krylov time-spectral solver for wing ﬂutter and LCO prediction. In AIAA Aviation Forum, Dallas, TX, June 2019. (Best student paper award, 2nd place)
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Charles A. Mader, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Aerodynamic shape optimization with time spectral ﬂutter adjoint. In 2019 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2019. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
	Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Charles A. Mader, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. A coupled Newton–Krylov time spectral solver for ﬂutter prediction. In 2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Kissimmee, FL, January 2018. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Thesis


	Sicheng He. “Aerodynamic Shape Optimization using a Time-Spectral Approach for Limit Cycle Oscillation Prediction.” PhD diss., 2020.