Dr. Weston's main areas of interest include developing and implementing new methods for systems design and optimization, developing physics-based simulation models, and all areas of theoretical, applied and computational mechanics. This work has stimulated an interest in incorporating Python software design tools into the design process for complex systems. Current and past projects include the development of a modeling and simulation framework for the conceptual design of electric powered unmanned aircraft and the modeling and simulation of supply chain networks for strategic materials for the aerospace industry. The research program actively involves graduate and undergraduate student participation.