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Essays, research notes, and plain-English explainers on multi-objective optimisation, sensor design, IVHM, and the bridge from research to product. The deal: depth over hype, structure over slogan, and saying when something genuinely doesn't work.

What I write about.

A small, deliberate list. Each topic is something I work on in research or practice every week — not a hot take I read once.

01

Why "more sensors" is a trap

The economics and physics of sensor selection — why bolting on more measurement is usually the wrong response, and what NDCI changes about how engineering teams answer that question.

For: OEM and operator engineering audiences
02

Pareto fronts as a leadership tool

Why the right answer to almost every interesting engineering decision is a curve, not a number — and how to use multi-objective optimisation to get stakeholders to argue about the trade-off they're actually making.

For: Engineering leadership and R&D programmes
03

From thesis to product

What it takes to take a peer-reviewed method out of the lab and into a real customer's hands. The path from MOSOF/NDCI to AcoustR, and the things that don't survive the journey unchanged.

For: Founder, investor, and innovation audiences
04

IVHM for the next decade

Where Integrated Vehicle Health Management is going as platforms get more autonomous, sensors get cheaper, and the cost of false confidence gets higher. A field essay, not a product pitch.

For: Aerospace and defence audiences
05

Diagnostics from sound

Why a microphone is often the most under-rated sensor on a complex machine — and what changes when you treat acoustic data as the primary diagnostic channel rather than a complement to vibration.

For: Industrial AI and condition-monitoring audiences
06

Multi-objective ML & software

Why most production decisions in ML and software systems — accuracy vs. cost, latency vs. recall, simplicity vs. coverage — are multi-objective at heart, and what optimisation theory has to say about them that most teams never use.

For: ML, data, and software-engineering audiences
07

Custom: pitch a topic

Happy to shape an essay or research note around a publication's question rather than off the topic shelf. The honest filter is whether the answer benefits from the multi-objective / diagnostic-contribution lens — if it doesn't, I'll say so.

For: Editors and commissioning briefs

How it shows up.

800–1500 words

Essay / op-ed

A single sharp argument with one or two diagrams. Best for general technical and trade publications where the take-home matters more than the methodology.

2000–4000 words

Long-form explainer

Methods plus a worked example end-to-end. Best for technical audiences with appetite for the structure underneath the result. Good fit for trade journals and research blogs.

5000+ words

Research note / chapter

Peer-reviewable depth. White-paper, book chapter, or technical-report format. Co-authoring welcome.

As needed

Quote · interview · review

Short comment for press, technical review for editors, or background sourcing for a longer piece. Conversational, no slides needed.

For your publication.

Three lengths. Use the one that fits the byline space.

Short
~25 words
Dr Burak Suslu is an optimisation researcher and technical founder at Cranfield University's IVHM Centre, building diagnostic and decision systems for complex assets.
Medium
~60 words
Dr Burak Suslu is an optimisation researcher and technical founder. His doctorate at Cranfield University's IVHM Centre — defended November 2025 — produced the Multi-Objective Sensor Optimisation Framework (MOSOF) and the Normalised Diagnostic Contribution Index (NDCI), with three peer-reviewed papers in Sensors (MDPI). He is the founder of AcoustR, a venture turning microphone signals into condition assessments for engines and machines.
Long
~120 words
Dr Burak Suslu is an optimisation researcher and technical founder working at the intersection of multi-objective optimisation, sensor design, and Integrated Vehicle Health Management. His doctorate at Cranfield University's IVHM Centre — defended November 2025 — produced the Multi-Objective Sensor Optimisation Framework (MOSOF) and the Normalised Diagnostic Contribution Index (NDCI), with three peer-reviewed publications in Sensors (MDPI) including a cross-subsystem evaluation across Engine, Fuel, EPS, and ECS via Cranfield's SESAC platform. Before his doctoral work, Burak spent five years founding and running SSL Elektrik-Elektronik, an industrial-automation business serving state and private oil-and-gas operators. He is the founder of AcoustR, his lead venture, and consults on sensor-optimisation audits and decision-system design.
Photo
A high-resolution headshot is available on request — email hello@buraksuslu.com with the dimensions and orientation you need.

Pitch me a topic.

A few sentences on the publication, the audience, the angle, and the deadline is enough for a first reply. I respond honestly — including saying when I'm not the right writer for the brief.

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Editorial commissionEssay or op-ed
Press / quoteComment or sourcing