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Edward Balaban is a researcher specializing in prognostics, system health management, and autonomous decision making, with a particular focus on aerospace and robotic applications. His most significant contribution lies in pioneering the field of Prognostics-enabled Decision Making (PDM), which integrates real-time health monitoring and failure prediction into the operational decision-making processes of autonomous and manned vehicles. Balaban has been instrumental in developing and validating mobile robot test platforms specifically designed to rigorously evaluate PDM algorithms in realistic hardware environments — a critical bridge between theoretical research and practical aerospace deployment. His 2020 paper on mobile robot test platform development has garnered 37 citations, reflecting growing community interest as fault diagnosis systems become increasingly sophisticated. Earlier foundational works from 2011 and 2014 established the conceptual and experimental groundwork that subsequent researchers have built upon, accumulating a combined 33 citations. Collectively, his research addresses a pressing challenge in modern aerospace engineering: how vehicles — whether crewed or unmanned — can intelligently act upon prognostic health data to optimize mission outcomes and safety. Balaban's work has helped establish PDM as a recognized and actively pursued research discipline within the broader health management community.