Thursday, October 30th 10:30 a.m. – Columbia Meeting Room

ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PLANNING

Session Chair: Dr. John L. Regner, Teledyne Brown Engineering

SIGNAL PROCESSING AND SENSORS

Session Chair: Marcus Pendergrass, Convergent Corporation

 

Tactical Medical Logistics (TML) Planning Tool: Modeling Operational Risk Assessment

Ray Mitchell, Johnny Brock and Joe Parker, Teledyne Brown Engineering

 

Using ESP to Validate Fleet Marine Force Medical Resource Requirements

Tim Daly, Naval Health Research Center

 

SAR/MTI Sensor Payload Feasibility Analysis

Mike Johnson, Teledyne Brown Engineering

 

Finite Element Simulation for an Impedance-Based Piezoelectric Sensor

M. W. Lin and T. C. Manchinila, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Apache Sensors SMART Implementation

John Tidball and Keith Gramke, Camber Corporation

Shane Openshaw, U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Aviation

 

Thursday, October 30th 10:30 a.m. – Atlantis Meeting Room

HOMELAND DEFENSE

Session Chair: Gary Workman, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

3D Graphical Simulation of a University Campus Homeland Security Threat

Timothy S. Newman and Ravi Akkenapally, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Simulation Stimulates Exercises for Commanders in Public Safety Sector

Julie A. Seton and Carl R. Baxley, AST, Inc.

 

Requirements Using Commercial Off The Shelf Sensors, Signal Processing Modules And Transmission Technologies

Jeff Carr, Trevorn Technologies, Inc.; Gary L. Workman, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Derrick Mayer, ASRI, Inc.

 

Terrorist Networks: Using Network Theory to Study the Creation and Efficient Disruption of Terrorists’ Networks

Wai Mok, Allen Wilhite and Fan Tseng, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Thursday, October 30th 10:30 a.m. – Pathfinder Meeting Room

BIOMEDICAL SIMULATION

Session Chair: Terry D. Rolin, Alabama Supercomputer Center

BEHAVIOR MODELING

Session Chair: Jean Graffagnini, System Studies and Simulation, Inc

 

Simulation of Cellular Pathways Using Modelica

Emma Larsdotter Nilsson, Linköpings Universitet

 

Monte Carlo and Statistics: Fuzzifications, Biological Applications and Agents

Kevin D. Reilly, Yong Hui Chen and Juanqin Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Risks of Vaccination and a Smallpox Epidemic: Stella Models Suitable for Instruction of First Responders

Alicia L. Wilson, AKL Informatics


Multi-Agent Simulation of Foraging Action of Leaf-cutting Ants for Modeling of Compromised Consumer Behavior in Electronic Commerce

Takashi Okuda and Shigeyuki Yamazaki, Aichi Prefectural University

 

A Common Architecture for Behavior and Cognitive Modeling

Maria Stropky, John Prince, H. Ric Blacksten and Judy Schandua, CACI,  Inc.

 

Advances In Character Animation and Behavioral Modeling from the Film and Game Markets

Michael Sheasby, Softimage/Avid; Tom Colbey, Jr., C3 Interactive

 

Thursday, October 30th 10:30 a.m. – Enterprise Meeting Room

MANUFACTURING

Session Chairs: Ronald Johnson, Northrop Grumman Corporation

John Serrano, Northrop Grumman Corporation

 

ProcessModel Simulation to Show Benefits of Kanban/Pull System

Nicholas Loyd and Michael McNairy, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Application of Process Simulation and Activity Based Costing to Maintenance and Overhaul Business Processes

Thomas Mailey, U.S. Army Command Analysis Directorate

Dan Holder, Leslie Hyatt and Ray Harrell, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command;

Chris Legge, Lanner Group

 

A Simulation of the Transition from Saw-Tooth to Discontinuous Chips

in High-Speed Machining Hardened Steels

Y. B. Guo, University of Alabama

 

FEA Study on the Effects of Phase Transformed Machined Layer on Stress and Strain Distributions during Rolling Contact

A. Warren and Y. B. Guo, University of Alabama

 

Development of Theater High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) Next Generation Producibility and Manufacturing Modeling and Simulation Tool

Harold Brewer and Cathryn Sterling, Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation

 

Thursday, October 30th 10:30 a.m. – Discovery Meeting Room

TEST AND EVALUATION

Session Chairs: Warren Pickard, Amtec Corporation

Ronald Colangelo, The Aegis Technologies Group

 

Range-Based Threat/Target Simulation using the Test and Training Enabling Architecture

Glenn W. Cox, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Don Carver, Scientific Research Corporation

George Rumford, Defense Information Systems Agency

 

Update on the Development and Testing of the Test and Training Enabling Architecture

Kurt Lessmann, Amtec Corporation, Doug Weatherford, The AEgis Technologies Group

CADTS Project Dynamic Spectral Projector

Arthur R. Maret, Ast Inc

C.T. Nguyen, U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation

 

CADTS Project Active Standoff Chamber

Arthur R. Maret, Ast Inc

C.T. Nguyen, U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation

 

Thursday, October 30th 10:30 a.m. – Challenger Meeting Room

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING

Session Chair: Terry Rolin, Alabama Supercomputer Center

 

A Computational Fluid Dynamics Based Urban-Area Wind, Turbulence And Dispersion Field Simulator: CFD-URBAN

William J. Coirier, David M. Fricker, Michal Furmanczyk and Alton J. Reich

CFD Research Corporation

 

Applications of Generalized Grids for Computational Field Simulation

Roy P Koomullil and Bharat K Soni, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Wind Turbine Blade Geometry Design and Modeling Tool

Venkata Haribabu C.V, S.Gopalsamy and Alan M Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

A Software Component for Reading Geometry Models from STEP files

Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra, S. Gopalsamy and Alan.M.Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Object Reconstruction with NURBS Surfaces from Scattered and Unorganized Set of 3D Points

Vijay Shankar and Alan Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Shoe-Bomb Explosion Aboard Aircraft

Frank B. Tatom, Engineering Analysis Inc.; D. Bart Justice, Axios Solutions, Inc.

 

Thursday, October 30th 1:30 p.m. – Columbia Meeting Room

UNMANNED SYSTEMS

Session Chair: Mark McDaniel, Science Applications International Corporation

 

Hardware in the Loop Simulator of the Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Christopher Good, AAI Corporation

 

Automatic Differential Equation Data Modeling for UAV Situational Awareness

Holger M. Jaenisch and James W. Handley, Sparta, Inc.

 

Autonomous Unmanned Systems Evaluation

Mike Cole, Eric Sholes and  James Head, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command

Jason Rupert and Stephen Norris, Dynetics, Inc.

 

M&S Methodology for the UGV/S JPO Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for the Combined Operations Battlefield Robotic Asset (COBRA)

Mark Robinson, Science Applications International Corporation

 

Force-on-Force M&S of Systems-of-Systems Capabilities for Manned and Unmanned Systems in the Objective Force

Steve Macwillie, Directorate of Combat Developments; John McCarthy, SRS Technologies

David Shaffer, U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

Don Woodbury, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

 

DBBL Simulation Center Unmanned Systems Analyses for the Dismounted Battlespace

Jan Chervenak, Dismounted Battlespace Battle Lab Simulation Center

Rob Elich, Science Applications International Corporation

Thursday, October 30th 1:30 p.m. – Atlantis Meeting Room

BATTLEFIELD SIMULATION - 1

Session Chair: Ralph Weber, Computer Sciences Corporation

 

Technologies for Simulation-to-C4I System Interfaces

Brad Spearing, Ternion Corporation

 

Data Modeling For Defense Planning

Holger M. Jaenisch and James W. Handley, Sparta, Inc.

 

Incorporating Space in Force on Force Models to Examine Military Utility to the Future Tactical Ground Commander

Mike Tomlinson and Paul H. Fall, Science Applications International Corporation

Paul A. Page, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

 

CERDEC C4ISR M&S Support for the RDECOM ‘1st App’ Exercise

Richard Pei, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center;

James Wessel, MITRE Corp.; Denise.Carton , Kesny Parent, Vy Pham and Ken Strittmatter

U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center

 

Thursday, October 30th 1:30 p.m. – Pathfinder Meeting Room

HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS - 1

Session Chair: George Hamilton, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

 

Manufacturing System Design: The Role of 3D Simulation for Ergonomic Analysis

Steve L. Hunter, Mississippi State University; J T. Black and Robert E. Thomas, Auburn University

 

Making the Complex a Little bit Easier: Using Human Factors to Aid in Object Oriented Design and Simulation Christopher B. Grounds, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

 

Prediction of Human Thermal Comfort in a Vehicle Non-Uniform Thermal Environment

John P. Rugh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

 

Evaluating the Usability of Pinchigator, a System for Navigating Virtual Worlds using Pinch Gloves

George S. Hamilton, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center; Joseph D. Dumas II, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Stephen Brookman, University of Maryland, College Park; Neal Tilghman, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center

 

Thursday, October 30th 1:30 p.m. – Enterprise Meeting Room

SIMULATION IN EDUCATION

Session Chair: Leigh Lunsford, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

The Need for a Science of Modeling

C.D. Johnson, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Teacher Training in Modeling and Visualization at UAB

John C. Mayer, James M. Malaugh, Douglas K. Childers, and Clinton P. Curry, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Development of a Computational Solid Mechanics (CSM) Tutorial for Engineering Outreach: High-Speed Impact Simulation of Solid Bodies using HyperMesh and LS-Dyna

Jong-Eun Kim, Young-Ho Kim, Anne S. McClain and Bharat K. Soni, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Video Based Education and Training Capabilities at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Related to Training in Simulation Technologies

Robert L. Middleton, JoAnn Jones and James R. Williamson, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Thursday, October 30th 1:30 p.m. – Discovery Meeting Room

VALIDATION, VERIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION - 1

Session Chair: Nhuchi Khong, GMD Joint Program Office

 

Accreditation of Models and Simulations for Intended Use

Harold R. Dessau

 

A Summary of the State of Validation and Verification Of Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations As Reported at Foundations ‘02

David M. Curry and Alexander C. Jolly, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command

 

A Tool for Automatic Identification and Validation of Simulation Models

A. Monti, M. Sims, X. Wu, University of South Carolina

 

The Confidence Level versus the Number of Monte Carlo Runs for the Sample Mean Estimation of the Single Shot Probability of Kill

Kang-Soo Kim, The Boeing Company

 

Thursday, October 30th 1:30 p.m. – Challenger Meeting Room

SOFTWARE TOOLS - 1

Session Chair: Glenn W. Cox, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Integration of Process Simulator with MathCAD to Solve General Chemical Kinetics Equations

B. Madhan, C. P. Chen and J. E. Smith, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Rigorous Simulation and Design of Photonic Devices

Jianhua Jiang, Gregory P. Nordin, Jingbo Cai, Lixia Li, and Diana Chambers

University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Development of a Profiler for Object-Oriented Discrete Event Simulations

Vijay Chari Narayan and Glenn W. Cox, University of Alabama in Huntsville

C. Christopher McGraw, Optimization Technology Incorporated

 

Forecasting Execution Times of Discrete Event Simulations for Course-of-Action Analysis

Glenn W. Cox and Pari Elangovan, University of Alabama in Huntsville

C. Christopher McGraw, Optimization Technology Incorporated

 

Thursday, October 30th 3:30 p.m. – Columbia Meeting Room

TACTICAL MISSILE SIMULATION FUNCTIONAL AREAS

Session Chairs:

Blake Haynes, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command

Keith Jadus, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command

 

Development of the Modular Component Library (MCLib) for Tactical Missile Simulation

Tim Carroll and Blake Haynes, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command

Danny Tollison, Alice Salter and Wade Kendrick, Summit Research Corporation

 

Remote Object Execution Using Open Source Scripting Language

George A. Sanders, III and Jeffrey W. Hester, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command

 

Laser Spot Motion Model

Blake Haynes, Keith Jadus, and David Harbison, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command

 

Thursday, October 30th 3:30 p.m. – Atlantis Meeting Room

BATTLEFIELD SIMULATION - 2

Session Chair: Ralph Weber, Computer Sciences Corporation

 

Representing Operational Message Traffic & Information Exchange Requirement (IER) Modeling and Simulation for C4ISR Architectures

J.D. Lock, Computer Sciences Corporation; Heath Abelson, The MITRE Corporation

Robert Delcuore, Army Systems Engineer Office, Research Development, and Engineering Center

 

Janus Long-Haul Execution of an Interactive, Man-in-the-Loop Simulation

Heidi Bobo and Carol Jenkins, COLSA Corporation

 

Process Control in Distributed C4I Exercises

Monte L. Porter, Jr., Michelle Herman and Ralph J. Weber III, Computer Sciences Corporation

 

Simulating NLOS-LS and the Networked Fires Concept

Monte L. Porter, Jr., Pamela Horn, Mike McKean, Fred Severin, Tom Scovill and John Hughes

Computer Sciences Corporation

 

Representation of a Space Based Radar ISR Capability in the Advanced Warfighting Simulation

Andy Rutland and Pete Shea, Dynetics, Inc; Steve Elliot, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Page Stanley and Andy Phend, Teledyne Brown Engineering

 

Thursday, October 30th 3:30 p.m. – Pathfinder Meeting Room

HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS - 2

Session Chair: George Hamilton, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

 

Applying a Crew Accommodations Resource Model to Future Space Vehicle Research

Jennifer Linda Blume, Allied Aerospace Industries, Jacobs Sverdrup

 

Usability Evaluation of a Virtual After Action Review System

Carlotta M. Boone, James P. Bliss, and Nicole E. Headen, Old Dominion University

Donald R. Lampton and Bryan R. Clark, Army Research Institute

Glenn A. Martin, University of Central Florida

 

Requirements, Psychological Basis, and Design Issues for Crowd Modeling in Military Simulation

Mikel D. Petty, Frederic D. McKenzie, and Ryland C. Gaskins, Old Dominion University

 

The Usability of the Ship Engine Room Simulator

Stefan Kluj, Gdynia Maritime University

 

Thursday, October 30th 3:30 p.m. – Enterprise Meeting Room

PANEL DISCUSSION: FROM CONCRETE EXPERIENCES TO ABSTRACT MODELS:

MAKING THE SIMULATION CONNECTION IN EDUCATION

Gypsy Abbott, Warren Jones and Tommy Smith, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Edna Gentry, Lois Harper, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Jane Jones, Huntsville City Schools

Donna Ware, Oneonta City Schools (Retired)

 

Thursday, October 30th 3:30 p.m. – Discovery Meeting Room

VALIDATION, VERIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION - 2

Session Chair: Nhuchi Khong, GMD Joint Program Office

 

Verification, Validation and Accreditation of the ATEC Four-Dimensional Weather (4DWX) System

E. G. Astling, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground

 

Cost Effective VV&A: Get Credit for What You’re Already Doing

Michelle Kilikauskas, Joint Accreditation Support Activity

David H. Hall, SURVICE Engineering Company

 

Conceptual Modeling of a Legacy Constructive Simulation – a Use Case

James S. Weiner, Raytheon Company

P. D. Gutierrez, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

 

Thursday, October 30th 3:30 p.m. – Challenger Meeting Room

SOFTWARE TOOLS - 2

Session Chair: Glenn W. Cox, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Benchmarking for Object-Oriented Discrete Event Simulations

Sarvesh Prabhu and Glenn W. Cox, University of Alabama in Huntsville

C. Christopher McGraw, Optimization Technology Incorporated

 

The Probability/Statistics Object Library

Kyle Siegrist and Dawn Duehring, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Development of an Electronic End-of-Run Archiving Tool

Robert W. Youngren, Simulation Technologies, Inc.

 

Library of 6DOF Motion routines for HPC applications

Nathan C. Prewitt, Mississippi State University; Roy Koomullil, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Thursday, October 30th 3:30 p.m. – Salon E Meeting Room

REDSTONE ARSENAL – HUNTSVILLE MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH SECTION (RAHMORS)

Session Chair: Bruce W. Fowler, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command

 

A Methodology for Assessing the Influence of Global Positioning System (GPS) Jamming On the Effectiveness of GPS-Aided Precision Munitions

Edward M. Poniatowski, System, Studies & Simulation, Incorporated

 

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