Research

Modeling & Simulation

3DTV
3D Terrain Visualization

This image contains a screenshot of the 3D Terrain Visualization (3DTV) application in which there is a first-person view of rolling hills textured with military raster imagery, clickable icons of units in the field, a overhead scrolling map inset marking the user's position and orientation, and a text area indicating the user's latitude and longitude. Also pictured is the hardened and ruggedized military system running the 3DTV application.

Developed a 3D terrain visualization capability integrated by Lockheed Martin into the digital Army Battle Command System (ABCS) that provides accurate line of sight and real-time unit locations on an optimally adapting mesh terrain overlayed with military terrain imagery and unit symbology.

Sponsor: U.S. Army Central Technical Support Facility

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Data Visualization, Decision Support
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies

Athena
Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) Decision Simulator

Screenshot of the Athena Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) decision simulation application in which a 2D thematic map is overlayed with colored regions and unit icons.

Executed political, military, economic, social, infrastructure, information, physical environment, and time-based (PMESII+2) scenarios to anticipate trends over 1-3 month turns within 1-3 year periods to provide comprehensive analysis of coercion tipping points, insurgent growth rate, relationally based information exchange from competing non-combatant groups, and irregular battle command/PSYOP.

Sponsor: U.S. Army TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies

Automated Flow Cytometry

Coloreful rendering of a DNA sequence over a black background.

Designed, developed, and delivered an automated precision control of optical, fluidic, photonic, and mechanical flow cytometry devices enabling increased production and single cell sorting performance while also reducing required operational resources.

Sponsor: Private Industry Partner

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Data Fusion, Data Analytics
Industries: Private Industry, Agriculture

COIN
Counter-Insurgency

Designed, executed, and analyzed scenarios within a Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) simulation developed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to assess irregular warfare effects and operations to influence violent extremist organizations.

Sponsor: U.S. Army TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies

DIEM
Dashboard for Irrigation Efficiency Management

Screenshot of the Dashboard for Irrigation Efficiency Management (DIEM) web application displaying an input parameter component and numerous resulting graphs.

An integrated, web-based software solution for forecasting field-specific irrigation schedules that optimize rainfall and irrigation productivity. This is accomplished by configuring basic historic, near real-time, and future agronomic information including weather, soil and crop characteristics, and irrigation parameters into a variety of interactive data visualizations for portraying key aspects that support irrigation decisions.

Sponsor: State of Texas

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Data Fusion, Decision Support
Industries: Agriculture, Local & State of Texas

EM*ES Virtual
Emergency Management Exercise System – Virtual

Screenshot of the first-person Emergency Management Exercise System – Virtual (EM*ES Virtual) simulation-based virtual training system. The screen displays multiple fire personnel carrying a stretcher to retrieve an injured industry worker.

A simulation-based, virtual training system to support TEEX’s Industrial Incident Management and Incident Command training program. This system immerses trainees into highly realistic situations, provides opportunities to exercise management and response doctrine within situation-specific emergencies, and enables for a richer and more effective training experience for participants.

Sponsor: Texas A&M Extension Service

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: Emergency Response, Training, Federal Agencies, Local & State of Texas

EM*ES
Emergency Management Exercise System

Screenshot of the Emergency Management Exercise System (EM*ES) in which a timeclock is displayed in the upper left corner, a tabbed menu across the top, and the remainder of the screen is a 2D map overlayed with various boundary lines and a plume model.

An exercise management system used to help train both civilian and military emergency response personnel in large-scale incident management and planning. Over 25,000 U.S. and international emergency responders have been trained in exercises ranging from the incident command post up to the state operations level.

Sponsor: Texas A&M Extension Service

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: Emergency Response, Training, Federal Agencies, Local & State of Texas

EPS
Enhanced Passive Surveillance Analyst Workstation

Screenshot of the AgConnect Enhanced Passive Surveillance (EPS) web application that consists of a 2D map of the south-western U.S. and various counties colored within Arizona and New Mexico. The map is surrounded by numerous dashboard components providing various modeling data and information. Overlayed on the image is an iPad showing a screenshot of the mobile app with Texas counties color-coded and a graph of data.

A system for integrating and analyzing syndromic surveillance data captured from mobile apps and other relevant sources. The data is aggregated and combined with embedded visualization and analysis tools to help determine baseline conditions in order to detect any anomalies that may signal the onset of an animal disease outbreak. This is one perspective of the AgConnect system.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Science and Technology Directorate

Competencies: Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: Emergency Response, Federal Agencies, Local & State of Texas

Event-based Image Sensing

Supported edge and corner detection and analysis algorithms and visual modeling and rendering for a real-time 3D trajectory tracking and guidance system utilizing novel event-based image sensing for vehicle docking.

Sponsor: Private Industry Partner

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Data Analytics
Industries: Federal Agencies, National Security, Training

HI²NT
Hybrid Irregular Warfare/Improvised Explosive Device Network-defeat Toolkit

Image of four screenshots: ProDV data analytics platform in the upper left, One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) computer-generated forces in the upper right, First-Person Cultural Trainer (FPCT) interactive 3D environment in the lower left, and the Joint Non-kinetic Effects Model (JNEM) Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) simulation in the lower right.

System integrator for the federated Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) training platform for soldiers to hone negotiating skills required to derive critical terror network information from the non-combatant population. The Hybrid Irregular Warfare/Improvised Explosive Device Network-defeat Toolkit (HI²NT) federation combined the First-Person Cultural Trainer (FPCT) interactive 3D environment with the computer-generated forces of One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF), the HSCB simulated operational environment of the Joint Non-kinetic Effects Model (JNEM), and the Process-oriented Data Visualization (ProDV) data analytics platform.

Sponsor: U.S. Army TRADOC G2

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies