Research

Modeling & Simulation

idCROP
Irrigation Decision Support System for Conserving Resources and Optimizing Production

Image of three smartphones displaying login and two results screenshots from the Irrigation Decision Support System for Conserving Resources and Optimizing Production (idCROP) mobile application.

A producer-friendly crop model- and sensor-based irrigation decision support system designed to provide real-time irrigation schedules and projected economic outcomes based on water use and production goals. The system uses management information from the user in conjunction with externally sourced data, including projected short-term weather, and generates crop growth and economic model scenarios. Remote detection of plant water stress using a sensor platform mounted on a pivot irrigation system improves irrigation schedules. Demonstrated with cotton in the Texas Rolling Plains region.

Sponsor: State of Texas

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

IES
Infrastructure and Essential Services

Screenshot of the Infrastructure and Essential Services (IES) splash screen.

Developed an infrastructure and essential services (IES) module that tracks and manages critical services such as water, electrical and agriculture modeling for a specific areas of operation within simulation federations.

Sponsor: U.S. Army TRADOC Analysis Center

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

INFORMS
International Framework for Outbreak Response Modeling and Simulation

Screenshot of the International Framework for Outbreak Response Modeling and Simulation (INFORMS) web application displaying scenarios across the top and scenario result graphs along the bottom.

A simulation-based environment for modeling the spread of a disease within livestock or poultry, effectiveness of potential disease response and control strategies, and the associated monetary costs. The system enables parameterization, management, distributed execution and aggregation of results, supporting “what-if” analysis and comparison of strategies by epidemiologists and responders in order to understand and assess potential disease events and their associated impacts.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Data Visualization
Industries: Emergency Response, Federal Agencies

L1SEF
Level 1 Site Exploitation/Forensics

Developed a concept model to simulate Level 1 site exploitation of component debris following a detonation event by conventional or improvised explosives.

Sponsor: U.S. Army TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity

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

Micro Grid
Deployable emergency power solution

Photo of the Micro Grid trailer, a deployable emergency power solution for emergency response and recovery operations along the Texas-Mexico border.

Developed and deployed an innovative and unique hybrid micro-grid technology that actively stores energy from renewable energy sources for as a deployable power solution for emergency response and recovery operations along the Texas-Mexico border.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy, Texas State Energy Conservation Office, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Competencies: Data Analytics, Modeling & Simulation
Industries: Emergency Response, Federal Agencies, National Security

Phylogenetic Analysis Analyst Workstation

Screenshot of the AgConnect phylogenetics dashboard consisting of a 2D map overlayed with various icon markers. The map is surrounded by numerous dashboard components, including a circular dendogram displaying gene diversity.

A system to investigate strain movement and divergence across both time and space, as well as track and compare disease history and spread across animal production systems. The system integrates sequence data from multiple sources, incorporates different sequence alignment, comparison, and tree construction tools, and provides various visualization and analysis tools for working with the data. 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: Agriculture, Federal Agencies

Poultry Depopulation Decision Support Tool

A photo inside a chicken production barn overlayed with a laptop displaying the data entry screen for the poultry depopulation decision support tool.

A decision support tool for assessing supplemental heat requirements in barn depopulation during a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak.

Sponsor: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY)

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: Agriculture, Private Industry

WDSM
Wildlife Disease Spread Model

Screenshot of the Wildlife Disease Spread Model (WDSM) web application containing a 2D topographic map overlayed with colored boundaries. Surrounding the map are several information and data graph components.

Designed and developed a wildlife disease model for Classical Swine Fever (CSF) within feral swine to address limitations of current models, support assessment of the wildlife risk, inform strategies to prevent wildlife interaction, and simulate disease spread, potential time to detection, possible control and mitigation strategies, and the respective economic costs.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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