Final
Program
AlaSim International 2012
The
Von Braun Center
May 1
-
3, 2012. Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Invited Keynote Speaker:
Rear Admiral Fred Lewis, USN Retired
President,
National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA)
Invited
Luncheon
Speaker:
Leigh Yu
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives
U.S. Department of Defense
Modeling and Simu
lation Coordination Office
Invited Luncheon Speaker:
Jack Stokes
Human Factors Engineer
NASA Marshal
l
Space Flight Center (Retired)
Invited Luncheon Speaker:
David King
Executive Vice President,
Dynetics, Inc.
Conference
General
Chairman:
Ralph Weber
Dynetics, Inc.
Conference Progr
am Chairman:
Joseph S. Gauthier
Optimization Technology, Inc.
Organized by
The Alabama Modeling and Simulation Council
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
O
n
-
site
registration
at the Von Braun Center
is held
in the North Hall Lobby
from 8:00a
m to
4
:00pm on May 1, 2012 ,
from 8:00am to 4:00pm on May 2, 2012 and from 8:00am to 10:00am
on May 3, 2012.
GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS
The AEgis Technologies Group
The Boeing Company
SAIC
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
Dynetics
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Center
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY CO
-
SPONSORS
Alabama Modeling and Simulation Council (
AMSC)
EXHIBITORS
3SL
The AEgis Technologies Group
Aerial Information Systems Corporation
The Alabama Modeling and Simulation Council
Calytrix Technologies
CFD Research Corporation
Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County
Havok Simulation
MAK
Presagis
SAIC
Simulation Technologies
Inc.
Ternion
Corporation
University of Alabama in Huntsville
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
The
Alabama Modeling and Simulation
Council (AMSC)
wishes to thank and acknowledge the following
individuals and their respective organizations for their contributions to the success of this conference:
Paul Agarwal, Colsa Corp
oration
Lisa Albert, US Army Materie
l Command
William Atkinson, The Boeing Company
Lamar
Auman
,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
Tom
Barnett
,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
Earl
Barrett
,
US Army Materie
l Command
Ri
chard Butler, The Boeing Company
Georgina Chapman, AEgis Technologies Group
Dan
Coombs
,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
Natalie Darnell,
Delta Research
Keith
Dugas
,
US Army Materie
l Command
Bruce Fairchild, Alaba
ma Modeling and Simulation Council
Peter
Finzel
,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
Bruce
Fowler
,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
(Retired)
Laurie Fraser, US Army Aviation
and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
Dave
Goldsman
, Georgia Tech
Sharon Hardy,
Missile Defense Agency
Michelle Herman, BFA Systems
John Hughes, BFA Systems
Kevin
Jackson
,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and
Engineering Center
Ingyu
Lee
, Troy
University
Jeff
Lyons
,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
Bill Pannell, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
Timothy Perkins,
U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers
E. L. Perry, Faulkner
University
John
Regner
, Teledyne Brown Engineering
Bernard Schroer, University of Alabama
in
Huntsville
Nitin
Sharma
,
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Alan Shih, University of Alabama
at
Birmingham
Jeff
Smith
, Auburn
University
Jam
e
s Swain, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Bill
Tucker
,
Simulationist.US Inc.
Lisa Vann, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
William Waite, AEgis Technologies Group
CERTIFIED MODELING AND SIMULATION PROFESSIONAL RECERTIFICATION
UNITS
This conference qualifies for Recertification Units (RU’s) for the Certified Model
ing and Simulation
Professional
(CMSP) as administered by the Modeling and Simulation Professional Certification Commission
(MSPCC
–
www.SimProfessional.org
).
SOCIAL EVENT
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
, 5:00 to 7:0
0p.m.
North Hall Exhibit Area
This will include a cash bar, complimentary non
-
alcoholic beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and snacks. We invite all
Attendees, Sponsors, Exhibitors and guests to join us for informal fellowship and camaraderie.
The Evolving Focus of Modeling and Simulation
Invited Keynote Speaker:
Rear Admiral Fred Lewis
, USN Retired
President,
National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA)
Tuesday
,
May 1
,
2012
, 8:3
0a.m.
North Hall 1
While NTSA has traditionally been grou
nded in the military/national security side of modeling and simulation,
the technology as a whole has been spreading into dramatically new areas over the last decade
--
manufacturing,
healthcare, education and research are all now utilizing modeling and simu
lation. In recognition of this, and of
the challenges facing modeling and simulation as even as it enjoys its rapid proliferation, NTSA convened a
nationwide meeting
--
the National Modeling and Simulation Congress
--
to address these challenges and
opportunit
ies and to unite the M&S community around an action plan to further awareness and utilization of the
technology throughout the American economy. The Charter of this Congress establishes the National Modeling
and Simulation Coalition (NMSC), the body charg
ed with the ongoing effort to a achieve a number of specific
goals as identified by committees in five functional areas: Technology, Research and Development;
Education/Professional Development; Business Practice; Industrial Development; and Communications
and
Outreach.
The Certified Modeling & Simulation Professional (CMSP) program was created approximately nine years ago,
and almost 400 individuals now hold the CMSP credential. A recent major development is the addition of a
second certification track
-
User/Manager
-
and a complete revision of the CMSP exam. The new CMSP exam,
which will consist of randomly generated questions drawn from publicly
-
available, peer
-
recommended source
materials, will be implemented in the next few months. Another major ch
ange is the addition of a second
certification track and a corresponding revision of the CMSP exam structure. Applicants will now have the
option of pursuing either the CMSP
-
Technical or the CMSP
-
Management certification. The CMSP
-
Management track was cr
eated for the community of managers, customers and users of Modeling & Simulation,
who may have a great deal of expertise in M&S, but are not engineers themselves.
RADM Lewis' presentation will focus on the evolving changes of the world of M&S in general
and the above
programs in particular.
Fred Lewis graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in1962 and was designated a naval aviator in November
1963. After an initial tour of duty as a flight instructor, he trained in the F
-
4 Phantom and participated in
nu
merous operational deployments to the Atlantic and Pacific and twice deployed to the Gulf of Tonkin for
combat operations over North Vietnam. Subsequently, he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and led the
stand
-
up of the Atlantic Fleet’s F
-
14 Flee
t Replacement Squadron.
Several command assignments followed
including his first carrier air wing command when he led the wing in successful operations in the Gulf of Sidra
during which his pilots downed two Libyan fighter aircraft. Various staff assignm
ents in Washington, DC
followed. After which he was given his second air wing command when he inaugurated the Navy’s “Super
CAG” program. Flag assignments including Director, Strike and Amphibious Warfare, Commander, Tactical
Wings, Atlantic, and Command
er, Naval Safety Center followed in quick succession. He was sent back to sea
in 1991 as Commander, Carrier Group FOUR and Commander, Carrier Striking Forces, Atlantic. During a 33
year career, he accumulated over 6,500 accident
-
free flying hours in tact
ical aircraft and over 1,200 carrier
arrested landings.
State of U
.
S
.
D
epartment of
D
efense
M
odeling and Simulation
Invited Luncheon Speaker:
Leigh Yu
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives
U.S. Department of Defense
Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office
Tuesday, May 1
, 2012, 12:00p.m.
North Hall 3
The Department of Defense
(DoD)
Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (M&
SCO) is the focal point
for coordinating all matters related to DoD
Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
, and recommends policies, plans,
and programs to the
Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)
that support the
M&
S Strategic Vision and DoD M&S priorities. How the M&SCO accomplishes this mission and examples of
current activities will be the topic of discussion.
Mr. Yu has over 22 years of experience in modeling, simulation, databases, systems engineering, softwar
e
engineering/development, and project/program management. Highlights include: avionic test station systems
engineering for the F
-
16 fighter; satellite ground station subsystem simulator/emulator systems engineering;
development of a Human Behavior Represe
ntation model using Bayesian networks for the Defense Modeling
and Simulation Office; development of Systems Dynamics models and Genetic Algorithms for the US Air
Force Studies and Analyses Agency; and development of modeling and simulation policy for the
US Air Force.
In his current position, Mr. Yu develops modeling and simulation policy for the Department of Defense,
coordinates outreach activities (including
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (
STEM
)
,
I
nternational, and Congressional) for
the M&SCO, and is a member of the US delegation to the NATO
Modelling and Simulation Group.
Mr. Yu holds a Certificate in Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Systems Engineering from
George Mason University, a Master of Science Degree from S
outhern Methodist University in Software
Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Case Western Reserve University in Systems and Control
Engineering.
Simulation: A Space Human Factors Engineering Tool
Invited Luncheon Speaker: Jack Stokes
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center (Retired)
Wednesday, May 2
, 2012, 12:00p.m.
North Hall 3
A visual presentation defining human factors engineering from an aerospace perspective, identifying how
simulation was and is now utilized in NASA aerospace design, and
wraps up with a suggestion for possible
simulation emergence.
A graduate of North Carolina State University with a major in Psychology and a minor in Aeronautical
Engineering. A career civil servant at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Mr. Stokes has
worked on human
factors engineering in such diverse programs as the Apollo Lunar Rover, Skylab, Spacelab, the Hubble Space
Telescope and the International Space Station. He served as a NASA human test subject and from 1975 to 1983
was test integrator for
the Marshall Neutral Buoyancy Simulator, where full
-
length missions requiring space
walks were developed and finalized. He has extensive experience in the NASA Zero
-
G Aircraft and served as a
Skylab motion sickness experiment ground based test subject for
the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in
Pensacola, Florida. He served as co
-
lead for development of the NASA human factors engineering
requirements document (NASA
-
STD
-
3000).
Space Exploration in Alabama
Invited Luncheon Speaker:
David King
Executive Vice President,
Dynetics.Inc.
Thursday, May 3
, 2012, 12:00p.m.
North Hall 3
Commercial space exploration is an exciting, emerging market in Alabama. Until recently, very
little commercial space
development occurred in Alabama. Instead, space exploration in
Alabama
-
since the dawn of the space age in the late 1950's
-
was focused on large,
government
-
funded programs. However, current fiscal realities coupled with a mature
technological and indu
strial base and a new breed of investors is driving a rapid change in the
landscape. Today, Alabama is a rising leader in commercial space development: Alabama's
own Google Lunar X Prize Team
,
the Rocket City Space Pioneers,
is chasing
after a $20M
purse
to be the first
team to commercial
ly
land
upon and explore the moon.
Paul G. Allen's
ambitious new project to build t
he largest air
-
launched rocket Stratolaunch Systems
is
headquartered in Huntsville. Commercial space is quickly becoming a growth market
for the
Nation and Alabama is playing an increasingly important role.
David King is Executive Vice President and manager of the operating unit, Integrated Systems
and Special Programs, which includes the newly formed Space Systems Division. Mr. King is
a
lso a member of the Dynetics Board of Directors. He joined the company in April 2009. Mr.
King has 25 years’ experience in space systems development and operations and in running
large organizations. He retired from NASA as the center director of the Mars
hall Space Flight
Center in 2009, where he was responsible for overseeing 7,000 onsite employees and
contractors and a $2.7 billion budget.
Mr. King is a former Space Shuttle launch director and
director of shuttle processing at the Kennedy Space Center i
n Florida.
He played key roles in
more than 100 space shuttle missions during his tenure at NASA and led the Columbia
Recovery team following the Columbia accident. He then led the Marshall Space Flight Center
team through “Return to Flight” efforts and
implemented the investigation board
recommendations, including implementing “Technical Authority” for all programs at Marshall.
He also implemented a comprehensive management system for the Marshall Space Flight
Center, enabling informed business decisions
and building a strong management team.
Mr. King has been recognized for his leadership and technical achievements and has been
awarded the National Space Club Goddard Memorial Trophy, the NASA Medal for
Distinguished Service, two NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals and the Distinguished and
Meri
torious Presidential Rank Awards as a career senior executive. He serves on the board of
directors for the Huntsville Chapter of the National Space Club, The Enrichment Center, Kairos
Foundation in Florida and Westminster Christian Academy in Huntsville.
Mr. King holds a
bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of South Carolina and a
master’s in business administration from the Florida Institute of Technology.
* * *
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
* * *
To provide student participants with
a valuable AlaSim International experience, the committee put together a list of activities tailored
for students’ participation. We highly encourage students to participate the “Student Orientation” sessio
n on Tuesday
. This will be an
opportunity for the
AlaSim General Chair to greet and meet student participants from all over the world, and explain some of the
AlaSim activities. This session is also specially designed to enable student networking to form friendships and provide an op
portunity
for collabo
ration beyond their campus boundaries.
Tuesday 10:00 to 12:00.
North Hall 1.
Student Orientation, greetings and refreshments
Tuesday 7:30pm to 9:30pm. No host welcome dinner with conference organizers
at a fine local restaurant
Wednesday 9:00am to 11:0
0am. Exhibit Hall. Future Cities Demonstrations
Wednesday 5:00pm to 7:00pm.
Meet at Registration. Tour of local M&S facility
Thursday 11:30am to 12:00pm. North Hall 1.
Student attendees opinion Survey
FUTURE CITY COMPETITION
WED 9:30 TO 10:30, EXHI
BIT AREA
Alabama Regional Future City Competition 1st Place Winner City name:"Fiume Citta"
School: Academy of Science & Foreign Language (ASFL)
-
Huntsville, Alabama
The Future City Competition is part of National Engineers Week. For the participating
6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, Future City is
a nationwide program that encourages thousands of students to apply math and science concepts through hands
-
on experience
designing a city of the future. The program is an excellent teambuilding experience
that includes modeling & simulation (with
software and physical models), essay development, and public speaking before a panel of judges.
The winning student team from the Alabama regional competition has been invited to demonstrate their city model to th
e AlaSim
International attendees. Please be sure to visit their display.
* * * MILITARY
SESSIONS
* * *
SESSION 10: CYBERSPACE AND SECURITY. SALON
6
.
Session Chairs: Marshall McBride, Claudette C. Owens, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
10.1. TUE 10:30 > Quantitative Risk Assessment Model for Software Security in the Design Phase of Software Development
–
A Case Study
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Idongesit Mkpong
-
Ruffin, Faulkner University
Juan Gilbert, Clemson University
John Hamilton, David Ump
hress, Auburn University
10.2. TUE 11:00 > Modeling Cyberspace’s Impact on the Calculus of Warfare
Steve Pierce, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center
10.3. TUE 11:30 > The World of Cyber Modeling and Simulation and Android
Benjamin M
cGee,
Aleta Technologies
10.4. TUE 1:30 > Cyber Hardening from Beginning to End
Marshall McBride, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
10.5. TUE 2:00 > Cyber Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis
Jess Granone, Decisive Analytics
Corporation
Jeremy Kackley, Noetic Strategies
SESSION 11: EXPLOSION DYNAMICS MODELING. SALON
2
.
Session Chair: Ernie Baker, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
11.1. TUE 10:30 > High Explosive Products Thermodynamic Equatio
ns of State
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Ernest Baker, Daniel Murphy, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Leonard I. Stiel, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute of New York University
11.2. TUE 11:00 > Warhead Modeling and Simulation
Jack Pi
ncay, Chuck Chin and Tan Vuong, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
11.3. TUE 11:30 > Insensitive Munitions Modeling and Simulation
David Pfau, Daniel Suarez, Irene Wu, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering C
enter
SESSION 12: LAUNCH DYNAMICS MODELING. SALON
2
.
Session Chair: Donald E. Carlucci, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
12.1. TUE 1:30 > Modeling Particle Flow Phenomenon in Small Arms Systems
PEER REVIEWED
PAPER
Laurie Florio, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
12.2. TUE 2:00 > Failure and Design Analysis of a 105mm Fin Deployment Mechanism
Robert Terhune, Christopher Stout, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering
Command
12.3. TUE 2:30 > Predicting the Timing of a Slip Obturator Band Discard
Stephen Recchia, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
12.4. TUE 3:30 > Using Co
-
Simulation to Extend Finite Element Analysis
Lyonel Reinhardt, Jenn
ifer Cordes, David Geissler, Pasquale Carlucci
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
SESSION 13: ARMAMENTS AND MUNITIONS. SALON
2
.
Session Chair:
Paul Agarwal,
Colsa Corporation
13.1. TUE 4:00 > Personnel Lethality Modeling f
or the Sensor, Warhead, and Fuze Technology Integrated for Combined
Effects Army Technology Objective Program
Allen Pike, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
13.2. TUE 4:30 > A Hydrodynamic Comparison of a Spherica
l Bare Explosive Charge Detonating in Open Air to Tests
Conducted on the Free Field Blast Pad
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Greg Stunzenas, Ernest Baker, Adam Enea, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, L. Stiel, Brooklyn
Polytechnic Insti
tute of New York University
SESSION 14: SCENE GENERATION. SALON
5
.
Session Chair:
George Wiggs,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
14.1. TUE 4:00 > Utili
zing Graphics Processing Units
for Millimeter Wave Scene Generation
H. DeWayne Satterfield,
Simulation Technologies, Inc.
14.2. TUE 4:30 > Simulated Video for Unmanned Aerial Systems Prototyping, Training and Analysis
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Bob Holcomb, VT MAK
SESSION 15: BATTLEFIELD. SALON
2
.
Session Chair: Lisa Vann, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
15.1. WED 8:30 > Framework for Quantification of Evil as a Metric for Course of Action Analysis
Gregory Tackett, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Resea
rch, Development, and Engineering Center
15.2. WED 9:00 > An Overview of the Utilization of Simulations in the Computation of Hazards to Dismounted Troops
Glenn Romanczuk, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
15.
3
.
WED 9
:30 > Enhancing Army Analysis Capability For Warfighter Protection: TRADOC
-
RDECOM Modeling and
Simulation Decision Support Environment Collaboration
Keith Athmer, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence
Chris Gaughan, Army Research Laboratory,
Joseph
S. McDonnell., Robert Leach, Bert Davis , Dynamic Animation Systems
Kiet (“Jeff”) Truong, Effective Applications Corporation
Howard Borum, Richard Leslie, Raytheon Command and Simulations Solutions
Lein Ma, Kinex Inc.
15.4. WED 10:30 > Recreating the
Battle of 73 Easting in a Constructive Combat Model
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
William Daniels and Mikel D. Petty, University of Alabama in Huntsville
15.5. WED 11:00 > Tailoring Data Collection for Evolving Analytical Federations
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Jennifer Le
wis, SAIC
Khoi Do, StackFrame
Michael Salva, The AEgis Technologies Group
15.6. WED 11:30 > Radiance and Transmittance Obscurants Simulation Database
David Bissell, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
Joe Manning,
Gleason Research Associates
15.7
. WED 1
:30 > Improving Soldier Threat Detection Skills in Virtual Environments: Two Experimental Approaches
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Jason Caldwell, Jonathan Alt, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center
15.8. WE
D 2:00 > Efficient Resource Allocation for the Defense of Spatially Distributed Infrastructure Systems
William Kroshl, Shahram Sarkani, Thomas Mazzuchi, George Washington University,
15.9. WED 2:30 > Space & Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic C
ommand OneSAF Co
-
Development Lab
Activities
John Morash, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
SESSION 16: LARGE AND SMALL CALIBER WEAPON MODELING. SALON
2
.
Session Chair: Eric Kathe, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering
Center
16.1. THU 9:00 > Multiscale Modeling of Thermomechanical Effects on Composite Wrapped Tubes
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Michael Macri and Andrew Littlefield, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
16.2. THU 9:30 > Numerical Predic
tion of Blast Overpressure for the US Army 105mm M119A2 Howitzer
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Robert Carson, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
SESSION 17: PRODUCTIVITY. SALON
2
.
Session Chair: Matt Harrison, U. S. Army Aviation and
Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
17.1. THU 11:00 > Successful Collaborative Simulation Development
Matt Harrison, U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
17.2. THU 11:30 > Building an Innovati v
e Simulation Organization
Jeff Maddox, Tim McKelvy, U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
* * * EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SESSIONS
* * *
PANEL 20: MODELING AND SIMULATI
ON IN K
-
12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION
WED 8:30 TO 10:00,
SALON
5
.
Panel Chair: Alan Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Panelist: Jeff Gray, University of Alabama
Panelist: Bharat Soni, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Panelist: Jim Swain, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Panelist:
Lew Bomar, Central Alabama Community College
Panelist: Johnny Moss, Wallace Community College Selma
Panelist: Bruce Tenison, Wallace State College
Panelist: Mikel D. Petty, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Education and research activities in Modeling
and Simulation (M&S) in academia plays a big role is advancing the technologies
associated with M&S, and producing next generation of M&S workforce. Innovations and ideas spawn in a campus can often benef
it
other educators to improve their curriculum des
ign and enhance their degree programs. Exchange of ideas and expertise can also
inspire great collaboration across the campuses. Even the mere sharing of hardware facilities can sometimes bring great mutu
al
benefits and advance education and research pro
cesses. In light of the aforementioned potential benefits, the proposed panel
discussion is aimed to bring educators from the M&S community to exchange their ideas in curriculum design, certificate/degre
e
programs, and research activities associated with
M&S. It is also aimed to provide an opportunity for participants to outline the key
hardware/software resources that they have, to provide a clear picture to all participants how to share the resources, and fo
ment
teaching and research collaborations acro
ss the campus boundaries.
WORKSHOP 21: LEARNING PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTING USING ALICE,
WED 10:30 TO 12:00, SALON
5
.
Workshop Chair: Alan Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Workshop Participants: James Morgan, Danielle Yoder, Daisy Wong, Hannah
Hellwig, Joel Tully
,
Quinton Coley
,
Michael Wyss
,
Dalorion Johnson, Adam Martin
,
Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, Shaundra Daily, g8four
Workshop Participants: Danielle Yoder, Daisy Wong, Hannah Hellwig,
Dalorion Johnson, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jeff Gray, University of Alabama,
Earlier intervention is an absolute necessity regarding the recruitment of women and minority graduate students into the fiel
d of
computing. Studies have provided cl
ear information that waiting until a woman or minority student has graduated secondary school is
often too late to attract them into a specific discipline, or to encourage pursuit of a college education. In a project at U
AB under the
National Science Foun
dation Broaden Participation in Computing (BPC) program, support is aimed to explore a multiple
-
tiered
mentoring model (M3) to introduce concepts and skills of computing and programming through a set of educational tools to stud
ents
at different levels. M
3 proposes to capitalize on the aforementioned context and increase the computing pipeline by providing multi
-
tiered mentoring structures for recruitment and retention of women and minorities at the middle school, high school, and coll
egiate
levels. Alice
(www.alice.org) is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a
story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be
a student's
f
irst exposure to object
-
oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of
creating animated movies and simple video games. In Alice, 3
-
D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual w
orld
and students create a program to animate the objects. In Alice's interactive interface, students drag and drop graphic tiles
to create a
program, where the instructions correspond to standard statements in a production oriented programming language,
such as Java, C++,
and C programs run, enabling them to easily understand the relationship between the programming statements and the behavior o
f
objects in their animation. By manipulating the objects in their virtual world, students gain experience with
all the programming
constructs typically taught in an introductory programming course.
Broadening Participation in Computing: The Multi
-
tiered Approach
J. Gray, M. Wyss, S. Daily, D. Wong, G. Abbott, A. Shih
21.1. >
Using Alice in a Multi
-
tiered
Mentoring Model to Bro
aden Participation in Computing
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Dalorion Johnson
,
Adam Martin
Hero’
s Quest
-
an Interactive Quilt
James Morgan
,
Danielle Yoder
Horse Class Update
Hannah Hellwig
Space Delivery
Hannah Hellwig
,
Quinton Coley
SESSIO
N 22: MIXED REALITY TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING,
WED 10:30 TO 12:00, SALON
5
.
Session Chair: Michael Remotigue, Mississippi State University
22.1. WED 1:30 > Construction of 3D Disaster Scenarios for First Responder Training on Stereoscopic Dis
play Systems
Alanzo Granville, Alan Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham
22.2. WED 2:00 > Nursing Education and Simulated Medical Devices
Beth Elias, Jacqueline Moss, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
Marcus Dillavou, Alan Shih,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Andres Azuero, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
22.3. WED 2:30 > nD Visualization & Mixed Reality: Health
-
Care Training & Re
-
Training
Bharat Soni, Jeffrey Kerby, Corey Shum, Marcus Dillavou, Univers
ity of Alabama at Birmingham
22.4. WED 3:30 > CoreVR: Simple Virtual
-
Reality for Visualization, Training, and Education
Corey Shum, Marcus Dillavou, David W Brown, University of Alabama at Birmingham
22.5. WED 4:00 > 3D Visualization for Educational
Content Development
Erin Hennessy, Scott Wehby, University of Alabama at Birmingham
22.6. WED 4:30 > Computational Simulations & Visualization Objects: Education & Training Environments in Two
-
year and
Four
-
Year Application Models
Bharat Soni, University
of Alabama at Birmingham, Lew Bomar, Michael Lovett, Central Alabama Community College
Suzanne Harbin, Bruce Tenison, Wallace State Community College
-
Hanceville
Johnny Moss, Tammie Briggs, Wallace Community College
-
Selma
* * * TRANSPORTATION
SESSIONS
* *
*
SESSION 30: TRANSPORTATION. SALON
5
Session Chair: Virginia Sisiopiku, University of Alabama at Birmingham
30.1. TUE 10:30 > Impact of Projected Growth in Interstate Traffic on Congestion: A Simulation Study
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Michael Anderson, Ber
nard Schroer, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg
30.2. TUE 11:00 > Traffic Micro
-
Simulation Modeling for an Urban Chemical Disaster
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Scott Parr, Louisiana State University
Evangelos Kaisar, Florid
a Atlantic University
Virginia Sisiopiku, University of Alabama at Birmingham
30.3. TUE 11:30> Modular Approach for the Rapid Development of State Traffic Simulation Models
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Michael Anderson, Bernard Schroer, University of Alabama in
Huntsville
Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg
30.4. TUE 1:30 > Pedestrian Scramble: Feasibility Analysis
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Virginia Sisiopiku, Abdul Muqueet Abro, University of Alabama at Birmingham
30.5. TUE 2:00 > Scenario Planning and Bottleneck
Analysis on Intermodal Maritime Transportation Chains in Metropolitan
Hamburg
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg
Jens Froese, Jacobs University Bremen
Bernard Schroer, Michael Anderson, University of Alabama in Huntsville
30.6. TU
E 2:30 > A Simulation Based Decision Making Approach Developing Dry Ports
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Dietmar Moeller, Leif Dietz, University of Hamburg
Jens Froese, Jacobs University Bremen
Bernard Schroer, Michael Anderson, University of Alabama in Huntsville
3
0.7. TUE 3:30 > A Simulation Based Decision Making Approach in Bunkering
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Dietmar Moeller, Stefan Friedrichs, University of Hamburg
Kevin Cullinane, Edinburgh Napier University
Bernard Schroer, Michael Anderson, University of Alabama in
Huntsville
TUTORIAL 31: MODELING AND SIMULATION IN MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS.
WED 8:30 TO 10:00. SALON
1b
Instructor: Dietmar P. F. Moeller, University of Hamburg
The importance of multimodal transport increases as the economy becomes more and more specialized and globalized. Changes in
business environments such as globalization, production patterns, urbanization and environmental awareness further support th
is
tre
nd. Since production and logistics arrive at a consensus where every individual product or module is produced in regions wher
e the
comparative advantage is the greatest, there is an increased focus on transport and logistic. Traditionally, ports have been
in the focus
as logistic centers of maritime logistics chains, but changes in production patterns are supported by the development of the
rapid
transport of goods over long distances. As a result, the relevance of port hinterland transport, high utilizati
on of transport resources
and infrastructure through the consolidation of goods flows and extending the influence of ports in their hinterlands to incr
ease their
competitiveness has become even more important. This development emphasizes the connection be
tween the intra
-
regional transport
systems and the larger inter
-
regional transport systems, since this is where much of the consolidation of freight flow occurs. The
tutorial will first give a brief introduction to modeling and simulation, the respective
software packages available and the
fundamentals of multimodal transport and logistics. In the second part of the tutorial, case studies with specific focus on
the maritime
and aviation domains will be presented and the results obtained discussed in detai
l.
* * * APPLICATIONS
SESSIONS
* * *
SESSION 40: ENERGY. SALON
6
Session Chair: William Pannell, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
40.1. WED 8:30 > Data Driven Demand Management on the Smart Grid
Wes Colley,
Laird Burns, University of Alabama in Huntsville
40.2. WED 9:00 > Enterprise Energy Management
Keith Dickerson, Schneider Electric
40.3. WED 9:30 > Energy Management and Control of Green Power Units Based on Fuel Cells, DC
-
DC Converters and
Ultracapacit
ors
Yuri Shtessel, Roshini Ashok, University of Alabama in Huntsville
40.4. WED 10:3
0
> The True Impact of DoD’s Operational Energy and how Efficiency can be a Force Multiplier
Jason Valenstein. Laura Newberger, Booz Allen Hamilton
SESSION 42: GAMING. SALON
1a
Session Chair: Keith Athmer, Maneuver Support Battle Lab
42.1. WED 10:30 > Toward Intelligent Player Interception in Unreal Tournament
Gregory Reed, University of Alabama in Huntsville
42.2. WED 11:00 > Requirements Analysi
s for an Innovati ve Modeling and Simulation Training System for Wind Tunnel
Control Room
Phillip Jones, MYMIC LLC
Joel Everhart, Jerome Kegelman, NASA Langley Research Center
Laura Stanton, MYMIC LLC
SESSION 43: INFORMATION DYNAMICS, ENTERTAINMENT AND
INTELLIGENCE. SALON
1a
Session Chair: Takeo Nakagawa, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
43.1. WED 11:30 > Aspects of Opening Play
Apimuk Muangkasem, Hiroyuki Iida, Kristian Spoerer, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
43.
2. WED 1:30 > Information Dynamics in Go
Hiroyuki Iida, Takeo Nakagawa, Atsushi Hasegawa, Shogo Sone, Apimuk Muangkasem, Hiroaki Wakabayashi, Japan Advanced
Institute of
Science and Technology
43.3. WED 2:00 > Information Dynamics in Soccer
Hiroyuki Iida
, Takeo Nakagawa, T. Nathan Nossal, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
43.4. WED 2:30 > Digital
-
Kakejiku (Light Art)
Akira Hasegawa, Art University of Hakusan
Hiroyuki Iida, Takeo Nakagawa, T. Nathan Nossal, Apimuk Muangkasem, Japan
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
43.5. WED 3:30 > Judo and Informati on Dynamics
Hiroshi Minatoya, University of Hakusan
Hiroyuki Iida, Takeo Nakagawa, Taichi Ishitobi, T Nathan Nossal, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Takashi
Suzuki, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
43.6. WED 4:00 > Super
-
Expert and Computer in Shogi
Kunio Yonenaga, Hiroyuki Iida, Takeo Nakagawa, Toshihisa Okaneya, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
43.7. WED 4:30 > Certainty of Patient Survi
val
Hiroyuki Iida, Takeo Nakagawa, Shogo Sone, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
SESSION
44: COMPUTATIONAL INJURY BIOMECHANICS. SALON
1b
Session Chair: Jong
-
Eun Kim, University of Alabama at Birmingham
44.1. WED 3:30 > A Computational
Study on Crash Injury Mechanism of Obese Child Occupants
Chong Tian, Alan M. Shih, R. Shane Tubbs, David B. Allison, Jong
-
Eun Kim, University of Alabama at Birmingham
44.2. WED 4:00 > An In
-
Vivo Finite Element Pelvis Model with Locally Varying Cortical T
hickness
Young
-
Ho Kim, Alan W. Eberhardt, Jong
-
Eun Kim, University of Alabama at Birmingham
44.3. WED 4.30 > Effect of Childhood Obesity on Risk of Pelvic Bone Fracture in Simulated Sideways Fall
Min
-
Heng Hsieh, Bharat K. Soni, David B. Allison,
Jong
-
Eun Kim, University of Alabama at Birmingham
* * * METHODS
SESSIONS
* * *
WORKSHOP 50: VIRTUAL REVIEW OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT CREATED FOR
SIM SMACKDOWN,
TUE 10:30 TO 12:00. SALON
1b
.
Workshop Chair: Dan O’Neil, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
T
he Virtual Workshop at AlaSim will include a virtual demos, briefings and discussion in Second Life. The voice over IP capab
ilities
of Second Life enable virtual conference rooms, where students' avatars from around the world can sit at the same conferenc
e table to
discuss system interactions, mission scenarios, and the Federated Object Model.
SESSION 51: NUMERICAL METHODS AND MODELING. SALON
6
Session Chair:
David McLaurin, Mississippi State University
51.1.
WED 4:0
0 > Computational Investigation of
Drag Reduction with a Rear Flap on Trucks
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Yangyang Hu, Alan Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham
51.2
.
WED
4
:
4
0 > Comparison of Lattice Boltzmann and Finite Volume Methods
Young
-
Ho Kim, Roy P Koomullil, Bharat Soni, University of
Alabama at Birmingham
Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University
SESSION 52: SOFTWARE. SALON
1a
Session Chair: Takeo Nakagawa, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
52.1. TUE 10:30 > Extending ScalaTion, a Domain
-
Specific Language for
Modeling & Simulation, for Simulation
Optimization
Michael Cotterell, John Miller, Jun Han, Tom Horton, University of Georgia
52.2. TUE 11:00 > Virtualization Technology in the Lab Increases Efficiency and Reduces Overhead
Mark McGuigan, U.S. Army Aviati
on and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
SESSION 53: COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY AND MESH GENERATION. SALON
6
Session Chair: Bharat K. Soni, University of Alabama at Birmingham
53.1. TUE 2:30 > Forensic Facial Reconstruction using Comput
ati onal Geometry Approach
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Wenzhen Jia, Alan Shih, University of Alabama at Birmingham
53.2. TUE 3:30 > Automated, Curvature
-
Based Edge Grid Generation
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
David McLaurin, Mississippi State University
53.3. TUE 4:00 > S
olidMesh++: A Framework and Toolkit for Rapidly Prototyping Meshing Tools
Michael Remotigue, David McLaurin, David Marcum, Mississippi State University
53.4. TUE 4:30 > An Octree
-
Based Offset Surface Mesh
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Michael Remotigue, David
McLaurin, David Marcum, Mississippi State University
SESSION 54: HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING. SALON
1b
Session Chair: Lisa Vann, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
54.1. WED 1:30 > High
-
performant Micromagnetic Simulations on Central Processin
g Units and Graphics Processing Units
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Dietmar Moeller, Andre Drews, Gunnar Selke, University of Hamburg
54.2. WED 2:00 > Zero Branch Penalty Pipeline Microprocessor Simulation
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Patrick Jungwirth, U.S. Army Research,
Development and Engineering Command
54.3. WED 2:30> OneSAF as a Simulation Service using High Performance Computing
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Christina Bouwens, SAIC
Alesya Paschel, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Amy Henninger, Center for Army Anal
ysis
PANEL 55: HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS,
THU 8:30 TO 10
:00. SALON
6
.
Panel Chair:
Christina L. Bouwens, SAIC
Panelist: Larry Davis, Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program
Panelist: John Tipton, U.S. Army Space and Missi
le Defense Command
Panelist: Daniel Ku, U.S. Army Communications
-
Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center
The panel will explore simulation initiatives using an HPC environment
SESSION 57: METHODOLOGY, THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY. SALON
5
Session Chair: William E. Biles, University of Louisville
57.1. THU 9:00 > Kriging Metamodeling in Multiple
-
Objecti ve Simulation Optimization Using Goal Programming
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Mehdi Zakerifar, Gerald W. Evans and William E. Biles, University of
Louisville
57.2. THU 9:30 > A Model of Competing Ideologies
E. L. Perry, Faulkner University
57.3. THU 10:30 > Estimating Throughput for Unreliable Serial Production Lines with Limited Buffer and Repair Capacity
PEER REVIEWED PAPER
Vamsi Krishna Palivela
, Jeffrey Smith, Auburn University
57.4. THU 11:00 > On a Construction Procedure of Pyramids
Hiroyuki Iida, Takeo Nakagawa, Atsuo Horikawa, Shogo Sone, Apimuk Muangkasem, Taichi Ishitobi
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
* * * PROFESSIO
N
SESSIONS
* * *
SESSION 60: VALIDATION, VERIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION. SALON
1a
Session Chair: Gloria Flower
s
, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
60.1. TUE 11:30 > Use of Time Series Data in Simulation Validation
Geoffrey Boak, Gigi
Grizzard, Thomas Cromer, Raytheon
TUTORIAL 61: MODEL VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION METHODS,
TUE 1:30 TO 5:00. SALON
1a
.
Instructor: Mikel D. Petty, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Verification and validation are important essential prerequisites to
the credible and reliable use of a model. But what are they exactly?
What are the differences between them? And most importantly, what methods and procedures should be used to perform them? The
tutorial’s first part motivates the need for Verification and
Validation (V&V), provides definitions necessary to their understanding,
and explains why all V&V methods can be understood as comparisons and how this informs their application. The second part of
the
tutorial introduces a taxonomy of V&V methods, define
s categories of methods, and details two or more methods from each category.
The third part of the tutorial examines longer case studies of V&V in practice, showing how V&V methods have been applied (or
misapplied). This material is different from and comp
lementary to some other VV&A tutorials, in that it contains very little about the
"when" and "why" of VV&A and instead focuses on the "how".
TUTORIAL 62: CONCEPTUAL MODELING BEST PRACTICE,
TUE 1:30 TO 5:00. SALON
1b
.
Instructor: William Waite, The AEg
is Technologies Group
Instructor: Gregory Tackett, Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
With economical efficiency constraints and increased complexity of needs, simulations grow, persist and are reused. Conceptu
al
modeling
is a means to foster interoperability and facilitate life
-
cycle management. This tutorial provides an overview of the
conceptual modeling domain, from fundamentals to applications, from planning to development. Conceptual modeling is presente
d as
a cente
rpiece of a simulation effort, including a complete guide to conceptual modeling process execution and resulting products
supported with examples.
PANEL 63: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF LARGE AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS,
WED 10:30 TO 12:00. SALON
1b
Panel Chair:
Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg
Panelist: Mikel D. Petty, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Panelist: William Tucker, Simulationist.US Inc.
Over the past few years dramatic increases in the power of computing systems have presented great
opportunities for increasing the
power and effectiveness of simulations of large and complex systems. Even laptop computers costing a few hundred dollars now
pack
the power that was once limited to supercomputers costing millions. These opportunities come,
however, with significant challenges
often requiring new approaches to modeling techniques, algorithms and analysis, to support of the creation, implementation, a
nd
management of many types of complex system. Meeting these challenges effectively and effic
iently is vital to the future progress and
development of the simulation profession and the essential contribution it is capable of delivering to scientific and technol
ogical
progress.
SESSION
64: STANDARDS. SALON
6
Session Chair: Chris Gaughan, Army R
esearch Lab Simulation & Training Technology Center
64.1. WED 11:00 > The Modeling and Simulation Catalog for Discovery, Knowledge, and Reuse
Brandi Greenberg, Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center
64.2. WED 11:30 > Models and Simulations i
n a Service Oriented Architecture
-
Based World
Roger K. Bolton, Mike Kline, John Paulsen, The Boeing Company
64.3. WED 1:30 > Expanded Analysis of the Correlation of Characterizing Attributes and Success in Military Modeling and
Simulation Standards
PEER
REVIEWED PAPER
Mikel D. Petty, Retonya Dunning, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Andrew Collins, Old Dominion University
64.4. WED 2:00 > The Problem of Determining the Financial Implications of Modeling and Simulation Standards
Andrew J. Collins, Davi
d Meyr, Solomon Sherfey, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center
Mikel D. Petty, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Charles D. Turnitsa, General Dynamics IT
WORKSHOP 65: MODELING AND SIMULATION BODY OF KNOWLEDGE INDEX
THU 8:30 TO 12:00. SALO
N
1a
.
Workshop Chair: William Waite, The AEgis Technologies Group
The need and desire for a Modeling and Simulation Body of Knowledge (M&S BoK) Index has been communicated by simulation
professionals and addressed by the SimSummit
organizational members. Early prototypes have been developed to demonstrate
potential features. A set of requirements is being specified to support development of a knowledge management system to supp
ort the
M&S BoK Index. This workshop consists of eff
ort toward a realistic roadmap for implementing the M&S BoK Index using iterative
refinement. The crawl/walk/run strategy recommends leveraging currently available web applications to support early versions
.
Effort will address identification and executi
on of work related to: implementing the technical solution, encouraging content
development, obtaining resources to populate and manage content, and cultivating the M&S community of practice to use and
continually improve the M&S BoK Index product in the c
ontext of an open source collaborative enterprise.
TUTORIAL 66: CERTIFIED MODELING AND SIMULATION PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW,
THU 10:30 TO 12:00. SALON
1b
.
Instructor: Ralph Weber, Dynetics, Inc.
Instructor: William Tucker, Simulationist.US Inc.
Th
is tutorial will familiarize the attendee with the benefits of this program, which is endorsed by Alabama Modeling and Simula
tion
Council (AMSC). The attendee will learn about the newest developments in the Certified Modeling And Simulation Professional
(
CMSP) program, and how these improvements will provide benefits to the modeling and simulation (M&S) community. We will
discuss the newly adopted CMSP testing scheme and its availability. Also to be discussed is the role and importance of the C
MSP
program
in the broader context of M&S professional development.
PANEL 67: MULTI
-
DISCIPLINARY SIMULATION
-
BASED DESIGN,
THU 10:30 TO 12:00. SALON
6
.
Panel Chair: Roger Dougal, University of South Carolina
Panelist: Michael Schexnayder,
WYNners LLC, GRA, Inc.
Pa
nelist: Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg
Modeling and simulation (M&S) has been designated as “one of the key enabling technologies of the 21st century” but much need
s to
be achieved in M&S technology if this promise is to be fully realized in the e
xtent to which it supports the design of complex, multi
-
disciplinary engineering systems. One of the major obstacles to meeting this challenge is the need for effective design tool
s capable of
supporting multidisciplinary, collaborative, simulation
-
based
design. The design landscape currently offers a variety of different
tools, most of which target a limited disciplinary area. The design of complex, multidisciplinary systems requires a more in
tegrated
approach that allows designers from different discip
lines to work together in a collaborative, multi
-
disciplinary simulation
-
based
design environment.
SESSION 70: POSTER PRESENTATIONS
TUE 3:00 TO 6:00. NORTH HALL EXHIBIT AREA
70.1
>
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Study Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Jacob
Nelson, University of Alabama at Birmingham
70.2. >
Parallel Particle
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in
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Cell Code Simulation of Space Weather Phenomena using a Graphics Processing Unit
Patrick Gilbert, Scotty Bridges, Frank Richard, Jason Schansman, University of Alabama in Huntsville
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