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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Application to Support Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF)

  • PI Brent Terwilliger

    CO-I David Ison

    CO-I Dennis Vincenzi

    CO-I Dahai Liu

  • This continuing research project features refinement of UAS application methods to support of ARFF responses. Previously, modeling and simulation, in combination with UAS attribute performance models, was implemented to better understand challenges, limitations, and potential benefits of UAS support. However, based on the findings and recommendations of the original inquiry, the research will be expanded to include examination of operator knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), performance rating standards, and appropriate training requirements and delivery approaches.

Usability of Urban Air Mobility: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments of Usage in Emergency Situations

  • PI Scott Winter

    CO-I Stephen Rice

    CO-I Sean Crouse

  • ​The purpose of these studies is to determine the usability of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles in the emergency response to natural disasters and the ideal locations for their take-off and landing sites to occur, consistent with the Center's Theme 2. UAM involves aerial vehicles, mostly operated autonomously, which can complete short flights around urban areas, although their applications are expanding to rural operations as well. While initially designed to support advanced transportation mobility, these vehicles could offer numerous advantages in the emergency response to natural disasters. Through a series of four studies with over 2,000 total participants, quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to identify UAM vehicles' usability in response to natural disasters. The studies will examine the types of natural disasters and types of missions where UAM could be considered usable, along with the creation of a valid scale to determine vertiport usability. Interviews will also be conducted to provide qualitative insights to complement the quantitative findings.
Using Interpretable Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Validation of Autonomous Vehicle Decision Making in Simulation

  • PI M. Ilhan Akbas

  • ​Autonomous Vehicle Validation and Verification AV V&V testing produces multi-variate time series data as output, which is evaluated to determine testing coverage.
Using Virtual Reality to Identify Cybersecurity Threats for Navy Midshipmen

  • PI Andrew Dattel

    CO-I Omar Ochoa

    CO-I Daniel Friedenzohn

    CO-I Trevor Goodwin

    CO-I Harry Brodeen

  • This research is investigating the training of U.S. Navy Midshipman enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to identify cyber and security threats in a simulated bridge of a Navy vessel. Midshipmen will receive classroom instruction, as well as training in a virtual reality bridge simulator. The knowledge and skills training the midshipmen received is intended to transfer to the applications of midshipmen’s future positions and careers.

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Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE)

  • PI John Leishman

    CO-I Ebenezer Gnanamanickam

    CO-I Kaijus Henri Palm

    CO-I Guillermo Mazzilli

  • Ship airwakes are the unsteady turbulent flows that are generated by the earths atmospheric boundary layer (the wind colloquially) blowing over a ship. These flow fields are highly turbulent, not easy to predict and couple with a similar wake flow field generated by a rotorcraft operating close the the ship. This coupling as expected is extremely difficult to predict let along faithfully simulate in a flight simulator. This coupling can have catastrophic consequences for the operation or rotorcraft operating in the vicinity of Naval ships.
Vision and Wireless-Based Surveying for Intelligent OSAM Navigation (VISION)

  • PI Hever Moncayo

    CO-I Kadriye Merve Dogan

  • ​In this project, which is a SpaceWERX Phase I STTR program with Orbital Prime, we are developing algorithms to increase autonomy of OSAM applications. 
Volusia County Transportation Challenge: A Commentary Report on Volusia County's Long Range Transportation Plan

  • PI Ahmed Abdelghany

  • The objective of this project is to evaluate the long-term (5-10 years) transportation plan of Volusia county.

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Wake Vortex Safety Analysis in the Context of UAS Integration in the NAS

  • PI Vladimir Golubev

  • ​This project is a collaboration with several research organizations under the supervision of FAA. The focus  of the current research efforts is on developing and employing variable-fidelity prediction approaches to examine safety implications of the future integration of variable-size UAS systems in the National Aerospace System (UAS). 

Wind Powered Water Pump

  • PI Jeff Brown

    CO-I Christopher Hays

  • The vision of the Wind-Powered Water Pump project is to develop a template for the development of long-range water transportation in areas where no other external energy sources are available.
Workplace Accident Survey

  • PI Mark Friend

  • Random employees of unspecified companies will be interviewed to ID cause(s) of accidents in which they were involved.  The goal is to determine if they could have been prevented by adjustments to the overall sysem.