KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS Mr. Daniel Hicks, Chief of Staff, White Sands Missile Range Mr. Pete Christensen, OSD T&E Portfolio Manager and DASD DT&E Technical Advisor, The MITRE Corporation Mr. Gary Anaya, Chief, Fires Center of Excellence Capabilities Development and Integration Cell (CDI-Cell) Mr. Wayne Montag, Technical Director, Rocket Support Services, Kratos Defense Engineering Solutions, Inc. Mr. Scott Bisciotti, Command Post Technologies Srinivas Mukkamala Ph.D., Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis (ICASA), Computational Analysis and Network Enterprise Solutions (CAaNES), New Mexico Tech     SPECIAL PANELS Panel 1 – System of Systems “An NIE Experience” Moderator: Mr. Pete Christensen – OSD T&E Portfolio Manager and DASD DT&E Technical Advisor, The MITRE Corporation COL Gregory C. Baine – Chief, Brigade Modernization Integration Division (BMID). Mr. William D. Horton, Jr. – Deputy Project Manager, PM ASA/ALT System of Systems Engineering and Integration (SoSE&I) Directorate Colonel Daniel R. Hirsch – Director, Integrated Test and Evaluation Directorate (ITED), Army Operational Test Command (OTC) Lieutenant Colonel Ralph W. Radka – Deputy Commander for Operations 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Mr. Richard Martinez – Chief, Future Force Division, Material Test Directorate, WSMR Panel 2 – The R&D “Use” Of Propulsion Vehicles Moderator: Mr. Rob Maddox, Program Manager – Northrop Grumman Technical Services Mr. Wayne Montag – Tech Dir, RSS-Kratos Defense Engineering Solutions, Inc. Mr. Troy Gammill – Telemetry Engineer, NSWC-PHD, WSMR Mr. Kenneth Saunders – Electronics Engineer, Physical Science Laboratory, NMSU

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PRE-WORKSHOP TUTORIALS

‘Operational’ Design of Experimentation (DOE) – Dr. Mark Kiemele, Air Academy Associates

Coalition Mission Based Testing ‘Next Step After IOT&E’ – Mr. Michael Leite, PE TASC-N/DigiFlight Inc., Joint Interoperability Test Command

‘Interoperability and Persistent Connectivity’ Keys for Successful Distributed Testing – Mr. Gene Hudgins, TENA/JMETC

Introduction to Cyberspace T&E – Mr. Pete Christensen, OSD T&E Portfolio Manager and DASD DT&E Technical Advisor, The MITRE Corporation

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TECHNICAL SESSIONS

SYSTEM ENGINEERING – TRACK 1

Chair: Mr. Kevin Knudsen – Enterprise Systems/System of Systems Test Capability Leader, Boeing Test and Evaluation

Applying Jury Trial Process Wisdom to Tradeoff Studies: Hybridization of Systems Engineering and the Law
Odin Smith, Oscar Salcedo, and Eric Smith, University of Texas at El Paso

Interpretation of the DoDAF Operational Views using UML 
Mr. Francisco Zapata, University of Texas at El Paso, US Army Research Laboratory, APG, MD

Systems Engineering Approach & Evaluation to University Transit Networks
Mr. Sergio Luna Fong, University of Texas at El Paso, RIMES

Combinatorial Black Box Testing for Genetic Algorithms with Discrete and Continuous Variables and Potential Applications for General Testing Methods
Mr. Francisco Zapata

INCOSE SE Handbook v3.2 IV&V via DSM Analysis of Context Diagrams Set
Aditya Akundi, University of Texas at El Paso

Systems Engineering Next Generation T&E
Mr. Jack Ring, Educe LLC

Situational Awareness for Mobile Networks: Behavioral complex systems analysis for vulnerability assessment and situational awareness in mobile ad hoc networks
Max Planck and Isis Pollard, Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis (ICASA), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

NIE – TRACK 2

Chair: William T. Keegan, PMP – VP, Director of Test, Evaluation & Analysis, AMERICAN SYSTEMS Corp.

Test and Evaluation Capability for Threat Faithful Distributed Testing
Mr. Russell Ivey, Scientific Research Corporation

ATEC Wireless Instrumentation Network (AWIN) Support to Network Integration
Robert R. Mills, Jr., PhD, TRAX International

Operational Test & Training Integration
Mr. John Sherman and Mr. Scott Bisciotti, Command Post Technologies

MODEL BASED TEST & EVALUATION – TRACK 3

Chair: Dr. Raymond F. Bernstein, Jr – S4 Project Manager, Physical Science Laboratory, New Mexico State University

Division-Scale Live Virtual Constructive Experiment Coupling NS-3 and OneSaf via DIS 
Mr. Christopher Kosecki, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

A Performance and Scalability Evaluation of the NS-3 Real-Time Distributed Scheduler
Mr. Adira Contraras, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

A Model-Based Method for Integrating Diverse T&E Metadata Sources
Mr. John Hamilton, Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.

Model Based Systems Engineering in an Integrated Environment 
Mr Kevin Knudsen, Enterprise Systems/System of Systems Test Capability Leader, Boeing Test and Evaluation

Optimizing the Test Space for Multi-Band Optical Tracking Systems (MBOTS) 
Mr. Michael Horii, Photo- Sonics

Nonlinear Dynamical Modeling and Simulation of Axial Compressors Using Bond Graph
Mr. Alireza B. Novinzadeh, Mr. Majid Habibi

Simulation of Range Instrumentation Scenarios from an Antenna Designers Perspective 
Mr. David Gorman, Physical Science Laboratory, NMSU

INTEROPERABILITY – TRACK 4

Chair: Mr. Gene Hudgins – TENA/JMETC

Interoperability and Persistent Connectivity: Keys for Successful Distributed Testing and Training
Mr. Gene Hudgins, TENA / JMETC, BAE Systems

“TENA in Resource Constrained Environments” (TRCE): Technologies to Support Wireless Instrumentation Interoperability 
Mr. Tom Treakle, TRCE, BAE Systems

The Extension of CIAV from the Central Command to the Other U.S. Area Commands
Mr. Michael Leite, PE, TASC-N/DigiFlight Inc., JITC

System Architecture Declarative Semantic Formal Versions to Debug Knowledge Bases
Ms Lidia Zamarrón and Eric Smith, University of Texas at El Paso, and J. Carlos Acosta, UAEM

Historical Snapshot and Future Direction for the Coalition Interoperability Assurance and Validation (CIAV)
Extending CIAV from the Central Command to Other U.S. Area Commands
Mr. Michael Leite, PE, TASC-/DigiFlight Inc., JITC

Defending the Realm: “What is Working and What is Not” 
Srinivas Mukkamala Ph.D., Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis (ICASA), Computational Analysis and Network Enterprise Solutions (CAaNES), New Mexico Tech

DISTRIBUTED TESTING – TRACK 5

Chair: MG George Harrison (Retired) – GTRI

Distributed Simulation of Airborne Electronic Attack
Mr. Darin Nielson, Mr. David Lott, Engility Corporation

Quantitative Model Approach to Address Transportation Network Complexity
Mr. Danial Zaghi, Mr. Aditya Akundi, University of Texas at El Paso

The T-Borg Framework and Live, Virtual, & Constructive Continuum
Mr. Paul Hamilton, International Technologies, Inc.

 

“THE USE OF PROPULSION IN RDT&E” – TRACK 6 (Closed Sessions)

Chair:  Mr. Rob Maddox, Program Manager – Northrop Grumman Technical Services

HIFIRE 2 Flight Vehicle Overview 
Technical Director – Rocket Support Services, Kratos Defense Engineering Solutions, Inc.

HIFIRE 2 Flight Performance
Mr. Joshua Peterson, Performance Engineer – Rocket Support Services, Kratos Defense Engineering Solutions, Inc.

Sounding Rocket Flight Vibration and Shock, and Derived Environmental Test Criteria
Ricky W. Stanfield, Ph.D. Presented by Mr. Nicholas Wroblewski Engineer, Northrop Grumman Technical Services

Composition and Safety Mechanisms of Capacitive Discharge Ignition Systems Used in Sounding Rocket Applications
Mr. James Heller, Engineer, Northrop Grumman Technical Services

Computational Analysis of Vehicle Break-up
Mr. Ryan Kupchella and Mr. Matthew Kurzen, Corvid Technologies

Use of Surplus Solid Propellant Rocket Motors in Suborbital Test & Evaluation Applications
Mr. Nicholas Wroblewski Engineer, Northrup Grumman Technical Services

Cooperative C-Band Augmentation Testing in Austere Funding Cycles
Mr. Troy Gammill, Systems Engineer, PHD, NSWC White Sands Missile Range