The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned an evaluation of the appropriateness of adjusting the current limits of liability for oil spills from transportation-related onshore facilities, based on the requirements of the Oil P...
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The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned an evaluation of the appropriateness of adjusting the current limits of liability for oil spills from transportation-related onshore facilities, based on the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Extensive data collection and analysis revealed that the type and quality of the data needed to support recommendations for setting limits of liability for oil spills from specific categories of facilities were either not available or not reliable. Therefore, no recommendation can be made regarding a change in the limits of liability. Further, the lack of accessible data cripples decision making in the entire subject of oil spills. Recommendations are made regarding the data acquisition process and the systems needed to support it.
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Kaldas, AidaPicard, IsabelleChronopoulos, ChristosChevalier, PhilippeCarabin, PierreHolcroft, GillianAlexander, GarySpezio, JosephMann, JimMolintas, HenryAIDA KALDAS
Eng. is the principal author and Technical Manager at PyroGenesis Inc. She is currently leading the process development team of the Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System for applications on board ships. She holds a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from Cairo University and a Masters in Engineering Science from the University of Western Ontario. She is a member of “l'Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec” since 1981. Prior to joining PyroGenesis Inc. Mrs. Kaldas has led several development programs working for Orica (formally ICI Explosives)for over 20 years. Her areas of expertise include process optimization and debottlenecking process modeling and particles processing. ISABELLE PICARD
ENG. is a Product Development Engineer at PyroGenesis Inc. She is currently part of the process development team of the Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System for applications on board ships. She holds a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from “école Polytechnique de Montréal”. She is a member of “l'Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec” since 1995. Prior to joining PyroGenesis Inc. Mrs. Picard has worked as project leader for several development project related to natural gas applications working for The Natural Gas Technologies Center and as Product Development Engineer for the fuel cell industry working for H Power Canada inc. Her areas of expertise include process development and optimization system integration and equipment sizing. CHRISTOS CHRONOPOULOS
Eng. is presently a Product Development Engineer at PyroGenesis Inc. Over the last two years Mr. Chronopoulos has worked on the design and development processes for the treatment of all types of wastes. Prior to joining PyroGenesis Inc. Mr. Chronopoulos worked on process engineering and process development in the Fuel Cell industry for a period of two years and also in the Electronic Plating industry for 4 years. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Sherbrooke University. He is a member of “l'Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec”. PHILIPPE CHEVALIER
Eng. is the
The Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System (PAWDS) uses plasma energy, with temperatures over 5,000 degrees C, to rapidly and efficiently destroy combustible waste aboard ships. PAWDS has proven itself to be a viable alt...
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The Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System (PAWDS) uses plasma energy, with temperatures over 5,000 degrees C, to rapidly and efficiently destroy combustible waste aboard ships. PAWDS has proven itself to be a viable alternative to traditional incinerators. >> In September 2003, Carnival Cruise Lines were the first to install a PAWDS aboard their 2,056 passenger (plus 1,000 crew members) capacity, M/S Fantasy cruise ship, to treat ship waste including paper, cardboard, plastics, textiles, wood, and food. As of June 2004, it is being operated and maintained solely by Carnival Cruise Lines personnel and has been permitted to operate in port by the Bahamian port authorities. >> The Navy's next generation aircraft carrier, CVN 21, will be equipped with two FAWDS to process all of the non-food combustible solid waste generated with sufficient system redundancy. The US Navy has been jointly developing the PAWDS with PyroGenesis Inc. over the last 6 years. The development efforts in 2004 and 2005 coupled with lessons learned from operation aboard Carnival's cruise ship have resulted in the identification of additional process and design improvements. Source emission testing by an independent laboratory has also demonstrated that the PAWDS easily meets IMO MARPOL requirements for the destruction of solid waste.
The MMVR Conference is one of a handful of national forums where leading researchers regularly convene to discuss medical modeling and simulation. As such, the presentations made during the conference represent a reas...
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(纸本)1586033204
The MMVR Conference is one of a handful of national forums where leading researchers regularly convene to discuss medical modeling and simulation. As such, the presentations made during the conference represent a reasonable overview of both the state-of-the-art in virtual reality in medicine and the basic and applied research trends in the field. This article describes those trends and some of the implications based on a meta-analysis of almost three hundred articles published as a result of the MMVR Conferences in 2000, 2001, and 2002.
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Flynn, JEBryant, RERUSSELL E. BRYANT is the leader for future decoy development in the Surface Electronic Warfare Systems Program Office
Program Executive Office for Theater Surface Combatants. In 2000 he was selected as “Outstanding Alumni for Organizational Contribution” Executive Potential Program Leadership Development Academy USDA Graduate School. He is a retired reserve lieutenant commander commissioned in 1976 from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NROTC program with a bachelors of engineering in nuclear engineering and minor in history and political science. He graduated in 1997 from the Naval War College College of Naval Command and Staff through the Non-Resident Seminar Program. He graduated in 1999 from the USDA Graduate School Leadership Development Academy Executive Potential Program. He is a member of the Defense Leadership and Management Program (DLAMP) 2000 Cohort. He is currently completing a one year rotation in the Office of Technology Transition of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Technology and Logistics). JOHN E. FLYNN is a captain in the naval reserve and has completed his fourth command tour. He recently served as the battle force operations and engineering leader for PEO Theater Surface Combatants participation in Joint and service wargames
exercises and experiments. Previously he was the first head of modeling and simulation in the AEGIS Program Office where he pioneered the use of distributed modeling and simulation. He served at NSWC White Oak as head of the system design and technical direction agent groups for the MK 116 Mod 7 ASW control system. He graduated from Villanova University and was commissioned via NROTC. He served sea duty aboard USS Forrestal (CV-59) and USS Coontz (DDG-40).He has a BS in computer science from the University of Maryland. He graduated with highest distinction from the Naval War College. He completed Old Dominion University's strategic studies graduate program. He is a Catholic University Law School graduate and member of the Maryland Bar.
As the current review of Department of Defense (DOD) structures, capabilities, and plaits are coming to completion and moving into implementation phases, a focus to maintain is the delivery of mission capabilities for...
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As the current review of Department of Defense (DOD) structures, capabilities, and plaits are coming to completion and moving into implementation phases, a focus to maintain is the delivery of mission capabilities for the front line warfighters. The mission capabilities packages are supported by the material, and also by the materiel support process, which includes not only the hardware, but more importantly the people, training, maintenance and support, and the doctrine, concepts of operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures for the material. Following an updated discussion on operational engineering, this paper expands the authors' concept of operational engineering, to several applied logistics options and discussions in support of rapid decisive operations. It finishes with an introductory discussion of a logistics commander operational planning tool, which potentially can support and enable generation of rapid decisive operations. This tool could assist combatant commanders and their warfighters to operate inside the decision cycle of opponents on the front lines. Further, the concepts addressed align with the Quadrennial Defense Review 2001 task: to "Provide sufficient mobility, including airlift, sealift, prepositioning, basing infrastructure, alternative points of debarkation, and new logistical concepts of operations, to conduct expeditionary operations in distant theaters against adversaries armed with weapons of mass destruction and other means to deny access to U.S. forces" [emphasis added](QDR 2001).
Aboard current ships, such as the DDG 51, engineering control and damage control activities are manpower intensive. It is anticipated that, for future combatants, the workload demand arising from operation of systems ...
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Aboard current ships, such as the DDG 51, engineering control and damage control activities are manpower intensive. It is anticipated that, for future combatants, the workload demand arising from operation of systems under conditions of normal steaming and during casualty response will need to be markedly reduced via automated monitoring, autonomous control, and other technology initiatives. Current DDG 51 class ships can be considered as a manpower baseline and under Condition III typical engineering control involves seven to eight watchstanders at manned stations in the Central Control Station, the engine rooms and other machinery spaces. In contrast to this manning level, initiatives such as DD 21 and the integrated engineering plant (IEP) envision a partnership between the operator and the automation system, with more and more of the operator's functions being shifted to the automation system as manning levels decrease. This paper describes some human systems integration studies of workload demand reduction and, consequently, manning reduction that can be achieved due to application of several advanced technology concepts. Advanced system concept studies in relation to workload demand are described and reviewed including. Piecemeal applications of diverse automation and remote control technology concepts to selected high driver tasks in current DDG 51 activities. Development of the reduced ship's crew by virtual presence system that will provide automated monitoring and display to operators of machinery health, compartment conditions, and personnel health. The IEP envisions the machinery control system as a provider of resources that are used by various consumers around the ship. Resource needs and consumer priorities are at all times dependent upon the ship's current mission and the availability of equipment pawnbrokers.
Forecasting medical resource requirements during combat operations is dependent upon reliable estimates of the anticipated patient load. Traditionally, mean patient load estimations are used to determine the medical r...
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Forecasting medical resource requirements during combat operations is dependent upon reliable estimates of the anticipated patient load. Traditionally, mean patient load estimations are used to determine the medical resources and supplies. However, these approximations can underestimate the resources needed to treat casualties during certain peak periods of an operation. This paper discusses the use of percentile estimates in forecasting patient loads as an alternative to using measures of central tendency. To assist in providing alternative estimates of ground casualty rates, the SLICECAS model has been developed to compute the varying percentile estimates. Design and construction of the model is based on data and trends observed during previous combat operations.
This effort provides a quantitative method that incorporates the objectives of a C4I system. A systematic methodology, which incorporates expert opinion and operational necessities, is provided to evaluate communicati...
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Bryant, REFlynn, JERussell Bryant:is the leader for future decoy development in the Surface Electronic Warfare Systems Program Office
Program Executive Office for Theater Surface Combatants. Previously he served as CVN Ship Life Cycle Manager in the Aircraft Carrier Program Office Naval Sea Systems Command. He is a retired reserve Lieutenant Commander with surface warfare nuclear power and naval control of shipping/convoy qualifications. He was commissioned 1976 from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NROTC program with a bachelor of engineering degree in nuclear engineering and minor in history and political science. His active duty service includes USS Mississippi (CGN 40) USS South Carolina (CGN 37)USS Texas (CGN 39)Commander Naval Surface Force
Atlantic Fleet (Readiness and Training) staff and
Commander Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet (Ship's Material) staff. He graduated in 1997 from the Naval War College College of Naval Command and Staff through the Non-Resident Seminar Program. He graduated in 1998 from the USDA Graduate School Leadership Development Academy Executive Potential Program. John Flynn:is the battle force operations and engineering leader for PEO Theater Surface Combatant participation in service and joint war games
exercises and experiments. Previously he was the first head of modeling and simulation (M&S) in the AEGIS Program Office where he pioneered the use of distributed M&S. He previously served at NSWC White Oak as head of system design and technical direction agent groups for the MK 116 Mod 7 ASW Control System. He graduated from Villanova University and was commissioned via NROTC in 1974. He served on sea duty aboard USS Forrestal (CV 59) and USS Coontz (DDG 40). He is a Captain in the Naval Reserve serving a third command tour. He has a BS in computer science from the University of Maryland graduated with highest distinction from the Naval War College and completed the Strategic Studies Program at Old Dominion University. He is a graduate of The Catholic University Columbus School
Many discussions and articles address the business and military changes supporting implementation of Joint Vision 2010 and its system-of-systems approach. The dynamics of international military operations and commitme...
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Many discussions and articles address the business and military changes supporting implementation of Joint Vision 2010 and its system-of-systems approach. The dynamics of international military operations and commitments, coupled with accelerating information technologies, can lead to confusion and uncertainty Customary rules recommend caution, even stopping, when confusion and uncertainty are present, yet the needed changes counsel toward accelerated efforts. Currently, systems engineering does not completely address delivering "operational war fighting capabilities," or foster commanders' confidence to fully exploit those capabilities upon delivery. Acquisition reform supports accelerating delivery of systems. likewise, accelerated delivery of "war fighting capabilities" within any opponents' fielding and deployment cycle is imperative. Technical advances in modeling and simulation, utilization concepts, and innovative evaluation methods create an opportunity to facilitate codevelopment of doctrine, operations, and training prior to producing hardware systems. On-line simulation and evaluation tools can overcome the need for physical systems. Specifically, this paper lays out the opportunity to evolve systems engineering to another level, operational engineering, which leverages from the modeling and simulation environment, prior to hardware production. That modeling and simulation paired with coevolution of procedures and on-line analysis will produce a trained customer base, fully prepared for deliveries of "operational war fighting capabilities".
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Leite, MJMensh, DRMichael J. Leite:is a Principal Engineer with PRC
Inc. a division of Litton Industries. He supports combat system engineering for theater air and missile defense. His other tasks have included the command and control for the AEGIS shipbuilding program systems engineering for the 21st Century Surface Combatant combat system survivability and the development of NATO standardization agreements for naval ordnance. He was previously a Senior Engineer with San Diego Gas & Electric with responsibility for its energy application and lighting programs. Prior to joining SDG&E Mr. Leite was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy where he served in operations and engineering assignments. Following active duty he accepted a Naval Reserve commission and has retired with the rank of Captain. His assignments included command operational and engineering tours. Mr. Leite has also served as an expert witness in admiralty and engineering matters. He is a gradate of the University of California Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering and also holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from National University in San Diego. Mr. Leite is a Registered Professional Engineer in the States of California and Minnesota. Mr. Leite is a member of ASNE ASCE MORS the Illuminating Engineering Society and the U.S. Naval institute. Dennis Roy Mensh:is a Senior Engineer with PRC
Inc. a division of Litton Industries in Crystal City VA where he supports modeling and simulation tasking for combat systems. He received BS and MS degrees in applied Physics from Lopola College in Baltimore MD and the American University in Washington DC. He has also completed the course work towards a Ph.D. degree in computer science specializing in the fields of Operations Reseurch Anabsis Systems Analysis and Computer Modeling and Simulation. Previously he was employed at the White Oak Laboratory of the Naval Surface Warfare Carter in Silver Spring MD where he worked in the areas of naval sensor and weapon system analysis
This paper defines, develops and examines a set of generic analysis tools that can be applied to Models and simulations at the Systems Engineering level of fidelity. The tools examine the performance and effectiveness...
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This paper defines, develops and examines a set of generic analysis tools that can be applied to Models and simulations at the Systems Engineering level of fidelity. The tools examine the performance and effectiveness of Sensors;Weapons;and Battle Management, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence ((BMCI)-I-4) systems and equipment. The Measures of Performance (MOPs), Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) and Measures of Force Effectiveness (MOFEs) were extracted from the Modular Command and Control Structure Paradigm which was developed at the Naval Postgraduate School. The paradigm provides for the development of evaluation criteria (MOPs, MOEs, and MOFEs) in a framework that ensures the traceability of system performance and effectiveness to the system operational requirements as specified in the Operational Requirements Document (ORD). Also, the analysis tools provide insight and valid estimates of numerical measures of the defined system functionality threads, which represent the system's operational requirements as specified in the ORD. The tools are directly transferrable and applicable to test and evaluation exercise events which are conducted in support of the development and acquisition of systems and equipment. Once the levels of system performance have been defined, the Paradigm generates a quantitative database that becomes a useful tool in system tradeoffs and selection. Once the alternative system suites have been defined, the suites can be analyzed in terms of system functionality threads and their corresponding performance capabilities versus cost.
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