Integrated Digital Approach to Naval Engineering and Education
Abstract
Since its inception, the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been at the forefront of the development of advanced design methods and their application to revolutionary concepts. With ONRs support, ASDL has develop ed a wide range of processes, methods, techniques and tools to support design, decision making, strategic planning, technology portf olio management, capability-based planning, and architecting of systems-of-systems to name a few. The Naval Engineering branch withi n ASDL was formally established in 2010 with the goal of having dedicated resources and expertise in the areas related to naval engi neering. The branchs mission is to advance design of naval systems by introducing lessons learnt in the aerospace and systems engin eering communities. ASDL recognizes that by maintaining a multidisciplinary perspective on the problem of naval architecture and mar ine engineering, ASDL expects to provide a distinct analysis capability. ASDL, in partnership with ONR, seeks to continue to further develop advanced design methods and system/System of Systems (SoS) tools to promote their applicability to real world applications. Thus, the objective is to develop the next generation of Advanced Design Methods for use in complex system and SoS engineering meth ods and techniques through the exposure of both undergraduate and graduate students to a broad range of conceptual design challenges from multiple, diverse domains that include multidisciplinary real world problem applications.As people and machines are increasing ly networked together into systems of systems, a more integrated and agile approach to design is required, in addition to extensive computing and networking capabilities. While increasing computational power has enabled higher fidelity modeling and simulation to b ecome more commonplace, improving the efficiency and agility of design requires these high-fidelity analysis processes to be linked directly to information sources. Advances in digital ledger technologies, data management, and knowledge capture enable a transforma tion of systems engineering practices, and all associated disciplines, to digitally integrate across an enterprise and support full life-cycle activities. Utilizing model-based systems engineering (MBSE), integrated digital vehicle representations can be used to a ddress these shortcomings. These digital representations support the development of virtual testing environments, enabling seamless integration and deploy of collaborative, networked computational technologies into the analysis, design, testing, validation, discov ery, and manufacturing process.A broad range of challenge areas representing real world applications of critical importance to multi ple and varied problem domains will be addressed in order to promote the further growth, development, and refinement of new design m ethods, tools, and processes. In this way the Navy will ultimately benefit from having at its disposable a large arsenal of conceptu al design techniques to address emerging challenges and opportunities. Problem domains are chosen that are of critical importance to the Navy and the Department of Defense (DoD) and provide a solid foundation on which to begin the development of the next-generatio n advanced design methods.APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 22, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112893
Entities
People
- Dimitri Mavris
Organizations
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy