Acquisition of a Multi-Domain Advanced Real-Time Simulator to Support DoD-focused Interdisciplinary Research at CSUB
Abstract
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and the Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act for 2016 allocated $28M to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). The program aims to (a) enhance research programs and capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of DoD; (b) enhance the capacity of HBCU/MI to participate in defense research programs and activities; and (c) increase the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that are important to the defense mission. The FY 2016 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicited proposals from single investigators at HBCUs and MIs for the acquisition equipment and instrumentation in scientific areas important to one or more the three defense research offices, namely: Army Research Office (ARO); Office of Naval Research (ONR); and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). All equipment/instrument grant awards made under this program will have a 12-month performance period. California State University at Bakersfield (CSUB) proposal requests funding for a Multi-Domain Advanced Real-Time Simulator (MDARTS) to be housed at CSUB, a Hispanic Serving Institution. MDARTS physically interfaces parts of a system while simulating the rest of the system using real-time hardware and software. The instrument will provide CSUB with real-time simulation capabilities, which are now key to the development and validation of a wide range of advanced engineering systems for increasingly complex applications of interest to DoD. The requested instrument will significantly enhance a current DoD-funded research project (W911NF-15-1-0498, funded by ARO; PI: Saeed Jafarzadeh) at CSUB that focuses on the development of novel forecasting methodologies for solar and wind energy and investigating their impact on micro-grids. The goal of the project is to better address the intermittency of solar and wind generation units in power systems and microgrids by addressing a broader range of uncertainties in these resources. MDARTS will enhance this research by allowing movement beyond theory, and experimentally test the developed algorithms on microcontrollers connected to a wind turbine that interfaces with a simulated micro-grid.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 18, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610429
Entities
People
- Saeed Jafarzadeh
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- California State University, Bakersfield
- Office of the Secretary of Defense