The new Perfusion Simulation Center at the Medical University of South Carolina provides a new level of high fidelity simulation training for perfusion students. A key component is the Orpheus Perfusion Simulator which is a computer-driven simulator integrated with the mechanical connections of the heart-lung machine to allow for real time operative procedures and perfusion incidents. Due to th...

Building performance simulation is being increasingly deployed beyond the building design phase to support efficient building operation. Specifically, the predictive feature of the simulation-assisted building systems control strategy provides distinct advantages in view of building systems with high latency and inertia. Such advantages can be exploited only if model predictions can be relied u...

This paper describes the online analysis of simulation data in real time using the Crew Activity Tracking System (CATS). CATS compares actual operator actions to a model of nominal operator procedures to track operator activities and detect possible operator errors. A suite of system state visualization tools, together with CATS, enables researchers to detect problematic operator-automation int...

This paper presents the development and verification of a high fidelity, nonlinear simulation of a high performance aircraft. The exact aircraft modeled is the Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter. The motivation behind the development of this simulation is to validate controller performance for various nonlinear control approaches. However, this simulation is extensible to many other applications suc...

Over the last 30 years, the medical profession has been following in the foot steps of the aviation industry by developing equipment and teaching styles to recreate, or simulate, patient scenarios for educational purposes. One of the first mannequins in simulation education was the cardiopulmonary resuscitation mannequin, used with nurses and medical professionals for basic life support trainin...

This report presents the effort under way at Argonne National Laboratory toward a comprehensive, integrated computational tool intended mainly for the high-fidelity simulation of sodium-cooled fast reactors. The main activities carried out involved neutronics, thermal hydraulics, coupling strategies, software architecture, and highperformance computing. A new neutronics code, UNIC, is being dev...

Active structures capable of responding to external stimulii represent the emerging frontier in structural design. Robust and real-time sensing, control, and actuation pose fundamental challenges that must be addressed in this context. As part of an ambitious project funded by the National Science Foundation, researchers at Purdue, Rice, Florida State, and the Catholic (Belgium) Universities ha...

Surface flow phenomena, such as rain water flowing down a tree trunk and progressive water front in a shower room, are common in real life. However, compared with the 3D spatial fluid flow, these surface flow problems have been much less studied in the graphics community. To tackle this research gap, we present an efficient, robust and high-fidelity simulation approach based on the shallow-wate...

To maximize the profitability of modern satellites, designers must invest their spacecraft with both capability and reliability. On-board, autonomous software holds the promise of greatly enhancing spacecraft abilities, yet software glitches have been directly to blame for recent, highly publicized failures. This paper presents the flightsoftware development framework created for the Generalize...

BACKGROUND Simulation-based nursing education is an increasingly popular pedagogical approach. It provides students with opportunities to practice their clinical and decision-making skills through various real-life situational experiences. However, simulation approaches fall along a continuum ranging from low-fidelity to high-fidelity simulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the e...