Automation & Data Systems Technical Papers Presented

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2012

Araujo, M.S., T.A. Newton, C.S. Samiadji-Benthin, R. Seegmiller, M.L. Moodie, B.A. Abbott, T. Grace, and W. Malatesta. Control and Status of Telemetric Network Systems. Presented at the International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, October 2012. 

Arensman, W.L. and T.T. Do. Standardized Security Objects for AMI. Presented at the UCA International Users Group Summit, New Orleans, October 2012. 

Avery, P.A. and R.D. Garcia. Distributed Control in Multi-vehicle Systems. Presented at the 3rd International Multi-conference on Complexity, Informatics, and Cybernetics, Orlando, Fla., March 2012. 

Avery, P.A. and S.G. Dykes. Alternate Methods for Security in a Connected Vehicle Environment. Presented at the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) World Congress, Vienna, Austria, October 2012. 

Bayless, A.J., K.D. Retherford, G.R. Gladstone, S.A. Stern, A.F. Egan, P. Miles, J.W. Parker, D.E. Kaufmann, D.G. Horvath, T.K. Greathouse, M.H. Versteeg, A.J. Steffl, J. Mukherjee, M.W. Davis, D.C. Slater, P Rojas, P.D. Feldman, D.M. Hurley, W.R. Pryor, and A.R. Hendrix. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) Maps of the Permanently Shaded Regions (PSR) at the Lunar Poles. Presented at the American Astronomical Society Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 2012. 

Brown, M.A. Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (CVII) Program. Presented at the 2012 ITS Texas Annual Meeting, Dallas, October 2012. 

Brown, T.J., R.L. Strain, and R.W. Heller. Smartphone Application for Road Rangers. Presented at the Transpo 2012 Conference, Fort Myers, Florida, November 2012. 

Brown, T.J., S.W. Dellenback, R.W. Heller, and R.L. Strain. Deploying Connected Vehicles Using the FDOT SunGuide® Software. Presented at the Transpo 2012 Conference, Fort Myers, Florida, November 2012. 

Crosby, K.S. In Pursuit of Process Excellence — Don’t Let the Terminology Immobilize You! Presented at the Guest blog with Business Bank of Texas, http://www.businessbankoftexas.com, October 2012. 

Dellenback, S.W., R.D. Garcia, and J.C. Gassaway. Negative Obstacle Detection Using Cooperative Systems. Presented at the 2012 ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, October 2012. 

Do, T.T. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Alarms and Events and the AMI Incident Response Guidelines. Presented at the OpenSG User’s Group Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 2012. 

Dykes, S.G., R.L. Killough, and W.L. Arensman. Security for the Common Man. Presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, May 2012. 

Dykes, S.G. An Extreme Value Theory Approach to Anomaly Detection (EVT-AD). Presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, May 2012. 

Edwards, S.M. and C.L. Lewis. ROS-Industrial — Applying the Robot Operating System (ROS) to Industrial Applications. Presented at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Robot Operating System Developer Conference (ICRA/ROSCon), St. Paul, Minnesota, May 2012. 

Edwards, S.M. and W.C. Flannigan. ROS-Industrial — Accelerating Research to Applications. Presented at the Robotics Industries Association Annual Industry Forum, Orlando, January 2012. 

Edwards, S.M. and W.C. Flannigan. ROS-Industrial — Open Software Components for Industrial Automation. Presented at the Fraunhofer Workshop — ROS Industrial, Stuttgart, Germany, October 2012. 

Edwards, S.M. ROS-Industrial - Accelerating Research to Applications. Presented at the Robotics Industry Forum, January 20th, Orlando, Florida, 2012. 

Edwards, S.M. ROS-Industrial – Applying the Robot Operating System (ROS) to Industrial Applications. Presented at the ICRA ECHORD Workshop, May 18 , St. Paul, Minnesota, 2012. 

Edwards, S.M. ROS-Industrial – Open Software Components for Industrial Automation. Presented at the Fraunhofer IPA Conference: ROS INDUSTRIAL – AN ENABLER FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS?, October 20th, Stuttgart, Germany, 2012. 

Evans, P.T. and G.R. Bartlett. Concept Development and Basic Fabrication Techniques. Presented at the Alamo Inventors Special Interest Group of the Technology Connexus Association, San Antonio, April 2012. 

Evans, P.T. and G.R. Bartlett. Concept Development and Basic Fabrication Techniques. Presented at the Alamo Inventors Meeting, San Antonio, April 2012. 

Evans, P.T. and S.M. Edwards. ROS Industrial — A Disruptive Community Approach to Industrial Robotics Software. Presented at the 2012 RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, Pittsburgh, October 2012. 

Evans, P.T. A Disruptive Community Approach to Industrial Robotics Software. Presented at the RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, October 22, , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2012. 

Evans, P.T. Technology Readiness for Randomized Bin Picking Solutions. Presented at the 2012 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop, Hyattsville, Md., March 2012. 

Feldman, P.D., D.M. Hurley, K.D. Retherford, G.R. Gladstone, S.A. Stern, W.R. Pryor, J.W. Parker, D.E. Kaufmann, M.W. Davis, and M.H. Versteeg. Exospheric Helium During January 2012 from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP). Presented at the NASA Lunar Science Forum, Moffett Field, Calif., July 2012. 

Flannigan, W.C., D.R. Chambers, and H.G. Wheeler Jr. High-accuracy, Real-time Pedestrian Detection System Using 2D and 3D Features. Presented at the SPIE Defense Security and Sensing Conference, Baltimore, April 2012. 

Flannigan, W.C. Industrial Robotics: Recent Advancements in Sensing, Software, Mobility, and Safety that are Driving Innovation. Presented at the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Drilling Systems Automation Workshop, San Diego, March 2012. 

Flannigan, W.C. SUMET Perception System Overview. Presented at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Code 30 Autonomy TIA Integration Workshop, San Diego, May 2012. 

Garcia, R.D. Intelligent Behaviors Through Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication. Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), Baltimore, April 2012. 

Jeirath, N., S.G. Dykes, and T.T. Do. Malware Detection in Cyber-physical Systems. Presented at the Malware Technical Exchange Meeting, El Segundo, Calif., August 2012. 

Khalek, I.A., V. Premnath, R.L. Mechler, D.A. Preece, R. Giannelli, M.A. Spears, T. Barone,, J. Storey, S. Shimpi, and W. Silvis. Particle Generator for Engine Exhaust Simulation. Presented at the 22nd CRC Real World Emissions Workshop, San Diego, March 2012. 

Killough, R.L. and P.B. Wood. Preventing and Detecting Malware in Space Systems. Presented at the Malware Technical Exchange Meeting, El Segundo, Calif., August 2012. 

Killough, R.L. Challenges in Securing and Utilizing Space Assets. Presented at the Cyber Applications for Space Session of the Air Force Space Command Cyber Vision 2025 Summit, Peterson AFB, Colo., March 2012. 

Killough, R.L. Security for Cyber-physical Systems: It’s Not Your Father’s Cybersecurity. Presented at the National Science Foundation-Scholarship for Service (NSF-SFS) Workshop on Educational Initiatives in Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure, Lubbock, Texas, November 2012. 

Killough, R.L. Smart Grids, Smart Sensors, and Smart Phones. Presented at the Texas Tech University Electrical and Computer Engineering for Graduate Students, Lubbock, Texas, February 2012. 

Kozak, K.C. ROS User Perspective. Presented at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Autonomy Architectures Innovation Summit, Arlington, Va., July 2012. 

Lamm, R.D. Connected Vehicle Wrong-way Driver Countermeasures. Presented at the ITS America Annual Meeting, Washington, May 2012. 

Loomis, J.G. Embedded System Security Testing. Presented at the Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group 2012 Spring Conference, Savannah, Ga., May 2012. 

Loomis, J.G. White Hat Hacking the Smart Grid. Presented at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, San Jose, Calif., March 2012. 

McClung, R.C., Y.-D. Lee, K.S. Chan, M.P. Enright, and S.K. Fitch. Methods for Temperature Effects in Probabilistic Damage Tolerance Analysis. Presented at the 2012 Propulsion-Safety and Affordable Readiness (P-SAR) Conference, Jacksonville, Fla., March 2012. 

Miller, C.S. Learn to See — Learn to Save: Case Studies in Sustainable Manufacturing. Presented at the The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Sustainable Manufacturing Lecture Series, San Antonio, April 2012. 

Miller, S.A. ‘Better?’ Bulk Transfer Alternatives to CFDP. Presented at the Flight Software Workshop, San Antonio, November 2012. 

Mitchem, S.C. and G. Trevino. Cyber Security of Grid-connected Systems. Presented at the Border Energy Forum, Hermosillo, Mexico, October 2012. 

Mitchem, S.C. Factoring User Experience into Mobile Application Security. Presented at the Spring 2012 Software Assurance Forum, McLean, Va., March 2012. 

Mitchem, S.C. Is Energy Storage Ready for our Sustainable Energy Future. Presented at the 6th Annual UTSA Students Conference, San Antonio, April 2012. 

Mitchem, S.C. Thoughts and Considerations of a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) Future. Presented at the Presentation at the Plug-In-2012 Conference, San Antonio, July 2012. 

Moore, M.S., J.C. Price, and K. Griffith-Boyle. Deploying Vehicular Integration for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance/Electronic Warfare (C4ISR/EW) Interoperability (VICTORY) Architecture and Specifications. Presented at the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS), Troy, Mich., August 2012. 

Quiroz, C. OPNET Modeling of Plug and Play Spacecraft Networks. Presented at the Flight Software Workshop, San Antonio, November 2012. 

Ragsdale, G.L. Control and Integration of Micro-grids into Grid-based Solutions. Presented at the San Antonio Clean Technology Incubator Micro-grid Lunch and Learn, San Antonio, February 2012. 

Randolph, L.A. Travel Times Using Bluetooth. Presented at the Western States Rural Transportation Technology Implementers Forum, Yreka, Calif., June 2012. 

Retherford, K.D., G.R. Gladstone, S.A. Stern, A.F. Egan, P. Miles, D.E. Kaufmann, J.W. Parker, W.R. Pryor, A.D. Hendrix, D.M. Hurley, P.D. Feldman, T.K. Greathouse, M.H. Versteeg, M.W. Davis, J. Mukherjee, A.J. Bayless, P Rojas, and A.J. Steffl. Lunar Far-UV Albedos Reveal Water Frost and Porosity in Permanently Shaded Regions (PSRs). Presented at the NASA Lunar Science Forum, Moffett Field, Calif., July 2012. 

Retherford, K.D., G.R. Gladstone, S.A. Stern, A.F. Egan, P. Miles, J.W. Parker, D.E. Kaufmann, T.K. Greathouse, M.H. Versteeg, A.J. Steffl, J. Mukherjee, M.W. Davis, D.C. Slater, A.J. Bayless, P Rojas, P.L. Karnes, P.D. Feldman, D.M. Hurley, W.R. Pryor, and A.R. Hendrix. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) Maps of Far-UV Albedo. Presented at the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Sciences Meeting, The Woodlands, Texas, March 2012. 

Rimpel, A.M., J.J. Moore, J. Grieco, P. Shy, J. Klein, and J. Brady. Rotordynamics of a 105,000 rpm Oil-free Compressor-expander for Subsurface Natural Gas Compression and Reinjection. Presented at the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Turbo Expo, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2012. 

Rimpel, A.M., T.C. Allison, J.J. Moore, J. Grieco, P. Shy, J. Klein, and J. Brady. Open-loop Aerodynamic Performance Testing of a 105,000 rpm Oil-free Compressor-expander for Subsurface Natural Gas Compression and Reinjection. Presented at the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Turbo Expo, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2012. 

Rojas, P, K.D. Retherford, G.R. Gladstone, S.A. Stern, A.F. Egan, P. Miles, J.W. Parker, D.E. Kaufmann, D.G. Horvath, T.K. Greathouse, M.H. Versteeg, A.J. Steffl, J. Mukherjee, M.W. Davis, D.C. Slater, A.J. Bayless, P.D. Feldman, D.M. Hurley, W.R. Pryor, and A.R. Hendrix. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) Maps of the Permanently Shaded Regions (PSR) at the Lunar Poles. Presented at the American Physical Society Meeting, Atlanta, March 2012. 

Seegmiller, R., G.C. Willden, M.S. Araujo, T.A. Newton, B.A. Abbott, and W. Malatesta. Automation of Generalized Measurement Extraction from Telemetric Network Systems. Presented at the International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, October 2012. 

Smith, C.B., Q.R. Black, and M.J. Magee. Computer Vision for Improved Single-sensor Spectrum Sensing. Presented at the Sensor Signal Processing for Defence (SSPD) 2012, London, September 2012. 

Thompson, T.R. Temporally Coherent Communications. Presented at the Joint Navigation Conference 2012, Colorado Springs, Colo., June 2012. 

Thorn Jr., E.L. and K.C. Kozak. SUMET Path Planning Overview. Presented at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Code 30 Autonomy TIA Integration Workshop, San Diego, May 2012. 

Trevino, G. and C. Fronda. High-fidelity PV Data Acquisition for Forecasting Solar Power Production. Presented at the 2012 National Instruments Week Conference, Austin, Texas, August 2012. 

Trevino, G. and S.C. Mitchem. Electric Vehicles Are Coming — Are You Ready? Presented at the Border Energy Forum, Hermosillo, Mexico, October 2012. 

Wood, P.B. and S.A. Baldor. Software Adaptation Layer for Increased Plug-and-Play Compatibility. Presented at the Reinventing Space Conference 2012, Los Angeles, May 2012. 

Wood, P.B. Cyber Attacks: An Emerging Threat to Satellites. Presented at the Flight Software Workshop, San Antonio, November 2012.