Engineer Research and Development Center Capstone Visit

LTC Richards and Cadets Cosner, Matos, Merrick, Moody, and Provine (all class of 2017) traveled to Vicksburg, MS to meet with their Capstone client, Mr. James Richards, an analyst from the Institute for Systems Engineering Research (ISER) out of the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Both capstone projects support ISER research into incorporating life cycle cost analysis into the acquisition of Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS). The teams presented their work completed to date in their specifics areas of research and participated in sessions with industry and government partners who are researching methods to incorporate the life cycle cost framework into an online trade-space analysis tool called TradeBuilder. The sessions were very collaborative and helpful for the teams as they move forward with their research and analysis to produce deliverables that will be incorporated into the larger body of work.