1st Edition

Handbook of Scholarly Publications from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Volume 1, 2000-2020

572 Pages 232 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

572 Pages 232 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

572 Pages 232 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This handbook represents a collection of previously published technical journal articles of the highest caliber originating from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). The collection will help promote and affirm the leading-edge technical publications that have emanated from AFIT, for the first time presented as a cohesive collection. In its over 100 years of existence, AFIT has... Read more

Section 1 Cyber Security

Chapter 1 Evaluating Information Assurance Strategies

J. Todd Hamill, Richard F. Deckro, and Jack M. Kloeber Jr

Chapter 2 Analysis of Systems Security Engineering Design Principles for

the Development of Secure and Resilient Systems

Paul M. Beach, Logan O. Mailloux, Brent T. Langhals, and

Robert F. Mills

Chapter 3 Operator Suspicion and Human–Machine Team

Performance under Mission Scenarios of Unmanned Ground

Vehicle Operation

Chris Gay, John J. Elshaw, Barry Horowitz, Inki Kim, and

Philip Bobko

Chapter 4 Performance Evaluations of Quantum Key Distribution

System Architectures

Logan O. Mailloux, Michael R. Grimaila, Douglas D. Hodson,

Gerald Baumgartner, and Colin McLaughlin

Section 2 Data Analytics

Chapter 5 Multimodal Data Fusion for Systems Improvement: A Review

Nathan Gaw, Safoora Yousefi, and Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei

Chapter 6 Cost Estimating Using a New Learning Curve Theory for

Non-Constant Production Rates

Dakotah Hogan, John Elshaw, Clay Koschnick,

Jonathan Ritschel, Adedeji Badiru, and Shawn Valentine

Chapter 7 A Learning Curve Model Accounting for the Flattening

Effect in Production Cycles

Evan R. Boone, John J. Elshaw, Clay M. Koschnick,

Jonathan D. Ritschel, and Adedeji B. Badiru

Section 3 Space Technologies

Chapter 8 Shifting Satellite Control Paradigms: Operational Cybersecurity

in the Age of Megaconstellations

Carl Poole, Robert Bettinger, and Mark G. Reith

Chapter 9 Using a CubeSat Reference Architecture for Accelerated Model

Development and Analysis

Major Sean Kelly, David Jacques, Brad Ayres,

Richard Cobb, and Thomas Ford

Chapter 10 Cislunar Debris Propagation Following a Catastrophic

Spacecraft Mishap

Nathan R. Boone and Robert A. Bettinger

Chapter 11 Elliptical Orbit Proximity Operations Differential Games

Eric R. Prince, Joshuah A. Hess, and Richard G. Cobb

Section 4 Human Factors

Chapter 12 Systems Modeling Language Extension to Support Modeling of

Human-Agent Teams

Michael E. Miller, John M. McGuirl, Michael F. Schneider,

and Thomas C. Ford

Chapter 13 Effects of Agent Timing on the Human-Agent Team

Tyler J. Goodman, Michael E. Miller,

Christina F. Rusnock, and Jason M. Bindewald

Chapter 14 Spatialized Audio Improves Call Sign Recognition during

Multi-Aircraft Control

Sungbin Kim, Michael E. Miller, Christina F. Rusnock,

and John J. Elshaw

Section 5 Electromagnetics

Chapter 15 Method for Generating a Figure of Merit for the Selection of

Antennas Under Volumetric Constraint

Daniel W. Stambovsky, Ronald J. Marhefka, and

Andrew J. Terzuoli

Chapter 16 First Principle Scintillation Characterization of Natural and

Artificial Disturbances on V/W Band Signals in the Ionosphere

Using the Multiple Phase Screen Technique

Andrew J. Knisely and Andrew J. Terzuoli

Chapter 17 First Principle Computational EMI Model of V and W

Wideband Signal Temporal Delay Induced by a HANE

in the Ionosphere

Andrew J. Knisely and Andrew J. Terzuoli

Chapter 18 Wideband SATCOM Model: Evaluation of Numerical

Accuracy and Efficiency

Andrew J. Knisely and Andrew J. Terzuoli

Section 6 Materials Technologies

in Aerospace Applications

Chapter 19 Understanding Flow Characteristics in Metal

Additive Manufacturing

Carl R. Hartsfield, Travis E. Shelton, Gregory R. Cobb,

Ryan A. Kemnitz, and Joseph Weber

Chapter 20 Fatigue Life Modeling and Experimentation of

Additively Manufactured Components with Respect to Defect

Size and Location

Daniel G. Miller, Ryan A. Kemnitz, Ramana V. Grandhi, and

Luke C. Sheridan

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Chapter 21 Analysis and Simulation of Hypervelocity Gouging Impacts for

a High-Speed Sled Test

John D. Cinnamon and Anthony N. Palazotto

Chapter 22 Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of an Icosahedron Frame which

Exhibits Chaotic Behavior

Lucas W. Just, Anthony M. DeLuca, and Anthony N. Palazotto

Section 7 Optical Technologies

Chapter 23 Quantitative Analysis of Cerium-Gallium Alloys Using a

Hand-Held Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Device

Ashwin P. Rao, Michael B. Shattan, Matthew T. Cook, and

Howard L. Hall

Chapter 24 Measurement of Electron Density and Temperature from

Laser-Induced Nitrogen Plasma at Elevated Pressure (1–6 bar)

Ashwin P. Rao, Mark Gragston, Anil K. Patnaik, Paul S. Hsu,

and Michael B. Shattan

Chapter 25 On‑Chip Silicon Photonic Controllable 2 × 2 Four‑Mode

Waveguide Switch

Cao Dung Truong, Duy Nguyen Thi Hang,

Hengky Chandrahalim, and Minh Tuan Trinh

Chapter 26 Three-Dimensional Fabry–Pérot Cavities Sculpted on Fiber

Tips Using a Multiphoton Polymerization Process

Jonathan W. Smith, Jeremiah C. Williams, Joseph S. Suelzer,

Nicholas G. Usechak, and Hengky Chandrahalim

Biography

Adedeji Badiru is the Dean and senior academic officer for the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial and Information Engineering at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of the University College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering, a MS in Mathematics, a MS in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. His areas of interest include mathematical modeling, project modeling and analysis, economic analysis, systems engineering, and efficiency/productivity analysis and improvement. He is the author of over 35 books, 38 book chapters, 88 technical journal articles, and 220 conference proceedings and presentations. Often venerated by his colleagues as “a writing machine,” Dr. Badiru has also published 35 magazine articles and 20 editorials and periodicals. He is a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies and a series editor for the Taylor and Francis book series on Systems Innovation and the Focus series on Analytics and Control. Professor Badiru was the recipient of the Taylor and Francis 2020 Author Lifetime Achievement Award.

Frank Ciarallo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Operational Sciences in the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He was previously an Associate Professor at Wright State University in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, as well as an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona. He has been a visiting professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, as well as a visiting researcher at the Eindhoven Technical University. He holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering/Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, a MS in Manufacturing and Operations Systems from Carnegie Mellon and a PhD in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon. His research interests include predictive analytics for logistics systems, management of supply chain systems with uncertainty, simulation, biases in multi-attribute group decision making and situation awareness/situation understanding. He has completed sponsored research for organizations such as the Air Force Materiel Command, Cardinal Health, the National Science Foundation, the Ohio Dept of Transportation and Trimble Navigation Limited. He is the author of 29 technical journal articles and 89 conference proceedings papers and presentations.

Eric Mbonimpa is an assistant professor in the department of Systems Engineering and Management at Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). Prior to joining AFIT he held research scientist positions at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and South Dakota State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, MS in Civil Engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia and BS in Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology from Kigali Institute of Science and Technology. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) from Michigan. He conducts interdisciplinary research on energy systems, environmental systems, and sustainability. Dr. Mbonimpa has authored 20 journal articles, two book chapters, one patent, and 25 conference proceedings and presentations. At AFIT, he has supervised nine master’s students, served on fifteen theses committees, mentored three postdocs and two undergraduate students.