Autonomy Research Center for STEM

California State University, Northridge proposes to establish the Autonomy Research Center for STEM (ARCS), a sustainable multidisciplinary university center of excellence that will significantly contribute to NASA?s research in autonomy for civil aviation and space exploration, while transitioning and commercializing research results to address pressing industry and societal needs. In collaboration with researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and Je...

California Advanced Defense Ecosystems & National Consortia Effort

CSUN is proposing to develop few inputs for Workforce Development in Smart Manufacturing. As part of this initiative, CSUN will partner with El Camino College, Governor?s Office of Planning and Research to implement the following: 1) Inventory of SM curricula and programs in the U.S., identification of SM skill sets working with industry and academia. 2) Development of certificate program in Smart Manufacturing (maybe 6-8 hours)...

FW-HTF-P: Workers and Technology Together (WATT)

Proposed Project The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, ?Climate Change and Land?, estimated that food waste and its loss as energy ?caused between 8 and 10% of the emissions of the gases responsible for global warming in the period 2010-2016?. Of the total methane emissions released from landfills in a given year, food waste accounts for 20%. The efficient capture and safe processing of food waste into energy will have an apprec...

The Sustainable Manufacturing Alliances for Research and Training Industry Assessment Center (The SMART IAC)

The Sustainable Manufacturing Alliance for Research and Training Industrial Assessment Center (SMART IAC), hosted by the University of California Irvine and California State University Northridge (satellite) is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Assessment Centers Program. We provide no-cost energy consulting services to manufacturers within 150 miles of UC Irvine and CSUN...

Dynamics of Trust Evolution and Calibration: A Field Study of Heterogeneous Human-Machine Teams with High Levels of Autonomy Operating in Contexts with Real Users, Real Systems, and Real Consequences

In the past decade, research on human machine team (HMT) trust has burgeoned. However, most studies have been limited to laboratory/simulation-based environments with a single operator interacting with the machine. While such studies are valuable in exploring solution approaches, there is a lack of...

NAVI NASA SUITS

This proposal presents a visual display system called Navi for consideration as part of NASA's Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) Design Challenge. Navi utilizes a Microsoft HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD) to unobtrusively present information to Artemis astronauts as they complete lunar extravehicular activities (EVAs) in order to increase efficiency and decrease cognitive load. Though Navi has potential for myriad features...

Human Swarming Teaming Platform for Research in Human Automation Trust and Reliance

Researchers at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), in collaboration with researchers and subject matter experts at Wright Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory, the US Air Force Academy, and Edwards Air Force Base and NASA, are currently engaged in DoD research funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Trust and Influence Program. With this proposal, we are seeking support to a...

Design and Analysis of Vertical-Axis Turbine Blade for Electric Generator

The purpose of this proposal is to develop a collaboration between International Precision Technology Co. Ltd. (IPT) and Dr. Nhut Ho and Dr. Durgesh Vibhav of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge to perform research and develop solutions for vertical wind turbine blade designs for IPT?s household vertical wind turbine generators with the following nominal design specificati...

An Experimental Investigation of how Robotic Learning and Cloud-Based Information Affects Trust in Human-Machine Teaming Contexts

In this proposed research project, we will seek to understand the effects of robot learning and changes in access to cloud-­-based systems on the predictability of human machine teaming (HMT) systems, and in turn, on a human operator?s trust toward their robotic teammates. The three-­-year research plan has three interrelated and mutually supportive experimental obje...

Fire Student Active Volunteer Experiment (FireSAVE): Improving Fire Recovery Monitoring with In Situ Observations from Minority Serving Institutions in Southern California

The goals for this proposal are separated into two phases corresponding to the solicitation: Pilot Phase 1 (18 months, April 2021 ? September 2022) and Implementation Phase 2 (3 years, October 2022 ? September 2025). The goals for the Pilot Phase are as follows: G1: Develop a comprehensive field guide for field observations...