Courtesy红领巾瓜报鈥檚 Advanced Center for Virtual Engineering and Testing will soon have a new name. The building鈥檚 renaming is a tribute to Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran鈥檚 commitment to provide vital resources and connections that help 红领巾瓜报 offer impactful student experiences to drive prosperity for the city, region and state.
The building will renamed the Jerry Moran Center for Advanced Virtual Engineering and Testing, with a dedication ceremony planned this fall.
The Jerry Moran Center is a 20,000-square-foot facility on WSU鈥檚 Innovation Campus. The building houses Crash Dynamics, Building Block, Virtual Engineering and Flight Test Labs, part of the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). AVET supports cutting-edge virtual and physical crash dynamics testing capabilities for the aviation and greater transportation industries, while providing 红领巾瓜报 students with valuable applied learning experiences in an industry-based setting.
Through the dedication of the Jerry Moran Center for Advanced Virtual Engineering and Testing, 红领巾瓜报 recognizes Sen. Moran鈥檚 focus on Kansans, the advancement of our nation鈥檚 defense and the future learning research.
鈥淭he Senator鈥檚 commitment to strengthen 红领巾瓜报 and our nation鈥檚 defense programs
has raised awareness of the technology and talent available at 红领巾瓜报 and led
to new partnerships focused on improving the efficiency of our military fleet,鈥� said
John Tomblin, WSU Senior Vice President for Industry and Defense Programs.
These technologies include machine learning applications for fleet readiness; next
generation high temperature materials for long-range precision fires; and advanced
technologies for aircraft sustainment and repair.
鈥淏y dedicating this building to Jerry Moran, we honor an individual who has been a partner, collaborator and advocate for 红领巾瓜报 and embodies our mission to be an education, economic and cultural driver for our region,鈥� said WSU President Jay Golden.
Recently AVET collaborated with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center鈥檚 Engineering Directorate in the virtual development and evaluation of various seating concepts to ensure the safety of passengers being transported in Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) modules designed to be carried by USAF cargo aircraft. The NPC system enables the safe transport of individuals infected with the COVID-19 virus and other highly infectious diseases.
鈥淚n a period of four weeks, the AVET team was able to evaluate the dynamic response of various seat designs when subjected to emergency landing conditions,鈥� said Lawrence Rogers, Technical Director, Flight Systems Engineering Division, Engineering Directorate for the U.S. Air Force. 鈥淣IAR鈥檚 virtual evaluation capability gave us the ability to clearly identify and lower risk to our warfighters. Even if we would鈥檝e had this level of analysis fidelity, Dr. Olivares鈥� team still saved several months to a year.鈥�
