Growth of M&S in Hampton Roads Commonwealth / Regional Overview Hampton Roads M&S Strategy Industry, Government & Academic Partnerships Key Initiatives Mike McGinnis VMASC Old Dominion University
Modeling and Simulation in Virginia: $2.3 billion industry 8,700 employees 130 companies with 209 office locations
M&S Focus in Hampton Roads: R&D and Applications Hampton Roads R&D Center Growth M&S R&D DoD / HLS Logistics TWD Supply Chain M&S Manufacturing Medical Transportation Economic Development BD Small Business Incubation Commercialization of Intellectual Property Technical & Consulting Services Urban Planning OR/SA Analysis, Process & Product Improvement Workforce Development Academics Workshops Seminars
Assess the Economic Impact of M&S (HR) Factor % Change REMI Model Version 5.5 Total Output$412.9M$639.5M+54.9% Regional Product$248.0M$408.1M+64.4% Employment4,0235, % Average Salary$60.2k$82.7k REMI Model Version 8.0 Total Output$258.4M$364.6M+41.1% Regional Product$167.3M$237.8M+42.1% Employment3,5244, % Average Salary$60.2k$82.7k 2004 – REMI Ver. 5.5 – Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes – REMI Ver. 8.0 – North American Industrial ClassificationSystem (NAICS) Direct comparison (2004 vs 2007) not possible - industry classifications do not match Neither SIC or NAICS specify M&S as unique professional category. Significant M&S growth & economic impact in non-DoD sectors – but its hard to measure it in new markets w/o a M&S category code.
Suffolk: The HR M&S Center of Mass Industry R&D Centers & Labs Lockheed Martin Raytheon Boeing SAIC Northrop Grumman General Dynamics Alion CSC VMASC Highlights – 60K SF 8,000 SF Experimentation Lab 3,000 SF Conf / Visualization Room 2,500 SF of Additional Meeting Space Secure Enclave Lambda Rail Hub - 10 GHZ per sec) < 2 miles from USJFCOM Old Location New VMASC Location
Grow ODU M&S Academic Programs 3 universities offer M&S graduate degrees: NPS, UCF, ODU ODU/VMASC Grad Pgm Masters AY1998 (MS & ME) Ph.D. AY2000 All courses offered via DL AY ODU to offer Nation’s 1 st undergrad M&S program Masters Intro to M&S Intro to Discrete Event Simulation Engr Systems Modeling Analys IVisuali- zation I PhD Continuous & Real-time Simulation Simulation Formalism Analys IIVisuali- zation II 2 M&S Area of Emphasis – 6-8 courses Psychology Education 6 Certificate Pgms. (minor) – 4-6 courses Mathematics, physics, computer science, health sciences, business, international studies (social sciences)
M&S Collaboration M&S Industry Association General Membership Board of Advisors (9-12) Committees (legislative affairs, business development, etc) ROI – funds, technologies, teaming and partnering on contacts/projects Networking, Relationship Building, Communicating, Informing, Marketing Government & Academic Partnership VMASC provides forum & facilitates Invited leaders from across M&S disciplines/sectors –Academic (HR, VA, national, military academies, intl) –Government (international, federal, state, local) –Political Sector (federal, state, local) Strategic partners – individual & organization who are important to both VMASC & industry members, Member ROI - affiliation, information, connections, contacts, M&S Growth Structure: Executive Advisory Council (9-15) plus committees
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