1. Project Title Kelvin Cheu(PI), Ron Askin (co-I)
University of Texas, El Paso/Arizona State University
El Paso, TX/Tempe, AZ
Problem Statement and Objective: The primary objective is to assist TSA in efficiently ensuring flight safety through airport screening. There is a heavy demand for airport screening for passengers and checked baggage relative to deployable resources. Each airport has multiple screening locations with demand that varies by time. Arriving passengers are preclassified as high, low or unknown risk and are processed through a network of queues based on their classification, destination and screening outcomes. A project goal is to provide independent validation of existing TSO allocation decisions including determining efficiency of current methods. Another goal is to generate and investigate possible new strategies for resource allocation and develop evaluation tools to test those strategies. An additional objective is to determine if a framework can be developed that also assists CBP with arrival careening.
Methodology and Data Requirements
Methodology:
Simulation modeling of the planning processes for resource allocation will be evaluated using discrete event simulation. An efficient analytical model will also be developed to provide short term forecasts during disruptions. An optimization algorithm will then plan normal allocation of resources.
Data Requirements:
Researchers will observe TSA operations at Phoenix and El Paso airports.
Airline demand estimates. (Flight schedules and arrival distributions by flight time for future forecast research).
Service rate and secondary screening rate data from TSA and possible time studies
Impact Statement and Relevance to DHS
Roles and Responsibilities
Timeline and Deliverables
30 Days: Workplan ironed out with TSA.
60 Days: Student assistants identified; initial observation visits to airports; regulations understood. Lit and domain owner background research initiated.
90 Days: Requirements defined for descriptive and prescriptive (optimal resource allocation) models
6 Months: Data acquired; Models formulated, solution approach defined and conceptual demo shown
9 Months: Basic version of Simulation, optimization and Queueing Network model completed. /O screens shown to component partner. Evaluation of current method complete.
Year 2: Build more detailed demand forecast by mining day of year, Source-Destination and integrated into model.
Relevance:
Ability to report to Congress on why resources are as they are, justified by utilization levels and physical capacity constraints.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Research led by UTEP/ASU
UTEP takes lead on simulation model; ASU takes lead on analytical disruption analysis model; Responsibility for optimization model is shared by ASU and UTEP
TSA connection Paul Beruman
CBP connection Jerrie Coor

2. Title of Project, (Arial 16 pt.)
Principal Investigator,
Organization Name, Proposal Number (Arial 14 pt.)
Description of Effort: Describe objectives, methodology and enhanced operational capability end user will receive from the effort
Provide a picture or graphic that conveys the final capability of research and its concept. Include weight and size where appropriate
Challenges: Specify the 3 main scientific challenges this effort addresses in bullet list
Risk: Identify the most significant risk associated with this effort, its potential impact, step(s) taken to mitigate.
ROM Cost and Schedule: Describe performance period and
total costs by fiscal year. Identify any milestone decision points that may occur
Deliverables: Identify all deliverables by funding year (hardware, software, test documents, manuals, drawings, transition plans, etc.
Point of Contact: Include the principal investigator’s full name, address, phone number and
Proposed Technical Approach: Specify problem approach, describe tasks to be performed, summarize any actions to date, describe technology involved and how it solves the problem
POINT OF CONTACT:
Principal Investigator:
Josephine Doe
123 Upstart Street
Nowhere Land, CA
Benefits of Proposed Effort: Describe the benefits this effort provides over current technology and/or practices. Explain how the project provides an innovative SOLUTION to the problem at hand.
Figure 1 Quad Chart 8

3. Guidance
Quad charts are analogous to an “elevator speech”- you have minimal time to briefly inform a non-technical audience about the merits of your technology and create interest. Once an interest is established, you may be afforded about an hour to brief interested parties about your technology, usually in person or via a web cast. This follow on meeting is your opportunity to use technical jargon and go into greater detail. These charts are also used to create an interest among potential customers in the Government but are never shared outside Government.
Please create one white paper for each technology that you think has application to these programs. Titles will be Arial 16 point font. All slide text will be in Arial 11 point font. Each slide shall be less than 500 kb (.5 Meg) and must be in PowerPoint format using the master slide template provided in this file. File naming convention is “Quad Chart YOUR CAPABILITY.ppt”. You may use one back-up page to further explain your good idea.
To reduce file sizes:
double click an image
click the “all pictures in document
click on the "picture" tab
bubble”
click the “compress button”
click the “web/screen” bubble
For the ROM (rough order of magnitude) Cost and Schedule, it is important that you identify the approximate level of resources needed to accomplish the project. The ROM and cost should be sufficient to ensure successful completion of project milestones and deliverables.
Lastly, using PowerPoint's “View, Notes Page” option allows you to include contact information. 9
Figure 2 Quad Chart Guidance