Trisha Radocaj

Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
“Panel: Digitally Transforming the Test and Evaluation Landscape”

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Speaker Bio: 

Trisha Radocaj a systems engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Mission Engineering Group, Model Based and Digital Engineering Section. Her focus has been on pulling information from across the system lifecycle to support risk based decision making as it pertains to capabilities meeting mission needs. Previously she worked on satellite and launch vehicle propulsion system design and analysis. She has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University.

Abstract: 

Since the publication of the United States Department of Defense Digital Engineering (DE) Strategy in 2018 the Department, the services, and the supporting industrial base have been working to integrate digital engineering tooling that capture the designs of the complex weapon systems that the uniformed and civilian workforce depend upon to serve the nation. Innovation of digital engineering methods have advanced rapidly for system design, hardware and software design, modeling and simulation, and ultimately test and evaluation to ensure that systems are delivered rapidly with the most advanced capability. To no great surprise parallel development has led to a diverse set of products, data structures, and methods that don’t necessarily integrate. In an effort to maximize efficiency a team form Developmental Test, Evaluation, and Accreditation, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, and university researchers from the Acquisition Innovation Research Center joined forces to mature tools and methods in support of advancing Test and Evaluation which will work seamlessly together to help ensure the realization of the DE Strategy. A panel of experts/practitioners from these organizations will host a panel discussion describing their work, the results, the benefits, and some of the struggles that they have faced in pursuit of the Department’s objectives.