LEVERAGING THE PHASE I ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISTRIBUTED ROCKET ENGINE TESTING HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM (DIRE…

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LEVERAGING THE PHASE I ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISTRIBUTED ROCKET ENGINE TESTING HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM (DIRETHMS) INCLUDING ITS SOFTWARE TOOLSETS AND SYSTEM BUILDING BLOCKS, THE PHASE II PROJECT SEEKS A COMPREHENSIVE PROTOTYPING OF THE TECHNOLOGY. PHASE II NOT ONLY EXPANDS THE FUNCTIONALITY AND APPLICATIONS OF THE PHASE I ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT UTILIZES EVOLVING DIAGNOSTICS DUE TO THE ADVANCED INTELLIGENT ALGORITHMS BUILT ON AGNC'S OPTIMIZED NEURO-GENETIC FAST ESTIMATOR (ONGFE) FRAMEWORK. IN THIS WAY, THE PHASE II EFFORT CULMINATES IN A PRODUCT THAT IS ABLE TO ADAPT TO UNKNOWN OPERATING CONDITIONS AND LEARN NEW FAILURES IN AN UNSUPERVISED WAY. ADDITIONALLY, A MAJOR EFFORT CONSISTS OF PROVIDING A NOVEL, ROBUST, AND EMBEDDED SOFTWARE TOOLSET FOR SENSOR FAILURE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION (FDI): SENSOR DATA VALIDATION AND SELF-HEALING SCHEME (SDV-SHS). TO INCREASE THE COMMERCIALIZATION POTENTIAL AND MARKET VALUES OF THE NASA AND NON-NASA APPLICATIONS, THE PHASE II PROJECT ADAPTS DIRETHMS TO THE MARKET REQUIREMENTS. THE WORK IN PHASE II ALONG WITH A MODULAR ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDIZATION ENSURES A SOLID INTEGRATION WITH NASA'S INTEGRATED SYSTEM HEALTH MANAGEMENT (ISHM) FOR ENHANCED HEALTH MONITORING.