Music Touch: Adaptive Technology for Teaching Music Braille and Musical Concepts

Not Available This research project will result in the development of a cost analysis tool used for critical design trades early in the development process of new systems. The tool will enable the engineer, analyst, scientiest, or system planner to conduct life-cycle cost evaluations duringthe development process. The cost evaluations will contribute to effective design trades ensuring integral affordability considerations are part of th performance design factors. The tool integrates several detailed cost models that are accepted standards within the financial management community. A computer graphical interface guides the user through detailed cost model interactions to provide quick and easy life-cycle cost estimates. This tool will have data available for numerous system types; however, a primary focus of this research is to identify, collect and organize data applicable to aerospace power systems and tailor the database structure for integration with accepted cost models used in the tool. The Phase I research will result in an initial prototype of the tool which will be used to gain user comments to guide the Phase II development. The Phase II effort will fully develop and test the prototype, with the objective of a commercial tool in Phase III.