As a DRI integrated science center, CAVCaM is tasked with creating new project opportunities that span multiple groups of DRI faculty. The CAVCaM Center provides physical resources that are available for all DRI faculty.

Visualization of Fire in Landscape and wildland-Urban Environments: VRFire

Click the image to enlarge.A project to produce realistic simulations of wildfire experiences. The developed application can then be applied to the purposes of training firefighters, simulating potential fire outcomes from tactical and strategic planning, viewing results of wildfire research, and educating municipalities on the benefits of particular mitigation activities.

Visualization of Desert Terrain Conditions in Support of Military Operations

An effort to integrate DRI's knowledge of soil types, dust resuspension and atmospheric factors into an integrated simulation of dust production and visibility effects of military road and air vehicles operating in desert locals.

Forecasting and Display of Battlefield Conditions including Visibility and the Trajectories of Chemical and Biological Agents

This project is for the study of atmospheric conditions and their effect on air quality and visibility. In particular, we are using simulations produced by researchers in DRI's division of atmospheric sciences (DAS) to interactively analyze the movement of chemicals in the atmosphere within the western United States.

Visualization of Desert Sand Dune Development

A research project to study the hierarchical system of self-organizing bedforms of sand dunes. We will explore visualization techniques for dune sedimentary structures as imaged via ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and the development of sand seas over time.

Transportation and Mobility in Mountain Storms: A 4-Dimensional Visualization Synthesis of Terrain, Precipitation Accumulation, and Atmospheric Hydrometeors

This project is to model the types and amount of accumulated precipitation that results from weather events that take place in complex, mountainous, terrain. From the predicted accumulation, a map of the terrain that will become impassable can be created.

A real-time visualization and virtual reality portable system for analysis of forecasts and nowcasts for military training and operations

The objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive software package to visualize and generate a portable virtual reality system of four-dimensional atmospheric and dispersion forecasts and nowcasts blended with measurements at the Fallon Naval Air Station.

The Virtual Proving Ground: Dynamic Visualization of Military Vehicle Test Course in Desert Terrains

The goal of this project is to develop a prototype visualization incorporating the terrain-vehicle system or terramechanics with a 3-dimensional visualization of a prototype military vehicle operating on a virtual desert test course. A key feature of the project is the integration of existing modeling data and visualization components into a dynamic visualization.