This three-week AIAD explores the relationship between ethics and artificial intelligence (AI). AI and machine learning technology can provide enhanced decision-making and efficiency in our personal lives, within the military and other government agencies, and across corporations. While these systems seem to be effective, what is the cost and are these systems and the decisions they produce aligned with our values? 

Explore these issues during a two-part trip to Washington, D.C., and the Army's Artificial Intelligence and Integration Center (AI2C) in Pittsburgh, PA.

The cadet works with the Vehicle Integration Test Office (VITO) at NASA-JSC and supports one of the following labs/offices: System Engineering Simulator, Rapid Prototype Lab, Human Works Lab, or Space Communications System Testing. The cadet directly works on projects related to the development of capabilities enabling human spaceflight.

Cadets work alongside top engineers from Lockheed Martin and lead strategists from the Army Futures Command to better understand, develop, and integrate new technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, advanced manufacturing, and cyber. This project endeavors to: -understand the current state of US military capability vis a vis China and Russia -understand US capability(s)/vulnerability(s) against a peer/near peer adversary -understand the most urgent US military capability/technology improvements -what are the required technologies/capabilities -do they exist and, if so, where -challenges to militarization -understand impediments to required modernization: -within the military -within the defense companies/industry -within our political process -within our economy -consider options to address impediments

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program, a crucial element of Lockheed Martin's missile defense portfolio, generates vast amounts of data through simulations. Analyzing this data is essential to identify anomalies that require further investigation and could potentially impact the system's performance. In this project, you will develop machine learning models and advanced algorithms to automate the process of isolating anomalies in the THAAD program's simulation data. By the end of this project, you will have contributed to the development of advanced anomaly detection tools that can help the THAAD program enhance its simulation data analysis capabilities. This project will provide you with valuable experience in applying machine learning and algorithm development techniques to real-world challenges and will prepare you for future careers in data science, engineering, and related fields.

Cadet would be responsible for building, integrating, and testing selected commercial, off-the-shelf uncrewed systems, which include air, land, and maritime uncrewed systems, while implementing novel command and control (C2) and telemetry links. UxS would include both rotary wing and fixed wing for use in later counter-UxS testing vents. These vehicles serve to represent the 'adversary' UxS to support counter system development and ensure U.S. Defense Department (DoD) counter-UxS technologies can effectively defeat adversary UxS threat systems. In addition, prior to testing, Cadet would be responsible for compiling required documentation to submit for flight approval(s) for UAS/airborne drones, per U.S. Army requirements.

This internship with the Director's Office, U.S. Secret Service, is part of the Tudor Scholars program. The Tudor Society sponsors eight cadet summer internships in Washington D.C. Cadets are selected based on their academic and military performance. The Tudor Society arranges meetings with high-ranking government officials, such as the Vice President and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as well as dinners with government and civilian lawyers.

Cadets assist in experiments and analysis of test articles in wind tunnels under MACH 4 and MACH 7 conditions. Research areas include the set-up, data collection, and analysis of Schlieren measurements of flow, digital image correlation using speckle patterns, and pressure measurements using pressure sensitive paints. 

Cadets study the effects of geometry, surface roughness, and weather on flow fields and boundary layers. They interact with graduate students and other research partners.

The CUBRC Aeroscience sector supports USMA by collaborating with select cadets embedded with the technical team regarding high-profile hypersonic ground testing for the Department of Defense, services, national laboratories, and industrial partners. Cadets work with subject matter experts in the CUBRC technical team performing critical ground testing tasks in support of current and future hypersonic flight vehicle programs. 

Cadets obtain an understanding of what is required to execute highly complex hypersonic ground tests to validate design tools and modeling and assure reliability of these systems in flight.

The Army Geospatial Center at Fort Belvoir VA, is the Army's research and support center for geospatial technology. It is a research and development lab to test, field, and support geospatial equipment and concepts for the Army. Cadets work with state-of-the-art technologies and equipment related to mapping, surveying, GIS, GPS, and remote sensing. 

Cadets interested in this AIAD should have successfully completed at a minimum Cartography and Introduction to GIS. However, Cadets who have taken Remote Sensing, Cartography, and Introduction to GIS are preferred.

This individually supervised research and study program is conducted at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), a national security laboratory in New Mexico and the original nuclear weapon design site, dating back to the historical Manhattan Project of World War II. 

It familiarizes students with advanced experimental procedures and techniques and acquaints them with essential features of independent research in physics or any other major - with the coordination of the AIAD coordinator for the cadets' majors. Projects cover a range of subject areas coordinated with LANL and tailored to the cadets' abilities and interests. 

LANL is responsible for the design, engineering, safety and reliability of the nuclear explosives package in nuclear weapons. It possesses unique capabilities in neutron scattering, enhanced surveillance, radiography, and plutonium science and engineering. LANL also has premier programs in global security, nonproliferation, bio threats, global climate modeling and other critical problems.

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USAMRIID provides medical capabilities to deter and defend against biological threat agents. Cadets will work on one of three projects: (1) molecular virology and immunology of hemorrhagic fever viruses, (2) targeted next generation sequencing of pathogens, or (3) development of immunodiagnostics.

The 4D Bio3 Program is funded by the Defense Health Program (DHP), with the purpose of promoting the development and application of advanced bioprinting and biomanufacturing technologies for research pursuant to DoD priorities. 

Cadets learn to perform 3-D bioprinting as a means of developing custom engineered tissues for clinical application.