The 2021 World Petrochemical Conference (WPC) was hosted virtually on 8-12 March, 2021, and MATRIC was a proud sponsor and participant. This year's event focused on the chemical industry renaissance and building resilience, agility and innovation. It hosted ~1,500 virtual attendees from around the world, from 550 companies across 70 countries. De-Risking Your Innovation Pathway (Video) MATRIC [...]
MATRIC’s Vic Baker recently presented at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, Calif., a premier four-day geographic information systems (GIS) event attended by more than 16,000 people representing 138 countries. Baker gave three presentations during the conference which included an ESRI Lightning Talk, a Department of Energy (DOE) GIS User Group meeting presentation, [...]
MATRIC’s Aaron Barkhurst co-presented with the Department of Energy (DoE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, Calif., in July. The topic of the discussion: “Geocube”, a configurable web-mapping application that offers users the ability to integrate a wide range of spatial data and geographic information system (GIS) [...]
Energy Data eXchange (EDX) is the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) online system for accessing reliable information and data relevant to fossil energy research within NETL portfolios. MATRIC joined the EDX team in October 2012 as the primary developer and implemented a customized solution utilizing the CKAN open-source data portal platform. The initial CKAN-based EDX [...]
Several medical schools are now offering students the opportunity to refine listening and rapport-building skills with patients using an interactive training tool developed by IntelligentSimulations, an affiliated company of MATRIC | Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center. The AI Patient Platform allows a student to ask questions and receive responses from a virtually simulated patient. [...]
IntelligentSimulations has received support from the National Science Foundation to further develop “AI Patient,” through a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant of $456,657. The simulation program is intended to help medical students refine listening and rapport-building skills, by interacting one-on-one with a “virtual” patient. A student asks questions and responses from the virtual [...]
In a post 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina world, as federal and state governments expand their focus on emergency preparedness, the Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center's (MATRIC) advanced systems technologies division has helped develop a tool to aide such efforts. The Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Consequence Management System can assist with attack and disaster preparation, [...]
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Dr. Craig Friedrich will trace the history of nanotechnology, its techniques and applications, along with the potential for industrial growth through nanoscale advances and innovations in science. Friedrich is professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan Technological University. Nanotechnology processes are characterized by the manipulation of matter on extremely small atomic and [...]
While most of us are familiar with the most common Geographic Information Systems (GIS) application “Google Earth”, few of us realize the impact that targeted GIS applications can have on everyday events. Fewer still are aware that some software companies specialize in applications dedicated to the manipulation of GIS data for decision-making purposes. One such [...]