DAYTON, OHIO -- The University of Dayton announces that the Research Institute at UD has received the first delivery order under the DESP II contract, worth $1.35 million over the coming year. Paul Piechota of the Information Technology Group (part of the Aerospace Mechanics Division), and Executive Director of the Center for Competitive Change, serves as the principal investigator for this work.

The UDRI Team will be helping the Air Force Materiel Command Scientist and Engineering vocations (AFMC/EN) face one of its greatest human resources challenges: the loss to retirement of as much as 60% of its top scientists and engineers over the next three to five years. The AFMC Engineering Team wants to minimize the accompanying loss of intellectual capital by developing an online capability for capturing and storing knowledge for transfer to younger workers. In the first phase of the project, UDRI will conduct research, perform analyses, ensure validation, and document findings, all aimed at the future development of a process-based knowledge and competency mapping learning solution. The competency map will be designed to support both the management of customized science and engineering training and competencies/templates, which will facilitate the capture and transfer of knowledge amongst AFMC’s scientists and engineers.

Both the Information Technology and Human Factors groups at UDRI will be contributing to this research, while working with one of the Centers key partner’s, TiER1 Performance Solutions, an e-learning company from Covington KY (www.tier1performance.com).

The Center for Competitive Change will continue to strengthen its relationships with their new customer and support the commercial customers with similar needs. Our clients will always be our first priority and with this team of UDRI and TiER1 Performance Solutions. We believe this project will be highly successful.

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Contact:
Paul Piechota, Executive Director
937-229-1097
Paul.Piechota@udri.udayton.edu
www.competitivechange.com