The General Hospital Corporation

Who it subcontracts to

1. Purdue University$129K

   BARRETT S. CALDWELL, PHD, PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE PURDUE GROUP PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH (GROUPER) LAB, IS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR PURDUE EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THIS GRANT. THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS SUBCONTRACT WILL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES (E.G., LITERATURE REVIEW, RESEARCH PLAN DEFINITION) THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO IRB APPROVAL (THIS PORTION OF WORK WILL NOT INVOLVE HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH). PI CALDWELL HAS ESTABLISHED EXPERTISE AND MULTIPLE PRIOR NASA-RELATED GRANT PROJECT SUPPORT EXAMINING INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM-BASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USE, DISTRIBUTED SUPERVISORY TASK COORDINATION, AND PROBLEM-SOLVING TASK BEHAVIORS, RELEVANT TO THIS GRANT. THEREFORE, THE PURDUE ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THIS GRANT WILL BE BASED ON EMPIRICAL APPROACHES (BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE) TO ADDRESS PROCESSES, PRODUCTS, METRICS, AND STANDARDS FOR TEAM PERFORMANCE. THE TASKS LED BY PI CALDWELL WILL FOCUS ON THREE CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF ANALYZING AND ASSESSING TEAM PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: " ASSISTING DEVELOPMENT OF TEAM CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY AND INDIVIDUAL / GROUP INTERVIEW PROTOCOLS; " SUPPORTING AND COLLABORATING IN DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS AND INFORMATION FLOW MODELS OF TASK COORDINATION AND PERFORMANCE; " ASSISTING IN GENERATION OF BEHAVIORAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND OPERATIONAL MODELS OF TEAM PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES OVER TIME. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE ASPECTS OF TEAM-PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS ARE ASSESSED USING ECOLOGICALLY VALID ANALOGS. THEREFORE, THE PURDUE RESEARCH TEAM WILL FOCUS ON ASSISTING THE OVERALL RESEARCH GRANT IN IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING APPROPRIATE RESEARCH PARTNERS AND FIELD SITES TO CONSIDER FOR APPLICATION TO ANTICIPATED CISLUNAR SERVICING, ASSEMBLY, AND MAINTENANCE (CSAM) OPERATIONS. BASED ON COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY AND INTERVIEW MODELS, THE PURDUE TEAM WILL ASSIST IN ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RESEARCH DATA COLLECTED FROM THOSE CSAM ANALOG FIELD SETTINGS. THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT PERIOD, THE PURDUE RESEARCH TEAM WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE PREPARATION OF SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS, INCLUDING JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS, CONFERENCE PAPER AND PRESENTATION SUBMISSIONS, AND OTHER TECHNICAL REPORTS AS REQUIRED BY NASA.

2. University of California, Davis$31K

   DR. STEPHEN ROBINSON IS A UC DAVIS PROFESSOR WHO WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT IN THE DEFINITION, PLANNING, EXECUTION, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING OF THIS NASA-FUNDED RESEARCH. SPECIFICALLY, DR. ROBINSON WILL WORK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. STANKOVIC TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE PROPOSED WORK: AIM 1: TO DETERMINE, THROUGH CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY IN EARTH-BOUND ANALOGS FOR IN-SITU LUNAR BASE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS, HOW PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS ARE DEVELOPED AND USED ACROSS A VARIETY OF OPERATIONAL TASKS AND SITUATIONS RELEVANT TO FUTURE LONG DURATION SPACEFLIGHT EXPLORATION, AND TO IDENTIFY WHICH INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SKILLS ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO PERFORMING TASKS IN BOTH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. AIM 2: TO DEVELOP A SET OF METRICS AND MEASURES OF PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF INDIVIDUAL COGNITIVE PROCESSES/SKILLS TO TEAM COGNITIVE PROCESSES/SKILLS, AND TO DESCRIBE HOW THESE SKILLS CHANGE OVER TIME. AIM 3: LEVERAGING THE INSIGHTS GAINED IN AIMS 1 & 2, WE WILL DEVELOP A SET OF TRAINING GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, INCLUDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE INTERFACE WITH ON-BOARD SUPPORT SYSTEMS. PROFESSOR ROBINSON WILL ALSO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL BY SELECTING AND EMPLOYING A UC DAVIS ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENT, WHO WILL SERVE AS AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE RESEARCH TEAM, AND WHOSE MASTER"S THESIS WILL BE BASED ON THIS RESEARCH.

Who it works for

Not reported as a subcontractor on lunar awards.