Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.

Engineering

SHED

The Space Hardware Element Database (SHED) is a collaborative system for 3D design, and is currently in use by NASA. Based on products originally created by AMA for pharmaceutical packaging industry, the SHED builds a community around 3D content - allowing all stakeholders in a project to access high quality models, images and other multimedia content. The SHED is integrated with Autodesk Maya and provides a custom web-based model/media gallery that provides a searchable repository accessible across the enterprise.

EVE

AMA's simulation software development expertise has been key to supporting large scale interactive virtual environments at NASA. The Engineering Visualization Environment (EVE) is one such example of a major software development effort led by AMA. EVE is a cross platform visualization, simulation, and analysis tool for aerospace applications, and has supported operations analysis of ISS and numerous other NASA missions. EVE has been supporting engineering visualizations at NASA for more than ten years.

EVE combines detailed 3D models, engineering analysis data, and time controls in a user-friendly virtual environment. A common set of models is used both in EVE and high fidelity animations. EVE has been awarded multiple Space Act Awards, and is currently distributed to seven NASA centers including the ISS Mission Operations Directorate at JSC.

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AstroGlobe

AMA selects the tools and technologies that will best fit the needs of a particular visualization application. An example is the AstroGlobe - a fully web-based Java application and toolset designed to enable spacecraft landing trajectory designers to understand a high-dimensional trade space, including time-varying topographic data. This toolset promotes very rapid application development by providing a reusable library of elements and application examples. AstroGlobe was given the NASA Space Act award in 2008.

EZopt

EZopt solves general linear and nonlinear optimal control problems using collocation and/or differential inclusions. EZopt is a general purpose tool, useful in manufacturing, aerospace engineering and applied research facilities.

Healthcare & Packaging

StudioPak

AMA's experience in creating novel, effective solutions for data presentation challenges in an engineering environment was a perfect background for tackling tough problems in the pharmaceutical industry. By bringing the latest visualization technologies to bear on the issue of drug packaging, AMA has helped companies like Merck improve the quality of the their communications in the clinical supplies process.

StudioPak is a collaborative system for 3D design in the packaging domain, leveraging the capabilities of Autodesk Maya and a custom web-based system for sharing content. The success of StudioPak led to the development of a similar system for NASA - the Space Hardware Element Database (SHED).

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StudioPak Enterprise

StudioPak Enterprise is a collaborative environment that maximizes the value of your design content by making it available to all internal stakeholders. The web-based model browser interface makes it easy to manage and share package designs.

EZpak Office

A free resource provided by AMA to the clinical packaging community, office.ezpak.net contains a database of clip-art that enables clinical supplies packaging designers to achieve a new level of realism without a big learning curve.

DICOM Presenter

Coming soon - a medical visualization product.

Business Analytics

ExPO

One of the problems facing today's CRM analysts is the enormity of their data. Suppose you have 20 million prospects to market any one of 10 products. How do you decide which product offer to mail to each prospect in order to make the most profit? Handling problems of this scale takes a special tool. Allow AMA to introduce you to that tool, ExPO, the Extreme Product Optimizer.

STYMIE

STYMIE is a custom software package developed by AMA to identify money wire transfers and trends which may warrant criminal investigation.

Traffic Engineering

TraVis

AMA has developed advanced video-processing software that is used in the TraVis (Traffic Vision) application. TraVis is an advanced system for performing vehicle and pedestrian detection at an intersection, so that information can be given to the traffic controller to change the traffic lights. TraVis is capable of detecting vehicles that are stopped at the intersection, detecting vehicles that are approaching the intersection, detecting pedestrians both in the crosswalk and waiting to cross, and also gathering statistics about vehicle count and queue length. A demonstration of TraVis can viewed on the internet at proengg.com.