Simulation Exploration Experience (SEE): Connecting Students to Space Through Modeling & Simulation

The Simulation Exploration Experience (SEE) joins students, industry, professional associations, and faculty in collaborative college-level modeling and simulation learning.  Each local (university) team designs, develops, tests, and executes its chosen component(s) of simulated space missions.  Teams use open standards for modeling and simulation (M&S), which allow all teams’ distributed components to work together seamlessly to form and execute the larger-scale simulated space mission.  Teams are geographically dispersed and interact remotely with other teams.  All simulation components interact over the Internet using open modeling and simulation industry standards for systems interoperability.

SEE is a distributed simulation challenge that engages university students in modeling and simulation education.  At the undergraduate level, modeling and simulation education is rare.  SEE provides an avenue for students interested in M&S to explore a fast-growing field.  Students gain valuable knowledge, skills, and increased employability by working closely with space and simulation industry professionals, NASA personnel, and faculty advisors.

ACM SIGSIM supports SEE as it is a unique activity for M&S education. Get involved at https://simulationexplorationexperience.org/