Purpose Given the challenges that Industry 4.0 poses, the purpose of this paper is to
propose a comprehensive assessment model suitable for evaluating small-and medium-size …

Commercialization of emerging green technologies is essential to improve the sustainability
of industrial processes. However, there are risks inherent in funding the development of new …

Scaling of innovations is a key requirement for addressing societal challenges in sectors
such as health, agriculture, and the environment. Research for development (R4D) …

Based on multiple reviews of major defense acquisition programs, the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) has consistently reported that the Department of Defense (DoD) …

The paper proposes a hybrid microgrid (HMG) system with solar modules and wind turbines
as primary energy sources and a diesel engine as backup. Meanwhile, the hydrogen energy …

Due to the rising interest in electric vehicles, the demand for more efficient battery cells is
increasing rapidly. To support this trend, battery cells must become much cheaper and …

Recent engineering experiences with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ballistic Missile
Defense System (BMDS) highlight the need to analyze the BMDS System of Systems (SoS) …

Many US government agencies and their contractors have subscribed to using the
prescriptive metric of technology readiness level (TRL) as a measure of maturity of an …

In this paper, we determine the risk mitigation process inherent in managing a portfolio of
technologies diverse in both their readiness for infusion and the nature of the performing …

The system readiness level (SRL) developed by Sauser<; etal/>(referred to as the S&C_SRL
in this paper) has recently been introduced as a system development metric on several …