MARS CITY: More than an important NIBS STEM effort

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MARS CITY More than an important NIBS STEM effort

• Dr. Kerry M. Joels
• Total Learning Research Institute
• Ryan M. Colker
• National Institute of Building Sciences
• FFC November 2014

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Public Law 93-383, Sect. 809
Congress directed the Institute to exercise its
functions and responsibilities in four general
areas..

• Develop and maintain performance criteria for
  maintenance of life, safety, health, and public
  welfare for the built environment
• Evaluate and prequalify building technology and
  products
• Conduct related and needed investigations
• Assemble, store, and disseminate technical data
  and related information

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The Institute at Work
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Why STEM _at_ the Institute?

• Concerns about the next generation of building
  professionals
• Buildings are becoming increasingly complex
• All students are building occupants
• No national program to interest students in our
  work
• Buildings are Cool!

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The Criticality of Workforce Development

• NIBS and the FMOC have been sponsoring the MARS
  CITY Facility OPS challenge to inspire students
  to look at the Building Sciences as an exciting
  career option
• We have to compete for the best and brightest in
  a field that is becoming ever more
  technologically driven BIM, information
  exchanges, CMMS/ CAFM/ IWMS systems, etc.

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The NASA Space Act Agreement

• NIBS, NASA and the Total Learning Research
  Institute, developer of MARS CITY, have partnered
  to create the FM simulation of the facility
• But a base on
• Mars will require
• all the technology
• we are using on
• Earth

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MARS CITY and FM State of the Art

• A Mars Base will be
• A closed ecosystem with requirements for
  reliable and robust infrastructure
• OM will be critical for survival
• Best practices inform not only the OM field,
  but the MARS City simulation as well
• The project can serve as a demonstration of OM
  technology beginning to be adopted in our industry

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The MARS CITY Model View Definition

• Level 200 BIM
• Equipment specification using Omniclass codes
• Revit file generation
• COBie data conversion to the CMMS (TMA Systems)
• Inventory structure maintained within the CMMS
  (use of SPie data where available)
• Life Cycle information from the ISS

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Specialized Equipment needed on MARS CITY

• Real time sensors for atmospheric gases and
  pressure (partial pressure of oxygen) any build
  up of harmful gases can be fatal
• Real time monitoring of water quality water for
  drinking and food production requires chemical
  analysis
• Real time monitoring of electrical systems and
  power generation sub-metering for subsystems,
  load distribution, emergency power requirements

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Specialized Equipment needed on MARS CITY

• Preventive maintenance of circulation fans,
  motors, filters with sensor notification
• Wastewater advanced treatment equipment with real
  time TDS, Ph, and contaminant data
• 3D printers to make spare parts for plumbing,
  HVAC, and electrical systems

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The Facility OPS simulation

• Creation of work orders for the advanced
  technology is affected by level of criticality
  (1 Life threatening, 6 PM), training of techs,
  and special tools and instrumentation required to
  operate these advanced systems

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Mars City Facility Ops ChallengeSimulation
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OM Scenarios

• Using MARS CITY equipment records, multiple OM
  scenarios are being created
• Test scenario ready now
• Advanced scenarios will be created this spring
• FMs will be generating and validating the
  scenarios
• Any smart structure can be simulated