Proceedings of the Seventh Annual PIMS-IMA Industrial Problem Solving Workshop

Foreword by the PIMS Director The Seventh Annual PIMS-IMA Industrial Problem Solving Workshop was hosted by the PIMS at the University of Calgary in Vancouver, May 25–29, 2003. This year it was co-sponsored by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). Approximately 55 participants worked intensely on seven problems posed by industrial companies from across North America. The problems were provided by Lalitha Venkataramanan (Schlumberger), Veena B. Mendiratt

2 The AGV Test Perspective NDIA Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference and Exhibition

To describe the capabilities the US Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) currently possesses to test today’s Autonomous Ground Vehicles (AGVs) and to identify what must occur for ATC to test the next generation of higher autonomy. US Army Aberdeen Test Cente

Imaging performance and tests of soft x-ray telescopes

Photos obtained during 5 min. of observation time from the flight of our 10 in. normal incidence soft x-ray ({lambda} = 63.5{Angstrom}) telescope on September 11, 1989 are analyzed and the data are compared to the results expected from tests of the mirror surfaces. These tests cover a range of spatial periods from 25 cm to 1{Angstrom}. The photos demonstrate a reduction in the scattering of the multilayer mirror compared to a single surface for scattering angles above 1 arcmin, corresponding to surface irregularities with spatial periods below 10 {mu}m. Our results are used to predict the possible performance of future flights. Sounding rocket observations might be able to reach a resolution around 0.1 arcsec. Higher resolutions will require flights of longer durations and improvements in mirror testing for the largest spatial periods. 21 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab