Tim Rodabaugh

Ball Aerospace

Tim is a software engineer with 20+ years of experience working on various software systems for the department of defense and the military.  Tim has spent the last 11 years working for the Air Force Research Laboratory in the Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory or GRILL where Tim serves as the lead engineer.  The mission of the GRILL is to leverage commercial off the shelf technologies game technology and apply it to the military domain.

Session: Using Video Game Technology for Military Modeling and Simulation

Video game technology has been advancing at a torrid pace. Spurred by players around the world, the video game market has grown steadily and rapidly.  A rich ecosystem of game engines, content, ready-made assets, and immersive display technologies offer a compelling case that video game technology can and should be applied to military modeling and simulation.