The Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) is a research institute of the

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located in

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, United States.

Grace Bochenek Grace Marie Bochenek (born June 15, 1961) is an American industrial engineer and the current director of the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training, and the Institute for Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida. She is fo ...

, Ph.D. was appointed director of IST in early 2021. She was previously the director of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (2006-12) and the chief technology officer of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, and served as acting secretary of energy for the U.S. Department of Energy (2017). The Institute provides a wide range of research and information services for the modeling, simulation and training community of Central Florida. As well, the institute aids in undergraduate and graduate studies in modeling and simulation leading to

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and

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degrees. IST is a member of the National Center for Simulation.

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Peter Hancock D.Sc, Phd

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