Chris McGroarty

Chief Engineer, Advanced Simulation, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Soldier Center (DEVCOM SC)

Chris McGroarty is the Chief Engineer for Advanced Simulation at the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Soldier Center, Simulation and Training Technology Center (DEVCOM SC STTC). His research interests include distributed simulation, simulation architectures, applications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies to simulation, novel computing architectures, innovative methods for user-simulation interaction, methodologies for making simulation more accessible by non-simulation experts, future simulation frameworks, and the application of videogame industry technologies. He manages and leads a variety of research efforts that mature, integrate and demonstrate these technologies in a relevant Army and Department of Defense context. He received his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.