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The following essay was Published in Drexel University Publishing Group’s annual collection (known as The 33rd”) in 2014 as the first-place winner of the Zelda Provenzano Endowed STEM Writing Award. In honor of the 207th anniversary of Ada Lovelace’s birth (December 10th, 2022) it is reprinted here with permission...

How to Create Dynamic Tabs in R Markdown   Tutorial on programmatically generating tab headings for multiple figures in HTML reports Freya Systems Extension of Previous Tabsets Tutorial A previous tutorial, “How to use tabsets in R Markdown”, introduced tabsets for grouping figures together into an interactive instance. In...

Learn which technologies combine to make data a critical organizational asset Read our tutorial below on space-efficient displays of multiple figures in HTML reports using Quarto and R. What is Quarto? Quarto is a new open source scientific and technical publishing system created by Posit (formerly RStudio). Quarto is...

In order for a flight vehicle to be safe and reliable, regular aircraft structural maintenance needs to be performed to repair worn-out components. Some components have a predictable wear rate and do well with a time-based or usage-based maintenance schedule, but many components are more random in their failure...

The Goal: Space Saving Displays for Similar Figures in an HTML Report R Markdown is a fantastic tool for R users seeking to combine data visualization and analysis in a single reproducible deliverable. However, there are instances in which the volume of figures required clogs up the report, which...

A Guide to the Challenges of Vibrational Condition Based Maintenance for Legacy Aviation Hardware The benefits of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) algorithms are well known – they improve availability of reliable equipment and help reduce maintenance costs. However, the challenges of implementing these algorithms on legacy hardware can be...

  Clean Code with SQL Views One thing that can be both frustrating and freeing is that there is no single correct way to optimally do things in software. After reading the book Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by software expert Robert C. Martin, I have...

  Curating Culture In A Hybrid Workspace The way we live and work today is completely different from what it was three years ago. Companies of all sizes had to figure out how to work effectively in a remote or hybrid environment while striving to maintain core company values,...

  Mission Readiness And Battle Management Systems Are Strengthened With AI Technologies    How you Measure Your Impact At Freya Systems, our impact is measured in how we equip clients with predictive models and decision tools to be more effective, highly efficient, and improve safety.  We are most acutely...

Using Good Data Practices for Improving Fault Isolation Procedures in Aviation Maintenance   Building a Better Fault Data Ecosystem Fault Isolation is a paramount process in aviation maintenance and is difficult to accomplish for a few reasons. First, the manual for the fault data ecosystem is typically designed once...