7 Jul 2026

Engineer Research and Development Center Process Automation System (E-PAS) Database Checker

Abstract: The purpose of this document is to specify the software requirements, architecture, and design for the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Process Automation System (E-PAS) Database Checker, a tool that monitors the E-PAS database and provides notifications based on its size. This document is designed for the software engineers and developers maintaining Database Checker and is intended to aid them in understanding its architecture and underlying functionality.

5 Sep 2024

From Research to Production: Lessons Learned and Best Practices

Abstract: This paper provides an overview of best practices to assist individuals and teams in transitioning software from a research product into a production environment. The information contained in this paper consists of best practices and lessons learned from an assignment consisting of transitioning a science-based research suite of programs into a more modern software format with appropriate preparations and considerations to be deployed in a production environment. The original software suite was written using both MATLAB and Python programming languages, and the new production version was written in the Python programming language.