We detail the philosophy of our lab, which serves as a general workflow and also a lab manual describing expectations and responsibilities. Updated once per year based on what is/isn't working.

In line with the principles identified in the PSA’s Study Capacity Policy (Forscher, Ebersole, Coles, & Chartier, 2019; Paris, Ijzerman, & Forscher, 2020), this document is a projected overview of the Psychological Science Accelerator’s resources for the upcoming academic year of 2022-2023. The report is divided into two key sections: data collection capacity, describing the ability of PSA’s members to collect different kinds of data, and administrative capacity, describing the available paid or voluntary labor available towards the planning and execution of studies, and towards the growth of the PSA as an organization. The third and final section follows up on recommendations provided as part of the last report, and identifies new recommendations for the upcoming reports. We also identify limitations of the current report and state suggestions for improvement. Here are five big-picture takeaways from the study capacity report for 2022-2023: (1) The total membership of the PSA has grown from the last report (N = 1400) to this report (N = 2468), with members from 73 countries; (2) Out of 11 PSA studies, 8 have completed data collection; out of which 4 have been published; (3) Based on our past data collection capacity, our data collection capacity has a conservative estimate of 18,000 and an optimistic estimate of 30,000 participants for the upcoming academic year for PSA projects; (4) Similar to the last study capacity report, two thirds of the PSA members come from “WEIRD” countries; (5) Based on past work hours, the number of work hours (monthly) available in each PSA committee and associate director/director roles in the upcoming academic year is estimated conservatively. This number ranges from 8 to 59 hours depending on the committee/role.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions and affective measures. The data collected (April to October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors and COVID-19 experience, geographical and cultural context characterization, and demographic information for each participant. Each participant started the study with the same general questions and then was randomized to complete either one longer experiment or two shorter experiments. Data were provided by 73,223 participants with varying completion rates. Participants completed the survey from 111 geopolitical regions in 44 unique languages/dialects. The anonymized dataset described here is provided in both raw and processed formats to facilitate re-use and further analyses. The dataset offers secondary analytic opportunities to explore coping, framing, and self-determination across a diverse, global sample obtained at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which can be merged with other time-sampled or geographic data.

The Air Force has, for the past several years, sponsored a high-temperature ceramic coating research and development program directed toward the practical utilization of such coatings on the hot gas components of aircraft power plants. The results of this program will, in many cases, be directly applicable to various industrial high-temperature uses. The objectives as well as the fundamental reasons for initiating such a program are outlined in this paper. A summary of the expected benefits to be derived from the use of high-temperature ceramic coatings by both industry and the Armed Forces will be presented. Such coatings may be used to extend the life of relatively high alloys in such applications as reciprocating engine exhaust systems and high-temperature furnace components where failure is generally a result of such things as oxidation, corrosion, and embrittlement. Low-alloy steels may be coated to replace the critical and expensive alloys currently being used in the hot gas sections of gas turbine power plants. The properties of these coatings and the position of the industrial engineer relative to this over-all high-temperature coating program are presented.

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