AIAA Technical Activities

Basil Hassan

Vice President –Technical Activities

11 August 2011

Presentation to the 2011 Regional Leadership Conference

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Outline

• What is AIAA Technical Activities?• TAC Organization and Committees• Committee Membership• Role of Regional Deputy Directors• TAC/RSAC Collaboration• Brainstorm Session

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Primary Professional Interest of Members

Member Participation –Committees & Officers

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Member Participation – Events & Subscriptions

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Board of Directors 2011 - 2012

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PRESIDENT-ElectMichael Griffin

PAST PRESIDENTMark Lewis

VP - EDUCATIONNeal Barlow

VP - PUBLIC POLICYCarol Cash

VP - STANDARDSWilson Felder

VP - PUBLICATIONMichael Bragg

VP - FINANCEA. Tom Smith

VP - INTERNATIONALMark Maurice

VP – TECHNICAL ACTIVITIESBasil Hassan

VP - MEMBER SVCSMerri Sanchez

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGEJ. Stephen Rottler

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGEGeorge Lesieutre

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGERobert Lindberg

DIRECTOR - INT’LShamim Rahman

DIRECTOR - INT’LMary Snitch

DIRECTOR - INT’LIn Lee

(TAC)DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Aerospace Sciences

David Riley

DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Aircraft & Atmospheric SystemsNeal Pfeiffer

DIRECTOR-TECHNICAL, Engineering & Technology MgmtAllen Arrington

DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Information SystemsJim Neidhoefer

DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Propulsion & EnergyAshwani Gupta

DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Space and MissilesTrevor Sorensen

DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Aerospace Design & StructuresKathleen Atkins

(RSAC)DIRECTOR - REGION 1

Ferdinand Grosveld

DIRECTOR - REGION 2G. Alan Lowrey

DIRECTOR - REGION 3Sivaram Gogineni

DIRECTOR - REGION 4James Walker

DIRECTOR - REGION 5Laura Richard

DIRECTOR - REGION 6Bruce Wilson

DIRECTOR - REGION 7Juergen Quest

(AIAA STAFF)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORRobert Dickman

DPTY EXEC DIRECTORKlaus Dannenberg

YP LIAISONDarin Haudrich

STUDENT LIAISONMathew Cannella

PRESIDENTBrian Dailey

VP Elect - FinanceBob Winn

VP Elect – StandardsLaura McGill

SECRETARY/TREASURERAngelo Iasiello

VP Elect – PublicationsVigor Yang

VP Elect – InternationalSusan Ying

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Technical Activities Committee (TAC)

• Chaired by Vice President of Technical Activities• Manages the activities of the TCs and PCs

Organization of ~30 technical conferences and workshops a year

Recognizing technical excellence via Awards Sponsoring short courses Developing standards and position papers

• TAC’s products and services, which reach over half of AIAA’s members, generates most of the financial net used to fund activities for our Institute’s members

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TAC Organization 2011 - 2012

Vice PresidentBasil Hassan

Director of Aerospace Sciences

David RileyStaff LiaisonBetty Guillie

New InitiativesJim Keenan

Program CommitteesMark Melanson

Director of Propulsion & Energy

Ashwani Gupta

Director of Aerospace Design & Structures

Kathleen Atkins

Director of Information Systems

James Neidhoefer

Committee Liaisons

Director of Space & Missiles

Trevor Sorensen

Director of Aircraft & Atmos

SystemsNeal Pfeiffer

Director of Engineering &

Technology Mgmt.Allen Arrington

Deputy Tom Duerr

69 Technical Committees14 Program Committees

https://info.aiaa.org/tac

Managing DirectorMegan Scheidt

Strategic TechnologiesAnthony Gross

RegionDeputy

Directors

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Aerospace Design and Structures Group

• Director: Kathleen Atkins Deputy Directors: Achille Messac and Carlos Cesnik

• Adaptive Structures TC• Design Engineering TC• Materials TC• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization TC• Non-Deterministic Approaches TC• Structural Dynamics TC• Structures TC• Survivability TC

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Aerospace Sciences Group• Director: Dave Riley

Deputy Directors: Tom Beutner, Jim Keenan, Mark Melanson, Bill West

• Aerodynamic Measurement Technology TC• Aeroacoustics TC• Applied Aerodynamics TC• Astrodynamics TC• Atmospheric Flight Dynamics TC• Atmospheric and Space Environments TC• Fluid Dynamics TC• Ground Testing TC• Guidance, Navigation, and Control TC• Meshing, Visualization, and Computational Environments TC• Modeling and Simulation TC• Plasmadynamics and Lasers TC• Thermophysics TC

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Aircraft and Atmospheric Systems Group

• Director: Neal Pfeiffer Deputy Directors: Dimitri Mavris, Satish Mohleji

• Aerodynamics Decelerator Systems TC• Air Transportation Systems TC• Aircraft Design TC• Aircraft Operations TC• Balloon Systems TC• Flight Testing TC• General Aviation TC• Lighter-than-Air Systems TC• Product Support TC• V/STOL Aircraft Systems TC

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Engineering and Technology Management Group

• Director: Allen Arrington Deputy Directors: Nancy Andersen, Abdi Khodadoust

• Economics TC• History TC• Legal Aspects of Aeronautics and Astronautics TC• Management TC• Society and Aerospace Technology TC• Systems Engineering TC

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Information Systems Group

• Director: Jim Neidhoefer Deputy Directors: Tom Butash, Mitch Ingham, Terry Morris, Jim Rankin

• Communications Systems TC• Computer Systems TC• Digital Avionics TC• Information and Command & Control Systems TC• Intelligent Systems TC• Sensor Systems TC• Software Systems TC

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Propulsion and Energy Group

• Director: Ashwani Gupta Deputy Directors: Jeff Hamstra, I-Shih Chang, Selma Goldstein, Dave Lilley

• Aerospace Power Systems TC• Air Breathing Propulsion Systems Integration TC• Electric Propulsion TC• Energetic Components and Systems TC• Gas Turbine Engines TC• High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC• Hybrid Rockets TC• Liquid Propulsion TC• Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion TC• Propellants and Combustion TC• Solid Rockets TC• Terrestrial Energy Systems TC

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Space and Missiles Group

• Director: Trevor Sorensen Deputy Directors: Karen Barker, Mike Mattis, Peter Montgomery, Tony Williams

• Life Sciences and Systems TC• Microgravity and Space Processes TC• Missile Systems TC• Space Architecture TC• Space Automation and Robotics TC• Space Colonization TC• Space Logistics TC• Space Operations and Support TC• Space Resources TC• Space Systems TC• Space Tethers TC• Space Transportation TC• Weapon System Effectiveness TC

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Program Committees• Program Committee Coordinator: Tony Gross

Deputy Program Committee Coordinator: Mark Whorton• Aerospace Traffic Management PC• Directed Energy Systems PC• Energy Optimized Aircraft and Equipment Systems PC• Gossamer Spacecraft PC• Green Engineering PC• Homeland Security PC• HyTASP PC• Netcentric Operations PC• Reusable Launch Vehicles PC• Space Environmental Systems PC• Space Exploration PC• Space Station PC• Unmanned Systems PC• Value Driven Design PC

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Technical Committee Membership• Solicitation for nominees each summer (August)

• AIAA at large• Technical Committees• Aerospace America

• Committee membership selection is chairman’s responsibility• Regular Membership limited to 35

• Larger membership only with TAC approval• Three-year term; 1 May to 30 April• Term exceptions (both less than & more than three years)• Attend at least two meetings a year• Should maintain a balanced composition

• Affiliation• Professional interest• Geographic location• Gender

• Associate, International and Alumni members – 15 additional positions

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Program Committee Membership

• Dynamic Membership Addresses an important and current program or

area of interest• Chair must be an AIAA Member• No membership limit

Appropriate membership from outside the Institute’s membership is encouraged

• PCs are reviewed for relevance every 3 years

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Regional Deputy Director Responsibilities

• Advise and assist Sections with technical programs (e.g. symposia, lecturers, local TCs).

• Communicate with the Technical Officer for each section as often as possible. If there is no Technical Officer, maintain a meaningful and continuing liaison with appropriate individual(s) in the Sections.

• Collect and disseminate information on other Regional technical programs/activities that may be useful to local Sections in formulating or improving their local programs.

• Develop an "ideas that work" list for the Sections.

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Regional Deputy Director Responsibilities - 2

• Alert Sections as to when a technical meeting will be in their area.

• Encourage Sections to set goals/objectives for technical programming and to communicate said goals/objectives to the Deputy Director.

• Participate in the Regional Leadership Conference. • Convey information from the Technical Activities Committee

(TAC) meeting to the Regions and Sections. Communicate Region and Section activities to the Committee.

• Attend at least two meetings of TAC. At these meetings, report on sections, technical activities, actions taken, and pertinent information from the RAC meeting.

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Current Regional Deputy Directors - Technical

• Region I – Stephen Rizzi• Region II – Thomas Mensah• Region III – Ian Halliwell• Region IV – Mark Melanson• Region V – vacant• Region VI – Jane Hansen• Region VII – Christian Mari

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Challenges for TAC and RSAC

• Little overlap between TAC and RSAC activities • In general, those who are active in Technical

Activities are less active in Sections and visa versa (there are exceptions)• While TAC conferences occur in near active

Sections, we do a poor job of reaching out to the Sections and Regions• Poor utilization of our Regional Deputies

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Areas for Collaboration

• Promoting Young Professional activities Support YPC events and receptions Facilitate their participation in our committees They are the key to our Institute’s future

• Technical Activities speakers list Augment Distinguished Lecturers list

• Region/Section sponsored sessions or tracks at Technical Conferences• Joint TAC/RSAC Workshops

Last one held at ASM in January 2007

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Brainstorm Session

• What are your ideas???

• Feel free to contact me any time: Basil Hassan, bhassan@sandia.gov

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