Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC)Report

January 201149th AIAA Aerospace Sciences MeetingOrlando, FL

Clyde E. Carr, Jr. SRTC Chairman410-392-1877clyde.carr@atk.com

AGENDA

• SRTC Review Organization, membership, highlights and

achievements, future plans, and metrics

• SRTC Meeting Agenda

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SRTC Committee Organization

Conference Chairs• 2010 JPC Fred Blomshield• 2011 JPC Amy Gerards• 2012 JPC Mark Langhenry

CommunicationsChair: Barbara Leary

Vice Chair: Mike Fisher

Secretary/TreasurerSandra Wallace

• James Clarke • Allan Dokhan• Amy Gerards • Dan MacInnis• Eric Rohrbaugh

• Fred Blomshield• Franck Cauty* • Helmut Ciezki* • Russ Ellis• David Geatrix*• Agostino Neri* • Kimberly Norrie*• Jean

Thepenier*

• Yen-Sen Chen*• Mark Langhenry**• Jamie Neidert• Nat Patel• Clyde Carr

• Douglas Coats • Mike Kaiserman• Roa Manepalli• Erland Orbekk*• James Spurling• Onno Verberne*

Emeriti & Advisors• Max Calabro*• I-Shih Chang (Fellow)• Russ Ellis (Fellow)• Mark Friedlander• Bob Geisler• Bill Kearney• Herman Krier (Fellow)• Larry Quinn• Tom Moore

EducationChair: David Poe

Vice Chair: Michel Berdoyes

HistoryChair: Winfred Foster

Vice Chair: Karl Naumann*

ChairmanClyde E. Carr, Jr.

Vice ChairmanRobert E. Black**

December 2010

AwardsChair: Ivor Bulathsinghala Vice Chair: Jack Hansen

SRTC webpage http://www.aiaa.org/portal/index.cfm?adview=7&tcspageid=1066&getcomm=87

* Denotes International Members**Incoming leadership for 2011

2010 JPC SRTC Membership Highlights and Plans

• Mark Langhenry voted in for SRTC Vice Chair for 2011-2013

• Robert Black, Vice Chair, will be SRTC chair in May 2011

• 4 new members have applied and have been accepted to SRTC

• SRTC organization will be updated by late January 2011 Reflect new membership Delete non-participating members

– Base on attendance and participation records

• David Greatrix newest Associate Fellow4

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SRTC Membership Distribution (44 total members)

Assoc. Member

2, 4%

Member, 30, 69%

Int'l, 12, 27%

Sr. Member9, 20%

Member 19, 43%Assoc.

Fellow, 13, 30%

Fellow, 3, 7%

Membership Type38 Industry, 4 Gov’t, 2 University

Membership Grade

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2010 SRTC Highlights and Accomplishments

• Supported Wyld Award selection process in 2010 Russ Ellis from SRTC selected for 2010! Congratulations!

– SRM nozzle expert

• Best SRM paper selection process completed and provided to AIAA and presented at awards ceremony at 2010 JPC in Nashville “Comparison of Nozzle Throat Erosion Behavior in a Solid-Propellant Rocket

Motor and a Simulator,” Brian Evans, Kenneth K. Kuo, Eric Boyd and Andrew C. Cortopassi AIAA Paper No: AIAA-2009-5421

• Session Chairs and co-Chairs supported from SRTC

• Educational road show kits still being requested and sent out – the requests never stop – get yours today!

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2010 SRTC Highlights and Accomplishments (cont)

• Held SRTC meeting at 2010 Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Orlando

16 member attendees (36%)

• Held SRTC meeting at 2010 JPC Meeting in Orlando

34 attendees including invited guests (Al McDonald, and university students from UAH, Penn State, and Japan)

26 SRTC members attended (60%)

• Conducted SRM (Solid Rocket Motor) course in Nashville

2 day course, 30+ attendees• Continuing to promote membership upgrades within SRTC and maintain

dynamic and broad membership population One member upgraded to associate fellow in January 2011

– David Geatrix

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2010 SRTC Highlights and Accomplishments (cont)

• Continued/restarted record of excellence with annual 1-page Solid Rockets highlights article for Aerospace America magazine (Carr and Leary)

• Provided $1000 in university support to SRM efforts at Auburn University

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SRTC Plans for 2010 and Beyond

• Possible Solid Rockets Hall of Fame Evaluating a web based site

• Continue to provide funds to universities who conduct SRM related research via request tool in website $1000 Auburn University last year Looking for more universities to participate!

• Continue to collect old and current films and videos for archiving at Auburn University Approximately 20 16mm films were sent this year from ATK

Elkton archive for digital transfer (in process) SRTC to fund

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SRTC Plans for 2011 and Beyond (cont’d)

• Fund Booker T. Washington High School in Houston Asking for financial support ($2000) for building a 100,000 foot capable

rocket NASA technical support Working with AIAA legal to understand liability issues

• Supporting resume review services with AIAA this Wed evening• Support and increase networking with student and young

professional membership (typically occurring at local level but plan to invite students who attend AIAA meetings)

• Support 2011 Wyld award and assure the SRTC best paper continues to be awarded

2009 SRTC Metrics – Anticipate Improvements for 2010!

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CRITERIA A. Effectiveness of existing TC

B. TAC governance C. Liaisons D. No. of TC meetings each year and how active are the TC members

E. Special tasks by TC

METRIC ITEMS FOR EACH TC EVALUATION

A 1. Membership balance analysisA 2. Create/update a charterA 3. Number of foreign members (optional)

B 1. Succession planningB 2. Training

C 1. AIAA TC’sC 2. Local or Regional AIAA ChaptersC 3. Other Professional Organizations ( i.e. SAE, ASME, etc. )

D 1. No. of Members that attendD 2. No. of TC members that actively work on your TC subcommittees

E 1. Professional short coursesE 2. Higher Educational Programs (Graduate and Undergraduate)E 3. K-12 Educational ProgramsE 4. Community Programs Publications:E 5. BooksE 6. Design GuidesE 7. News letters/BulletinsE 8. Journal Articles/Support editorial reviewsE 9. AIAA papersE 10. Aerospace Articles Awards/Scholarships:E 11. Student (Graduate & Undergraduate)/Resume reivewsE 12. Young Engineers/SRTC invite to dinner and meeting for socialE 13. Lifetime achievementE 14. AIAA serviceCongress Contact:E 15. Participate in Congressional Day Visit

Importance order 1 1 1 1 1

No. of Metric Items

2 plus 1 Optional Item 2 3 2 15

Points per Metric Item

5 5 5 5 5

Max Value of Metrics

10 plus 5 Optional 10 15 10 75

Max Percentage Evaluation Metric

8.33 plus 4.2% extra 8.33% 12.5% 8.33% 62.5%

TOTAL = ____ TC _SRTC_

A. 12.5 B. 5 C. 5 D. 7.5 E. 45

Percent Eval each TC

10.4% 4.17% 4.2% 6.2% 33.3%

Total = 58.3% 

CRITERIA A. Effectiveness of existing TC

B. TAC governance C. Liaisons D.      No. of TC meetings each year and how active are the TC members

E. Special tasks by TC

METRIC ITEMS FOR EACH TC EVALUATION

A 1. Membership balance analysisA 2. Create/update a charterA 3. Number of foreign members (optional)

B 1. Succession planningB 2. Training

C 1. AIAA TC’sC 2. Local or Regional AIAA ChaptersC 3. Other Professional Organizations ( i.e. SAE, ASME, etc. )

D 1. No. of Members that attendD 2. No. of TC members that actively work on your TC subcommittees

E 1. Professional short coursesE 2. Higher Educational Programs (Graduate and Undergraduate)E 3. K-12 Educational ProgramsE 4. Community Programs Publications:E 5. BooksE 6. Design GuidesE 7. News letters/BulletinsE 8. Journal ArticlesE 9. AIAA papersE 10. Aerospace America Articles Awards/Scholarships:E 11. Student (Graduate & Undergraduate)E 12. Young EngineersE 13. Lifetime achievementE 14. AIAA serviceCongress Contact:E 15. Participate in Congressional Day Visit

Importance order

1 1 1 1 1 

No. of Metric Items

2 plus 1 Optional Item

2 3 2 15

Points per Metric Item

5 5 5 5 5

Max Value of Metrics

15 10 15 10 75

Max Percentage Evaluation Metric

8.33 plus 4.2% extra

8.33% 12.5% 8.33% 62.5%

TOTAL = 92.5TC: SRTC

A. 12.5 points B. 5 points C. 10 points D. 10 points E. 45 points

Percent Eval each TC

 10.4

 4.2

  8.3 8.3 37.3 Total = 68.5% 

SRTC

Propulsion and Energy Meeting Summary

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P&E Organization

Deputy Director Air-Breathing Propulsion

Jeff Hamstra

Aerospace Power Systems TC

Terrestrial Energy Systems TCGas Turbine Engines TC

High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC

Air Breathing Propulsion Integration TC

Deputy Director Rocket & Space Propulsion

I-Shih Chang

Hybrid Rockets TC

Liquid Propulsion TC

Solid Rockets TC

Electric Propulsion TC

Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion TC

Energetic Components & Systems TC

Propellants & Combustion TC

Deputy Director Advanced Propulsion &

TechnologiesSelma Goldstein

DirectorPropulsion & Energy

Ashwani Gupta

Deputy DirectorEnergy

David Lilley

Green Engineering (GE) PCJason Slagle/Valerie Lyons

TC Chair (* = New TC chair)

Name Position Affiliation

Energy TC'sDr. David Lilley Chair – Terrestrial Energy Oklahoma State University* Mr. Gregory A Carr Chair – Aerospace Power Systems Jet Propulsion Lab Past Chair: Harout Ayvazian, NGCDr. Jason Slagle/Dr. Valerie Lyons Co-Chairs– Green Engineering Technology PC GE / NASA GRC

Propulsion TC'sABP * Jeffrey Flamm Chair - Air Breathing Propulsion Systems Integration NASA Langley Research Center Past Chair: Dr. Ray Best, Hawker Beechcraft

* Dr. Ian Halliwell Chair - Gas Turbine Engines Avetec Past Chair: Dr. Robert Bruckner, NASA GRC

* Joaquin Castro Chair - High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion Pratt & Whitney Past Chair Dr. Marty Bradley, Boeing

Rocket Prof. Lyon King Chair - Electric Propulsion Michigan Tech Univ. Space Past Chair, Dan Goebel, Jet Propulsion LabProp. Arif Karabeyoglu Chair - Hybrid Rockets Space Propulsion Group Inc.

Past Chair: Dr. Andrew Prince, ATK Thiokol Mr. Scott Miller Chair - Liquid Propulsion Aerojet Corp. Past Chair: Carl Engelbrecht, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL Mr. Clyde Carr Chair - Solid Rockets ATK, Baltimore, MD Past Chair: Thomas Moore, ATK Tactical Prop & Controls

Advanced Mr. Karl Link Chair - Energetic Components & Systems University of IdahoProp. Past Chair: Dr. Barry T. Neyer, Perkin Elmer Optoelectronics

Mr. Bryan Palaszewski Chair - Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion NASA GRC Past chair: Benjamin B. Donahue, Boeing * Joseph Oefelin Chair - Propellants & Combustion Sandia National Lab Past Chair: Prof. Fred Gouldin, Cornell University

Future JPC Planning - LocationsJPC Locations

2004 Ft. Lauderdale, Pratt&Whitney2005 Tucson, Raytheon2006 Sacramento, Aerojet2007 Cincinnati, GE2008 Hartford, Pratt & Whitney 2009 Denver, LM2010 Nashville (NASA GRC, NASA Marshall, NASA Stennis, LM, GE Aviation, ATA, AFRL,

Dynetics, JAXA, Battelle) 2011 San Diego (sponsorship??), Aug. 1-3, 20112012 Atlanta, GA (ATK, Lead Sponsor), 30 July - 1 August 2013 San Jose, CA July 15-172014 Cleveland, OH (Sponsorship? ) 2015 ?Orlando? Two proposals received but are over budget2016 Detroit, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Dallas, Hartford, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis,

Hawaii – wide open and choice will be cost driven

Other Note: ASM dates may be changed to 2nd week of January?

JPC Themes

2012: “??” – send ideas to Carr, Black, or Dave McGrath 2011: “Design, Test, Fly: Turning Propulsion Ideas into Reality” 2010: “Propulsion: Powering the Future for a Greener Tomorrow” 2009: “Insertion of Innovative Technology Into New and Evolving

Systems 2008: “From Air to Space: Propulsion Technologies for Next-

Generation System Solutions 2007: Advancing Propulsion Technologies and Celebrating Our

Aerospace Heritage 2006: The Impulse to Explore - Igniting a Passion for Space 2005: Propulsion Technology - Enabling Tomorrow’s Applications 2004:  Aerospace Propulsion - Defining The Future

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TAC Funding Requests as of 7/28/10

• Group Total Used Remaining• Aerospace Sciences 5900 3287 2613• Aircraft Design & Structures 4700 0 4700• Eng & Tech Mgt 3500 0 3500• Information Systems 3500 577 2923• Propulsion & Energy 5500 0 5500• Space & Missiles 5900 4991 909• Aerospace Design & Structures 3900 615 3285• Group Totals 32900 9470 23430• PC Allocations 5500 0 5500• Vice President’s Line 8825 0 8825• Grand Totals 47225 9470 37755

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Highlights of Institute Activities

• Professional membership is down by 2% from this time last year. Student membership is up 22% from this time last year.

• May and June saw a total of 934 press citations for AIAA, 133 more than last year during the same period. We are now at 3,264 press citations for the year against a key indicator of 1680 to this point in time.

• The Daily Launch continues to be one of our most appreciated member benefits. It is currently distributed to 28,554 members. An effort is under way to begin offering a 30-day trial of the DL to AIAA prospects to entice them to become members.

• Communications is working with the AIAA History TC to cover the final space shuttle launch. The plan is to create a Web page on www.aiaa.org for members to post content pertaining to the final launch as well as stories from AIAA members who in some way were a part of the shuttle program throughout the years.

• Reminder – 2010 will be the last year DVD’s containing technical papers at conferences are made available to conference attendees.  Papers will be provided on-line only.

• AIAA is developing the following exchange programs as part of its international collaboration with other organizations and to provide benefits to members: Executive level exchange with China Young Professional exchange with France

Summary – Honors and Awards

• Existing Awards and Policies SSTC proposes that teams as well as individuals be eligible for Space Science Award Theodor Knacke Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Award –coming into compliance Written award processes, or at least the evaluation criteria, should be publicly available TAC H&A subcommittee

– Need to: disseminate H&A policies better (eligibility, carryover, waivers); improve nomination pools

• New Awards• Future Business

Potential New Awards– Fred Billig Award in Hypersonics (HyTASP PC) – Revised, needs consultation and evidence

– Air Transportation Award (TC) – initial discussion, draft– John McMasters Award in Design / Education – needs revision, home, consultation– Energetic Components & Systems (TC) – initial discussion– Space Tethers awards (various) – needs revision– Unmanned Systems (PC) Award – no new action

Existing Awards

What is Green Engineering?

Biofuels RenewableEnergy

Energy ConversionEfficiency

Airframe EfficiencyAIAA Conferences &

Literature

RecyclingOperationsClimate Monitoring

GE.comBoeing.com

Enviro.aero

Enviro.aero

Wikipedia.org

Example Green Engineering Programs (Slagle/Lyons)

Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions & Noise (CLEEN)

GE EcomaginationCommercial Aviation

Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)

Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy

(ARPA-E)

Environmentally Responsible

Aviation (ERA)Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology

(ADVENT)

Green Engineering Proposed Charter

The purpose of the Green Engineering Program Committee

(GEPC) is to promote a holistic, systems approach to improved

energy efficiency, sustainability, renewable energy and ‘cradle-to-

cradle’ design. GEPC serves as the AIAA focal point for all “green”

aerospace-related programs and technologies, and works

synergistically with the appropriate technical committees to assure

that the AIAA membership is adequately informed about all aspects

of this critical aerospace activity.

Green Engineering Scope • Serve as the focal point and interface between AIAA and the green technology

community, including DOE, EPA, NOAA, and complementary professional societies.

• Characterize the critical challenges for green technologies as applied to aerospace systems.

• Identify rapidly advancing & emerging technologies that support improved energy efficiency and sustainability.

• Support AIAA public policy forums / initiatives and provide a liaison to the Public Policy Committee.

• Coordinate and focus green activities across the technical committees to develop / support conferences, workshops, position papers, panel sessions and technical sessions.

• Co-sponsor relevant conferences and events with other professional societies.• Identify champions for new green initiatives within AIAA.

Committee Presentations

• Treasury – Sandy Wallace • 2011 JPC Planning Amy Gerards• 2012 JPC Planning Mark Langhenry• Communications Report Barbara Leary• Education Report David Poe• History Report Butch Foster• Awards Report Ivor Bulathsinghala• Open Discussion and Actions All

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