SDM Long Range Planning Committee Report to the Structures TC 54 th SDM Conference Boston, MA 9 April 2013 Stan Smeltzer

Long Range Planning Committee Voting Members –SDM Strategic Directions Committee (8) –SDM General & Technical Chairs (6) Last year (StrTC: Steve Russell, Stephen Clay) This year (ASME: Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy) Next year (StrDyn: Carlos Cesnik, John Kosmatka) Non-Voting –Forum and Conference Chairs (5-10) ASC, NDAC, MDO, DSC, GSF –Other TC Reps (2) Design Engineering, Survivability –Co-sponsoring Society Reps (4) ASME, ASCE, AHS, ASC –SDM General & Technical Chairs (2 or 4) Next+1 (ASCE) Next+2 years (Matl)

SDM Strategic Directions Committee Aerospace Design & Structures Group –Director (Kathleen Atkins) –Deputy Director, Structures (Carlos Cesnik) Structures Group TC Reps –Structures (Stan Smeltzer) –Structural Dynamics (Peretz Friedmann, Chair) –Materials (Samit Roy) SDM “Conference Status” TC/PC Reps –Adaptive Structures (Greg Agnes) –Non-Deterministic Approaches (Ben Thacker) –MDO (Vladimir Balabanov) AIAA Staff Support –Event Planner (Cathy Chenevey) –Product Manager (Karen)

LRPC Summary Notes Future SDM Planning and Status –Discussed the new SciTech Forum structure and makeup of the Executive Steering Committee and Forum Organizing Comm. –SDM and ASM General Chairs are now the Technical Program Chairs and lead the Technical Program Committee –Gaylord National Harbor limited to 45 parallel sessions, thus expect a 15-20% reduction in available sessions for SDM –SciTech participants can attend any track of sessions (SDM or ASM), only limited by their attendance at awards lunch –Keynote lectures may replace technical paper sessions next year, still evaluating options –The role of the LRPC will need to be evaluated again in the future based on the new Forum Organizing Committee framework –Future sites are San Diego in 2015 and Orlando in 2016

LRPC Summary Notes AIAA Director’s Report –Forum Organizing Committee (FOC) has taken comments from surveying the membership and direct communications; one example was a strong desire for maintaining the conference awards luncheons as separate events –FOC is still working SDM keynote lectures and may be limited based on conference facility accommodations in 2014 –TAC is addressing challenges due to travel restrictions within the government, may still impact next year’s conference significantly –LRPC recommendation to keep 2014 SDM conference separate was overturned by TAC to implement New Event Model SDM Award –Nominations due by 1 July 2013 –Presented at 2014 SDM Conference

LRPC Summary Notes th SDM Report: (Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy) –690 abstracts submitted, 590 accepted (83% acceptance rate) –498 papers uploaded for all conferences and forums (92 withdrawn) –703+ Registered for conference –124 student papers, a small reduction over the highest conference peak in Hawaii last year (157) – selection framework needs improvement –Lessons learned: Boston meeting room size is not adequate Paper withdrawal rate is stabilized by sticking with the original published deadline, no blanket extension was given th SDM Report: Lessons Learned (Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy) –Date:13-17 Jan 2014 –General Chair:Carlos Cesnik –Technical Chair:John Kosmatka –Site:National Harbor, Maryland – Gaylord National Hotel

Conference Location Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center National Harbor, MD (Washington, DC) Along the shores of the Potomac River, downriver from Washington, D.C. and across the river from Alexandria, Virginia 2,000 guest rooms, 478,000 square feet of meeting space, We will run 45 parallel sessions Seven restaurants Room rates are not released at this time

BACKUP SLIDES

Agenda Introductions / Organization / Minutes from last meeting (Carlos Cesnik) AIAA Director (Aerospace Design & Structures) Report (Kathleen Atkins) –New conference model update Future SDM planning and the role of the LRPC/SDC (Carlos Cesnik) th SDM Report: Lessons Learned (ASME: Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy) Organization and timeline: committee, conferences and forum Paper submittal and review process / Session allocation / Statistics Student papers Awards / Lectures Student Paper th SDM Report: Status & Plans; Jan 2014 –General & Technical Chairs (StrDyn: Carlos Cesnik, John Kosmatka) –Site – National Harbor, Maryland – Gaylord National Hotel Discussion and voting (pending item (3) above) for SDM General and Tech Chairs for 2015 – ASCE Nominations: –General Chair: Ramesh Malla (Univ. of Connecticut) –Technical Chair: Wieslaw Binienda (Univ. of Akron) AIAA staff report (Karen Skelenkar) Other business

SDM Committees SDM Organizing Committees (ORG) –Responsible for SDM conference for one year –2 or 3 ORGs (years n, n+1 and n+2) in parallel –Chaired by SDM General Chair Long-Range Planning Committee (LRPC) –Implements SDM policies and procedures Detailed SDM planning, 1-3 years; SDM initiatives Site and Chair selection –Coordinates TCs, sponsor societies, committees –Chaired by AIAA Deputy Director, Structures SDM Strategic Directions Committee (SDC) –Establishes SDM vision & goals; Corporate memory –Recommends policies & processes –Chair elected from reps; nominal 5-year terms