AIAA Technical Activities Basil Hassan Vice President –Technical Activities 11 August 2011 Presentation to the 2011 Regional Leadership Conference

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

3 Primary Professional Interest of Members

Member Participation –Committees & Officers 4

Member Participation – Events & Subscriptions 5

Board of Directors PRESIDENT-Elect Michael Griffin PAST PRESIDENT Mark Lewis VP - EDUCATION Neal Barlow VP - PUBLIC POLICY Carol Cash VP - STANDARDS Wilson Felder VP - PUBLICATION Michael Bragg VP - FINANCE A. Tom Smith VP - INTERNATIONAL Mark Maurice VP – TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Basil Hassan VP - MEMBER SVCS Merri Sanchez DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE J. Stephen Rottler DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE George Lesieutre DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Robert Lindberg DIRECTOR - INT’L Shamim Rahman DIRECTOR - INT’L Mary Snitch DIRECTOR - INT’L In Lee (TAC) DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Aerospace Sciences David Riley DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Aircraft & Atmospheric Systems Neal Pfeiffer DIRECTOR-TECHNICAL, Engineering & Technology Mgmt Allen Arrington DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Information Systems Jim Neidhoefer DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Propulsion & Energy Ashwani Gupta DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Space and Missiles Trevor Sorensen DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Aerospace Design & Structures Kathleen Atkins (RSAC) DIRECTOR - REGION 1 Ferdinand Grosveld DIRECTOR - REGION 2 G. Alan Lowrey DIRECTOR - REGION 3 Sivaram Gogineni DIRECTOR - REGION 4 James Walker DIRECTOR - REGION 5 Laura Richard DIRECTOR - REGION 6 Bruce Wilson DIRECTOR - REGION 7 Juergen Quest (AIAA STAFF) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Robert Dickman DPTY EXEC DIRECTOR Klaus Dannenberg YP LIAISON Darin Haudrich STUDENT LIAISON Mathew Cannella PRESIDENT Brian Dailey VP Elect - Finance Bob Winn VP Elect – Standards Laura McGill SECRETARY/TREASURER Angelo Iasiello VP Elect – Publications Vigor Yang VP Elect – International Susan Ying

7 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

8 TAC Organization Vice President Basil Hassan Director of Aerospace Sciences David Riley Staff Liaison Betty Guillie New Initiatives Jim Keenan Program Committees Mark 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 Systems Neal Pfeiffer Director of Engineering & Technology Mgmt. Allen Arrington Deputy Tom Duerr 69 Technical Committees 14 Program Committees Managing Director Megan Scheidt Strategic Technologies Anthony Gross Region Deputy Directors

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 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

18 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

19 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.

20 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.

21 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

22 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

23 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

24 Brainstorm Session What are your ideas??? Feel free to contact me any time:  Basil Hassan,

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