AIAA Technical Activities Basil Hassan Vice President –Technical Activities 3 August 2012 Presentation to the 2012 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

Primary Professional Interests

Member Participation (distinct individuals within groupings)

Member Participation – Events & Subscriptions

Board of Directors PAST PRESIDENT Brian Dailey VP - EDUCATION Neal Barlow VP - STANDARDS Laura McGill VP - PUBLICATION Vigor Yang VP - FINANCE Robert Winn VP - INTERNATIONAL Susan Ying VP – TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Basil Hassan VP Elect - Education Steven Gorrell DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE J. Stephen Rottler DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE George Lesieutre DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Robert Lindberg DIRECTOR - INT’L Shamim Rahman DIRECTOR - INT’L Kevin Massey DIRECTOR - INT’L In Lee (TAC) DIRECTOR- TECHNICAL, Aerospace Sciences James Keenan 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 Michael Griffin VP– PUBLIC POLICY Carol Cash SECRETARY/TREASURER Angelo Iasiello VP –MEMBER SVCS Merri Sanchez VP Elect – Public Policy Mary Snitch

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 James Keenan Staff Liaison Betty Guillie New Initiatives Peter Montgomery 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 13 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: James Keenan  Deputy Directors: Tom Beutner, Mark Melanson, Rob Vermeland, 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: David Maroney, 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, Tsutsumi Bright, 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 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, Jeff Puschell 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: Mark Melanson  Deputy Program Committee Coordinators: Peter Hartwich, Satoshi Nagano 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 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 periodically

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 – Robert Bruckner Region IV – vacant Region V – James Casler 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,

AIAA Event Model and Conference Portfolio Transformation Briefing to AIAA Regional Leadership Conference Basil Hassan AIAA Vice President Technical Activities 3 August 2012

The Need for Change … Our profession is evolving and AIAA must change with it  More emphasis in the industry on integrating systems and disciplines. AIAA must be in a position to support these growth areas.  Our membership numbers are in slow decline and we are not retaining membership in the young professional ranks.  Our conferences have evolved to more focused events that only attract a portion of the aerospace community.  Many in our profession, primarily those in industry (who make up nearly half our membership), do not find our current conference offerings relevant to their jobs. 26

How TAC Responded to Need for Change Sent out surveys to those who attend AIAA events and those who don’t and asked them to comment on their value and relevancy Performed an assessment of event portfolio using survey feedback Held a workshop in January 2012 to discuss a new event model Engaged with TAC and Institute stakeholders for solicit more feedback Did more assessment 27

How TAC Responded to Need for Change (cont.) Defined principles/goals for new events Ensure our Institute is relevant to aerospace professionals Ensure our conferences integrate a spectrum of topics of interest to the profession (technical disciplines, systems, policy, operations, etc.) Ensure our overall events provide meaningful professional development and interaction opportunities to the broad aerospace community Ensure our events are financially viable Ensure that our conferences are “must attend” events for all those in our profession and can accommodate expansion into new technology and program areas 28

How TAC Responded to Need for Change (cont.) Developed a “best-of-the-best” hybrid approach  Consolidated and Integrated Models were most favored of models discussed at workshop  Hybrid model combines the best attributes of both models – collocate conferences within an overarching umbrella “Forum”  Ensures alignment to principles/goals for new event model 29

Implementing the Change AIAA Board of Directors approved moving to new “hybrid” event model at its 10 May meeting Transition starting in January 2014 Have the opportunity to start making changes with 2013 events (e.g., Space, Aviation) Starting to assess and implement new approaches for the 2014 events 30

Planned Forums AIAA Science and Technology Forum Exposition (Winter) – open meeting AIAA Defense and Security Forum and Exposition (Winter/Spring) – classified meeting AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (Early Summer) – open and some US- only sessions AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition (Mid Summer) – open and some US-only sessions AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition (Late Summer) – open and some US-only sessions 31

Program Structure for Forums Three-Tiered Structure  Plenary – provides the aerospace professional insight into the opportunities and challenges that face the aerospace industry  Integration – provides the aerospace professional the ability to engage in cross-cutting topics and solutions to system level challenges  Discipline – provides the aerospace professional the opportunity to engage in technical exchange on focused topics of interest 32

How You Can Help Understand that all areas of the Institute are stakeholders in the success of the new event model Think of ways events can help regions and sections and vice versa Identify section activities to have at events that come to your area Identify activities within event that help advance RSAC’s goals 33