Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) 2010 JPC Report July 26, th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit Nashville, TN Clyde E. Carr, Jr. SRTC Chairman

AGENDA Organization charts SRTC membership 2009 Highlights Highlights 2010 Future Plans  Vice Chair Election Metrics Committee presentations 2

P&E Organization Deputy Director Air-Breathing Propulsion Jeff Hamstra Aerospace Power Systems TC Terrestrial Energy Systems TC Gas Turbine Engines TC (New) High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC (New) Air Breathing Propulsion Integration TC (New) 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 & Technologies Selma Goldstein Director Propulsion & Energy Ashwani Gupta Deputy Director Energy David Lilley

4 SRTC Committee Organization Conference Chairs 2010 JPC Fred Blomshield 2011 JPC Amy Gerards 2012 JPC Mark Langhenry Conference Chairs 2010 JPC Fred Blomshield 2011 JPC Amy Gerards 2012 JPC Mark Langhenry Communications Chair: Barbara Leary Vice Chair: Mike Fisher Communications Chair: Barbara Leary Vice Chair: Mike Fisher Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Wallace Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Wallace James Clarke Allan Dokhan Amy Gerards Dan MacInnis Eric Rohrbaugh Fred Blomshield Franck Cauty* Helmut Ciezki* Russ Ellis Agostino Neri* Kimberly Norrie* Chuck Shaeffer 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 Russ Ellis (Fellow) Mark Friedlander Bill Kearney Herman Krier (Fellow) Larry Quinn Tom Moore Education Chair: David Poe Vice Chair: Michel Berdoyes Education Chair: David Poe Vice Chair: Michel Berdoyes History Chair: Winfred Foster Vice Chair: Karl Naumann* History Chair: Winfred Foster Vice Chair: Karl Naumann* Chairman Clyde E. Carr, Jr. Chairman Clyde E. Carr, Jr. Vice Chairman Robert E. Black Vice Chairman Robert E. Black July 2010 Awards Chair: Ivor Bulathsinghala Vice Chair: Jack Hansen Awards Chair: Ivor Bulathsinghala Vice Chair: Jack Hansen SRTC webpage * Denotes International Members

5 SRTC Membership Distribution (44 total members) Type Membership 35 Industry, 7 Gov’t, 2 University Membership Grade

6 P&E Meeting Key Notes Current professional membership is 28,755, down 1% from last year Dues increase took effect 1 May 2010 Discussed possibility of an ITAR session in 2012 Obtain more interest in industry in attending JPC. JPC has been criticized for lack of real content like is seen at JANNAF ScholarOne, used for the first time at this JPC was widely criticized at the meeting. AIAA personnel indicated that they will work with ScholarOne to address the concerns and that improvements to the system are continually being made

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2009 JPC SRM Highlights Theme: Insertion of Innovative Technologies into new and evolving systems  15 sessions with 61 papers Special sessions dedicated to the 70 th birthday of Dr. Ken Kuo Special panel discussion on Tactical Missiles Session Chairs and co-Chairs from TC Special thank you to Russ Ellis for abstract content review and Butch Foster for providing the historical videos that add continuity within the sessions!  Need to bring videos every year due to paper withdrawals, cancellations, etc. Suggest tracking rationale for abstract withdraw: schedule, sponsor approval, etc. 8

SRTC Highlights and Accomplishments (cont) Lead Wyld Award selection process in 2009 and supported selection process in 2010  Russ Ellis from SRTC selected for 2010! Congratulations! Best SRM paper selection process completed and provided to AIAA for presentation at awards ceremony at 2010 JPC  “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 Educational road show kits still being requested and sent out – the requests never stop – get yours today!

SRTC Highlights and Accomplishments (cont) Held SRTC meeting at 2010 Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Orlando Conducting SRM course in Nashville this Thursday and Friday Providing support to Purdue student for JPC attendance  Registration fees Continuing to promote membership upgrades within SRTC and maintain dynamic and broad membership population  Two members upgraded to associate fellow in January 2010 –Karl Naumann and Michel Berdoyes

11 SRTC Plans for 2010 and Beyond (cont’d) Support and increase networking with student and young professional membership Continue record of excellence with annual 2-page Solid Rockets highlights article for Aerospace America magazine Increase level of personal communication among SRTC leadership  s and telecoms

12 SRTC Plans for 2010 and Beyond Possible Solid Rockets Hall of Fame  Evaluating a web based site  Virtual museum? Continue to provide funds to universities who conduct SRM related research via request tool in website  $1000 Auburn University last year  Need new entries for this year! 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

13 SRTC Plans for 2010 and Beyond (2) AIAA Aerospace America SRM Highlights Article  1 page  Need your input! –Press releases or public information that can be easily approved (if needed) –ATK, Aerojet, Talley, Gov’t agencies, foreign industry, etc. Vice Chair Election Tonight!  Take 5 minute break for discussions  Submit nominees, 2 nd motions, vote, congrats to winner  Position is effective May 2011

2009 SRTC Metrics – Anticipate Improvements for 2010! 14 CRITERIAA. Effectiveness of existing TC B. TAC governanceC. LiaisonsD.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 analysis A 2. Create/update a charter A 3. Number of foreign members (optional) B 1. Succession planning B 2. Training C 1. AIAA TC’s C 2. Local or Regional AIAA Chapters C 3. Other Professional Organizations ( i.e. SAE, ASME, etc. ) D 1. No. of Members that attend D 2. No. of TC members that actively work on your TC subcommittees E 1. Professional short courses E 2. Higher Educational Programs (Graduate and Undergraduate) E 3. K-12 Educational Programs E 4. Community Programs Publications: E 5. Books E 6. Design Guides E 7. News letters/Bulletins E 8. Journal Articles E 9. AIAA papers E 10. Aerospace Articles Awards/Scholarships: E 11. Student (Graduate & Undergraduate) E 12. Young Engineers E 13. Lifetime achievement E 14. AIAA service Congress Contact: E 15. Participate in Congressional Day Visit Importance order11111 No. of Metric Items 2 plus 1 Optional Item23215 Points per Metric Item Max Value of Metrics 10 plus 5 Optional Max Percentage Evaluation Metric 8.33 plus 4.2% extra8.33%12.5%8.33%62.5% TOTAL = ____ TC _SRTC_ A. 12.5B. 5C. 5D. 7.5E. 40 Percent Eval each TC 10.4%4.17%4.2%6.2%33.3%

Committee Presentations Treasury – Sandy Wallace (Carr) 2010 JPC Status Fred Blomshield 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 ActionsAll 15

Treasurer’s Report (Wallace) SRTC Private Account  Beginning Balance (Jan 2010)$  Ending Balance$ SRTC Common Account (held by AIAA)  Beginning Balance (July 2009) $ 12, –Road Show Kits to Rob Black (149.63)  Ending Balance $ 12, SRTC Funding Available Balance $12,864.02

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