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1 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Group TC Presentation AIAA Summer Conference San Diego, CA 24-27 June 2013

2 AIAA Topic: Conference Attendance U. S. Government attendance  Restrictions are still in place for government travel  Anecdotal discussions indicate that DoD will not participate in any conferences for the remainder of this FY (Sep 30)  No word on what will happen in FY14 Overall attendance is down for all AIAA conferences  Conference attendance is down ~20% for the conferences held so far  Vended events have been canceled or are not being held by AIAA – MDA canceled by the Missile Defense Agency – FAA chose not to use AIAA as event organizer because of government restrictions on conference organization  See Slide 3 Negative impact to AIAA finances  Below budget by $ 1 million 2

3 3 AIAA Topic: Conference Attendance January – May Conference Attendance ConferenceBudgetActualLast% Decrease ASM16751325162418.4 FAA* (vended)2500236 ADS, LTA, BA20016219.0 Missile Defense** (vended)9000864 SDM et al52245257521.4 * Event held but not organized by AIAA **Event not held NOTE: Attendance number are fully paid registrations  Does not include students, retirees, and block registration  Drop appears mostly due to government travel restrictions

4 AIAA Topic: Conference Attendance Path forward  Still unknown at this time  Level of participation of government employees at future conferences is uncertain Update from AIAA staff  Multiple letters sent to Congress  AIAA Public Policy Committee actively working on Capitol Hill  A new letter was sent to Congress on May 29 from AIAA and over 60 professional societies. Signed by AIAA Executive Director Sandy Magnus – Follow on letter to the one that was sent earlier in the year to OSTP/OMB. – https://www.aiaa.org/SecondaryTwoColumn.aspx?id=4334 https://www.aiaa.org/SecondaryTwoColumn.aspx?id=4334 4

5 TAC Topic: Science & Technology Forum (SciTech) 5 Executive Steering Committee Forum Technical Chair Forum Organizing Committee Led by Forum General Chair Representatives from TCs/PCs Representatives from co-located symposia, workshops Integration Chair Public Policy Chair Education Chair International Chair Member Engagement Chair Etc. Technical Program Committee Led by Forum Technical Chairs (formerly Conference General Chair)  Forum Technical Chairs from AS, ADS, and IS Groups  Chairs sits on Forum Organizing Committee Representatives from other societies (ASCE, ASME, etc.) 4-6 high-level representatives from industry, gov’t, academia Expanded Organizational Structure

6 6 TAC Topic: Science &Technology Forum & Exposition Dates/Location Confirmed:  13-17 January 2014, National Harbor, MD Executive Steering Committee (2014-2015) established:  Dr. Robert “Bobby” Braun, Professor of Space Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology  Dr. John Evans, Vice President, Research Engineering, Lockheed Martin  James Shields, Chief Executive Officer, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.  Prof. Tom Shih, Head and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University  Dave Throckmorton, Program Manager, Northrop Grumman (2014 General Chair)

7 TAC Topic: Science & Technology Forum (SciTech) Aerospace Sciences Meeting  Currently aligned TCs  AFM, APA, MVC, PDL, FD, AMT, AA, TP, ASE, GT Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference realigning  GNC TC moving from August  Modeling & Simulation TC moving from August  AFM TC will increase their sessions and participation Forum planning underway  ASG Forum Technical Chair Lawrence “Robbie” Robertson  Call for papers released April 1  Submissions closed June 5 Need to select ASG Forum Technical Chair for SciTech 2015  Would like to find someone 18 months prior to conference. 7

8 8 Proposed ASG Chair Rotation Assignment and Schedule for SciTech & AVIATION

9 TAC Topic: Aviation & Aeronautics (AVIATION) 9 Executive Steering Committee Technical Program Chair Forum Organizing Committee Led by Forum General Chair Representatives from TCs/PCs Representatives from co-located symposia, workshops, seminars Integration Chair Public Policy Chair Education Chair International Chair Member Engagement Chair Etc. Technical Program Committee Led by Forum Technical Chairs (formerly Conference General Chair)  Technical Chairs rotates from AAS and AS Groups  Chairs sit on Forum Organizing Committee Representatives from other societies (3AF, CEAS, ISSMO, etc.) 4-6 high-level representatives from industry, gov’t, academia Expanded Organizational Structure

10 TAC Topic: Aviation & Aeronautics (AVIATION) ASG will use rotation established for Fluids Conference to select ASG Forum Technical Chair  Defined role of Associate AS Chair for one year  ASG Forum Technical Chair the following year ASG 2014 representatives are  ASG Forum Technical Chair: Andy Broeren (ASE)  AS Associate Chair: Greg Naterer (TP) – Will be AVIATION ASG Forum Technical Chair in 2015 Would like to assign chairs 18 months prior to conference  Need 2015 AS Associate Chair in January 2014 10

11 Questions & Comments 11

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13 13 Flight Sciences Deputy Directors Rob Vermeland Bill West Applied Aerodynamics Jim Guglielmo / Martiqua Post Astrodynamics Yangping Guo / Al Cangahuala Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Peggy Williams-Hayes / TBD Guidance, Navigation, and Control David Doman / D. Brett Ridgely Modeling and Simulation Bimal L. Aponso / TBD Aerospace Sciences Group Leadership Team Jim Keenan - Director Fluid Sciences Deputy Directors Mark Melanson Tom Beutner Aeroacoustics Walter Eversman /Casey Burley Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Mark Sheplak / Paul Danehy Atmospheric and Space Environments Marcia K. Politovich / TBD Fluid Dynamics David Williams / TBD Ground Test Ray Castner / Steve Dunn Meshing, Visualization, & Comp. Env. Bill Jones / Carl F. Ollivier-Gooch Plasmadynamics and Lasers Ron Litchford / Jonathan Poggie Thermophysics Greg Naterer / Eric Silk

14 Web information TAC web site  https://info.aiaa.org/SC/TAC/default.aspx https://info.aiaa.org/SC/TAC/default.aspx ASG web site  https://info.aiaa.org/tac/ASG/default.aspx https://info.aiaa.org/tac/ASG/default.aspx TC/PC Self Assessment  https://info.aiaa.org/SC/TAC/Shared%20Documents/Form s/AllItems.aspx https://info.aiaa.org/SC/TAC/Shared%20Documents/Form s/AllItems.aspx  TAC_F_Committee Self Assessment_V02  TAC_P_Chairs Manual_V01 14


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