1. Welcome to the AIAA DE Section! September Lunch Lecture The Mighty Saturns: Saturn V

2. 2012-2013 AIAA DE Section Council Members Education:Taylor Donaldson Honors & Awards:Eric Rohrbaugh Career Enhancement:Tim McCardell Communication: -Vacant- Webmaster:Daniel Sutton Newsletter:Dave Rosenberg Programs:Entire Council Young Professional:Jeremiah Shiflet Technical:Robert Bonifant STEM K-12:Breanne Wooten Membership:Dave Rosenberg Public Policy:Tim Dominick RAC Representation:Eric Spero/Dave Rosenberg Chair:Eric Spero Vice-Chair:Tim Dominick Treasurer:Erika Conly Secretary:Bernadette Goncz

3. AIAA 2012 Section Awards First Place (5) -Membership -Young Professional -Public Policy - tie -Communication - tie -Career & Workforce Development - tie Second Place (2) -Outstanding Section -STEM K-12 Outreach The AIAA DE Section has done it again, thanks to YOU!

4. Recent Activities August is for Aerospace AIAA DE Section co-hosted Representative Dr. Andy Harris (MD-1) Issues of defense spending, federal deficit, affordable healthcare act, and future of human spaceflight were discussed Rep. Harris welcomed the opportunity to hear from some constituents on these issues and was interested in gaining greater understanding on the need for human space exploration versus continued robotic missions

5. Upcoming Activities

6. Region I Public Policy Colloquium Saturday, October 20 th, 2012 ATK Missile Defense & Controls Division (55 Thiokol Rd., Elkton, MD) 9:00AM to 3:00PM (EDT) Lunch will be provided We will be offering webex and telecon information for those unable to attend in person!! Invited Speakers: Carol Cash – AIAA Vice-President Public Policy & Dr. Mark Lewis – Director Science & Technology Policy Institute, AIAA Past President, & former Chief Scientist, USAF To register or request dial-in info, please contact: Tim Dominick at timothy.dominick@atk.com Registration requested by Wed, Oct. 17th Whether a long time member or someone new to the Institute, this event will offer unique perspectives and insights on our government, AIAA, and the growing importance of public policy for our industry. Topics will include AIAA Public Policy efforts, Congressional Visits Day (CVD), August is for Aerospace (A4A), Key Issues development, and section, region, and national opportunities for public policy engagement.

7. Region I YPSE Conference Region I Young Professional, Student, and Educator Conference http://YPSE2012.org Friday, November 2, 2012 Kossiakoff Center, JHU/APL, Laurel, Maryland Looking for volunteers to: Present a Technical Paper (YP’s) Judge papers (everyone) Please contact one of the following people for further information: Dr. Vinny Ramachandran (vinny.ramachandran@jhuapl.edu) Dr. Surya Raghu (raghu.aiaa.ma@gmail.com)vinny.ramachandran@jhuapl.eduraghu.aiaa.ma@gmail.com

8. National Chemistry Week 2012 A National Chemistry Week children’s outreach event will be held on Saturday, November 3 This event will include an Alka- Seltzer TM rocket activity organized by the AIAA Delaware Section Information on events, and ways for you to volunteer, will be provided in our next newsletter

9. STEM and BEYOND Night October 9, 2012 The John Carroll School, Bel Air, MD 6-8pm STEM and BEYOND Night is a workshop for 4 th -6 th grade students with hands on activities to increase interest in science and math AIAA – Delaware section will be hosting an Alka-Seltzer rocket experiment If interested in volunteering for the event, please contact Breanne Wooten

10. 2012-2013 Lunch Lecture Series Lunch and Learn is Back! If you are interested in presenting or have a specific topic you’d like to see presented, please contact: Tim McCardell (x1560) OctoberDan Dunlap, Rapid Thermal Ice Penetrator NovemberDave McGrath (Topic TBD) DecemberOPEN JanuaryHarvey Maclary, Aero$pace Inve$ting FebruaryOPEN MarchOPEN AprilDVD - The Mighty Saturns: Saturn 1 and 1B

11. Communication

12. AIAA DE Section Social Networking AIAA Delaware Section AIAA – Delaware Section @AIAA_DE

13. DE Section Web Site – What’s The Link? https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/Del/default.aspx

14. Membership Information Dave Rosenberg or Tim Dominick (x1069) Welcome to the AIAA DE Section!

15. September Lunch Lecture The Mighty Saturns: Saturn V