1. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) 2011 JPC Report August 2, 2011 47 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit San Diego, CA Robert E. Black, III SRTC Chairman 703.754.5367 Rob.Black@Aerojet.com

2. AGENDA “Erosive Burning in Planar Combuster”, Andrew Rettenmaier, Purdue University Organization charts SRTC membership 2010 Highlights 2010-2011 Highlights 2011 Future Plans Committee presentations 2

3. 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. 4 SRTC Committee Organization July 2011 SRTC webpage http://www.aiaa.org/portal/index.cfm?adview=7&tcspageid=1066&getcomm=87 Chairman Rob Black Vice Chairman Mark Langhenry Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Wallace Conference Chairs 2011 JPC Amy Gerards 2012 JPC Mark Langhenry 2013 JPC TBD Communications Chair: Barbara Leary Vice Chair: Mike Fisher Education Chair: David Poe Vice Chair: Michel Berdoyes* Awards Chair: Ivor Bulathsinghala Vice Chair: Jack Hansen History Chair: Winfred Foster Vice Chair: Karl Naumann* Emerti & Advisors Max Calabro* Russ Ellis (Fellow) Mark Friedlander Bob Geisler Bill Kearney Herman Krier (Fellow) Larry Quinn I-Shih Chang (Fellow) Thomas Moore Clyde Carr Yen-Sen Chen* Mark Langhenry Jamie Neidert Nat Patel Clyde Carr Enrico Cavellini * James Clarke Allan Dokhan Marlow Moser Amy Gerards Dan MacInnis Eric Rohrbaugh Daniele Bianchi * Fred Blomshield Franck Cauty* Helmut Ciezki* Russ Ellis Wesley Ryan Agostino Neri* Kimberly Norrie Jean Thepenier* David Greatrix* Douglas Coats Mike Kaiserman Ed Liu Erland Orbekk* Onno Verberne* Roa Manepalli James Spurling

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

6. 6 P&E Meeting Key Notes P&E Meeting held Sunday July 31st Main discussion on results of a “Tiger Team” on reorganizing AIAA conferences.

7. Proposed Conference Mapping for Transition 7

8. JPC 2011 Topic Areas Advanced Propulsion Concepts for Future Flight Air Breathing Propulsion Integration Electric Propulsion Emerging Commercial Propulsion Energetic Components & Systems Gas Turbine Engines Ground Test History Hybrid Rockets Hypersonic & High Speed Air- Breathing Propulsion Sessions In-Space Propulsion Technologies Liquid Propulsion Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion Propellants & Combustion Propulsion Education Public Policy Solid Rockets Space and Earth to Orbit Vehicle Systems System Concepts and Supporting Propulsion Technologies 8 Blue – Indicates Aviation Focused Areas Red – Indicates Space Focused Areas Green – Indicates both Aviation and Space Focus Purple – Indicates Aerospace Sciences & Technology Focus

9. 9 P&E Meeting - JPC Locations

10. 10 2010-2011 SRTC Highlights and Accomplishments (cont) Participation in Award Selection Committees  Wyld Propulsion Award Selection Committee  Propellants & Combustion Award Selection Committee Best SRM paper selection process completed and provided to AIAA for presentation at awards ceremony at 2011 JPC Held SRTC meeting at 2011 Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Orlando  Supported Resume Review Educational road show kits still being requested and sent out  Supported 2010 Science & Engineering Festival on the National Mall with Roadshow kit and 1,000 AIAA SRTC educational coloring books handed out

11. 11 SRTC Plans for 2011 and Beyond Create AIAA SRTC Position Paper  Last position paper done in mid 80’s.  Contact me (rob.black@aerojet.com) if you are interestedrob.black@aerojet.com  Would like to have outline / rough draft by January, SRTC approval next JPC Facilitate Advanced Solid Rockets Short Course JPC 2012 New SRTC Member Orientation Guide Increase level of personal communication among SRTC leadership  Emails and telecoms – Telecom held 6 July 2011

12. 12 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! SRTC Plans for 2011 and Beyond

13. 13 AIAA Aerospace America SRM Highlights Article  2 pages 1 page 600 words  Need your input! –Press releases or public information that can be easily approved (if needed) –ATK, Aerojet, Talley, Gov’t agencies, International, etc. SRTC Plans for 2011 and Beyond

14. Committee Presentations Treasury – Sandy Wallace 2011 JPC Status Amy Gerards 2012 JPC Planning Mark Langhenry 2013 JPC Planning TBD Communications Report Barbara Leary Education Report David Poe History Report Butch Foster Awards Report Ivor Bulathsinghala Open Discussion and ActionsAll 14

15. Treasurer’s Report SRTC Private Account  Beginning Balance (Jan 2011)$ 139.18  Ending Balance$ 139.18 SRTC Common Account (held by AIAA)  Beginning Balance (July 2010) $ 13,503.13 –Booker T Washington HS Grant (2,000.00)  Ending Balance $ 11,503.13 SRTC Funding Available Balance $ 11,642.31

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