1. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics General Meeting Thursday, February 1st, 2006

2. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Welcome What is AIAA? –"The nonprofit American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the principal society and voice serving the aerospace profession. We are the University of Wisconsin Chapter of this national organization. Its primary purpose is to advance the arts, sciences, and technology of aeronautics and astronautics and to foster and promote the professionalism of those engaged in these pursuits."

3. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- News Updates News / Updates –T-Shirt Design Upcoming Meetings –March, Final Trip Plans –April, Engineer from Lockheed Martin –May, EMA from Cirrus Next Meeting March 1 st

4. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Activities Updates Zero-G Project Merlin SAE Heavy Lift Competition Sonex Airplane Outreach Team

5. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Career Opportunities 10 places to submit your resume –Johnson Space Center –The Boeing Company –Lockheed Martin –Northrop Grumman –Northwest Airlines –Polaris –United Space Alliance –Rockwell Collins –Hamilton Sundstrand –NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

6. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- AIAA Student Conference March 30-31 2007 South Bend, IN (Notre Dame) 4-5 hr Drive

7. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- The Trip Who: Up to 20 AIAA/EMA students What: 5 days, 4 nights trip Where: Kennedy Space Center in FL When: March 14 th -March 18 th Why: Aerospace tours, shuttle launch, fun

8. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Trip Activities Shuttle Launch, STS 117 USA Parachute Development KSC Tours NASA Boeing AstroTech

9. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Cost Analysis Airfare Car Rental Hotel KSC Admission

10. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Engineering Tuition What is engineering tuition? –An idea to raise the cost of tuition to benefit students through scholarships, travel funding and updating lab materials

11. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Closing Reduced rate of $10 for the rest of the year Sign-up on AIAA mailing list Drawing for Lockheed Martin bag

12. --- aiaa@cae.wisc.edu --- Next Meeting Thursday, March 1 6:00pm Location TBA (106 ERB?) Final Trip Plans