1. 2008 SDM Planning Update Jeanette Domber Structures TC Rep

2. Overall SDM Submission Stats Does not include ASC, NDA, GSF, MDO 491 Abstracts submitted –182 Structures –184 Dynamics –100 Materials –16 Design Engineering –9 Survivability

3. Structures Submissions 182 total abstract submittals –Includes 24 submitted for 4 special session topics sponsored by Structures TC –229 abstracts last year (Ah, Hawaii!) 179 submitted for review (3 empty uploads) –544 reviews requested As of 9/27 at 12:35 pm MDT –85% (461) reviews completed

4. Conference Planning Anthony Waas, SDM technical chair, has projected an acceptance rate of 86% –Projects 154 structures papers –25-28 sessions, including special sessions Fall planning meeting is Monday, 10/8 in Schaumberg, IL at conference hotel –Need 100% reviews completed by 10/2 to support session planning prior to fall planning meeting –Last email reminder to delinquent reviewers sent Thursday, 9/27 –Abstracts lacking reviews will be reassigned starting Saturday, 9/29 –Reviews due Tuesday, 10/2

5. Review Selection Criterion Used recommended scoring: –5 = Strongly Recommend –4 = Recommend –3 = Average –1 = Reject –0 = Strongly Reject Despite asking, some reviewers still used revise selection –Revise converted to strongly reject Some reviewers also did not enter scores, saying that the abstract was outside of their expertise area –Requires reassignment of about 10 reviews –Reassignments will happen Saturday 9/29 –Reviews Due Tuesday 10/2

6. Structures Scoring Overview as of 9/27/07 Current average score is 3.64 Current cutoff requires average score of ~2.7; Reject ~14% of abstracts

7. Tentative Structures Session Topics STRUCTURES Composites Laminate Theory Fatigue & fracture Joining Stability Structural analysis Applications Plates & Shells Experimental Structures Deployable Structures Aircraft structures Space structures SPECIAL SESSIONS Structural Health Monitoring (Joint with Adaptive Structures) –Chattopadhyay Failure analysis in composites –Garnich Structural Design Criteria –Henson Spacecraft Thermal Management –Williams

8. Important Dates Conference Program: –October 26, 2007 Acceptance/Rejection Letters –November 14, 2007 Papers Due: –?? Conference: –April 7-10, 2008

9. Session Chair/Co-Chair Responsibilities Keep in touch with your authors –Email them introducing yourself –Encourage them to contact you with questions and status updates Particularly regarding withdrawals Remind them of upcoming deadlines –1 month prior to manuscript upload –1 week prior to manuscript upload Remind them of no paper/no podium rule Remind them to attend speaker’s breakfast on the day of your session and to bring a short bio

10. Example of email sent last year in support of Experimental Mechanics special sessions

11. Example of email sent last year 4 weeks prior to manuscript deadline

12. Example of email sent last year 1 week prior to manuscript deadline