1. State of the Structures TC Steve Engelstad Structures TC Chair 4/24/12

2. Standing Officers Steve Engelstad – Chair Jeanette Domber – Vice-Chair Lisa Hardaway – Secretary  Note – These offices change following this meeting

3. Standing Subcommittee Membership Steering (advisor to the Chair)  Jeanette Domber  Mike Hyer  Steve Russell  Brett Bednarcyk  Tom Lacey  Lisa Hardaway Student Papers Awards  Rob Taylor - chair  Mike Hyer  Mary Mahler  Harry Hilton  Michael Enright  Marc Schultz Education  Mark Hilburger - Chair  Lisa Hardaway  Michael Wolff  John Zipay Agenda  Tony Waas - chair  Norm Knight  Bob Sierakowski  Craig Collier  Grant Henson

4. Standing Subcommittee Membership Procedures  Jeanette Domber - chair  Mike Hyer  Steve Engelstad  Tom Ochinero  Grant Henson  Michael Ross Awards  Brett Bednarcyk - chair  Massimo Ruzzene  Anthony Palazotto

5. Structures Representatives  Dave Wieland 53 rd SDM 2012 in Hawaii  Dawn Phillips, 54 th SDM 2013 Boston, MA 53rd SDM Conference in Honolulu, HI April 23-26, 2012  Steve Russell – General Chair  Steve Clay - Technical Chair

6. Liasons and other Tasks TC Web Editor: Cristina Beldica, Univ. Illinois Aerospace America Editor: Harry Hilton, Univ. of Illinois Liaison with Materials TC: Brian Wardle, MIT Liaison with Structural Dynamics TC: Bruce Willis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Liaison with AIAA Long Range Planning Committee: Stan Smeltzer, NASA Langley Research Center Liaison with AIAA Strategic Directions Committee: Stan Smeltzer, NASA Langley Research Center 6

7. Structures TC Membership Currently, the Structures TC Membership includes:  38 Members  5 International Members  4 Associate Members  59 Friends  106 Total The Structures TC uses the “Friend” category to introduce newcomers to the TC Committee membership is limited by AIAA to approximately 35 Members, so longstanding Members of the TC are returned to Friend status on an annual basis to make room for new Members New member applications are evaluated at the end of each calendar year New Members announced in April 2012 are:  Tomoya Ochinero (Structural Mechanics Corp)  Massimo Ruzzene (Georgia Tech)  Marc Schultz (NASA Langley Research Ctr)  Keith Belvin (NASA Langley Research Ctr) The new Associate Members are:  Ali Najafi (AlphaStar Corporation)  Jimmy C. Ho – Science and Technology Corporation New Friends of the TC are:  Luciano Demasi – (San Diego State Univ)  Troy Mann (NASA Langley Ctr)  Vipul Ranatunga (Miami University)  Wei Wu (GE Global Research)  Brandon Wegge (The Boeing Company)

8. Miscellaneous Items New Members and Friends selection process  The nomination period for new technical committee members runs from 1 August - 1 November  Once the nomination period ends in November, all completed nomination forms are sent to the TC Chairs  The Structures TC Advisory Subcommittee and the Chair review the applicants  Updated TC Rosters are due by 31 Jan 2012  The TC calendar year runs from 1 May – 30 April; thus the new members terms start on 1 May Structures TC Annual Report was sent to AIAA on 1/28/12

9. Goals for 2011-12 To begin two new TC Subcommittees: Procedures and Awards  Started at the last SDM Meeting  Progress on both new subcommittees, one year after being formed, will be reported this evening Higher % participation from the TC members  Very active subcommittees in place, with lots of active members/friends  18 TC members/friends helping with the Student Paper Reviews!  Active participation in reviews of the Structures Abstracts 9

10. Student Paper Awards Harry H. and Lois G. Hilton Student Paper Award Lockheed Martin Student Paper Award Both awards were presented to student papers in the Structures area at the 52nd SDM Conference Thanks To Rob Taylor for organizing this very important subcommittee

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