State of the Structures TC. Steven G. Russell Structures TC Chair January 6, 2015

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1 State of the Structures TC Steven G. Russell Structures TC Chair January 6, 2015

2 Standing Officers Steve Russell Chair Rob Taylor Vice Chair, Chair Elect Mike Wolff Secretary

3 Standing Subcommittees (1/3) Steering Advises chair, reviews membership applications Past TC chairs, current TC officers Telecon meeting completed on April 11 to set directions for 2014 Education (Need a Chair) Concentrating on undergraduate design competition Looking at ways to do outreach at future conferences Awards (Brett Bednarcyk, Chair) Helps find and complete nomination packages for AIAA awards in Structures TC disciplinary areas Chooses Collier Best Structures Paper Award Helps TC members apply for membership upgrades 3

4 Standing Subcommittees (2/3) Agenda (Grant Henson, Chair) Determines topics for the informal TC meeting usually held before the start of SDM at SciTech (the Sunday night meeting) Student Paper Awards (Pavana Prabhakar) Determines winner for Hilton Best Structures Student Paper Award Determines winner for Lockheed Martin Best Structures Student Paper Award Requires close coordination with the SDM Student Papers Chair (Dawn Phillips for SciTech 2015) 4

5 Standing Subcommittees (3/3) NEM Transition Facilitates the transition from the SDM to co-locating at the SciTech Forum starting in January 2014 Extra reminders about deadlines Disseminating information Feedback to representative on timing of events (like Awards Luncheon, SDM Key Notes, Student paper presentations) Still needed? Procedures Subcommittee (Troy Mann, Chair) Updated Structures TC Guidebook based on new calendar associated with colocating at SciTech Updated Guidebook available at TC website Further updating may be required over the next several years as new precedents are established for organizing SDM as part of the SciTech forum 5

6 New Subcommittee Strategic Planning Keith Belvin Subcommittee Chair Kickoff telecon completed on July 25, 2014 Introductory discussion on the strategic planning process and how to adapt it to the Structures TC Mission and vision Long range goals including SDM, educational outreach, service to the profession Importance of consensus from the TC Decided to survey the TC to gain knowledge on members goals for the TC 6

7 Structures Representatives Structures Representatives Ali Najafi, 55 th SDM 2014, National Harbor, MD Alex Selvarathinam, 56 th SDM 2015, Kissimmee, FL Peter Gustafson, 57 th SDM 2016, San Diego, CA Need to select a representative for 58 th SDM 2017, Grapevine, TX 56th SDM Conference in San Diego, CA January 4-8, 2016 Aerospace Design & Structures Technical Chair is Jeanette Domber

8 Future SciTech Information 2016 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 4-8 January 2016 Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, CA 2017 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 9-13 January 2017 Gaylord Texan Grapevine, TX 2018 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 8-11 January 2018 Gaylord Palms Kissimmee, FL 8

9 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 Space Structures TC (former Gossamer PC): TBD Liaison with ASC: Michael Hyer, Virginia Tech 9

10 Structures TC Membership Structures TC Membership includes: 37 Members 7 International Members 5 Associate Members 63 Friends 112 Total The Structures TC uses the Friend category to introduce newcomers to the TC Committee membership is limited by AIAA to 35 members, so longstanding members of the TC are returned to friend status on an annual basis to make room for new members

11 TAC News (1 of 2) AIAA TC applications are under review Deadline to apply was November 1; new applications roll over to the next review cycle Roster update & annual report due to AIAA by January 30 Norm Wereley (U. of Maryland) is the new Deputy Director for Structures in the Aerospace Design and Structures Group Replaces Carlos Cesnick (U. of Michigan), who is currently on sabbatical Norm is Professor and Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland; he is an AIAA Fellow with many honors and awards, and he served on the SDM Long Range Planning Committee for many years TAC executive telecom minutes are provided to the TC chair bundle as pdf files and distribute to the TC? 11

12 TAC News (2 of 2) Received request for Structures TC to be a point of contact for several standards on pressure vessels, pressurized components Accepted request Also relevant for Spacecraft Structures TC need to coordinate Liaison needed for Spacecraft Structures TC see Steve Russell if interested Received financial status reports on the three technical paper awards associated with the Structures TC (Hilton, Lockheed Martin, Collier) All awards to good financial condition and rated sustainable 12

Structures TC Mid-Year Meeting Mid-year meeting

University of California San Diego, Department

Bisagni did a great job hosting the meeting and

facilities Meeting minutes have been drafted and

TC website North Lab SRMD Facility Structures &

13 Structures TC Mid-Year Meeting Mid-year meeting took place on Thursday September 11 at the University of California San Diego, Department of Structural Engineering Professor Chiara Bisagni did a great job hosting the meeting and guided us through a very nice tour of laboratory facilities Meeting minutes have been drafted and are in the editing cycle will be archived on the TC website North Lab SRMD Facility Structures & Materials Engineering Bldg Englekirk Research Ctr. (~10 mi. East)

14 Goals for 2015 (1/2) Strategic planning Complete survey of TC on goals and objectives Start drafting mission and vision statements, goals and objectives for review by the TC Establish subcommittee membership Facilitate standing subcommittees and recruit new subcommittee chairs as needed Continue subcommittee telecons for more detailed discussions every 2 to 3 months Provide TC support as needed to ensure a successful SDM at SciTech

15 Goals for 2015 (2/2) Continued higher participation from the TC members Each TC member should serve on 1 subcommittee Friends (especially those wanting to become members) are highly encouraged to serve on subcommittees and can even chair them Several subcommittees could use a few more people Formation of other relevant subcommittees is always welcome Just come talk to me about what you would like to do or directly to subcommittee chairs 15

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CHARTER OF THE AIAA SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

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