Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC)
2012 ASM Report
January 9, 2012
50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Nashville, TN
Robert E. Black, III
SRTC Chairman
703.754.5367
Rob.Black@Aerojet.com
AGENDA
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Organization charts
SRTC membership
2011 Highlights
2012 Future Plans
Committee presentations
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P&E Organization
Director
Propulsion & Energy
Ashwani Gupta
Deputy Director
Air-Breathing Propulsion
Jeff Hamstra
Deputy Director
Rocket & Space Propulsion
I-Shih Chang
Deputy Director
Energy
David Lilley
Gas Turbine Engines TC (New)
Hybrid Rockets TC
Aerospace Power Systems TC
High Speed Air Breathing
Propulsion TC
(New)
Liquid Propulsion TC
Terrestrial Energy Systems TC
Air Breathing Propulsion
Integration TC
(New)
Solid Rockets TC
Electric Propulsion TC
Deputy Director
Advanced Propulsion &
Technologies
Selma Goldstein
Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion TC
Energetic Components & Systems TC
Propellants & Combustion TC
SRTC Committee Organization
January 2012
Chairman
Rob Black
Vice Chairman
Mark Langhenry
Conference Chairs
•2011 JPC Amy Gerards
•2012 JPC Mark Langhenry
•2013 JPC C.W. Rousseau
Secretary/Treasurer
Sandra Wallace
Awards
Chair: Ivor Bulathsinghala
Vice Chair: Jack Hansen
• Yen-Sen Chen*
• Mark Langhenry
• Jamie Neidert
• Nat Patel
• Clyde Carr
• Enrico Cavellini *
Communications
Chair: Barbara Leary
Vice Chair: Mike Fisher
• James Clarke
• Allan Dokhan
• Marlow Moser
• James Fillerup
• Amy Gerards
• Dan MacInnis
• Eric Rohrbaugh
• Daniele Bianchi *
• Charle Werner Rousseau
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
Education
History
Chair: David Poe
Chair: Winfred Foster
Vice Chair: Michel Berdoyes* Vice Chair: Karl Naumann*
• 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
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SRTC webpage http://www.aiaa.org/portal/index.cfm?adview=7&tcspageid=1066&getcomm=87
SRTC Membership Distribution (44 total members)
Assoc.
Member
2, 5%
Fellow,
3, 7%
Int'l, 11,
25%
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Member,
31, 70%
Assoc.
Fellow,
13, 30%
Member,
19, 43%
Sr.
Member,
9, 20%
Type Membership
35 Industry, 7 Gov’t, 2 University
Membership Grade
5
P&E Meeting Key Notes
• JPC 2012 (Atlanta) conference planning coming together well
• Abstracts (Overall) below prior years. SRTC is about at the same level.
• Additional abstracts sought by 27 January 2012
• System engineering CASE – Complex Aerospace Systems Exchange) briefed
– 11 – 13 September 2012 in Pasadena (Space 2012 Conference)
• www.aiaa.org/case
• Primary discussion on Future of AIAA Conference Model
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Future JPC Planning
JPC Locations
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Ft. Lauderdale, Pratt & Whitney
Tucson, Raytheon
Sacramento, Aerojet
Cincinnati, GE
Hartford, Pratt & Whitney
Denver, LM
Nashville (NASA GRC, NASA Marshall, NASA Stennis, LM, GE Aviation, ATA, AFRL,
Dynetics, JAXA, Battelle)
San Diego (AFRL, Jacobs, ATA, GE, SpaceX, Cobham, Sierra Nevada Corp, Battelle,
JAXA), Aug. 1-3
Atlanta ($105K, ATK- Lead Sponsor, MSFC, AMRDEC, Jaconbs,..), July 29- August 1,
2012
San Jose, July 15-17, 2013, Gen. Chair: Joaquin Castro, Technical Chair appointed
Cleveland (Sponsorship? ) Gen. Chair: Chris Pestak, Technical Chair appointed
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JPC/IECEC Paper/abstract Statistics
2012 Abstracts
JPC: 589
IECEC: 135
JPC
IECEC
Total
Preliminary JPC/IECEC 2011 Paper Statistics
Accepted
Published
Total Undecisioned Rejected Oral Only Papers
Withdrawn
703
0
39
20
503
161
136
0
5
2
105
26
839
0
44
22
608
187
JPC/IECEC 2010 Paper Statistics
JPC
IECEC
Total
Accepted
Published
Total Undecisioned Rejected Oral Only Papers
Withdrawn
727
3
39
11
498
176
149
2
4
0
88
55
876
5
43
11
586
231
JPC/IECEC 2009 Paper Statistics
Total
Accepted
Published
Total Undecisioned Rejected Oral Only Papers
Withdrawn
843
Unknown
39
Unknown
554
243
JPC/IECEC Paper/abstract Trending
1000
JPC (Submitted)
JPC (Accepted)
IECEC (Submitted)
IECEC (Accepted)
900
Number of Papers
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
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2008
2011 Attendance:
Total: 1430
Full paid: 964
No shows: Significantly reduced
2009
2010
Year
2011
New Conference Model Background
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Membership and conference attendance trending downward
Median age of members is 51
92% Male
# Exhibitors at conference rapidly shrinking
Systems engineering becoming more prevalent in industry but
not represented in current conference model
• “Tiger” team formed to look into alternatives to current
conference structure
• Meeting held yesterday (8 Jan 2012) to discuss this issue and
obtain feedback from TCs
50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting - January, 2012 - Nashville, TN
P&E Discussion Framework
• There Is An “Imperative For Change”
• NEM Tiger Team Has Developed & Evaluated Four Specific
Conference Model Options; Briefed At 8Jan12’s TAC Workshop
• Exact Path Forward Is TBD (TAC Meeting On Thursday)
 Incorporating Workshop Feedback; Stay The Course Vs. Change Direction?
 Process & Timeline For Making An Actionable Decision
 Assume At Some Point, There Will Be A TAC/BOD Vote On A Specific Motion
• Issues Before P&E Leadership
 How Do We Best Solicit And Represent Feedback From Our TC Members &
From The P&E Community As A Whole?
 Is There A Specific Option That Is “Best” For The P&E Community?
 Is There Value In Developing A “P&E Group Position” … Or, Is It Best Left
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Each TC Or Each Individual Member?
Four Event Models Assessed to Date
Name
Current
Description
• Current portfolio with minor change, e.g., some co-location
Consolidated • Current larger Events (ASM, Fluids, JPC, Space, GNC, SDM) plus
Aviation and Defense as centers of gravity for consolidating smaller
conferences
• Augment with systems development/integration elements
Integrated
• Comprehensive, domain-focused Events providing integrated content
• ~4 Events spread over the year: R&D, Aviation, Space, and Defense
Unified
• Multi-domain, unified Events split between R&D and Systems
Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT)
• One big Event for R&D (winter) and one for SEIT/programs (summer)
and a smaller Defense conference
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P&E Resolution
• The committees in the P&E group were unanimously favorable to
the consolidated model which maintains the JPC, ASM and 4
other large conferences and combines the smaller conferences
into one of the larger conferences
• A large number of TCs (again) emphasized the need for ITAR
sessions to make the conference more relevant to U.S.
attendees.
• P&E group adopted a resolution (paraphrased):
 If a new conference model is required, the consolidated model should be
adopted with a review in 3 years to determine whether further change is
required.
 We believe the larger issue behind falling membership, less attendance at
conferences is due to lack of ITAR sessions and recommend
incorporating these in the consolidated model.
Need your input
• Discussion
• Please write comments on what you personally
view as important aspects for conferences and
the impact on various models would have on
your interest / attendance.
• Please give me comments tonight. Other
thoughts later to rob.black@aerojet.com
2011 JPC SRM Highlights
• Theme: Design Fly: Turning Propulsion Ideas into Reality
 12 sessions with 45 papers
• Session Chairs and co-Chairs from TC
• Special thank you to Amy Gerards for a successful 2011 JPC with 12 Solid
Rockets sessions
• Need to bring videos every year due to paper withdrawals, cancellations, etc.
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2010-2011 SRTC Highlights and Accomplishments (cont)
• Supported Wyld Award selection process in 2011
 Kenneth K. Kuo selected for 2011
• Best SRM paper selection process completed and provided to AIAA
for presentation at awards ceremony at 2010 JPC
• "Thermochemical Erosion Analysis of Carbon-Carbon Nozzles in Solid-Propellant Rocket
Motors," by Bianchi and Nasuti from the Sapienza University of Rome (AIAA-2010-7075)
• 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
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SRTC Plans for 2012 and Beyond
• Create AIAA SRTC Position Paper
 Last position paper done in mid 80’s.
 Contact me (rob.black@aerojet.com) if you are interested
 Rough draft nearly complete
• 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
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SRTC Plans for 2012 and Beyond
• Possible Solid Rockets Hall of Fame
 Awards committee to facilitate
• Continue to provide funds to universities who conduct SRM
related research via request tool in website
• Design Competition
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SRTC Plans for 2012 and Beyond
• 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.
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Committee Presentations
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Treasury – Rob Black for Sandy Wallace
2012 JPC Planning
Mark Langhenry
2013 JPC Planning
Rob Black for C.W. Rousseau
Communications Report
Rob Black for Barbara Leary
Education Report
David Poe
History Report
Butch Foster
Awards Report
Rob Black for Ivor B.
Open Discussion and Actions All
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Treasurer’s Report (Wallace)
• SRTC Private Account
 Beginning Balance (Jan 2010)
 Ending Balance
$ 139.18
$ 139.18
• SRTC Common Account (held by AIAA)
 Beginning Balance (July 2009)
– Road Show Kits to Rob Black
 Ending Balance
• SRTC Funding Available Balance
$ 12,874.37
(149.63)
$ 12,724.84
$12,864.02
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