High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion Technical
Committee Report
AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition (JPC 2014)
Cleveland, OH
28 July 2014
Dora Musielak
48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit
HSABP TC Meeting Agenda
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Introduction and Welcome (Musielak)
P&E / ABP / HSABPTC Overview
Recognition for Outstanding Service to TC
Subcommittee Briefings
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Membership
Honors and Awards
Communications
Education
P&E (JPC)
SciTech (ASM)
(Musielak for O’Brien)
(Powell)
(Dalton)
(Kirk)
(Tangirala for O’Brien)
(Paxson for Springer)
• Remembering Balu Sekar
(Tangirala, Musielak)
• TC Accomplishments (Musielak)
• New Initiatives, Plans & Goals
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Who We Are - AIAA HSABP TC
AIAA’s vision is to be the shaping, dynamic force in the aerospace profession – the forum
for innovation, technical excellence, and global leadership.
AIAA’s mission is to address the professional needs and interests of the past, current, and
future aerospace workforce and to advance the state of aerospace science, engineering,
technology, operations, and policy to benefit our global society.
HSABP TC’s Charter is to advance high speed air breathing propulsion technology by:
• Developing and sponsoring technical sessions at ASM, JPC and other conferences of
interest;
• Working effectively with AIAA TCs and PCs and other technical societies to organize and
promote joint sessions and activities;
• Providing for technical communications and reviews, educational activities, and honors &
awards;
• Providing AIAA with authoritative technical opinions and public policy recommendations.
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Air Breathing Propulsion Subgroup Organization
Director
Propulsion and Energy
Jeff Hamstra
Deputy for
Air Breathing
Propulsion
Jimmy Kenyon
Deputy for
Technical Products
David McGrath
Gas Turbine Engines
Deputy for
Rocket, Space &
Advanced Propulsion
Joaquin Castro
Deputy for
Operations
Wayne Hurwitz
Deputy for
Energy
Mike Piszczor
Hybrid Rockets
Electric Propulsion
Brian Evans
Eric Pencil
Aerospace Power
Systems
Dick Shaw
High Speed Air Breathing
Propulsion
Dora E Musielak
Liquid Propulsion
Nuclear & Future Flight
Propulsion
Chris Taylor
Terrestrial Energy
Systems
Mark Bryden
Air Breathing Propulsion
Systems Integration
Chris Hughes
Solid Rockets
Propellants &
Combustion
M.S. Anand
Energetic Components
& Systems
Hobin Lee
John Sordyl
Scott Forde
Mark Langhenry
Green Engineering
Program Committee
J. Slagle / V. Lyons
Pressure Gain Combustion
Program Group
Dan Paxson
ABP Organization
ABP Branch
Jimmy Kenyon
(860) 557-2817
james.kenyon@pw.utc.com
Separate TCs
Gas Turbine Engines
John Sordyl
High Speed Air
Breathing Propulsion
Dora Musielak
ABP Systems
Integration
Christopher Hughes
(248) 960-2629
jsordyl@williams-int.com
(817) 422-9511
Dmusielak@uta.edu
(216) 433-3924
christopher.e.hughes@nasa.gov
Common Elements
Communications
David Blunck
Education
Dan Jensen
(937) 668-5495
David.Blunck@oregonstate.edu
(xxx) xxx-xxx
Daniel.t.jensen@rolls-royce.com
Conferences
Nayo Martinez
Honors & Awards
Jeff Flamm
(919) 349-5559
nayo@psnet.com
(757) 864-5955
Jeffrey.d.flamm@nasa.gov
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High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
= Open position
to be filled
TC Chairman
Dora Musielak
Vice Chair/Secretary
Past Chair
Venkat Tangirala
Ryan Starkey
Service Subcommittee Representatives
Communications
Honors & Awards
Jeff Dalton
Rusty Powell
Education
Membership
Liaison
Dora Musielak (act)
Tim O’Brien
TBA
Conference Subcommittee Representatives
SciTech (ASM)
Power & Energy (JPC)
Ron Springer
Tim O’Brien
Recognition for Outstanding Service
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
Recognition for Outstanding Service to TC
Dr. Ryan Starkey
Dr. Tim O’Brien
Dr. Ron Springer
Dr. James Donohue
Dr. Jeff Dalton
Dr. Balasubramanyam Madhanabharatam (Han)
Thanks to all of you who volunteer their time and effort
to support the activities of the various subcommittees!
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Membership Subcommittee
- Tim O’Brien
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
New TC Members in 2014
Welcome to the HSABP –TC!
Name
TC Membership
Employer
Location
TC Mentor
Mr. Thomas Smith
Regular Member
The Boeing Co.
Huntington
Beach, CA
TBD
Dr. John Bossard
Regular Member
BSRD LLC
Huntsville, AL
TBD
Dr. Hongfa Huo
Regular Member
GE - GRC
Niskyuna, NY
Venkat Tangiral
Associate
Member
Associate
Member
Sandia National
Labs
Univ. of Texas
Arlington
Albuquerque, NM
Dan Maccinis
Arlington, TX
Kristen Roberts
Dr. Jesse Fulton
Mr. Nandakumar
Vijayakumar
HSABP TC Membership, July 2014
Fellow
Associate Fellow
Senior Members
Members
Student Members
Total
3
20
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8
1
43
Members
Government
Industry
Academia
Member
Associate Member
International
Member
Total
Government
Industry
Academia
Total
35
4
4
43
9
22
12
43
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HSABP TC Positions
T.C. Chair
Dr. Dora E. Musielak
Phone: 817-422-9511
dmusielak@uta.edu
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Dr. Venkat Tangirala
Phone: 518-387-5010
tangiral@ge.com
Past/Chair
Dr. Ryan Starkey
Phone: 303-492-0871
RStarkey@colorado.edu
Membership
Dr. Tim O’Brien
Applications & Data– TBA
Recruiting (International) –
Joaquin Castro, TBA
Recruiting (USA) - TBA
Member Upgrades – Hassan
Hassan
Communication
Dr. Jeff Dalton  TBA
Year in Review Article – Venkat
Tangirala, Hassan Hassan
Newsletter – Jeff Dalton, TBA
Website – TBA
Banner transportation - Joel MaloMolina, TBA
Honors and Awards
Dr. Rusty Powell
ABP Award – TBA
HyTASP Fred Billig Award – TBA
Gordon Oates Graduate Student
Award – TBA
Best Paper Awards – James
Donohue
Education
Dr. Dora Musielak (act)  TBA
Student Design Competition – Joel
Malo-Molina, Musielak, Jesse Fulton
Outreach – TBA
Short Courses – High Speed
Propulsion (Musielak, White, and
Drummond), TBA
Liaison TBD
HyTASP: R. Starkey, D. Musielak
JANNAF: P. Drummond, S. Beckel
European Orgs.: TBD
Aero Thermal TC : Moehlenkamp;
Fluid Dynamics TC: H. Hassan
Ground Test TC : TBD
Propellants & Combustion: Tangirala
Public Policy CVDs: J. Castro
AIAA Sections: D. Musielak
AIAA University Chapters : J. MaloMolina
NASA: D.R. Reddy, J. Lee
Green Energy PC: M. Bradley
PGC PC: D. Paxson
SciTech (ASM) Dr. Ron Springer 
TBD
ASM 15 - TBA
ASM 16 - TBA
ASM 17 – TBA
P&E Forum (JPC) Dr. Tim O’Brien 
Dr. Joel Malo-Molina
JPC 14 – Tim O’Brien
JPC 15 – Joel Malo-Molina
JPC 16 – TBA
Honors & Awards
- Rusty Powell
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
Honors & Awards
Activity Summary - January 2014 to July 2014
Membership
Accomplishments/Status
Chair: Rusty Powell
Phone: 719-333-1922
Email: orval.powell@usafa.edu
• Supported selection of the 2014 ABP Award winner.
Dr. Gupta is being recognized for outstanding
contributions to the understanding and development of
advanced high intensity combustors for near zero
emission high performance airbreathing propulsion.
• Selected 2013-14 HSABP Best Paper: Unsteady ThreeDimensional Phenomena in Mode-Transition Simulations
of the HiFiRE-2 Scramjet Flowpath by R. J. Yentsch and
D. V. Gaitonde .
Names of Active Members
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Jim Donohue – Best Paper
John Bradford
Corin Segal
Jeff White
Gillian Bussey
Kristen Roberts
Dora Musielak
Han Madhanabharatam
Ryan Starkey
Jinho Lee
Mission or Recurring Activities
• Recognize the great work going on within TC and the TC
to the community
• Support ABP Honors & Awards Committee and
participate in nomination and award review
subcommittees
• Select HSABP Best Paper review (Mar/Apr)
New Initiatives & Plans
• Form a nomination committee with members not in award
review committee
• Coordinate with Jeff Flamm , ABP TCs, and AIAA to
ensure Gordon Oates Award is executed.
• Identify suitable candidates for ABP Award and Gordon
Oates Award and nominate them.
• Support newly formed P&E Nomination Subcommittee
• Continuity to the next chair
Issues
• Gordon Oates Award 
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Communications
- Jeff Dalton
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE – J. DALTON
Purpose and Scope
• To increase TC visibility and improve communications
• Provide a forum for TC members to showcase their
expertise and knowledge
• https://info.aiaa.org/tac/PEG/HSABPTC
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Disseminate New Knowledge
Promote Communication
Encourage Participation
Bring to bear Scientific and Technical Capabilities - In
Areas of National Concern
• Improve Public Understanding
• Education and Outreach
Accomplishments
• We continue spreading the word about what our TC
does and showcasing the expertise of our members
Highlights
• Web site development and transition to new
leadership – Opportunity for additional member
involvement
• Four years of newsletter editions organized on the
website
• New format for newsletters – Opportunity for
additional TC member involvement
• Maintain presence at Linkedin (Hypersonic Center)
Initiatives
Issues/Actions
• Increase participation of TC members
Ideas / Actions
• Promote and develop opportunities for informal
technical interchange among TC members while
balancing required time commitment
Ideas / Actions
• Year in Review article due September 5
• TC Web Page Development, Promotion and Use within
the TC
• Continue to seek ideas for promoting TC awareness
among AIAA local sections
• Technical Expert List - make available in TC site
Communications
URL of our TC site
shortened to:
http://goo.gl/sZJWP
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Education Subcommittee
- Dora Musielak
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
Education Sub Committee
Activity Summary - January 2014 to July 2014
Membership
Chair: Dora Musielak (act)
Email: dmusielak@uta.edu
Accomplishments/Status
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx • Supported 2013-2014 Undergraduate Student Engine
Names of Active Members
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Dora Musielak – Short Courses, Webinars
Marty Bradley - Webinars
Jeff White – Special Sessions, Workshops
Phil Drummond – Special Sessions
Dan Paxson – Short Courses
Steve Beckel – Short Courses, Outreach
Tom Smith – Courses, Webinars
Jesse Fulton – Student Design Competition
Design Competition
• Enhanced TC SharePoint site with technical papers
summarizing state of the art in air breathing hypersonic
technology
New Initiatives & Plans
• Prepare material for short course on high speed
propulsion, which was already approved by AIAA in 2013
• Collaborate with GTE and ABPSI TCs to develop new
courses or webinars
• Form subcommittee to plan and execute a high speed
propulsion component of PAW
• Support outreach K-12 educational activities
Mission or Recurring Activities
Issues
• Develop and offer professional short courses, webinars,
workshops and other continued education activities.
• Contribute to ABP Undergraduate Student Engine Design
Competition
• Support outreach educational activities
• Ideas flow easily but lack of project leaders keep new
initiatives in the drawing board
• Need volunteers to champion initiatives listed above
and devise/execute new ones.
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Undergraduate Engine Design Competition
Issues / Help Needed
Accomplishments
Topic: Candidate Engines for a Supersonic Business Jet
•12 letters of intent were received
•7 proposals were submitted
•Second round of judging at the AIAA Propulsion & Energy
Forum in Cleveland, OH on July 30th
•Three Competing Teams in Last Round Competition
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University of Economics & Technology, Ankara,
Turkey
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University of Kansas (2)
•Special session chairs: Rob Bruckner & Jimmy Tai
•Judging Panel
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Chris Hughes – NASA GRC
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Christopher Perullo – Georgia Tech
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Thomas Smith - Boeing
Updated 27 July 2014
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This is the final year of the 3-year collaborative
agreement between AIAA and ASME/IGTI
Both organizations are currently reviewing budgets and
considering whether or not to continue to fund event
Volunteers needed for judging panels
Need suggestions for “low-speed” topics for next RFP
P&E (JPC) Conference Subcommittee
- Venkat Tangirala for Tim O’Brien
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
P&E Conference Subcomm
Activity Summary - January 2014 to July 2014
Membership
Accomplishments/Status
Chair: Tim O’Brien
Phone: 916-355-2825
Email: timothy.obrien@rocket.com
• 10 total sessions (7 paper / 3 poster) for 2014 P&E
• 3 joint sessions (GTE, ABPSI, P&C)
• 1 ITAR session
• 67 abstracts received
• 87% of abstracts were accepted (58 abstracts accepted)
• 72% of abstracts will be presented (10 withdrawals)
Names of Active Members
• Joel Malo-Molina – Special Session Organizer – P&E
2014
• Foluso Ladeinde – Special Session Organizer – P&E
2014
New Initiatives & Plans
• AIAA is encouraging more poster sessions in the future
• Joel Malo-Molina volunteered to take on the chair of
2015-17 P&E Forum Conferences
Mission or Recurring Activities
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Issue call for papers for HSABP TC / HyTASP PC for P&E
Identify abstract reviewers and assign abstracts
Decide which abstracts will be accepted / rejected
Organize paper and poster sessions
Identify and coordinate with special session chairs
Identify and assign regular session chairs
Make metadata corrections / extend deadlines
Support P&E planning meetings / telecons
Verify session chairs and rooms are ready at conference
Issues
Aerospace Sciences Meeting Subcommittee
- Dan Paxson for Ron Springer
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
SciTech (ASM) Conference
Activity Summary - January 2014 to July 2014
Membership
Accomplishments/Status
Chair: Ron Springer
Phone: 240-228-9784
Email: ronald.springer@jhuapl.edu
• 52 total abstracts received (~17 more than last year)
• 6 invited from NCHCCP
• 1 rejected
• 1 transferred to Applied Aero
• 9 sessions scheduled for SciTech 2015
Assistant: Dan Paxson
• Assisting with pressure gain combustion abstracts and
session building
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Review abstracts for SciTech conferences
Decision abstracts for SciTech conferences
Build sessions for SciTech conferences
Organize special or invited sessions
New Initiatives & Plans
• SciTech 2015 will feature an invited session on Pre-Mixed
High Speed Combustion from researchers participating in
the National Center for Hypersonic Combined Cycle
Propulsion (UVA, GWU, NCSU). This is the final year of a
three year effort.
Issues
• The number of Pressure Gain Combustion abstracts has
been growing over the last few years while the number of
non-PGC abstracts has declined. This year there was a
50/50 split between PGC and non-PGC abstracts. We
may need more invited sessions in the future to keep the
non-PGC abstracts at an acceptable level.
SciTech (ASM) Conference
SciTech 2015 Sessions (Tentative)
Session #
Title
Papers
Chairs
HSABP-01
Premixed High Speed Combustion (Invited)
6
McDaniel, Goyne
HSABP-02 Pressure Gain Combustion – Rotating Detonation
Engines I
5
Musielak, Kaemming
HSABP-03 Pressure Gain Combustion – Rotating Detonation
Engines II
5
Tangirala, Stanley
HSABP-04 Pressure Gain Combustion – Rotating Detonation
Engines III
5
Paxson, Lu
HSABP-05
Pressure Gain Combustion – Pulse Detonation
Engines
6
Kailasanath, Paxson
HSABP-06
High Speed Inlets
6
Paniagua, Kirk
HSABP-07
Numerical Analysis of High Speed Air-Breathing
Propulsion
6
Hassan, Smith
HSABP-08
High Speed Air-Breathing Combustors I
6
Bruno, Castro
HSABP-09
High Speed Air-Breathing Combustors II
5
Malo-Molina, Springer
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In Memoriam
Dr. Balu Sekar was an outstanding member of the
high speed propulsion community for over 30 years,
known for his expertise in combustion CFD modeling
and simulation. He published over 130 papers in this
and other important topics related to propulsion.
Dr. Balu Sekar
1951-2014
Dr. Sekar was known for his tireless work and
outstanding service to AIAA. In addition to carrying out
his responsibilities at the Combustion Branch of
AFRL/WPAFB, Balu contributed to our HSABPTC, the
CFD Standards, Meshing and Visualization Technical
Committee, and HyTASP PC.
Balu will be remembered for his kindness and gentle
soul. He loved Carnatic music, he danced traditional
dances, and he sang with such fervor and devotion.
He was a colleague, a classmate, and a true friend.
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We will miss him dearly!
Accomplishments and Action Plans/Meeting Wrap-Up
- Dora Musielak
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC
General Meeting
28 July, 2014
Cleveland, OH
Activities since SciTech (ASM) 2014
• TC leadership transition (June 1)
• Organized 10 sessions (7 paper / 3 poster) for 2014 P&E and 3 joint
sessions (GTE, ABPSI, P&C)
• Organized 1 ITAR session
• Participated in selection process to name winner of 2014 ABP Award
• Selected 2013-2014 HSABP Best Paper Award
• Accepted 3 new TC regular members, and 2 associate members
• Continued to update SharePoint
• Published second issue of the 2014 Newsletter
• Produced Business Cards to Promote TC
• Launched LinkedIn Network Site
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Plans for next 6 months
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Work with P&E and TAC on AIAA Conference realignment (NEM)
Recommend Membership upgrades (Increase number of Fellows, Associate Fellows)
Recruit more YP, Women, and International members, and balance TC representation
Keep new SharePoint site up to date and useful
Continue support of Education, Communication, Awards, ASM, JPC Subcommittee
activities
6. Conference Special Session Planning
7. Energize our Education Activities, including devising new course offerings
8. Additional liaison activities: JANNAF, Public Policy Committee, Local Chapters
9. Support ABP in developing “Standard Operating Procedures” for each subcommittee
10. Institute regular telecons between conferences to enhance internal communication
11. Disseminate Technical Information regarding HSABP Technology
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Actions for Subcommittees (afternoon meetings)
What we want to accomplish in next six months:
• Ensure all subcommittees have the staffing they need
(Need more member involvement)
• Update subcommittees leadership & succession plans
• Enable liaison assignments and opportunities
• Recruit more associate members, women, and members from
government
• Communicate final update of official membership list (available on the
website and roster)
• Energize members participation in TC activities  Reward Outstanding
Service!
• Don’t leave Cleveland without an Action Plan!
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48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit
P&E JPC 2014 / ABP Meeting Tempo
Start
Stop
Meeting
Location
Lead
9:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:00
11:00
10:00
11:00
11:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
Huron
Ontario
Huron
Erie
Salon A/B
Superior
Jimmy Kenyon
Dora Musielak
Musielak/Tangirala
Chris Hughes
John Sordyl
Dora Musielak
12:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
17:00
13:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
18:00
ABP TCs Steering Committee
HSABP TC Steering Committee
New Member Orientation
ABPSI TC Meeting
GTE TC Meeting
HSABP TC Meeting
ABPTCs Conference Subcommittees
(ASM / JPC)
ABPTCs Honors & Awards Subcommittee
ABPTCs Education Subcommittee
ABPTCs Communications Subcommittee
PAW Committee
ABP Working Groups (TC Meeting Prep)
Huron
Ontario
Huron
Ontario
Huron
Superior
Nayo Martinez
Jeff Flamm
Dan Kirk
David Blunck
Chen Chuck
Jimmy Kenyon
19:00
21:30 ABP TCs Dinner Meeting
Salon F
Jimmy Kenyon
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Open Forum