Air-Breathing Propulsion
Propulsion & Energy Group
Dinner Meeting
49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint
Propulsion Conference & Exhibit
15 - 17 July 2013
San Jose, California
Air-Breathing Propulsion
Propulsion & Energy Group
Agenda:
6:30 – 7:15:
7:15 – 7:45:
7:45 – 8:30:
8:15 – 8:30:
8:30 – late:
Dinner (socializing and networking)
ABP Award Winner, Tom Kaemming
ABP Business
Wrap-up Comments / Closing
Informal social gathering
Thomas Kaemming
2013 Air Breathing Propulsion Award Recipient
For Outstanding Technical Achievements,
Creativity, and Pioneering Research that Greatly
Contributed to the Advancement of Pulse
Detonation Engines and High Speed Air
Breathing Propulsion Technology
44 Years of Contributions in Advanced Propulsion Systems Including:
Turbojets, Ramjets, Scramjets, Rockets and Pressure Gain Combustion
(PGC). Played Key Roles on NASP and Boeing’s PGC Research.
AIAA Associate Fellow
Boeing Technical Fellow (Retired)
Currently, with ISSI
Consulting with AFRL on PGC Technology
VP
Technical Activities Committee
Basil Hassan
4 Branches, 12 TCs
P&E Group Organization
Director
Propulsion and Energy
Jeff Hamstra
Deputy Director
Advanced Propulsion &
Technologies
Selma Goldstein
Deputy Director
Energy
Jimmy Kenyon
Nuclear & Future Flight
Propulsion
Chris Taylor
Aerospace Power
Systems
Dick Shaw
High Speed Air Breathing
Propulsion
Ryan Starkey
Energetic Components
& Systems
Hobin Lee
Terrestrial Energy
Systems
Mark Bryden
Air Breathing Propulsion
Systems Integration
Michelle McMillan
Propellants &
Combustion
M.S. Anand
Deputy Director
Rocket & Space
Propulsion
I-Shih Chang
Deputy Director
Air Breathing Propulsion
Hybrid Rockets
Gas Turbine Engines
Brian Evans
Liquid Propulsion
Scott Forde
Solid Rockets
Mark Langhenry
… For Now
David Lilley
Electric Propulsion
Eric Pencil
14 July 2013
Deputies will be aligned more with
products, services and initiatives and
less with TC functional groupings
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Air Breathing Propulsion Branch Organization
ABP Branch
Common Elements
Communications
Education
Dora Musielak
Dan Kirk
(817) 472-7115
dmusielak@uta.edu
(321) 674-7622
dkirk@fit.edu
Conferences
Honors & Awards
Nayo Martinez
Han Bala
(xxx)xxxxxx
nayo@psnet.com
(256) 489-5358
madhanbala@gmail.com
Separate TCs
Gas Turbine Engines
Jimmy Kenyon
High Speed ABP
Ryan Starkey
ABP Systems Integration
Michelle McMillan
(571) 372-6512
james.kenyon@osd.mil
(720) 290-7448
rstarkey@colorado.edu
(314) 324-4482
michelle@syngenics.com
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Air Breathing Propulsion System Integration
TC Activities
Accomplishments
Issues / Help Needed
Continued AIAA Propulsion Aerodynamics Workshop (PAW)
• JPC 2013 Invited Paper Sessions (2)
• Maintained PAW Website, Sponsored by Tecplot
• Resolve Overlap between TC Scopes / Calls
• NEM Implementation / Support
• Identify Solution for ABPSI to Retain PAW Proceeds
Initiatives & Plans
Organized Invited Group of Aeronautical Research and
Technology in Europe (GARTEUR) Paper Session Focused
on Integrated Aero Performance for SciTech 2014
AIAA Propulsion Aerodynamics Workshop (PAW)
• 2nd Workshop - P&E Forum 2014
• Defining Future Test Cases
Improved New Member Assimilation Process
• Revised New Member Orientation
• Established Mentors for New Members
Recruited 2 New Members – Still Room to Grow
Actively Recruiting New Members in Under-Represented
Technical Areas – Contacting Presenters / Authors from
Recent ABPSI Sessions
Selected Best Paper Award Recipient - AIAA-2012-3917
Documenting TC / Subcommittee Roles and Responsibilities
Reestablished GC Oates Award Agreement and Endowment
Participated in ABP Award Selection – Thomas Kaemming
Evaluated AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition
Submissions
Published YIR Article
Financial Status and Other Activities
Expenditures: $0
Current Funds: $6,151
• PAW: $5,560
• TC: $591
16 July 2013
Chair: Michelle McMillan
Phone: 314-324-4482
Email: michelle@syngenics.com
Vice Chair: Bruce McKay
Phone: 770-313-0949
Email: bruce.mckay@mindspring.com
Gas Turbine Engines TC Activities
Accomplishments
Issues / Help Needed
• Zero no-shows/late withdrawals for JPC ‘12!
• Conference attendance for key leadership positions
• Direction for JPC2014 – late call for papers is impeding
our ability to generate high quality technical sessions
• Education SC GTE Lead
• Financial status of Gordon C. Oates Award
• Direct result of TC initiative to improve paper
quality and reduce no-shows
• Will institutionalize in JPC ’14
• GTE TC Social Media presence established
Initiatives & Plans
• Joint AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition for
Undergraduate Teams
• Institutionalize JPC ‘12 paper process
• Strong international participations
• Membership upgrades for all eligible TC members
• Effectively worked through Visa challenges with
Egyptian team to ensure a fair competition
• Pair up new TC members with “mentors”
• Effectively pulls new YP and International members
as participants usually join AIAA
• YPs continue to take an active and dynamic
leadership role in GTE TC
• Published YIR article
• Extend grad school participation in design competition
Financial Status and Other Activities
• No funds, no expenditures
• Will need to address Gordon C. Oates Award
• GTE hosted reception at TETS?
Updated 16 July 2013
Chair: Dr. James Kenyon
Phone: (571) 372-6512
Email: james.kenyon@osd.mil
Vice Chair: John Sordyl
Phone: (248) 960-2629
Email: jsordyl@williams-int.com
High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion TC Activities
Accomplishments
Issues / Help Needed
• Published Biannual Newsletter – Issue 6 at JPC2013
• Continued to mature Website; usage growing for TC
members and public visitors - e-mail distribution
implemented
• Banner at ASM2013 and JPC2012
• Supported nominations, reviews, and approval of the Air
Breathing Propulsion Award
• New “High-Speed Air-Breathing Propulsion Technology”
short course has been approved for P&E 14
• Supported AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition
• Supporting Pressure Gain Combustion Working Group
and their ITAR session at JPC 2013
• Determine new methods to engage TC members with
travel restrictions
• TC Support of NEM structure
• Fundraising for Gordon C. Oates Award
Initiatives & Plans
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Organization of ITAR session(s) for P&E 2014
Developing new banners for SciTech 2014
Investigating possible HSABP TC sponsored webinars
Conference meeting time streamlining (no evening
meeting)
• Develop and execute charter for TC member involvement
(roles and responsibilities)
• Creation of TC Technical Subcommittees
• New member drive
Financial Status and Other Activities
• No funds, no expenditures
• Fundraising for Gordon C. Oates Award
Updated 16 July 2013
Chair: Dr. Ryan P. Starkey
Phone: (303) 492-0871
Email: rstarkey@colorado.edu
Vice Chair: Dr. Dora Musielak
Phone: (817) 272-1481
Email: dmusielak@uta.edu
ABP TC Membership Overview
Membership
US Government
Industry
Academia
Regular
International
Associate / Alumni
Member/Sr. Member
Assoc. Fellow
Fellow
50
13
23
14
39
7
4
23
14
3
34
8
22
4
29
5
0
18
14
2
44
13
16
15
34
4
6
29
13
2
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Conferences Subcommittee
• JPC 2013 Feedback
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Conflicts Resulting from “No-conflict Theme Days” Structure at JPC 2013
Afternoon Speakers Briefings for Afternoon Sessions – Big Improvement!
Facility Provided Laptops for Paper Sessions – Improved Session Flow
• Actions
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Coordinate Topics for Calls and Sessions via ABP TAO Telecons
Proactively Build Sessions and Recruit Papers
JPC
ASM / SciTech
2011
2012
2013
GTE
65 / 29
77 / 50
65 / 31
HS
47 / 41
42 / 37
SI
26 / 19
Total
138 / 89
2012
2013
2014
GTE
41 / 29
43 / 26
42 /
44 / 28
HS
57 / 47
37 / 29
32 /
40 / 27
39 / 31
SI
28 / 21
48 / 47
16 /
159 / 114
148 / 90
Total
128 / 97
128 / 102
90 /
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ABP Honors and Awards
• Air Breathing Propulsion Award
• 5 nominations considered for 2013 – 3 Remain for 2014
• Reviews performed by evaluation panel
• Final selection Mr. Tom Kaemming
• Need to begin identifying nominees for 2014 (deadline Oct 2013)
• Hypersonics Systems Award
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For 2014 We have a pool of 6 candidates, In the nomination process
Final selection: After Nov 2013
• Best paper awards
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Evaluation process starts after ASM
Each TC will have best paper
Volunteer reviewers welcome – contact TC H&A lead
• Gordon C. Oates Award – Progress Toward Reinstatement
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GC Oates Student Award Status
• Previous Award Funding Distribution
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$5000 Cash Award
$150 Plaque
Travel Expenses, Capped at $1000
• Award Suspended Due to Insufficient Funds
• AIAA Foundation Proposed Agreement
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AIAA Foundation will Restore the Endowment to $25,000
TCs Agree to Work with AIAA to Identify Fundraising Opportunities to Support the
Endowment
Future Award Dispersements Will be $1000 Cash Award and $150 Plaque, $0 for Travel
from Endowment
Fund is Intended to Last in Perpetuity – Award Will Be Suspended if Fund Balance
Breaches $20,000 Threshold
Endowment Fund Assets Will Be Managed by AIAA Foundation
TCs Have Requested Quarterly Reporting on Fund Status
• Agreement Has Been Signed by ABP TCs – Awaiting Response
from AIAA Foundation
ABP Education
• Accomplishments/Status
• All ABP TCs Participated in Undergraduate Design Competition Evaluation
• Short Courses
• HSABP Short Course Planned for P&E 2014
• “Practical Introduction to Air Breathing Propulsion” for P&E 2014
• PAW Workshop 2 at P&E 2014 (Chen Chuck) – Test Cases and Workshop
Format TBD
• Developed a 3D Printed Turbine model, Complete with Thrust Reversers and
USB Powered Electric Motor Developed for K-12 Outreach (Charles Beard)
• New Initiatives and Plans
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Offer More Webinars – Seeking Volunteers
Support Undergraduate Design Competition
Graduate Design Competition?
Continue PAW – Workshops Every Other Year
Develop new courses – new topics proposed
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2nd Annual Joint AIAA-ASME/IGTI
Undergraduate Engine Design Competition
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Sponsored jointly by all ABP TCs and the Aircraft Engines and
Education Committees form ASME/IGTI
Qualifying teams from the University of Kansas, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University and Ain Shams University, Cairo
Written proposals were evaluated by a panel of judges from
industry
University of Kansas and Embry-Riddle teams presented their
work to a panel of judges in June at ASME TurboExpo2013,
San Antonio, TX
Ain Shams University was unable to obtain US Visas to
present work but they will present at another ASME
conference in the very near future
the awards will be announced for 1st Place - $2500, 2nd Place
- $1500, and 3rd Place - $1000.
Next engine design competition will take place July 2014 at
P&E Forum in Cleveland
Design Topic: supersonic business jet
ABP Communications
• Accomplishments/Status
• All 3 TCs published Year in Reviews
• HSABP, GTE Newsletters published
• HSABP Banner in Revision
• New Initiatives and Plans
• Social Media* Eric Hansen, ABPSI SM POC - twitter @AeroEricEngin
and Erik Axdahl, HSABP POC • Business-size cards to replace tri-folds – Erik Axdahl POC
• Request for P&E funds for banner and stands
• Use SharePoint for New Member Orientation – Deadline Dec 2013
ABPSI
Neal Herring
GTE
David Blunck
HSABP
Jeff Dalton
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* Greg Johnston, JPC13 Social Media Chair, hgregjohnston@gmail.com
Pressure Gain Combustion Technology
Working Group
PGC: A periodic combustion process whereby the total pressure of the exit flow, on
an appropriately averaged basis, is above that of the inlet flow.
OBJECTIVES
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Ultimate formation of a PGC Program Committee (PGC-PC)
Serve as the AIAA focal point for all PGC related programs and technologies across multiple TC’s
Support PGC-based propulsion benefits assessments through special sessions, workshops, etc.
Provide systems level feasibility assessments for PGC-based applications to tech. community.
RECENT ACTIVITIES
CURRENT ACTIVE MEMBERS
George Richards (DOE/NETL) • Planning meeting @ ASM 2013
Fred Schauer (AFRL)
Don Fergusen (DOE/NETL)
Ryan Battelle (AFRL)
• Session Organization @ ASM 2013
Phillip Snyder (LibertyWorks)
Kailas Kailasanath (ONR)
• INVITED ITAR SESSION ORGANIZED @
M. Razi Nalim (IUPUI)
Joseph Doychak (ONR)
Jeff Cohen (UTRC)
Tom Kaemming (ISSI)
JPC 2013: DARPA VULCAN REVIEW
Narendra Joshi (GE-GRC) Jerry Welch (NASA Glenn)
• SciTech 2014 planning meetings scheduled
Adam Holley (UTRC)
John Sordyl (Williams)
• Member telecon(s)
Dora Musielak (UTA)
Chiping Li (AFOSR)
• Members recruited
Ryan Starkey (U. CO)
Chris Brophy (NPGS) co-chair
Dan Paxson (NASA Glenn) co-chair
Venkat Tangirala (GE-GRC) co-chair
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Open Floor
• Comments?
• Concerns?
• New Business Items Not Addressed?
• Motion To Adjourn?
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Closing Comments
• APB TCs Are Vibrant Contributors To AIAA
• Stay Active and Engaged in the TC
• Robust Membership Across All ABP TCs – Always Room For Additional
Members Who Will Contribute
• ABP TCs Work and Play well Together – Model for Other P&E TCs
• Collaborate to Build Quality Sessions that Bring Together Leaders in our
Disciplines from around the Globe to Discuss Further Advance Air
Breathing Propulsion Technology
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Support Educational Activities – Shape the Industry Leaders of
Tomorrow
• In Short, Keep Up the Good Work!
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