Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Technical Committee
AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference
Hilton Head Island, SC
19 August 2007
The World’s Forum
for Aerospace Leadership
Web Cam:
The Salty Dog Cafe
Image taken 08/07/2007
Agenda
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Introductions
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Gregg Abate - U.S. Air Force
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Research Laboratory
Mujahid Abdulrahim – University of •
Florida
Anwar Ahmed - Auburn University
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Narayan Ananthkrishnan - Indian
Institute of Technology – Bombay
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Michael Bolender - U.S. Air Force
Research Laboratory
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Bradley Burchett - Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology
Robert Clarke - NASA Dryden Flight •
Research Center
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Richard Colgren - The University of
Kansas
Gene Cooper – U.S. Army Research •
Laboratory
Mark Costello - Georgia Institute of •
Technology
Agamemnon Crassidis - Rochester
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Institute of Technology
Atilla Dogan - University of Texas at
Arlington
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Steven Dunn - Lockheed Martin
Missiles And Space
Edmund Field - The Boeing Company•
Chad Frost – NASA Ames Research
Center
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Pablo Gonzalez - Northrop Grumman
Corp.
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Eric Hallberg – U.S. Naval Academy
Ronald Hess - University of California,
Davis
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Kenneth Iwanski - U.S. Air Force
Research Laboratory
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Ravindra Jategaonkar - DLR Institute
of Flight Systems
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David Kanipe - NASA Johnson Space
Center
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Javed Khan - Tuskegee University
Kristi Kleinhesselink - NAVAIR Flight
Dynamics
David Klyde - Systems Technology,
Inc.
Marc Kniskern – Sandia National
Laboratories
Steven Komadina - Northrop
Grumman Corp.
Lawrence Lijewski - U.S. Air Force
Research Laboratory
James Miller - U.S. Air Force
Research Laboratory
Dave Mitchell - Hoh Aeronautics Inc.
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Eugene Morelli - NASA Langley
Research Center
Bob Mulder - Delft University of Tech.
Susana Munoz - Dynamic Research, Inc.
Bandu Pamadi - NASA Langley Research
Center
Francis Priolo - Millennium Engineering
and Integration Company
Gautam Shah - NASA Langley Research
Center
Krzysztof Sibilski - Air Force Institute of
Technology (Poland)
Mark Smith - Dynetics Inc.
Brenna Stachewicz - Calspan
Corporation
Robert Stuever - The Boeing Co.
Prabhakar Subrahmanyam - Intel Corp.
Damian Toohey - The Aerospace Corp.
John Valasek - Texas A&M University
Michael Weaver - The Aerospace Corp.
Jeff Zien - Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Dahlgren Division
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Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Technical Committee
AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference
Hilton Head Island, SC
19 August 2007
Dinner
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Guest Speakers
Web Cam:
The Salty Dog Cafe
Image taken 08/07/2007
Election of TC Vice Chair
• It’s a Four-Year Commitment
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Two Years as Vice Chair, Followed by Two as TC Chair
Vice Chair becomes TC Chair in May of 2009
• Nominations are now open!
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Old Business
•TC Vision
•Congratulations & Thanks
•Membership Upgrades
•Miscellaneous Stuff
•K-12 Working Group
•Liaison Reports
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This TC Has No Vision!
Vision Statement from the Web:
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Congratulations…
• AIAA Sustained Service Award:
Dr. Ravindra Jategaonkar
• “For unparalleled commitment to AIAA, aerospace
education and to the atmospheric flight mechanics
community”
• Let’s Hear it for Ravindra!
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Thanks to…
• Troy Downen for His Leadership of this TC
• Gautam Shah for the Newsletter
• Mike Weaver for Chairing Best Paper Judging
• Ag Crassidis for Chairing Best Student Paper
Judging
• Dave Klyde for Assembling the “Year in Review”
Article
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Miscellaneous Stuff
• Letters of Support & Thanks to TC Member Employers
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TC membership benefits may not be clear to employer
Funding can sometimes be difficult to justify year after year
Email me your supervisors’ contact information (dmitchell@hoh-aero.com)
• Upcoming Conferences
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Hilton Head: 20-23 August 2007
Reno: 7-10 January 2008
Waikiki Beach: 18-21 August 2008
Orlando: 5-8 January 2009
Chicago: Summer 2009
Orlando: January 2010
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Liaison Reports
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EDUCATION & LIAISON
AIAA Kid’s Place
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Continue Troy’s initiative of an AFM webpage for
kids/educators describing what we do
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Current AIAA Kid’s Place
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EDUCATION & LIAISON
AIAA Kid’s Place
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EDUCATION & LIAISON
AIAA Kid’s Place
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What can the AFM TC working group do to add fun
and educational pre-K and K-12 content to Kid’s
Place?
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Brainstorm a plan of attack
Assign tasks
Create deadlines
Report final results to TC
Working Group
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Need approximately 6 volunteers – relinquish other sub-committee
duties
Final report due Jan 09 (Orlando, FL)
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New Business
• Honoring Duane McRuer – Dave Klyde
• Most Influential Paper – John Valasek
• Structural Dynamics DVD
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AN ALL TOO BRIEF
TRIBUTE TO DUANE MCRUER
David H. Klyde
dklyde@systemstech.com
DUANE “MAC” MCRUER
(1925-2007)
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California Institute of Technology
 Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 1945;
 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1948
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Lieutenant (j.g.) USNR (1945-1946)
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Northrop Aircraft, Inc. (1948-1954)
 Control Designer, Engineer-in-Charge of Servo
Development, Supervisor of Servomechanisms
Section, and Assistant Chief of Flight Control and
Servo Department
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Registered Professional Engineer in
Control System Engineering, Certificate
No. 11, State of California.
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President and Chief Engineer of Control
Specialists, Inc. (1953-1957)
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President and Technical Director, Systems
Technology, Inc. (1957-1993)
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Chairman, Systems Technology, Inc.
(1993-2007)
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THE NORTHROP YEARS
--Technical Chief of Flight Control--
XP-89 – FULLY POWERED CONTROLS
Valve-Bottoming Response
F-89D: SIDESLIP STABILITY
AUGMENTOR
US Patent #2,833,495,
May 6, 1958
EARLY MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
• U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Series on Analysis and
Synthesis of Flight Control Systems:
 Methods of Analysis and Synthesis of Piloted Aircaft Flight Control Systems,
BuAer AE-61-4-I, March 1952.
 Dynamics of the Airframe, BuAer AE-61-4-II, September 1952.
 The Human Pilot, BuAer-62-III, August 1954.
 The Hydraulics System, BuAer AE-61-4-IV, March 1953.
 The Artificial Feel System, BuAer AE-61-4-V, May 1953.
• Major Starts (Greatly influenced later STI activities):
 Human Pilot Dynamics
(Dynamic Response of Human Operators, WADC TR-56-524)
 Aircraft Configuration Design Sensitivities
(Approximate Airframe Transfer Functions and Application to Single Sensor
Control Systems, WADC TR-58-82)
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SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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President: 1957-1993
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Short List of Contributions:
 Advanced Flight Control Design &
Analysis Techniques
 Man-Machine Systems and Human
Operator Dynamics
 McRuer’s Crossover Law
 Vehicle Handling Qualities
 PIO Comprehension, Analysis, &
Prevention
 Ground Vehicle Dynamics and Driver
Control
 Manual Control Display System
Design
 Neuromuscular System Dynamics
 Impaired Operator Behavior
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FREQUENCY DOMAIN DESIGN &
ANALYSIS:
THE BODE-SIGGY/BODE ROOT LOCUS PLOT
Magnitude
|G(j)|dB
Bode Root Locus
Phase
Bode Siggy
|G(-)|dB
Asymptote
X-15 Pitch Attitude TF:
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  0.19, 0.1 0.366, 2.3  25 
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THE STRUCTURAL ISOMORPHIC
HUMAN OPERATOR MODEL
Sensory Mechanisms
Central Elements
Visual Integration
& Equalization
Neuromuscular & Actuation System
Proprioceptive
Integration &
Equalization
Proprioceptive
Receptors
Proprioceptive
Display
Integral
System
Input
System
Error
Spinal
Cord
Proportional
Visual
Display
Eye
Dynamics
Rate
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Acceleration
Linear
Acceleration
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Angular
Motion
Angular
Velocities
Muscle &
Manipulator
Dynamics
Manipulator
Command Controlled
Element
System
Output
Motor-neuron
Command
Vestibular &
Kinesthetic
Integration &
Equalization
Vestibular &
Kinesthetic
Sensors
Linear
Motion
Motor
Command
Integrative
Mechanism
Spindal/Tendon
Organ Ensembles
The model shows the key human
perceptual and controller modalities
as an integrated whole.
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THE CROSSOVER MODEL
• McRuer’s Law:
 For compensatory tracking, the
pilot will act on the controlled
element in such a way that the
magnitude of the open-loop
transfer function, YpYc, will be
approximately K/s (in frequency
domain, c/j) around the
region of crossover
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SERVICE TO AIAA
• Honorary Fellow of the Society
• Committees
 Guidance and Control (1964-68); Chairman (1967-68)
 American Automatic Control Council (AIAA Delegate, 1966-69; Vice
President, 1969-71; President, 1972-74)
• AIAA Professional Studies Series
 Pilot Dynamics and Aircraft Handling Qualities, Los Angeles, 1968;
Washington, 1970
 Pilot Dynamics and Flying Qualities, Snowmass, 1985
• Awards
 Mechanics and Control of Flight Award for "outstanding accomplishment in
the conception, development, and application of an analytical theory of
aircraft handling qualities," 1970
 Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control Award, 2004
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SERVICE TO AEROSPACE
Major Publications, Societies, and Awards
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Major Publications
 Aircraft Dynamics and Automatic Control, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1973.
 Analysis of Nonlinear Control Systems, Wiley, 1961; reprinted Dover, 1971.
 Twenty-Second Minta Martin Lecture, “Human Dynamics and Pilot-Induced Oscillations,” Dec. 1992.
 Aviation Safety and Pilot Control, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1997.
 Over 130 archival technical papers and reports
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Societies
 Member of National Academy of Engineering
 Fellow/Honorary Fellow of IEEE, SAE, HFES, AAAS, and California Council on Science & Technology
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Awards
 Louis E. Levy Gold Medal of the Franklin Institute for theoretical analysis and empirical applications of
systems engineering techniques to human control dynamics, 1960
 Alexander C. Williams, Jr. Award from the Human Factors Society for "outstanding contributions to
several major system designs," 1976
 California Institute of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award for "outstanding achievement in his
field," May 21, 1983
 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for “an exemplary record of personal service and leadership
that has contributed maturely to the space and aeronautical missions of NASA," March 12, 1991
 SAE Aerospace Engineering Leadership Award “For his contributions as a pioneer and industry leader
in the field of Aerospace Control Systems Engineering for the past 50 years.” September 30, 1998
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SERVICE TO THE NATION
National Committees (Partial List)
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Presidential
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The President's Advisory Committee on the Redesign of the Space Station (1992-1993)
NASA
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Subcommittee on Control, Guidance and Navigation
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Aeronautics Advisory Committee
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Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Advisory Committee
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Space Transportation Subcommittee
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NASA Advisory Council
National Research Council
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NASA's Role in Aeronautics (1980-1981)
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Aeronautics Technology Possibilities for 2000 (1983-1984)
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Space Station Engineering Design Issues, Chairman (1988-1989)
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Commercially Developed Space Facility (1988-1989)
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Human Exploration of Space, 1990
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Aeronautical Technologies (1990-1992)
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Panel on Information Sciences and Human Factors, Chairman
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Space Station (1991-1995)
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Space Science Technology Planning (1992-1993)
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Advanced Space Technology (1992-1993)
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Effects of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling on Flight Safety, Chairman (1995-1997)
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SIERRA CLUB ACTIVITIES
• Member of Angeles Chapter
since 1962
• Climbed all 297 mountains in
Sierra Peaks List
• Reached high points in 49
states
• Climbed 97 mountains in
Desert Peaks List twice
• Received Angeles Chapter’s
Lifelong Service Award in
1998
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POSSIBLE TRIBUTES
• Rename Mechanics and Control of Flight Award
 “McRuer Award for Mechanics and Control of Flight”
 Most prestigious option
 In line with other similar national awards (deFlorez Award for Flight
Simulation, Newbold V/STOL Award, etc.)
 Requires approval of AFM, GN&C, and Astro TC’s
• Rename AFM Plenary Session at summer conference
 For example, The Duane “Mac” McRuer AFM Lecture
 Requires AFM TC approval
• Name AFM Best Student Paper or Best Conference
Paper Certificate of Merit for Mac
 Requires AFM TC approval
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Most Influential Paper
• Suggestion from John Valasek
• Identify Papers from AFM Conference 10 (?) Years Ago
• One Paper per Subject Area
• Select One “Most Influential Paper”
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Structural Dynamics DVD
• V1.1 Released April 2007
• Available for Download
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http://http//www.engineering.wright.edu/~jslater/SDTCOutReachDVD.iso
• Available for Viewing on Wright State Website
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http://www.cs.wright.edu/~jslater/SDTCOutreachWebsite/sitemap.htm
• Are We Interested?
• Do We Want to Try Something Similar for K-12 Students and Educators?
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TC Subcommittees
FUNCTIONAL
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Serve the Institute and the TC
Day-to-day functions of the TC
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TECHNICAL
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Serve the AFM community
Conferences
Identify, inform & support leading
edge research and application
Publications
Professional development courses
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Membership
Awards
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Education
Liaison
Meets in Summer
Follow-up in Winter if needed
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Conference special sessions, workshops,
panel discussions
Standards
Special AIAA Journal issues
Meets in Winter
Follow-up in Summer if needed
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Functional Subcommittees
• Conferences
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Technical Chair for ASM 2009 (Orlando)
General Chair for AFM 2009 (Chicago)
• Publications
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Newsletter Editor (assist in January, take over in August 2008)
Complete YIR article
• Membership & Awards
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Offer Best Student Paper winner membership on the TC
Representatives on M&CF Award
• Education & Liaison
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Liaisons for V/STOL Aircraft Systems and GN&C TCs?
• K12 Working Group
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Assemble members and lay out a plan
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Functional Subcommittees
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Conferences – Gregg Abate
Anwar Ahmed, Narayan Ananthkrishnan, Brad Burchett, Richard Colgren, Atilla Dogan, Ken Iwanski,
Steve Komadina, Lawrence Lijewski, Jim Miller, Bob Mulder, Bandu Pamadi, Francis Priolo,
Gautam Shah, Kris Sibilski, Mark Smith, Jeff Zien
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Publications – Kristi Kleinhesselink
Mujahid Abdulrahim, Bob Clarke, David Klyde, Brenna Stachewicz
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Membership & Awards – Mike Weaver
Steven Dunn, Chad Frost, Eric Hallberg, Ravindra Jategaonkar, Marc Kniskern, Dave Mitchell,
Bob Stuever, Prab Subrahmanyam, John Valasek
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Education & Liaison – Ag Crassidis
Michael Bolender, Gene Cooper, Mark Costello, Edmund Field, Pablo Gonzalez, Ron Hess,
David Kanipe, Javed Khan, Gene Morelli
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K12 Working Group – Susana Muñoz
???
Meet for 30 minutes - 10 minute break
Chairs – Let me know if there are any changes!
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Functional Subcommittees
Conferences
Gregg Abate
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Conferences
Hilton Head 2007 Scheduling Notes
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AFM Best Student Paper Competition (0900 – 1300 hrs, Ballroom F)
Aerospace Sciences Group Meeting (1130 – 1330, Suite 276)
Welcome Reception (1730 – 1900, Basshead Deck)
• Tuesday
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AFM Plenary, “Designing a Fighter Jet - A Case Study of the YF-23A Advanced
Tactical Fighter Prototype” by Bob Sandusky (0800 – 0900, Sabal Palm Room)
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Awards Luncheon (1200 – 1400, Ballrooms G-J)
Young Professionals Reception (1830 – 2100, Basshead Deck)
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GNC/AFM/MST/APA/ASC 2008 Planning Meeting (1230 – 1330, Suite 804)
Exhibit Reception (1730 – 1900, Ballroom Foyer)
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Conferences
Hilton Head 2007
• General Chair: Troy Downen
• Tech Chairs: Francis Priolo & Anwar Ahmed
• Technical Paper Statistics
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105 Submissions
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80 Regular submissions
25 Invited submissions
9 Oral only student paper submissions
(duplicate of regular submission)
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3 Papers rejected
102 Papers accepted
109 Papers in session (including Student session)
34 Papers from government
48 papers from academia
23 Papers from industry
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Conferences
Hilton Head 2007
• 17 Technical Sessions
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Best AFM Student Paper Competition
1 Workshop
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46-AFM-9 Aerodynamic Database Validation and Update
• 4 Invited Sessions
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1-AFM-1 Aircraft Aeroservoelasticity (ASE) Control, Stabilization, and Optimization I
14-AFM-3 Aircraft Aeroservoelasticity (ASE) Control, Stabilization, and Optimization II
47-AFM-10 Collaborative Simulation and Test using High Performance Computing
57-AFM-13 Public Safety in Space Launch and Entry, Descent and Landing
• Plenary Session
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Designing a Fighter Jet - A Case Study of the YF-23A Advanced Tactical Fighter
Prototype
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Conferences
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Hilton Head 2007
Organizational Source of Accepted Papers
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Academia
48
Government
34
Industry
23
Total
105
National Origin of Accepted Papers
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USA
73
Italy
5
Netherlands
4
UK, Poland, Singapore, Iran, Russia, China,
Romania, S. Korea (1 each)
8
Japan
3
Canada
3
Germany
3
Brazil
2
Greece
2
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Conferences
Hilton Head 2007
•Session Chairs
• Verify Time and Place for Your Session
• Verify that Papers in Your Session Have Been Uploaded
• Attend Speakers Breakfast the Morning of Your Session
• Give Attendance Reports to Francis or Anwar
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Conferences
Reno 2008
Paper Statistics
• 60 Total Abstracts
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6 Invited
54 Reviewed
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46 Accepted (85%)
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27 US
19 Foreign
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8 Rejected (15%)
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1 Invited
6 Reviewed
• 3 US
• 6 Foreign
• 7 Sessions
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Conferences
Reno 2008
Success Story
• Suggestion from Keystone:
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“Authors will be required to assign their
abstract to one of the 6 topic areas in the
Call for papers. This will speed up the
abstract review process.”
• Suggestion Worked Well
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Very few abstracts out of place
Coupled with the Abstract Review Topic
Preference Sheet, made assigning
abstracts for review an easy process
As a result, AFM first to assemble
sessions
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Conferences
Reno 2008
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Functional Subcommittees
Publications
Kristi Kleinhesselink
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Publications
Summary
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Newsletter (Gautam) – Need New Editor
YIR Article (Dave K.)
Pre-college outreach package / teaching kit
(in coordination with K-12 Working Group)
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Functional Subcommittees
Education & Liaison
Ag Crassidis
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Education and Liaison
• Best Student Paper
• Calspan still on board for sponsorship $500
• GN&C competition:
• Only graduate student papers accepted
• Student must be sole author
• 6 finalists for presentation at GN&C conference (each receive a
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$600 cash award for travel and accommodations)
Student present twice (student paper session and relevant
conference session)
$1000 cash prize award to winner presented at Luncheon
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Education and Liaison
• Best Student Paper
• Looking for more sponsorship for our award
• Currently drafting a boiler-plate letter to send to various
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corporations pleading for money
• Any ideas for increase sponsorships?
Possible collaboration with GN&C
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Education and Liaison
• Best Student Paper, 2007 Stats
• 14 abstracts originally submitted to competition!!
• 4 withdrew before final paper was due
• I extended the deadline almost 10 days
• Currently only 4 students submitted final paper for competition
• Need to re-think submission process??
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Functional Subcommittees
Membership & Awards
Mike Weaver
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
Who are We? (9 Members)
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Steve Dunn
Chad Frost
Eric Hallberg
Dave Mitchell
Susana Muñoz (reassigned to K12WG)
Bob Stuever
Prabhakar Subrahmanyam
John Valasek
Mike Weaver (Chair)
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
New AFM TC Members
8 NEW MEMBERS (2010 Rotation)
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Abdulrahim Mujahid
Michael Bolender
Gene Cooper
Eric Hallberg
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Javed Khan
Mark Kniskern
Bandu Pamadi
Brenna Stachewicz
10 CONTINUING MEMBERS (2008 Rotation)
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Bradley Burchett
Steve Dunn
Edmund Field
Mike Weaver
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Chad Frost
Francis Priolo
Gautam Shah
John Valasek
Dave Mitchell (2009)
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
AFM TC Membership Categories
Gov’t (15)
(17, 15, 15)
Industry (14)
(17, 15, 14)
32%
34%
34%
Total (44) (49)
Academia (15)
(15, 8, 8)
Int’l Members (4) (5, 4, 3)
Young Prof’ls (7) (7)
(Blue) indicates Summer ‘06, Summer ‘05, ASM ‘05, respectively
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
AFM TC Membership Grades
Sr. Members (10)
(14, 15, 12)
Members (12)
(11, 7, 6)
23%
27%
Student Member (1)
2%
48%
Assoc. Fellows (21)
(24, 20, 21)
(Blue) indicates Summer ‘06, Summer ‘05, ASM ‘05, respectively
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
AFM TC Rotation Schedule
May 2010 (8)
18%
May 2008 (22*)
50%
*13 without continuing
members
32%
May 2009 (14)
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
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Reno 2007 AFM Best Paper
5 reviewers
8 papers
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Two rose to the top
Clear ordering for the remainder
Winner received three #1 rankings
Reno 2007 AFM Best Paper
Certificate of Merit Goes To …
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
Reno 2007 AFM Best Paper
(To be presented in Hawaii 2008)
AIAA 2007-0867
Guidance and Control of an
Autonomous Soaring Vehicle
with Flight Test Results
Michael J. Allen (NASA/Dryden)
Victor Lin (NASA/Dryden)
from
Session 123-AFM-6
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
Keystone 2006 AFM Best Paper
(To be presented in Hilton Head)
AIAA 2006-6495
Identifying a PIO Signature New Techniques Applied to an
Old Problem
David G. Mitchell (Hoh Aeronautics)
David H. Klyde (Systems Technology)
from
Session 81-AFM-15
Aircraft Flying Qualities: Pilot Control
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MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS
Hilton Head 2007 Best AFM Paper
(To be presented in Hawaii 2008)
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Session Chairs select best paper (if any) from each session
and report to Mike Weaver (michael.a.weaver@aero.org)
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I will also follow-up by e-mail after the conference
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Papers will be distributed to reviewers when available
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Functional Subcommittees
K-12 Working Group
Susana Muñoz
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K-12 Working Group
Members
•Susana Muñoz
•Dave Klyde
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STEERING COMMITTEE
• Dave Mitchell (Chair)
• TBD (Vice Chair)
• Gregg Abate (Conferences SC Chair)
• Ag Crassidis (Education SC Chair)
• Mike Weaver (Membership SC Chair)
• Kristi Kleinhesselink (Publications SC Chair)
• Susana Muñoz (K12WG Chair)
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