P&E Group
Aerospace Power Systems
Technical Committee (APS TC)
Annual Report Input
to
P&E Group Meeting
July 25, 2010
By
Greg Carr, APS TC Chair
APS TC Chair
TC Chair Name / Contact Info:
Greg Carr
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 303-300
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
(818)354-0680 (W)
(818)640-5917
E-mail: gregory.a.carr@jpl.nasa.gov
P&E Group
APS TC Membership
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Number of Members = 48
– 37 Full, 11 Emeritus
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Employers
– 18 From Government
– 5 From Academia
– 14 From Industry
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Grades
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1 Associate Member
22 Members
7 Senior Members
16 Associate Fellows
2 Fellow
Number of Foreign Members = 1 by APS Charter
 Member Roster - see next page
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P&E Group
APS TC Roster (Members)
Mem #
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5
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10
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Last
Araghi
Arastu
Ayvazian
Bailey
Bailey
Brandhorst
Burke
Butler
Carr
Choy
Delleur
Egusquiza
El-Genk
Howard
Kawam
Landis
Lebron-Velilla
Liffring
Lipinski
Liu
McKissock
Miller
Missirian
Neubauer
Pinkerton
Piszczor
Raffaelle
Reed
Reid
Ringel
Salim
Schreiber
Shaw
Stern
Tonicello
Wasz
Wyatt
First
Koorosh
Azam
Harout
Sheila
Patrick
Henry
Ken
Michael
Gregory
Winnie
Ann
Roberto
Mohamed
Alex
Elias
David
Ramon
Mark
Ronald
Simon
Barbara
Jim
Simone
Jeremy
Robert
Michael
Ryne
Brad
Austin
Steven
Abbas
Jeffrey
Richard (Dick)
Theodore
Ferdinando
Margot
Stephen
Description
Member
Member
Former Chair, IECEC Steering Committee
Conferences Subcommittee Chair
Member
Member
Member
Secretary
Chair
Specs & Stds Chair, IECEC Steering Committee
Treasurer
Member
Member
Member
Education Subcommittee Chair
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Website Editor
Member
Member
Member
Member
Former Chair
IECEC Steering Committee
Member
Associate Member
Education Subcommittee
Membership Subcommittee Chair
Awards Subcomittee Chair
Vice Chair
Publications Subcommittee Chair
Member
Member
Member
P&E Group
Employer
NASA Johnson Space Center
Boeing - Space & Intelligence Systems
Northrop Grumman Corporation
NASA Glenn Research Center
Lockheed Martin
Auburn University
NASA Glenn Research Center
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Boeing Satellite Design Center
NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA Johnson Space Center
University of New Mexico
AFRL/RVSV
EKLA-TEK LLC
The Aerospace Corporation
NASA Johnson Space Center
Boeing
Sandia National Laboratories
The Aerospace Corporation
NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Soliant Energy
ABSL Space Products
General Dynamics Corporation
NASA Glenn Research Center
Rochester Institute of Technology
USAF/SMC Chief Engineer's Office
DR Technologies/Vanguard Composites
Ohio State University
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
NASA Glenn Research Center
Lockheed Martin / Space Systems Company
DR Technologies/Vanguard Composites
ESA-ESTEC
The Aerospace Corporation
DR Technologies/Vanguard Composites
APS TC Roster (Members
Emeritus)
1
Allen
Douglas
Member Emeritus, IECEC growth subcomittee
chair
Schafer Corporation
2
Bennett
Gary
Member Emeritus
Retired
3
Dakermanji
George
Member Emeritus
NASA/GSFC
4
Fox
Christopher
Member Emeritus
LaBarge Inc
5
Hakimzadeh
Roshanak
Member Emeritus
NASA Glenn Research Center
6
Jenkins
Jason
Member Emeritus
NASA Headquarters
7
Lewis
Carol
Member Emeritus
NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
8
Marvin
Dean
Member Emeritus
The Aerospace Corporation
9
Milden
Martin
Member Emeritus
Retired
10
Newhouse
Al
Member Emeritus
Consultant
11
Rusta
Douglas
Member Emeritus
Retired
P&E Group
APS TC Operations
P&E Group
 TC has a succession plan transitioned on May 1.
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Secretary, Michael Butler, will serve 2 years, then move on to
Vice-chair, Richard Shaw, will serve 2 years, then move on to
Chair, Greg Carr, will serve 2 years, then move on to
Grand Poobah, Harout Avaysian, will serve 2 years
 TC has Six Subcommittees
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Membership
Conferences & Activities
Publications
Specifications & Standards
Education
Awards
APS-TC Meetings
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Number of TC meetings this year: 2 (two in person)
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First meeting was held at IECEC on 8/03/2009
Second meeting was held at the Space Power Workshop on 4/20/10
Next meeting at IECEC Tuesday, July 27 2010
Participation in AIAA national Technical Conferences:
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P&E Group
IECEC sponsored jointly by APS and TES TCs International Energy Conversion
Engineering Conference (IECEC)
Steering committee members from the APS TC include H. Ayvazian, R. Raffaelle, &
W. Choy
Participation in non-AIAA conferences:
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APS TC members are actively involved in the organization of the Space Power
Workshop organized by the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, CA
TC member Margot Wasz serves on SPW Steering Committee
Special Topics
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P&E Group
Training/Education
– Space Power System Design Tutorial
• Instructors Robb Pinkerton, Ted Stern & Doug Allen All TC Members
• Presented at SPW (typical), IECEC, or by invitation
– Presented at SPW and NASA-Glenn in 2009
– Outreach – Henry Brandhorst made a presentation on engineering/science
to 660+ students at George Washington University
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Specs/Standards
– SMC has decided to fund AIAA to turn the two the Lithium Ion Aerospace
TORS (S/C Valerie Ang and L/V Margot Wasz) into an AIAA Standard
– S111 & S112 photovoltaic cell/panel qualification standards are being
revised (Henry Brandhorst)
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Treasury
– $2000.00 available in the account currently
APS TC Honors & Awards
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P&E Group
2009 Aerospace Power Systems Award
– Was presented at the 2009 IECEC to Paul Stella of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
of Pasadena, CA. Mr. Stella is recognized for a career of leadership and
pioneering technical contributions to the advancement of the science and
engineering of space photovoltaic power systems.
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2009 Aerospace Power Systems Best Paper Award
– Was presented at the 2009 IECEC to Kyle Wilson, Sunpower Inc., Athens, OH
– Paper #AIAA-2008-5656, “Sunpower Delivery of ASC-E Convertors and
Progress Toward Flight,”
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2009 Aerospace Power Systems Best Student Paper Award
– Was presented at the 2009 IECEC to Kristen Bury, NASA Engineering
Student Co-op, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH – Paper
#AIAA-2008-5763, “…The Effect of Reaction Control System Thruster Plume
Impingement on Orion Service Module Solar Array Power Production,”
APS TC Publication Activities
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P&E Group
Aerospace America publication
Highlights article: Provided 1 page APS highlight article (by Ted Stern)
Newsletter: Yearly newsletter established
White papers/position papers: None
Books: None
Journal articles: None
APS TC Participation in AIAA
Sections, Committees & Activities
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TC participation/activities with AIAA sections:
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AIAA Standard - Qualification and Quality Requirements for Space Solar Cells (S-111)
AIAA Standard - Qualification and Quality Requirements for Space Solar Panels (S-112)
AIAA Standard - Electrical Power Systems for Unmanned Spacecraft (S-122)
APS TC members are part of an international committee trying to create an ISO standard on solar
cells and panels.
APS TC members are involved with reviewing Aerospace Battery Qualification Standard TOR2007(8583)-1.
APS TC committee members are currently and actively involved in modifications to AIAA
Standards (S-111-2005 & S-112-2005 headed by Henry Brandhorst, and S122 headed by Winnie
Choy)
Education:
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No official joint activities with local AIAA sections, however, local AIAA sections have been
contacted with regard to participation/involvement in IECEC conference
Standards: Large number of TC members involved in AIAA Standards activities.
Substantial & active involvement in the following Standards activities:
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P&E Group
APS TC puts together the Aerospace Power Systems course, held annually at the Space Power
Workshop
APS TC has generated a draft Education Charter and is being reviewed by TC for release.
Policy: One TC member emeritus (Doug Allen) is involved in this committee
APS TC 2009/10 Significant
Accomplishments
P&E Group
The Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee has been extremely busy and involved over
the past year with various activities. The TC has successfully completed another transition of
leadership as defined in the bi-laws. A sub-committee has been focusing on bringing up the number
of papers in the IECEC as well as increasing attendance. The awards committee has completed the
process for the 2010 present at IECEC. The TC provided substantial organizational and technical
support for the IECEC this year. We plan to submit another end of the year highlights article as
we did last year. We are investigating whether to produce another position paper on Nuclear Power
in Space. The other major accomplishment by this TC has been its involvement in the development
of various standards for the aerospace community. Significant work over the past years was put
into the committee to establish and complete AIAA Standard S-122: Electrical Power Systems for
Unmanned Spacecraft. Earlier involvement in the AIAA Standards S-111-2005 and S-112-2005 on
Solar Cell and Array Qualification and Quality Requirements now has many APS TC members
involved in meetings to discuss clarification and possible changes to these documents in response to
comments from industry/Government.
Aerospace Power Systems
Technical Committee Metrics
CRITERIA
P&E Group
A. Effectiveness
of existing TC
B. TAC
governance
C. Liaisons
D. No. of TC meetings
each year and how active
are the TC members
E. Special tasks by TC
METRIC
ITEMS FOR
EACH TC
EVALUATION
A 1. Membership
balance analysis
A 2. Create/update
a charter
A 3. Number of
foreign members
(optional)
B 1. Succession
planning
B 2. Training
C 1. AIAA TC’s
C 2. Local or
Regional AIAA
Chapters
C 3. Other
Professional
Organizations ( i.e.
SAE, ASME, etc. )
D 1. No. of Members that
attend
D 2. No. of TC members
that actively work on
your TC subcommittees
E 1. Professional short courses
E 2. Higher Educational Programs (Graduate and
Undergraduate)
E 3. K-12 Educational Programs
E 4. Community Programs Publications:
E 5. Books
E 6. Design Guides
E 7. News letters/Bulletins
E 8. Journal Articles
E 9. AIAA papers
E 10. Aerospace America Articles
Awards/Scholarships:
E 11. Student (Graduate & Undergraduate)
E 12. Young Engineers
E 13. Lifetime achievement
E 14. AIAA service
Congress Contact:
E 15. Participate in Congressional Day Visit
Importance
order
1
1
1
1
1
No. of Metric
Items
2 plus 1 Optional
Item
2
3
2
15
Points per
Metric Item
5
5
5
5
5
Max Value of
Metrics
10 plus 5 Optional
10
15
10
75
Max
Percentage
Evaluation
Metric
10 plus 5% extra
8.33%
12.5%
8.33%
66.7%
TOTAL = 98.3
TC: APS
A. 15 points
B. 10 points
C. 15 points
D. 8.3 points
E. 50 points
15.0
8.33
12.5
6.91
50.0
Percent Eval
each TC
Total = 92.7%