New Initiatives SubcommitteeTAC Report

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Agenda

• Near Term & Old Business1. 2012 TAC Workshop (Dimitri Mavris, Mark Melanson)2. TC/PC Chair Handbook (Mark Melanson, Satish Mohleji, Bill West)3. Technology Survey & Recommendations (Tony Williams, Jim Rankin)4. Moderating Sessions/Session Chair Guidelines (Nancy Andersen)5. Professional Interest Codes (Carlos Cesnik, Steve Rizzi, Peter Hartwich, George Lesieutre)6. AIAA Forum Proposal (Dave Riley, Michele Dominiak)7. TAC Newsletter (Ian Halliwell, Satish Mohleji)8. Program Committee Information (Mark Melanson)

• New Business1. How to be a Conference Chair (Nancy Andersen)2. New time for monthly teleconference (Jim Keenan)3. Web Advisory Team (Tom Beutner)4. 2013 TAC Workshop (Jim Keenan)

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Professional Interest Codes (Carlos, Steve, Peter, and George)

• Overview: The professional interest codes (PIC) had not been reviewed in many years and may be missing areas of aerospace business.

• Who uses the PIC information (Note 100 choices) Professional interests are used to segment members for marketing The 7 primary areas are used for Fellow selection TAC: Solicit new members for the different technical committees

• Recommendations: “Other” (with fill-in) should be an available option on Web site Use “Other” results to determine under served segment of profession. Yearly update requests should be sent to all members including

Lifetime members (17% are “None Specified”)

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AIAA Forum Proposals (ASG Dir. Dave Riley, Michele Dominiak)

• Overview: Expand how AIAA transfers information using web-based resources

• Dave Riley presented his concept Papers are submitted through Scholar One TCs review papers (e.g. quarterly) Web Ex (or similar) used to present paper to online audience

– Supported by online moderator– Allow for Blog/Chat question format

Web Ex presentations are stored for future viewing

• Michele informed us that storage capability should be available for testing in late summer 2012.

• Team formed to fill in details and conduct tests on approach4

Program Committee Information (Mark Melanson)

• PC review cycle for the 14 PCs• Typically review a PC every 3 years• Current cycle is “broken”• Path forward

Temporarily alter review process Peter, Satoshi, & Mark do a separate review Report overall assessment to NIS Reset baseline and restart annual review

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2013 TAC Workshop (Jim Keenan)

• Need path/idea for the next workshop• Possible ideas

eConference– Couple with YPs to look at expanding/exploring online

sessions– Webcast/Webinars from conferences

ITAR limitations on conferences Refinement of 2012 Workshop

– Tackle large conferences?

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Review of the Professional Interest Codes (PIC) – Status Report

Workgroup membership: Carlos Cesnik, Peter Hartwich, Steve Rizzi, and George Lesieutre (Membership Committee)

NIS meeting – January 2012

Motivation/Charge

• Motivation: The interest codes have not been reviewed in many years and miss many areas of the business

• Charge: – Are they aligned with current TC/PCs? – Possible work to review/reorganize/change?– Complications due to integration into various AIAA

areas such as membership upgrades, other areas?

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Initial “Action Plan”

• Current codes will be reviewed and possible suggestions will be made on new interest codes. Note these codes are used in Scholar One for keyword searches and are linked to the number of AIAA Fellows by area (e.g. if 25% of members indicate that primary interest is Fluids then 25% of Fellows will come from Fluids area).

• The goal is to generate a preliminary/findings update by the ASM NIS meeting. Gaps/oversight may be identified or a suggestion of “no action needed” may be the path forward.

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Professional InterestsProfessional Interests

• 7 primary technical areas (or directorates)• 100 professional interests within the 7 areas• Members select primary, secondary and tertiary

interests• Who uses these?

Professional interests are used to segment members for marketing

The 7 primary areas are used for Fellow selection (more later)

TAC: Solicit new members for the different technical activities committees (??)

TAC: used by proposers of new Technical Awards to help establish the size of a technical community

Current PICs

• PICs organized under 7 areas (in this order): ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AEROSPACE SCIENCES AIRCRAFT & ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROPULSION & ENERGY SPACE & MISSILES AEROSPACE DESIGN & STRUCTURES

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Observations

• 1) The majority of the PICs are aligned with TC and/or PC names Few codes (e.g., Product Support, Standards Engineering) do not seem to

have TC/PCs.

• 2) 75% of PICs are primary choices by TC/PC members

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75% of PICs map against PCs & TCs

• PC and TC populations drive AIAA activities and define intent and character of AIAA 8% of AIAA membership engages in PCs and TCs 89% of AIAA members are categorized as non-participatory

• Expectation is that all PICs are represented among PC and TC membership No or weak representation of PIC within PC and TC populations suggests

– PIC is irrelevant to TAC– PIC is poorly defined

» Too broad?» Too narrow?» Obsolete?

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Primary PIC 2010

Observations (cont’d)

• 3) Significant percentage (17%) of our membership under “None Specified” Can’t tell if the reason is simply not interest in indicating an area or if the

member’s area is not capture in the list Current form does not require one area to be selected for the application to

be completed Current form does not contain “Other. Please fill out ____________” option.

• Recommendations: Membership form should require choice of PIC for completion “Other” (and specify) should be an available option Yearly update requests should be sent to all members (including

Lifetime members)

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Motivation/Charge

• Motivation: The interest codes have not been reviewed in many years and miss many areas of the business

• Charge: – Are they aligned with current TC/PCs? Yes– Possible work to review/reorganize/change? Yes.

NIS could do it.– Complications due to integration into various AIAA

areas such as membership upgrades, other areas? Not really…

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Fellows Selection Process (as we understand it)

• AIAA President selects Fellow grade selection committee chair• Committee chair selects committee members (all Fellows or higher) and provides guidance• Committee members are responsible for evaluations within individual Groups (nominations based on PICs and mapping to groups)

(There are lower-bound quotas for each group based on PICs, with a few "open slots." The overall rate is 1 per 1000 professional members.)

Aerospace Design and Structures Aerospace Sciences - Applied Aerospace Sciences - Basic Aircraft and Atmospheric Systems Engineering & Technology Management Information Systems Propulsion & Energy Space & Missile Systems International (some years)

• Committee members select 6-8 evaluators (all Fellows or higher) to rate the nominees in their group• Nominees are rated according to the criteria including technical and management contributions, contributions to AIAA, other

Society activities, qualities of endorsement letters. (The form is available as part of nomination packages.) • The top nominees are ranked by each committee member for their group. Other factors may be considered, especially for the open

slots. These might include, for example: the distribution between academia, industry, and government; diversity representative of the membership, and other considerations. The committee as a whole discusses recommended nominees and makes the final selections.

• The Board of Directors approves the final slate, essentially validating the process.

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Fellows Selection Process (as we understand it)

• Committee members are responsible for evaluations within individual Groups (nominations based on PICs and mapping to groups) (There are lower-bound quotas for each group based on PICs, with a few "open slots." The overall rate is 1 per 1000 professional members.) Aerospace Design and Structures Aerospace Sciences - Applied Aerospace Sciences - Basic Aircraft and Atmospheric Systems Engineering & Technology Management Information Systems Propulsion & Energy Space & Missile Systems International (some years)

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So, as long as we don’t touch the 7 main areas, the impact into Fellows selection will be indirect by distributions within those areas (which could impact Aero Sciences, although unlikely)

Summary and Recommendations

• PICs have been reviewed and they are mostly covering our TC/PC membership Still 17% of AIAA membership has not indicate a PIC

• PICs used for: AIAA marketing (at what level?) Fellows distribution (according to main areas and % membership) Determine size of membership when considering new awards creation

• Opportunities for improvement New PICs could be created to best aligned TAC organization with AIAA strategic directions Some PICs could be retired/consolidated – although keeping more does not seem to hurt

anything

• Recommendation: should know what is the desired roles/usefulness of the PICs before further action is warranted

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Additional Information

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ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

0100 Economics 0105 History 0110 Legal Aspects of Aeronautics & Astronautics 0115 Management 0120 Society & Aerospace Technology 0130 Systems Engineering 0135 Environmental Assurance Compliance 0140 Computer-aided Enterprise Solutions

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AEROSPACE SCIENCES

0200 Aeroacoustics 0210 Applied Aerodynamics 0215 Astrodynamics 0220 Atmospheric & Space

Environments 0225 Atmospheric Flight Mechanics 0235 Fluid Dynamics 0240 Guidance, Navigation, & Control 0245 Aerodynamic Measurement

Technology 0250 Plasmadynamics & Lasers

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0255 Sounding Rockets 0265 Thermophysics 0270 Remote Sensing &

Applications 0275 Thermodynamics 0280 Computational Fluid

Dynamics 0285 Modeling & Simulation 0290 Ground Testing 0295 Meshing, Visualization &

Computational Environments

AIRCRAFT & ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS

0300 Air Transportation Systems 0305 Aircraft Design 0310 Aircraft Operations 0315 Aircraft Safety 0316 Balloon Systems 0320 General Aviation 0325 Helicopter Design 0330 Lighter-Than-Air Systems 0335 Unmanned Systems 0340 V/STOL Aircraft Systems 0345 Marine Systems & Technology 0355 Hypersonic Systems

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0360 Flight Testing 0365 Electronic Equipment Design 0370 Ground Support Equipment 0375 Aircraft Maintenance 0380 Reliability 0385 Test & Evaluation 0390 Standards Engineering 0395 Producibility & Cost

Engineering 0396 Production Engineering 0397 Aerodynamic Decelerator

Systems ???? Product Support

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

0400 Aerospace Electronics 0405 Aerospace Maintenance 0410 Intelligent Systems 0420 Information & Command & Control Systems 0425 Communications Systems 0430 Computer Systems 0435 Digital Aviontics Systems 0440 Sensor Systems 0445 Software Systems 0450 Support Systems 0455 System Effectiveness & Safety 0465 Micro/Nanotechnology

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PROPULSION & ENERGY

0500 Aerospace Power Systems 0510 Electric Propulsion 0515 Liquid Propulsion 0520 Propellants & Combustion 0525 Solid Rockets 0530 Terrestrial Energy Systems 0535 Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion 0540 Hybrid Rockets 0545 Energetic Components & Systems 0550 Gas Turbine Engines 0555 High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion 0560 Air Breathing Propulsion Systems Integration

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SPACE & MISSILES

0600 Life Sciences & Systems 0605 Missile Systems 0610 Space Operations & Support 0615 Microgravity & Space Processes 0620 Space Systems 0625 Space Transportation 0630 Space Sciences & Astronomy 0635 Space Automation & Robotics 0640 Weapon System Effectiveness 0645 Human Factors Engineering 0650 Satellite Design, Integration & Test

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0655 Launch Operations 0660 Laser Technology &

Applications 0665 Space Tethers 0670 Space Colonization 0675 Space Tourism 0680 Terraforming 0685 Space Resources 0690 Space Architecture 0695 Space Logistics

AEROSPACE DESIGN & STRUCTURES

0701 Survivability 0705 Design Engineering 0710 Design Technology 0735 Materials 0745 Structural Dynamics 0750 Structures 0755 Adaptive Structures 0760 Radar Absorbing Materials & Structures 0765 Gossamer Spacecraft 0770 Non-Deterministic Approaches 0775 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

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Professional Members (FY2002 & FY2010 dues increase years)

Primary Business (2010)

Primary Business (2010) – Aerospace Manufacturing – Breakout of the 21%

List of Primary PICs w/o Representation in PC/TC Rosters (1 of 3)

• Engineering & Technology Management 135 - Environmental Assurance Compliance 140 -Computer-Aided Enterprise Solutions

• Aerospace Sciences 255 – Sounding Rockets 275 – Thermodynamics (NOTE: close title of TC) 290 – Ground Testing (NOTE: title of TC)

• Aircraft & Atmospheric Systems 345 – Marine Systems & Technology 365 – Electronic Equipment Design 370 – Ground Support Equipment 396 - Production Engineering 397 – Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems

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List of Primary Primary PICs w/o Representation in PC/TC Rosters (2 of 3)

• Information Systems 450 – Support Systems 455 – System Effectiveness & Safety

• Propulsion & Energy 550 – Gas Turbine Engines (NOTE: title of TC) 555 – High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion (NOTE: title of TC) 560 – Air Breathing Propulsion Systems Integration (NOTE: title of TC)

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List of Primary PICs w/o Representation in PC/TC Rosters (3 of 3)

• Space & Missiles 625 – Space Transportation (NOTE: title of TC) 655 – Launch Operations 660 – Laser Technology & Applications 680 – Terraforming 685 – Space Resources (NOTE: title of TC) 690 – Space Architecture (NOTE: title of TC) 695 – Space Logistics (NOTE: title of TC)

• Aerospace Design & Structures 760 – Radar Absorbing Materials & Structures 770 – Non-Deterministic Approaches 775 – Multidisciplinary Optimization (NOTE: title of TC)

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PIC vs PC/TC Correlation - Methodology

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• For detailed review of correlation, open embedded fileProgram Committees (PCs)

Aerospace Sciences Group (ASG)Information Systems

Engineering & Technology ManagementSpace & Missliles (S&M)

Aircraft & Atmospheric Systems Group (A&SSG)Propulsion & Energy Group (P&EG)

Aerospace Design & Structures Group (AD&SG)

ID AIAA PROFESSIONAL INTEREST CATEGORIES TOTALSENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MGMT 177 8% 9%

100 Economics 3 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 13105 History 1 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 24110 Legal Aspects of Aeronautics & Astronautics 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6115 Management 7 1 1 18 5 4 4 2 42120 Society & Aerospace Technology 0 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 11130 Systems Engineering 13 2 10 24 15 8 3 6 81135 Environmental Assurance Compliance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

140 Computer-aided Enterprise Solutions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AEROSPACE SCIENCES 665 29% 25%200 Aeroacoustics 0 30 0 0 0 0 4 2 36210 Applied Aerodynamics 5 37 1 6 4 14 1 3 71215 Astrodynamics 0 27 0 0 2 2 0 0 31220 Atmospheric & Space Environments 0 15 0 0 2 0 2 0 19225 Atmospheric Flight Mechanics 4 23 3 1 0 5 1 0 37235 Fluid Dynamics 3 93 2 2 3 3 30 8 144240 Guidance, Navigation, & Control 12 60 9 0 10 5 0 2 98245 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology 0 31 0 0 0 1 3 0 35250 Plasmadynamics & Lasers 6 27 0 0 1 1 5 1 41255 Sounding Rockets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0265 Thermophysics 7 28 0 1 2 0 6 0 44270 Remote Sensing & Applications 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4275 Thermodynamics 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1280 Computational Fluid Dynamics 0 30 2 0 0 0 7 1 40285 Modeling & Simulation 0 25 2 0 4 0 4 4 39290 Ground Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

295 Meshing, Visualization & Comp. Environments 0 15 1 0 0 3 0 6 25

AEROSPACE DESIGN & STRUCTURES 273 12% 8%701 Survivability 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 14705 Design Engineering 2 1 3 1 2 3 4 8 24710 Design Technology 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4735 Materials 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 22 32745 Structural Dynamics 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 105 117750 Structures 9 0 0 5 0 3 2 35 54755 Adaptive Structures 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 22760 Radar Absorbing Materials & Structures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0765 Gossamer Spacecraft 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6770 Non-Deterministic Approaches 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0775 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 198 531 189 143 295 263 359 281 2259

PCs & TCs

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PIC Code Analysis

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Observations (cont’d)

• Large jump in “None Identified” in 2010 Increase in “None Identified” attributed to a decease in ALL groups.

The largest decrease (3%) taken in the Aerospace Sciences group.• Name change of some Technical Discipline Groups sometime

after 2008 Increase in “None Identified” not likely due to group name changes

since membership selects PICs, not areas. Was there a corresponding change in PIC names after 2008?

Primary PIC 2008

Primary PIC 2010

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