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Thomas M. SchultzInternational SAWE PresidentThe Boeing Company

Welcome to Wichita and the 68th Annual International Conference of the Society of Allied Weight Engineers! This year our conference is hosted by the Wichita Chapter, who previously hosted in 1998. Here in the Wichita area, you will experience its rich traditions

both as a key player in U.S. Western expansion, as well as a hub of aviation development.

Our conference site is the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the exact same site we enjoyed in 1998, but beautifully refurbished and updated. Situated on the scenic banks of the Arkansas River (pronounced Ar-kan-sas not Ar-kan-saw), with the attached Century II Convention Center, this is a splendid site for our conference. The nearby restored Old Town shows off the city’s historic architecture, now housing new shops, restaurants, and attractions. And just up the river, the iconic Keeper of the Plains watches over us and celebrates the area’s rich Native American history.

Our own rich tradition is first and foremost as a technical organization, and a unique history of practicing engineers learning directly from practicing engineers. Continuing the vision Lyle Hackney and Edward Fife had in the 1930s, the Vice President – Technical Director, Government/Industry Chairman, and Vice President – Training will provide professional forums for an exchange of technical papers, presentations, and discussion that will continue to further our knowledge and application of mass properties engineering.

Exhibitors and Sponsors from around the world are on hand to showcase their products and services to those of us who use them on a daily basis. On behalf of the entire organization, we cannot thank these companies enough for their generous contributions which help improve the overall quality both of our conference and our engineering organization. The best way we can repay them is by visiting their exhibits to learn more about their innovative solutions.

Our conference will formally open with a reception on Sunday evening, where you will have the chance to relax with good food and drink and meet and greet friends both old and new. Especially if you are new to either our conferences or the SAWE, please look for me and say “hello,” so I can help get your stay here in Wichita off to a good start.

Events are planned for every day that will showcase the best Wichita has to offer. Guided tours will take us across the area and throughout downtown. With its historic location on the Chisholm Trail, Wichita is known for cattle and beef. So if you are a steak lover, this is THE conference for you. And if your sights are a little more modern, Big Dog Motorcycles and the Kansas Cosmosphere Space Center celebrate the best of modern transportation technology big and small.

Our conference will conclude on Wednesday, May 20, with the Awards Banquet, where we honor those deserving members and chapters that have distinguished themselves by their dedicated service to our Society. In addition, we will announce the scholarship recipient and Best Paper awards for the conference.

On behalf of the international officers and host organizing committee, we welcome you to the Air Capital of the World. We hope that you have a wonderful stay in Wichita, and we trust that you will find this experience of our conference and Society both enjoyable and rewarding.

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Patrick BrownVictor Graham

Conference Co-ChairmenCessna Aircraft

The Wichita chapter extends an enthusiastic welcome to SAWE and its members. We are very excited to host the 68th annual International Conference. The Air Capital of the World is an ideal location offering affordable activities, midwestern hospitality, and support from several world-class aircraft manufacturers.

The conference will be held at the Wichita Hyatt Regency, the same hotel as the 1998 conference. The hotel is centrally located on the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita. All weekday activities are a short walk or shuttle ride away. Transportation is available to and from the airport and all conference events, so visitors do not need to rent a vehicle.

All of the available tours and special events offer experiences unique to Wichita. On Sunday we will take a bus trip to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, a world-class space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas. Monday night we take a short trip across the Arkansas River to the Exploration Place and Science Center for dinner and a tour of the Kansas and aviation exhibits. A shuttle to restaurants and pubs in Old Town will be available Tuesday night. Other daytime tours include trips to unique local museums, attractions, and shopping. The conference activities conclude with a tour of Big Dog Motorcycle on Thursday.

Astronaut Sam Gemar is the featured speaker at the G/I luncheon on Tuesday. Sam is Chief of Operations and Safety at Bombardier Flight Test Center and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He will share his training and mission experiences through photos and stories from his shuttle flights.

The planning committee has been working very hard to make this a successful conference. Come and enjoy all we have to offer in Wichita and help us make this an unforgettable conference.

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On behalf of the Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc., we would like to take this opportunity to welcome our exhibitors and sponsors to this 68th Annual International Conference on Mass Properties Engineering. This year’s sponsors and exhibitors are

Gerry TschaboldVice President Vendor RelationsNavy Department (USN) – Naval Air Systems Command

Bill GriffithsDeputy Vice President Vendor Relations

The Aerospace Corporation

Gopal SudarsonWichita Chapter Vendor CoordinatorCessna Aircraft Company

Bronze Sponsorships

Altair EngineeringAmerican AirlinesBig Dog MotorcyclesCMW IncorporatedGeneral Electrodynamics CorporationH. C. Starcki.e. Solutions, Inc.Intercomp Company

M & I MaterialsMecanica SolutionsMidwest TungstenNorthrop GrummanSpace Electronics, LLCTeknoscale OYVictrex USA

Exhibitors

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Silver Sponsorships

The exhibits and demonstrations at this year’s conference will provide you with an awareness of the newest concepts, products, and services offered by vendors, suppliers, and major contractors. Exhibitor displays are lo-cated on the second floor in Redbud Ballroom C. Industries represented include scale and balancing machine manufacturers, airline companies, shipbuilders, defense contractors, advanced materials suppliers, comput-er software developers, and hardware vendors. Vendor representatives will be available from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily. In addition, vendors are afforded the opportunity to make a brief presentation in one or more of the technical tracks. We encourage you to visit the displays and discuss the products and technologies with the attending representatives. Vendor-provided literature is available to take back to work to share with your colleagues.

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Since its inception in 1939, the purpose of the SAWE has been to promote the exchange of technical information on Mass Properties Engineering and related fields. The SAWE International Conference is the annual meeting that brings together mass properties professionals from throughout the world. These talented men and women work in close cooperation with, and address the needs of, industry, government, and other engineering and manufacturing organizations. The 2009 Technical Tracks are a re-sult of input from mass properties professionals with the combined efforts of the International Officers, the 2009 Conference Committee, and the Technical Committee.

We, as engineering professionals, again have the opportunity to learn first-hand about the important initiatives, research, and latest developments in our discipline through direct interchange and discussion. Since ours is a community of practicing engineers working directly through a dedicated engineering discipline, this interchange is a unique and invaluable oppor-tunity for all of those who participate. This conference is a forum for in-dividual presentations and panel discussions on applied mass properties technology for the design, manufacturing, testing, and utilization of air, land, sea, and space vehicles and their associated systems/subsystems.

The first and third day of the conference will consist of several different technical tracks, each with their own unique focus. Daily training oppor-tunities are provided by experts in their fields. The supplier exposition again offers all attendees the opportunity to view new products, technol-ogy, and processes firsthand. This conference is the only one of its kind in the industry and always provides the opportunity for broadened personal contact both with other members of the profession as well as leaders in government and industry.

Robert J. HundlVice President – Technical DirectorThe Boeing Company

Patrick M. MitchellDeputy Vice President – Technical Director

The Boeing Company

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In association with the Government/Industry committee members, I am pleased to be able to offer a broad range of Mass Properties Engineering topics for review and discussion at this year’s Government/Industry day. Government/Industry day serves the purposes of reporting SAWE initiatives and project status to the SAWE membership, creating connections among our members from diverse product and process backgrounds, and listening to the needs of our members. Encouraging this interaction enables processes required by U.S. government policy for creating open vendor/government-driven best practices of national and international influence.

Our meeting this year is organized around several activities, one being the review and discussion of our Recommended Practices in the general area of Mass Properties Control and Management. Included in this discussion is the hierarchical organization and relationship of all SAWE Recommended Practices as outlined in FRP-1. Members, please check the SAWE website members only – G/I activity area for a look at this draft document. An afternoon joint session on FRP-1 will provide a forum for any and all comments and questions about FRP-1 and the organization of our RPs.

Most of the day will be allocated to smaller breakout meetings so that specialists in each of our main transportation sectors can come together and advance their particular mass properties engineering goals and issues. Breakout meetings will cover Ground Transportation, Airline Affairs, Military Aircraft, Missiles & Space, and Marine technologies. A new workshop for the Offshore Industry will also be held this year.

Please note the full schedule of G/I day activities starting on Page 12. We hope all attendees and vendors can participate in our discussions this year and we look forward to great progress together.

David L. TelletGovernment/Industry Committee ChairmanNaval Sea Systems Command

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Charles D. “Sam” Gemar, (Lieutenant Colonel, USA)Chief of Operations and SafetyBombardier Flight Test CenterG/I Luncheon Guest of Honor

Col. Gemar graduated from Scotland Public High School, Scotland, South Dakota, in 1973; received a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the U. S. Military Academy in 1979.

Col. Gemar enlisted in the Army in January 1973. In November 1973, he was assigned to the 18th Airborne Corps at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, where he received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, and later a Department of the Army appointment to join the U.S. Military Academy Class of 1979. After graduation he attended the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Ft. Benning, Georgia, the Initial Entry Rotary Wing Aviation Course and the Fixed Wing Multi-Engine Aviators Course, both at Ft. Rucker, Alabama. In October 1980, he transferred to the 24th Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, Georgia, where he remained until January 1, 1985. While at Ft. Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield he served as an Assistant Flight Operations Officer and Flight Platoon Leader for the 24th Combat Aviation Battalion, Wright Army Airfield Commander, and Chief, Operations Branch, Hunter Army Airfield. Other military schools completed include the Army Parachutist Course, Ranger School, and the Aviation Officers Advanced Course.

Selected by NASA in June 1985, Sam completed a one-year training and evaluation program and became an astronaut in July 1986. He held a variety of technical assignments in support of the Space Shuttle Program including: flight software testing in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); launch support activities at the Kennedy Space Center; spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in mission control during Space Shuttle missions; Chief of Astronaut Appearances. Col. Gemar has flown three times and has logged over 580 hours in space. He flew on STS-38 (November 15-20, 1990), STS-48 (September 12-18, 1991), and STS-62 (March 4-18, 1994).

Sam was Distinguished Graduate of his class in undergraduate pilot training, and Distinguished Graduate of his class in graduate fixed-wing and multi-engine pilot training. Recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, two National Defense Service Medals, National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, NASA Achievement Medal, and three NASA Space Flight Medals. Honorary Doctor of Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Honorary Chair for Membership of the South Dakota Congress of Parents and Teachers. Member of South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame. Recipient of South Dakota Newspaper Association 1993 Distinguished Service Award.

Col. Gemar and his wife, Charlene, have two children. He enjoys water sports, jogging, woodworking, and travel.

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James Krone is the Director of Structural Integrity for Cessna Aircraft Company and is responsible for the airframe lifecycle, including the initial structural configuration and sizing during the advanced design phase (mass properties, loads, stress, fatigue, damage tolerance), certification activities including full scale testing, material and process specifications, production liaison engineering, technical laboratory operations including non-destructive inspection, aircraft weight and balance, structural field repairs, and continued airworthiness. Prior to being named Director of Structural Integrity in 2008, James managed the Material and Process organization within Structural Integrity.

Immediately prior to joining Cessna, James was the Aerospace and Defense Program Manager for Quadrax in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, a small start-up company based on advanced composite materials technology licensed from Phillips Petroleum Company and Amoco. Prior to Quadrax, he was a Program Manager in the Advanced Materials Group of Phillips Petroleum Company’s downstream chemicals business, where he had program responsibility for several key aerospace contracts, and was one of the initial team members that brought the technology from the research phase to commercialization.

James earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University and is a Textron Certified Green Belt. He has also completed the Mini-MBA program at Wichita State University’s W. Frank Barton School of Business and has also completed Textron’s Developing Leadership Excellence Program. He holds six U.S. patents.

James R. KroneDirector, Structural IntegrityCessna Aircraft CompanyOpening Session Guest of Honor

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Friday, May 15, 2009

8PM - 12AM Hospitality Suite Room 412

Saturday, May 16, 2009

7AM - 9AM Registration Desk Willow Room

8AM - 6PM Cyber Cafe Upper Gallery

8AM - 5PM Board of Directors Meeting Trailroom

8AM - 5PM SAWE RP7: Mass Properties Management and Control for Military AircraftDudley Cate

Osage 207

8AM - 5PM Structural Analysis/OptimizationBrett Anderson

Cedar 204

8AM - 5PM Airline Weight and Balance OperationsTony Kiscellus

Maple 205

6PM - 8PM Registration Desk Willow Room

6PM - 12AM Hospitality Suite Room 412

Sunday, May 17, 2009

8AM - 6PM Cyber Cafe Upper Gallery

1030AM - 630PM Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center

8AM - 4PM Vendor & Exhibitor Set-up Redbud Ballroom C

8AM - 5PM Aircraft Weight Estimating and SAWE RP 8: Weight & Balance Reporting Forms for AircraftDudley Cate

Osage 207

8AM - 5PM Measuring Mass PropertiesJerry Pierson

Cedar 204

8AM - 5PM Airline Operations and CG Curtailment GuidelinesTony Kiscellus

Maple 205

11AM - 4PM Registration Desk Redbud Ballroom C

7PM - 10PM Opening Reception Eagle Ballroom

10PM - 1AM Hospitality Suite Room 412

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Monday, May 18, 2009

7AM - 5PM Registration Desk Redbud Ballroom C

8AM - 6PM Cyber Cafe Upper Gallery

9AM - 230PM Karg Art Glass and Ulrich Museum of Art

9AM - 6PM Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS) Software TrainingSteve Kross

Walnut 208

8AM - 9AM Opening Session – James R. Krone Redbud Ballroom B

9AM - 530PM Vendors & Exhibitors Redbud Ballroom C

9AM - 12PM Integrated Product Design Cypress Ballroom A

130PM - 5PM Systems Verification and Flight Technology - Space & Un-manned

Cypress Ballroom A

130PM - 230PM Officers One-on-OneTom Schultz

Room 412

6PM - 10PM Exploration Place

10PM - 1AM Hospitality Suite Room 412

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

7AM - 12PM Registration Desk Redbud Ballroom C

8AM - 6PM Cyber Cafe Upper Gallery

1030AM - 330PM Trolley Tour of Wichita & Museum of World Treasures & Old Town Shopping

8AM - 530PM Vendors & Exhibitors Redbud Ballroom C

8AM - 930AM G/I - Joint Session Redbud Ballroom B

930AM - 12PM G/I - Breakout SessionsMarine SystemsAirline AffairsMilitary AircraftMissiles and Space SystemsGround SystemsOffshore Marine

Osage 207Cypress Ballroom BWalnut 208Cedar 204Maple 205Redbud Ballroom A

12PM - 130PM G/I LuncheonSpeaker: Charles D. “Sam” Gemar

Redbud Ballroom B

130PM - 3PM G/I - Breakout SessionsMarine SystemsAirline AffairsMilitary AircraftMissiles and Space SystemsGround SystemsOffshore Marine

Osage 207Cypress Ballroom BWalnut 208Cedar 204Maple 205Redbud Ballroom A

330PM - 530PM G/I - Joint Session – FRP Redbud Ballroom B

6PM - 10PM Dinner Shuttle to Old Town

8PM - 1AM Hospitality Suite Room 412

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

7AM - 1PM Registration Desk Redbud Ballroom C

8AM - 6PM Cyber Cafe Upper Gallery

11AM - 2PM Botanica Tour

8AM - 5PM Vendors & Exhibitors Redbud Ballroom C

8AM - 5PM Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS) Software TrainingSteve Kross

Osage 207

8AM - 5PM Measuring Mass PropertiesJerry Pierson

Cedar 204

8AM - 12PM Introduction to Aircraft WeighingDarrin McCloud

Maple 205

1230PM - 5PM Offsite

130PM - 330PM SAWE International Conference PlanningAndy Schuster, Jim Valentine

Maple 205

8AM - 12PM Flight Technology - Manned, Marine Systems Design, Land Vehicle Technology

Cypress Ballroom B

130PM - 5PM Student Papers/Misc. Cypress Ballroom B

130PM - 430PM Strategic Planning MeetingTom Schultz

Redbud Ballroom A

4PM - 6PM Vendor & Exhibitor Tear-down Redbud Ballroom C

630PM - 730PM Silent Auction & Social Hour Riverview Ballroom

730PM - 1030PM Awards Banquet Riverview Ballroom

1030PM - 1AM Hospitality Suite Room 412

Thursday, May 21, 2009

830AM - 12PM Big Dog Motorcycle Factory Tour

Key

Social Events Technical Track

Vendors & Exhibitors Conference Special Event

Training Classes G/I Sessions

Registration and Hospitality and Cyber Cafe

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Monday, May 18, 20099 a.m. – Noon

Integrated Product desIgn

3467 Weight Analytics Chuck Higgins, Altair Engineering

3468 Quantifying Uncertainty and Risk in Vehicle Mass Properties Throughout the Design Development Phase

William Boze, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding

3473 Aircraft Structural Weight Reduction via Damage Tolerance and FEM Techniques Dr. Arif Zaidi, Cessna Aircraft Company

3475 Mass Distribution, Weight, and Center of Gravity application using CATIA v5 Angelo Papanastasiou, Mecanica Solutions

Cypress Ballroom a

systems VerIfIcatIon and flIght technology - sPace & unmanned

Monday, May 18, 20091:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Cypress Ballroom a

The Integrated Product Design track covers aspects of Mass Properties Engineering as they relate to optimizing a design from initial concept to product release, with special emphasis on tools and software that coordinate and share information across multiple disciplines. Topics include:

• Computer-Aided Design Tools• Weight Optimization Techniques• Structural Optimization and Analysis• Software Technology for Weight Grouping, Coding, and Mass Distribution• Calculating Mass Properties in a CAD Solid Modeling Environment• Cost/Weight Interrelationship

The System Verification track covers aspects of Mass Properties Engineering as they relate to the actual measurement and determination of mass properties data. Topics include:

• Mass Properties measurement systems and technology• Development of techniques/procedures/processes• Alignment techniques and equipment• Scales, load cells, and weighing systems and their use• Design and use of support fixtures and tooling• Handling fuel and other “moving” parts• Sources of error and troubleshooting

John NakaiNorthrop Grumman Integrated Systems

Vidas KiskunasGoodrich Corporation

Milan Stefanovic Altair Engineering

Clint BowerIntercomp Company

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3464 Innovative Reusable Non-structural Acreage TPS Concepts for Future Space Launch and Re-entry Vehicles

Thomas Luce, Northrop Grumman

3465 Advances on Inertia Tensor and Centre of Gravity Measurement: The InTenso Plus System

Giorgio Previati, Giampiero Mastinu (corresponding author), Massimiliano Gobbi Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Milano, Italy

3466 Feasibility Study for the Measurement of the Inertia Properties of Huge Bodies Giorgio Previati, Massimiliano Gobbi, Giampiero Mastinu Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Milano, Italy

3470 New Mass Properties Engineers’ Aerospace Ballasting Challenge Facilitated by the SAWE Community

Amanda Cutright, Brendan Shaughnessy, NASA Langley

3476 A Step by Step Procedure for Determining Product of Inertia using the Moment of Inertia Method

Kurt Weiner, Space Electronics LLC

Pres Vendor Presentation George Lindberg, General Electrodynamics

Pres Vendor Presentation Robert Kroll, Intercomp Company

Pres Vendor Presentation Paul Kennedy, Space Electronics LLC

Pres Vendor Presentation Chuck Higgins, Altair Engineering

Pres Vendor Presentation Gerald Fleck, i.e., Solutions, Inc.

Pres Vendor Presentation Tim Spahr, Victrex USA

The Flight Technology – Space & Unmanned track covers aspects of Mass Properties Engineering as they relate to spacecraft, missiles, and similar vehicles that operate both in and outside of the atmosphere. Topics include:

• Spacecraft – Manned and Unmanned• Satellites• Missiles• UAVs, RPVs, and CRVs• Rockets and Staged Vehicles• Space Planes and Hybrid Vehicles• Mass versus Weight: Vehicle Control in Air and Vacuum

systems VerIfIcatIon and flIght technology - sPace & unmanned

(cont’d)

Monday, May 18, 20091:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Cypress Ballroom a

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The Marine Systems Design track covers aspects of Mass Properties Engineering for vehicles and systems that operate in a marine environment. Topics include:

• Surface Ships – Large, Small, Commercial• Submarines – Military or Commercial• Offshore Platforms and Structures• Unmanned/Remotely-piloted Vehicles• Developing technical publications and standards in support of the marine industry

The Flight Technology – Manned track covers aspects of Mass Properties Engineering as they relate to manned aircraft or autonomous unmanned craft that operate in an aircraft environment. Topics include:

• Aircraft Design – Civil, Commercial, Military• Useful Load – Handling Passengers, Cargo, Baggage, Fuel, etc.• V/STOL, STOVL, and Non-Standard Designs• Seaplanes, Volantors, and Hybrid Vehicles• Warping, Morphing, and Non-static Structures

The Land Vehicle Technology track covers aspects of Mass Properties Engineering for land vehicles and systems that operate in a ground based environment. Topics include:

• Civilian Automotives - Automobiles & Light Trucks • Commercial Land Vehicles - Heavy Trucks, Trains, Constuction, Earth Moving, Mining

Vehicles• Commercial Transportation Vehicles - Buses, Locomotives, Monorail, Light Rail, &

Trams• Military Land Vehicles - Manned & Unmanned• Recreational Land Vehicles - ATVs, Motorcycles (on & off road), Golf Carts

Wednesday, May 20, 20098 a.m. – Noon

Cypress Ballroom B

marIne systems Design, flIght technology - manned,and land VehIcle technology

Alan Titcomb Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding

Joe RameyThe Boeing Company

Anthony GilbertThe Boeing Company

3469 Comparison of Power Distribution Systems for Land Vehicles Jack Al-Kahwati, BAE Systems

3471 Principles of Aircraft Flotation Simulation Dr. Paul Sinclair, Cessna Aircraft Company

3472 FactorsInfluencingandMethodsforPreventingTip-UpofCommercialAircraftDuring Ground Operations

Paul VanGinhoven, Andy Ouellete, The Boeing Company

3474 U. S. Fighter Aircraft Design, Weight and Performance Trends Dudley Cate, retired U. S. Naval Air Systems Command

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Wednesday, May 20, 20091:30 p.m. –

Cypress Ballroom Bstudent PaPers and mIscellaneous

The Student Papers and Miscellaneous track covers student projects related to various Mass Properties Engineering categories (as may be covered in the other industry related tracks) and industry topics that may not fit appropriately in the other technical tracks. Topics and discussions could be very wide ranged.

3480 Buffalo Works Heavy Lift Aircraft Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas Students - Wesley Smith, Jacob Bingneheimer, Joe Heincker, Neal Hockersmith, Joshua Chippeaux

3481 Flight Test Analysis of LOX/propylene Upper Stage Engine California State University, Long Beach, California

Students - Deepak Verma, Kay Gemba

3477 The Health of Mass Properties in the Marine Industries David Tellet, U. S. Naval Systems Command

3478 Weight Report Sanity Checks using Informative Graphics David Tellet, U. S. Naval Systems Command

3479 Managing and Controlling Weight on Combat Ground Vehicle Development Programs Scott Kaiser, BAE Systems

Pres B1A Crash/Flight Testing Otto Waniczek, Northrop Grumman

Pres Vendor Presentation Chuck Higgins, Altair Engineering

Pres Vendor Presentation George Lindberg, General Electrodynamics

Pres Vendor Presentation Patrick Mitchell, The Boeing Company

Pres Vendor Presentation Renell Deguzman, American Airlines

marIne systems Design, flIght technology - manned,and land VehIcle technology

(con’t)

Wednesday, May 20, 20098 a.m. – Noon

Cypress Ballroom B

William BozeNorthrop Grumman Shipbuilding

Robert HundlThe Boeing Company

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The Government/Industry workshops held during each SAWE International Conference provide unique opportunities for engineers in all disciplines and on both sides of the table to express their views, gripe a bit, and work together to develop and improve the mass properties guidance documents and processes that are so important to our industries. This year’s workshops will emphasize “work” in that we need to build on the momentum gathered in the last couple of years and move forward with the development of the top and second level Functional Recommended Practices and start to examine revisions to long-standing recommended practices to better fit them into the systems engineering framework set out in FRP 1. To do this we have increased the time allotted for the workshops and have scheduled a joint session in the afternoon to discuss FRP 1 with input from all the G/I workshop participants.

The morning joint session will include an overview of FRP 1 and Andy Schuster (HO Chapter) will discuss SAWE training. Afterwards, and also in the afternoon, we will break out into our traditional transportation sector-based groups:

Marine Systems Airline Affairs Military Aircraft Missile and Space Systems

Ground Systems

and into a new G/I workshop for the Offshore Industries led by Andy Schuster. After the afternoon sessions, there will be the joint FRP session and then a report out of all the breakout sessions and a wrap-up.

The Government/Industry committee looks forward to your participation in our Tuesday activities. More information on the G/I activities, including draft FRPs and RPs can be found online at http://www.sawe.org/members/technical/govindustry

Joint Government/Industry Workshop

David L. TelletGovernment/Industry Committee Chairman

Naval Sea Systems Command

Redbud B

AC30-60™ fully electronic platform scale is available in capacities up to 80,000 lb/ 40,000 kg. Also available in cabled models.

High Capacity Wireless Platform Weighing

Intercomp scales are the aircraft weighing industry’s benchmark for quality, innovation and performance. Our systems are certified to +/-0.1% with N.I.S.T. traceable force measurement devices. We are the only SAWE company member to offer both top of jack load cells and fully electronic platform scales.

© 2009 Intercomp Company

High Capacity Wireless

Toll Free: 800-328-3336Worldwide: 763/476-2531

Fax: 763/476-2613E-mail: acscale@intercompcompany.com

AC5-45™ fully electronic low profile platform scale in capacities up to 45,000 lb/ 22,000 kg.Also available in cabled models.

Low Profile Wireless Platform Weighing

JW™ Jack Weigh Kit with digital output load cells has latitude/ altitude correction and CG calculation. All load sizes meet current USAF dimensional specifications.

Wireless Jack Weigh KitNo longer will the user need to run cables between each load cell and the CPU.

Automated Calibration PressLoad cell is calibrated directly at National Institute of Standards and Technologies

Force MeasurementAC100™ CPU will communicate with up to 32 load cells or platforms simultaneously to handle your most demanding requirements. Also available in cabled model.

Wireless Central Processing Unit

Intercomp Introduces the Next Generation ofIntercomp Introduces the Next Generation of

Wireless Weighing Solutions

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Detailed G/I-Joint Session Schedule

Presentation Start Time

Welcome 8:00 AM

FRP Status 8:10 AM

SAWE Training Activities 8:20 AM

Breakout Sessions 9:00 AM

Break 10:00 AM

G/I LuncheonSpeaker: Lt Col Charles D. “Sam” Gemar

12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions 1:30 PM

Break 3:00 PM

FRP Joint Session 3:30 PM

Report out and Wrap-up 4:30 PM

AC30-60™ fully electronic platform scale is available in capacities up to 80,000 lb/ 40,000 kg. Also available in cabled models.

High Capacity Wireless Platform Weighing

Intercomp scales are the aircraft weighing industry’s benchmark for quality, innovation and performance. Our systems are certified to +/-0.1% with N.I.S.T. traceable force measurement devices. We are the only SAWE company member to offer both top of jack load cells and fully electronic platform scales.

© 2009 Intercomp Company

High Capacity Wireless

Toll Free: 800-328-3336Worldwide: 763/476-2531

Fax: 763/476-2613E-mail: acscale@intercompcompany.com

AC5-45™ fully electronic low profile platform scale in capacities up to 45,000 lb/ 22,000 kg.Also available in cabled models.

Low Profile Wireless Platform Weighing

JW™ Jack Weigh Kit with digital output load cells has latitude/ altitude correction and CG calculation. All load sizes meet current USAF dimensional specifications.

Wireless Jack Weigh KitNo longer will the user need to run cables between each load cell and the CPU.

Automated Calibration PressLoad cell is calibrated directly at National Institute of Standards and Technologies

Force MeasurementAC100™ CPU will communicate with up to 32 load cells or platforms simultaneously to handle your most demanding requirements. Also available in cabled model.

Wireless Central Processing Unit

Intercomp Introduces the Next Generation ofIntercomp Introduces the Next Generation of

Wireless Weighing Solutions

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marIne systems WorkshoP

The Marine Systems Government/Industry Workshop brings together the marine community of mass properties engineers who are involved in ship design, construction, and overhaul/maintenance activities. This workshop is a means for Government and Industry to openly exchange information, ideas, technology, best industry practices and lessons learned in order to advance the state of the art in mass property estimating, calculating, and weight control techniques.

This year’s workshop will focus on Recommended Practices coupled with other industry/government best practices and process improvements initiatives. Topics will include but not be limited to:

SAWE Recommended Practices (SRPs)

SRP 12, Weight Control Requirements for Surface Ships – This SRP is undergoing a revision. The team is headed by Chris Filiopoulos (NAVSEA) and Alan Titcomb (NGSB-NN). Significant changes are:

Addressing weight control for each design phase•Improvement to GFM section •Reorganization of the whole document in terms of sections, •numbering, and appendicesThe addition of an example Ship Summary Sheet and mentions of •reports like incline report and launch weight report.

SRP 13, Standard Coordinate Systems for Reporting Mass Properties of Surface Ships and Submarines – This SRP has been revised by John Capin (NGSB-NN) and is ready for approval.

SRP 14, Weight Estimating and Margin Manual for Marine Vehicles – The future of this SRP will be discussed further.

Proposed New SRP – Methods of Determining the Longitudinal Weight Distribution and Moments of Inertia for Marine Vehicles, by David Hansch (NGSB-NN). This SRP is based on the paper titled, Methods of Determining the Longitudinal Weight Distribution of a Ship, and will include weight moment of inertia procedure and methodology that was included in SRP 13.

Dominick CiminoNaval Sea Systems Command

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William BozeNorthrop Grumman

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Proposed New SRP – Proposal to develop a SRP that is similar to SRP # 12 that addresses commercial weight control technical requirements.

Proposed New SRP – Discuss the team and timeline for developing a SRP for Submarine Weight Control Technical Requirements

Proposed New SRP – Proposal to develop a new SRP for weight reporting and accounting using the Expanded Ship Work Breakdown System (ESWBS) format. This SRP will be a joint effort with SNAME.

Marine Industry Action

Health of Mass Properties Engineering in the Marine Industries survey - Based on last year’s survey presented in a technical paper by David Tellet, at this conference we will discuss developing a plan of action to address the concerns identified. At the conclusion of the session, we will have a way ahead regarding potential improvements to the Marine Recommended Practices and industry health with a plan to pursue these improvements during the next year as well as assigned Project Leads.

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mIssIles and sPace systems WorkshoP

The SAWE Space and Missile Systems Workshop provides a forum for addressing and coordinating the development and updating of the Society’s Recommended Practices (RP) related to launch vehicles, missiles, propulsion, satellites, and space systems. The session also provides a means for Government and Industry to address pertinent issues affecting our discipline in the product areas in which we work.

This workshop has the responsibility to maintain SAWE Recommended Practices 6, 9, 10, 11, and 16. These documents need to be reviewed periodically and updated to improve, maintain relevance, or retire if required. This workshop also needs to be aware of the development of other standards or practices that affect our products. A plan for reviewing SAWE RPs and other related documents will be discussed. The Space and Missiles Systems workshop is also making itself available to support the development of Functional Recommended Practices.

For more information contact: Glen Richbourg at 408-743-1877, glen.richbourg@lmco.com.

Glen RichbourgLockheed Martin

Cedar 204

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mIlItary aIrcraft WorkshoP

Scott LarsonLockheed Martin

The Military Aircraft Workshop is designed to advance mass properties control and management for military aircraft. This workshop brings together representatives from the military services and aircraft industry to discuss and approve recommended engineering practices for establishing systems to meet weight, balance, and inertia requirements. It also serves as a forum for openly discussing topics of mutual interest to the mass properties engineering community.

The objective of the workshop is to develop products and share information that benefit you, the workshop attendees. As such, you have an opportunity to influence the success and the direction of the workshop with your ideas and input. Active participation is highly encouraged.

Walnut 208

Chris BowserNaval Air Systems Command

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ground systems

maple 205

The SAWE Ground Systems session provides a forum for addressing and coordinating the development and updating of the Society’s Recommended Practices (RP) related to military ground vehicles. This session will also provide opportunity for participants to leverage successful aerospace practices and processes and utilize lessons learned to improve ground systems weight management processes.

At this session we will work on the review and updating of SAWE Recommended Practice 5 and explore the integration of general weight management control best practices from across several industries.

Agenda for the Ground Systems Session:

1. Discuss RP5 usage on G-I participants’ projects (if not using RP5, then what type of reporting structure).

2. Review RP5 nomenclature and decide what, who, when RP5 can be tailored and updated based on discussions from item 1.

3. Work out a path forward and schedule, along with identifying volunteers to make update happen.

4. Discuss how RP5 will work with FRP-1 and sub-tier documents.

For more information contact: Scott Kaiser at 763-572-7349 or scott.kaiser@baesystems.com

Scott KaiserBAE Systems

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aIrlIne affaIrs WorkshoP

Ed DavisThe Boeing Company

The Airline Affair session discussions are not finalized but will likely include some of the following topics that have been discussed at the last two SAWE Conferences:

1) AC 20-161, titled “Onboard Weight and Balance System”2) JAR OPS 1 Revision Status, especially the increased passenger

weight3) Weight Saving Initiatives for In-Service Aircraft4) Aircraft Weighing Procedures5) Functional Recommended Practices

Cyprus Ballroom B

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Offshore Marine Workshop

Andy SchusterSBM Offshore

Dave BennettAker Solutions

redBud Ballroom a

The SAWE Offshore Marine Systems Workshop is debuting this year with the goal to provide a new forum for addressing and coordinating weight control issues and standards related to the offshore industry. This year’s agenda includes:

• Review the initial Vision, Mission, and Goals for the Workshop• Review the ISO 19901-5 Standard Revision progress• Review of Marine RPs 12-15 for applicability to offshore systems• Discuss creating offshore specific recommended practices• Prioritize the development of Recommended Practices. Potential topics

include: estimating methods, data element dictionaries, weight control plans, center of gravity envelopes, terminology, report formats, inertia reporting, etc.

• Discuss how we can collaborate with API, SNAME, NMF, etc.• Panel discussion of Mass Properties Integration, with a kick off

presentation from the NASA Space Shuttle Program.

We are hoping to establish a good foundation for the Offshore G/I workshop this year and build upon it for a larger participation in future workshops.

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Historical Sites - Virginia Beach isn’t just the largest resort city in the world. We’re more than the record holder for the lon-gest pleasure beach in the world. Virginia Beach is THE place where the first perma-nent settlers set foot in the new world. On April 26, 1607, the colonists who founded Jamestown came ashore at a spot near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay at Cape Henry, (just north of the resort area).

Museums - Old Coast Guard Station, Vir-ginia’s Aquarium, Contemporary Art Cen-ter, The DeWitt Cottage, and the list goes on.

Sightseeing Tours - Taking a tour is the fastest and most comfortable way to learn about Virginia Beach, Oceana Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Williamsburg or another of our area attractions.

Amusements and Amusement Parks - Whether you are looking for an old fash-ioned pinball arcade, a creepy haunted house or maybe Busch Gardens - we’ve got lots of fun things to see and do! Putt Putt golf, water parks, parasailing, boat cruises, you name it! You couldn’t do it all if you stayed here for a full year!

COMING SOON…THE 69TH ANNUAL MASS PROPERTIES ENGINEERING

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - MAY 22-26, 2010

Conference site…Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront

3001 Atlantic AvenueVirginia Beach, VA 23451

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This one-day class will discuss weight and balance topics as they relate to Airline Operations. A majority of the class time will be spent covering airline procedures for developing and controlling weight and balance for aircraft fleets as well as individual flight operations. Air Transport Association (ATA) standards and applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) will be reviewed as well as how airlines comply with these rules. Statistical analysis and substantiation of average weights that airlines use for passengers and baggage will also be covered. This class is intended to provide the students with an understanding of weight and balance concepts and their application to airline operations.

The Society of Allied Weight Engineers considers training to be critical to the practicing weight engineer. We have a great line-up of training classes available at the conference this year. We encourage you to take a class or two. Who knows – you might learn something you didn’t know about the wonderful discipline of weight engineering. There are so many unique problems and solutions to our line of work. By taking our classes you will emerge more knowledgeable and learn how special the discipline of weight engineering is – in multiple industries. We have a track record of delivering excellent training and hope you will enjoy it with us here in Wichita.

Bryan StrongWichita Training Committee Chairman - Bombardier-Learjet

Andreas SchusterSAWE Vice President -

Training - SBM Atlantia

Errol Oguzhan, PESAWE Deputy Vice President - Training - Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Airline Weight and Balance Operations Tony Kicellus, American Airlines

saturday, may 16, 2009. 8am – 5pm maple 205

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This is a full-day class that covers structural design and analysis considerations and their impact on Mass Properties. This course is for working engineers outside of the Stress or Loads organizations to provide insight into the decision tools and processes affecting structural integrity. This course will also provide public domain strength and material-related references including but not limited to: FAA Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPD). This document also represents the latest version of Mil Hdbk 5 ref, release MIL-HNDBK-5J.

This full-day class will include classroom discussion and laboratory exercises on how to measure mass, center of gravity, Mass Moment of Inertia (MOI), and the calculation of the Product of Inertia (POI). The class is intended as a refresher and introductory class for anyone interested in seriously measuring all of the mass properties of an object.

The instructor has tailored this one-day class specifically for SAWE to address the weight and balance aspects of airline operations. Students learn about the technical practices needed to ensure safe balance criteria in the highly dynamic conditions of airline operations. Students should bring a laptop with MS Excel to the class.

Airline Operations and CG Curtailment Guidelines Tony Kicellus, American Airlines

sunday, may 17, 2009. 8am – 5pm maple 205

Measuring Mass Properties Jerry Pierson, SAWE Honorary Fellow, Lockheed Martin

sunday, may 17, 2009. 8am – 5pm Cedar 204Wednesday, may 20, 2009. 8am – 5pm Cedar 204

Structural Analysis/Optimization Brett Anderson, PE, SAWE Fellow, The Boeing Company.

saturday, may 16, 2009. 8am – 5pm Cedar 204

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This one-day class will present all of the new features of Version 9.2 of the US Air Force’s Automated Weight and Balance Software in a hands-on training class. Students will receive a complete overview of the software features to support weight control programs for military aircraft. Students are required to bring their laptop computer with a licensed copy of AWBS already installed to the class.

This full-day class will familiarize students with effective control of the weight, mass properties of an aircraft, and mass properties management and control described in SAWE RP-7. The primary objective will be to acquaint participants with the major considerations for successful weight control during the development phases of a program.

The objectives of this one-day course are to provide an overview of weight estimating methods and the weight estimating process for aircraft, and to provide insight into the weight and balance reporting formats and requirements of SAWE RP-8.

Mass Properties Management and Control of Military Aircraft Dudley Cate, SAWE Fellow, NAVAIR

saturday, may 16, 2009. 8am – 5pm osage 207

Aircraft Weight Estimating and Use of SAWE RP-8 for Weight Allocation Dudley Cate, SAWE Fellow, NAVAIR

sunday, may 17, 2009. 8am – 5pm osage 207

Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS) Software Training Steve Kross, United States Air Force – Retired

monday, may 18, 2009. 9am – 6pm Walnut 208Wednesday, may 20, 2009. 8am – 5pm osage 207

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The Aircraft Weighing class is centered on teaching the student the basics of proper aircraft weighing, and the problems associated with incorrect weighing practices. The core of the classroom and laboratory teaching will be to introduce the student to the variety of different aircraft weighing methods, including the advantages and drawbacks of each. In addition, a major portion of the class time will be spent on things to watch out for, both for safety and accuracy considerations. Students should bring basic calculators, paper, etc, for doing examples and exercises. Students should also dress appropriately for the trip to the aircraft hangar. Wear rubber-soled, closed-toed shoes. Students may be exposed to the hazards of weighing an aircraft and jet fuel vapors.

Introduction to Aircraft Weighing – NEW! Darrin McCloud, Bombardier-Learjet

Wednesday, may 20, 2009. 8am – 12pm maple 205 1230pm – 5pm offsite

SAWE Conference Planning Committee Training – NEW! Andreas Schuster, SBM Atlantia

Wednesday, may 20, 2009. 130pm – 330 pm maple 205

This two-hour class reviews how to plan and execute a SAWE Interna-tional Conference as a member of the Planning Committee. Most of the best practices are described in the Operations Manual, which should be reviewed before taking the class. The planning process can be tailored for other major events such as test programs, weight audits, or design review meetings. The class will cover how to present an invitation to the SAWE BoD, site selection, committee set up, schedule of planning activi-ties, countdown to the conference, conference insight, and post confer-ence activities. The goal of the class is to help you to gain the confidence to participate on a conference committee as committee member, chair, or other leader.

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Hyatt Regency Wichita400 West WatermanWichita, Kansas 67202 USA

Phone: 1-316-293-1234Fax: 1-316-293-1200

hotel InformatIon

http://wichita.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

1st Floor

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2nd Floor

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saWe InternatIonal leadershIP

addItIonal WIchIta-area sItes and attractIons

Sedgwick County ZooCow Town MuseumBig Mike’s Dinner MysteryMosley Street MelodramaThe Kansas ColiseumCrown Uptown TheaterKansas African American MuseumMid-America Indian Center

Wichita Art MuseumWichita Orpheum TheaterWichita Wingnuts BaseballKansas Sports Hall of FameKansas Aviation MuseumPrairie Wranglers MusicColeman Factory Outlet and Museum

Thomas Schultz President The Boeing Company

Robert Zimmerman Executive Vice President

Lockheed Martin

James Valentine Senior Vice President Lockheed Martin

Andrew Brooks Vice President - Internet Operations

Lockheed Martin

Robert Ridenour Vice President - Publications

SAWE

Robert Hundl Vice President - Technical Director

The Boeing Company

Andreas Schuster Vice President - Training

SBM Atlantia

Gerry Tschabold Vice President - Vendor Relations

Naval Air Systems Command

David Tellet G/I Chairman Naval Sea Systems Command

Ronald Fox Executive Director SAWE

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the WIchIta chaPter

Patrick Brown Director Cessna Aircraft

Mary Scheulen President Cessna Aircraft

Victor Graham Vice President Cessna Aircraft

Doug Cekal Treasurer Spirit AeroSystems

Stephen Demarest Secretary Bombardier-Learjet

Patrick Brown Conference Co-Chairman Cessna Aircraft

Victor Graham Conference Co-Chairman Cessna Aircraft

Kim Brown Spouse’s Events

Patrick Brown Special Events, Spouse’s Events, Hospitality

Cessna Aircraft

Stephen Demarest Technical Bombardier-Learjet

Duy Do Registration Cessna Aircraft

Karla Gregg Facilities Cessna Aircraft

Mark Harris Facilities Cessna Aircraft

Jocelyn Jessop Photography Cessna Aircraft

Jon Kaufman Photography Cessna Aircraft

Wes Kleinschmidt Photography Cessna Aircraft

Larry Malone Special Events Cessna Aircraft

Thao Nguyen Registration Cessna Aircraft

Mary Scheulen Host, Publicity Cessna Aircraft

Doug Cekal Finances Spirit AeroSystems

Dhagash Shah Transportation Cessna Aircraft

Bryan Strong Training Bombardier-Learjet

Gopal Sudarsan Vendor Coordinator Cessna Aircraft

Anwar Zaidi Hospitality Cessna Aircraft