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Minutes of the AIAA Design Engineering Committee Meeting

39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC SDM Conference; Long Beach, CA
22-23 April 1998

Committee Chair :  Healy, Tom
Comm. Vice Chair:  Simms, Bob
Treasurer:  Dauwalter, Charles

Attendees: 

William Berrios Michael Johnson Jon Schuck
Julian Blosiu David Laananen Robert Simms
Marc Cohen Kevin Leith Paul Trimarchi
Evin Cramer Mike Lichter Bob Van't Riet
Charles Dauwalter Bruno Lohmueller James Wu
Dorothea Fitzsimmons Frank Moon Doug Young
Thomas J. Healy, Jr. James Moore (emeritus)
Tim Hintz Russ J. Reck

DATE:  Tuesday, April 22, 1998

WELCOME & CHAIRMAN’S CORNER

Appointment of Secretaries for 1998 Meetings
April 1998 SDM: Frank Moon
Sept 1998 WAC: Dorothea Fitzsimmons
DETC Dinner & Social
13 to attend
Review of agenda
Minutes accepted unanimously
Monday Afternoon Paper Sessions
Well attended
Meeting Plan
Try to get through as much as possible this morning and get to sub-committees this afternoon
Tuesday Afternoon Panel Session
Substitution – Ken Russo filling in for Tom Toner (Sikorsky S-92)
Introductions
Committee Breakdown
Org Chart
Sub-committees
New members should attend all sub-committee meetings
Assignments will be made at COB Wednesday (member requests will be considered against sub-committee needs)
Sub-committee work discussed by SC chairmen
Additional assignments: liaisons to other TC’s, congress
Discussion of member re-assignments within other TC’s

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Coleman Aerospace - Orlando, FL: Mike Johnson
Honeywell - Glendale AZ: Tim Hintz
Future Presentations – volunteers
9/98 WAC Frank Moon
1/99 ASM Julian Blosiu
4/99 SDM Dorothea Fitzsimmons

AEROSPACE DESIGN AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION

X-36 Presentation to AIAA DETC - Boeing and NASA/Ames Research Center

DATE:  Tuesday, April 22, 1998 (cont.)

OLD BUSINESS

TAC update - Some Potential Directions for the AIAA Structures Design and Test Group
Space Architecture Sub-Committee Proposal - Marc Cohen, NASA/Ames Research Center
Initially presented at World Aviation Congress Meeting - 1/5/98
Is DETC the right parent committee? - also approaching Structures TC (Noor - Chmn)
Name changed to AeroSpace Architecture to reflect inclusion of in-atmosphere applications
Group members or interested members regularly attend other conferences
Questions by other DETC members to see if other TC's are appropriate
Proposal by T Healy: Group would function semi-autonomously if sponsored
Proposal by J. Moore: Create a new TC and interface with DETC when needed
Long range planning to sit with Marc Cohen to discuss disposition and report to DETC by COB on Wednesday.

PANEL SESSION

Topic: Design Engineering in a Distributed Team Environment
Participants: Mr. Ken Russo, Sikorsky Aircraft UTC, S-92 Program
Mr. Torey Davis, Honeywell Satellite Systems
Mr. Steve D'Urso, Aircraft Configuration and Development, Boeing Phantom Works
Dr. Saeed Paydarfar, Mgr. of Engr. & Process Development, Boeing Reusable Space Systems
Session Chair/
Moderator:
Jon Schuck

DATE:  Wednesday, April 23, 1998

OLD BUSINESS (cont.)

Add link for Meeting Minutes to website
John Schuck's page to minutes from January Meeting
Treasurers Report - dues solicitation 0 ~$5.00
Next Meeting - 1998 WAC - Anaheim - 9/98
AIAA HSCT Program - a group seeking to publicize technologies of this specific program
TAC is soliciting TC's to support
decided it is not in the scope of this TC to support this effort
AIAA Year end article highlighting info
free "paragraph" advertising design engineering technologies at specific companies
members to solicit companies
1999 Design Engineering Award - Deadline August 2998
appears difficult to get support
must start early
DETC goal - each member to get one nomination - to Bob Simms
we need to publicize the award - get an article in Aerospace America - link to article from website
AIAA DETC Website (add URL)
Sub-Committee Actions:
Charters
Goals
5 Year Plans
Sub-Committees to review and revise as necessary - and to create product/action oriented plans
Design Guide Sub-Committee - DGSC
responsible for updates and revisions to Design Guide
new format - 6" x 9"
Design Education Sub-Committee - DESC
assist teachers of design engineering/provide tools/support and host panel sessions
Design Integration Sub-Committee - DISC
promote the advocacy of the design engineer as a focal point of design
panel sessions - Aerospace America Article
Aerospace Architecture Working Group - AAWG
Concerns:
  1. detracts from other core DETC focus
  2. could be too autonomous
  3. charter & goals not concise
Advantages:
  1. increase DETC attendance
  2. improved de awareness of architectural issues
  3. lunar/mars next big program
Recommendations: See Attached Letter from Marc Cohen to Aerospace Architecture Community

FIVE YEAR PLAN

Improve relations with other TC's
Update and determine specific milestones for each sub-committee
Long range plans for DETC supported sessions
Long range plans for DETC supported Aerospace America articles
Develop strategy to promote Design Engineering as a career
What is a Design Engineer?
What types of Design Engineers are there?
Develop evolution of integrated product development
ACTION: review above list and forward suggestions to Russ Reck within 3 weeks after receipt of minutes

DATE: Wednesday, April 23, 1998 (cont.)

SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS

Design Education
3 goals developed - no particular order - specific sub-tasks to be sent via e-mail from Dave Lennanen
  1. development of formal methods of teaching cost evaluations for engineering students
  2. address concern that increased use of computer tools leads to a decrease of physical judgement w.r.t. design and analysis output
  3. establish relationships with AIAA Academic and Student Affairs Committees
Design Guide Sub-Committee
Ray Proute - retired Helicopter Industrialist
additional information Helicopter sub-section to aircraft design
John Calderon - AIAA publications
3 of 10 sections through compositor and ready for typesetting
resolved formatting issues
moving from spiral 3x9 to paperback 6x9 (AIAA std size)
adding section tab "black lines" to edges
promote knowledge of guide
promote use of guide
succession on committee - bring in new members
Design Integration
agreement - need a critical mass (5-6 members)
long range plan
Short range plans
year end article update - one statement from each person about what's going on at your company/school - by end of May
AIAA articles needed - rather than devote an entire issue to a discipline, submit articles periodically
Panel session at next SDM - hosted by Mike Johnson - Coleman Aerospace Company
put one or two articles from speakers in March Aerospace America
Sub-Committee Assignments
Design Guide Design Education Design Integration Unassigned
William Berrios Frank Moon Julian Blosiu Daniel Rihn
Dorothea Fitzsimmons Michael Lichter Sidney Rowe

NEW BUSINESS

Investigate tours for upcoming meetings
WAC 9/98, Anaheim Julian Blosiu @ JPL
ASM 1/99, Reno ?
SDM 4/99, St. Louis Bruno Lohmueller
Special Presentations at 1999 SDM
CAD Translation - Jerrold Hounser - NASA/Langley
Virtual Reality - NEXGRADE - Predictive model with universal CAD translation
AIAA Structures TC

DATE: Wednesday, April 23, 1998 (cont.)

ACTION ITEMS

Investigate Tours at Meetings
Blosiu/Healy: JPL Tour @ Sept 1998 WAC
Lohmueller: Boeing St. Louis Tour@ April 1999 SDM
All Members: Suggest & checkout other possibilities
Investigate Special presentation on CAD Translation @SDM by Jerrold Houser of Larc -
Berrios/Healy
Announcement in AA about Areospace Design Award & info for web site
Lohmueller/Simms
Suggest use for Dues
All Members
Contribute to DETC year end article for Aerospace America
All Members
Nominations for 1999 Design Engineering Award
All Members
Investigate Special Presentations for upcoming meetings
Moon: Kaman Aerospace @ Sept 1998 WAC
Berrios: NASA Langley Research Center @ Sept 1998 WAC
Blosiu: NASA JPL @ Jan 1999 ASM
Fitzsimmons: Boeing (Seattle) @ 1999 SDM
Lichter NASA (Lewis) @ 1999 SDM
Subcommittee Actions from Meetings
See individual Subcommittee Meeting Minutes

ADJOURNMENT

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The following files are included with this package:

  1. Chairman Overheads
  2. TC Agenda
  3. TC Attendance
  4. TC E-Mail List
  5. TC Finances 9804.doc
  6. TC Roster
  7. TC Schedule & Membership Requirements
  8. Minutes of Design Education Subcommittee (DESC)
  9. Minutes Design Guide Subcommittee (DGSC)
  10. Minutes of DesignIntegration Subcommittee (DISC)
  11. AeroSpace Architecture Working Group (Letter from Marc M. Cohen)