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Solid Rockets Technical Committee Education Subcommittee Report

Solid Rockets Technical Committee Education Subcommittee Report. David Poe Subcommittee Chairman Jan 2013. Membership. 2012 Short Course. Overview: The course examined fundamental and advanced concepts related to solid rockets. Theoretical and practical aspects of the field were covered.

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Solid Rockets Technical Committee Education Subcommittee Report

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  1. Solid Rockets Technical CommitteeEducation SubcommitteeReport David Poe Subcommittee Chairman Jan 2013

  2. Membership Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee

  3. 2012 Short Course • Overview: • The course examined fundamental and advanced concepts related to solid rockets. Theoretical and practical aspects of the field were covered. • Topics include: system design, component design, propellant, manufacturing, processes, testing, and failure analysis. • Designed for engineers and scientists in the propulsion industry who desire a greater understanding of solid rockets. • History/Schedule: • Course was given at the 2008 and 2010 JPCs (25 to 30 students each time). • 1 full day and one half day after the JPC. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee

  4. 2012 Short Course • Instructors: • International collection of 10 solid rocket experts from private industry, government labs, and academia. Many were involved in the UAH course. • Students: • 17 students (from 6 countries) took the course. 9 responded to the survey. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee

  5. 2012 Short Course Survey • Comments • Overall response from the students was very positive. • Primary complaint was related to time management and running behind schedule. There is a lot of material for a day and a half course. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee

  6. 2012 Short Course Survey Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee

  7. Design Competition • University Design Competition • The AIAA Student Activities Committee (SAC) provides guidelines and logistical structures for the technical committees to run university design competitions. • TC Responsibility: identify point of contact, select topic, and provide design parameters. • Scope: Semester long paper design. Topic should address the design of a system and incorporate both technical and economic parameters. • Student Level: both graduate and undergraduate. • Award: AIAA pays travel expenses for winning team to come to a conference to present their design. TCs are asked to provide session space for presentation. • Charle Rousseau volunteered to champion this effort and be the point of contact for the SAC competition this year. • Goal/objective ideas? • Schedule: We are still waiting for AIAA to give us details about this years competition. They were supposed to finalize a plan in December. We’ll need to submit an abstract once we here from AIAA. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee

  8. Professional Development • 10-15 minute technical talks at SRTC main meetings. • Enhance “technical” aspect of technical committee. • Several topics have been presented at ASM and JPC meetings since 2010. • Accepting volunteers for future talks at either the JPC or ASM. • Solid Rockets Text Book • David Greatrix has volunteered to champion this project. • He submitted a proposal and has been approved by AIAA Publications to proceed with producing the text book. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee

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