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Solid Rockets Technical Committee Education Subcommittee Report. David Poe Subcommittee Chairman Jan 2012. Membership. 2012 Short Course. Overview: The course examines fundamental and advanced concepts related to solid rockets. Theoretical and practical aspects of the field are covered.
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Solid Rockets Technical CommitteeEducation SubcommitteeReport David Poe Subcommittee Chairman Jan 2012
Membership Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee
2012 Short Course • Overview: • The course examines fundamental and advanced concepts related to solid rockets. Theoretical and practical aspects of the field are covered. • History/Schedule: • Given at the 2008 and 2010 JPCs (25 to 30 students each time). • 1 full day and one half day after the JPC. • Status: • Instructors have been contacted and are interested in 2012. • A course profile was submitted to AIAA and was approved. • Some sections are in the process of being updated by the authors. • Package will be resubmitted for ITAR approval once updates are complete. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee
Professional Development • 10-15 minute technical talks at SRTC main meetings. • Enhance “technical” aspect of technical committee. • Michel Berdoyes presented phenolic nozzle technology at the 2010 ASM. • Andrew Rettenmaier from Purdue University presented a paper on erosive burning at the 2011 JPC. • Accepting volunteers for future talks at either the JPC or ASM. • Solid Rockets Text Book • Dr. Frederick reports that draft chapters and problems have been written. • The SRTC needs to establish a champion and supporting committee with a desire and competency to see this completed. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee
Future Ideas • Design competition at university level • 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. • Schedule: Unfortunately, the deadline for completion proposal for this year has past. If anyone is interested in being the point of contact for next year’s competition, let me know. • Other competition models • Ian Halliwell has run competitions at universities in the past. • Michel Berdoyes was involved in a competition called “The Student Aerospace Challenge” for European universities. • Looking for someone to champion this effort and be the point of contact for the SAC competition next year. Solid Rockets Technical Committee (SRTC) Education Subcommittee