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Newly Formed Center for Aircraft Health Management

A newly formed center at McClellan Field, CA focused on aircraft health management, offering support for airworthiness, aircraft maintenance and repair, non-destructive inspection, and research and development. It provides education in aeronautical engineering and professional training in aircraft technologies.

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Newly Formed Center for Aircraft Health Management

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  1. Newly Formed Center for Aircraft Health Management • At McClellan Field, CA (Sacramento) • Institutional support from University of California • Broad-based program objectives • Commercial activities in support of airworthiness • Aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul • Depot-level non-destructive inspection and NDI engineering • Aircraft structural engineering • Mechanical and metallurgical testing • Application-focused research and development • Advanced methods for non-destructive inspection • Health monitoring systems • Aircraft structures • Education • Aeronautical engineering: undergraduate and graduate • Professional education • Key partnership with USFS Wildland Fire Training Center

  2. Commercial Activitycollaborative support for airworthiness

  3. Research • Application-focused tosupport airworthiness • Gain support from governmental funding (e.g., FAA, DoD, NSF) • Bring leading technologies to production • Initial areas of focus: • Non-destructive inspection • Aircraft structural engineering • Aircraft structural repair • Operational service life extension

  4. Education • Broad-based aircraft education • Degree programs (UC Davis CoE) • Professional certificate programs (UC Davis Extension) • Professional short courses in aircraft technologies • Engineering • Non-destructive inspection • Management • Safety • Fire-aviation specific training in partnership with USFS Wildland Fire Training Center

  5. Anticipated Fire-aviation Courses (Fall 2005) • Professional education courses • Offered through UC Davis Extension • Developed in partnership with USFS Region 5 • Week 1: • Aircraft Health Management • Week 2: • Human Factors • Operational Risk Management • Week 3: • Communications for Operations Management • Communications for Program Management

  6. McClellan Field, CAhome for a collaborative center of activity

  7. Partners • University of California, Davis: • College of Engineering(engineering education and research) • Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research(UC institutional support) • University Extension (professional education) • MNRC (neutron radiography) • NASA (aeronautical engineering and research) • USFS Region 5 (education) • Aerobotics (NDI) • DynCorp International (MR&O) • Eclypse International (wiring) • Hill Engineering (aircraft structures) • Metal Improvement Company(shot peening, laser peening)

  8. Key Contacts • UC Davis, Office of V.C. for ResearchDavid McGee, 530-757-3442 • UC Davis, College of EngineeringMichael Hill, 530-754-6178 • UC Davis, ExtensionJim Smith, 530-754-6487 • USFS, Wildland Fire Training CenterDennis Hulbert, 916-640-1033

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