SRTC Awards Subcommittee ReportJuly 2005

Clyde Carr, Chairman Members: Roberto Di Salvo

Mark LanghenryJamie Neidert

Brian KatzWilliam Kearney

Herman KrierDavid Mann

CHARTER

• The SRTC awards subcommittee shall establish and

administer award programs in the solid rocket propulsion

field to acknowledge major technical, academic, and

professional contributions in this area, as required. This

subcommittee shall also participate in the selection of the

AIAA Wyld Propulsion Award recipient, on a yearly basis, as

well as respond to requests for AIAA awards as requested.

This subcommittee shall also implement an AIAA SRTC

"Best Paper" Awards Program and a student scholarship

program awarded on merit and involvement in the field of

solid rocket propulsion

Honors and Awards Goals

• Recognizing the Very Best in Our Industry

• Recognizing outstanding achievement is one of the primary responsibilities of the Institute.  AIAA proudly meets this responsibility through its honors and awards program.  The program regularly and conscientiously surveys the aerospace field, identifies practitioners in its arts and sciences who have made notable and significant contributions, and honors them in public ceremonies

• Recognition of your profession and your peers cannot happen without YOU!– Consider submitting worthy professionals in our business!

Agenda

• Year in Review

• WYLD Award and other SRTC Awards

• ASME/AIAA 2004 JPC– JPC SRTC Best Paper Award

• Monetary awards to universities/colleges

• Summary

Year in Review

• Wyld Award – G.P. Purohit, Boeing Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company

–Hypergolic bipropellants and zero-gravity capillary devices will receive the 2004-2005 Wyld Award

• 2004 JPC Best Paper Award– “Nonlinear Rocket Motor Stability Prediction: Limit Amplitude,

Triggering, and Mean Pressure Shift,” by Flandro, Fischbach, Majdalani, and French

• No awards given at 2005 AS Meeting in Reno for contributions to the SRTC– But…what about July 2005????

WYLD Award

• The Propulsion Award and the James H. Wyld Memorial Award honoring

the developer of the regeneratively-cooled rocket engine were combined

in 1964 to become the James H. Wyld Propulsion Award. In 1975 the

name was again modified to the Wyld Propulsion Award, which is now

presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application

of rocket propulsion systems.

• Recent winners…

– 1994     Dr. Richard R Weiss

1995     Prof. John R Osborn

1996     Prof. Richard H Sforzini

1997     Leonard H Caveny

1998     Prof. Herman Krier

2001     Mr. Franklin R Chang-Diaz

2002     Ms. Yvonne C Brill

2003     Dr. Stanley V Gunn

2004     Mr. Thomas L Boggs

National Awards - Wyld

• Wyld Award Candidates – 2005

– Kenjiro Kamjiro, Professor, Tohoku University–Basic and applied research of cavitation phenomena on liquid

propulsion rotating machinery

– Hank Hearn, Sr. Staff Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems–Space propulsion expert, developer of the theoretical basis for

bipropellant blow down concept, developer of rapid evaluation tools for engines and systems

– 2005 Winner - G.P. Purohit, Boeing Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company–Hypergolic bipropellants and zero-gravity capillary devices

• Any SRM candidates for next year?

2004 JPC/SRTC Best Paper

• Submittals from JPC sessions chairs– 6 papers submitted by Chairs from Ft. Lauderdale meeting – fantastic!– Awards Committee reviews and rates the papers for 3 top choices– Awards Chairs tallies the votes (highest number of top votes)– Awards Chair notifies National (Betty Guillame) and National notifies

the authors

• Submit 2005 best papers to Award Committee/AIAA National (submit form from your session)– Evaluate for technical content, originality, practical application, and

style/format – I will send out the criteria with the papers– Email copies out by no later than February 2006– Return best paper choices to Clyde Carr (April 2006)

• Winner will be announced at 2006 JPC

2005 JPC/SRTC Best Paper

• NOTES TO SESSION CHAIRS in TUCSON

• Submit recommendations for best paper to AIAA National or• Send copies to Clyde Carr

– Clyde.Carr@ATK.com– Send paper number and I can get it from AIAA National if

you don’t have it

• I will distribute, evaluate, and record– How wide of a review group is required, etc?

• Awards committee members• JPC session chairs (optional)

– Evaluate using AIAA standards/guidelines (on the Web)• Student guidelines

Undergraduate/Graduate Involvement

• Ft. Lauderdale 2004/Reno 2005

– SRTC voted to give 3 US universities $1000 each to support (aerospace/SRM) engineering activities• Only one followed through for the funding (Haaland)!

–University of Illinois

– Why? Provide monies to keep university students involved in aerospace/SRM projects

– What should AIAA/SRTC ask in return from the universities?• Papers at the student AIAA conferences, AIAA JPC, etc.?

• Brief report on the activities performed?

Undergraduate/Graduate Involvement (cont)

– Should we formalize the process with an application or use the voting process at the STRC meeting at the JPC?

• Send to several universities known to have SRM related programs– Auburn, Alabama, Illinois, Purdue, Penn State, etc.

– Yes was the suggestion at the 2005 Reno meeting• I have not yet developed a form/format, etc.

• Any volunteers?

• Any suggestions for what should be on this “form”– I would like to keep it simple…

• I am Professor Rocket man and have X students pursing new, hot technologies on propellants that are colored purple and blue with white stripes…….. I would like you to consider the project and a $1000 award to continue the work. I/we will report back to the SRTC at the next JPC meeting in written or oral form detailing the progress with said funding.

– SRTC thoughts and input….?

National Awards

• Other awards…need nominees…submit to SRTC or to your local AIAA Section

– Major• Goddard and Reed

– Distinguished Lectureship• Dryden-Research, Durand-Public Service, Von Karman-Astronautics,

and Wright Brothers-Aeronautics

– International• International Cooperation

National Awards (cont.)

– Technical Awards• Aerospace Contribution

• Aerospace Design

• Propellants and Combustion

• System Effectiveness and Safety

• Von Braun Award for Excellence in Space Program Management

• Wyld

• New Award?

– Publication Awards• History Manuscript

• Pendray Aerospace Literature

• Summerfield Book

– Service• Distinguished Service, Engineer-of-the-Year, Public Service, and

Sustained Service

SRTC Awards – 2003-2004 Recap

• Two awards given at 2004 JPC inFt. Lauderdale for contributions to the SRTC

• I-shih Chang for his hard and dedicated work on the most recent education course

• Tom Moore for his extensive work on compiling SRTC lectures and historical information

• 2004 Wyld Award • Mr. Tom Boggs received the 2004 Wyld Award

• 2003 JPC Best Paper Award• Mr. James Furfaro, ATK Thiokol

• Sustained Achievement Award• National award

• Create our own to recognize superior contributors• Max Calabro and Russ Ellis (2003)• Nominees? Please contact Clyde Carr, I-Shih Chang, or Tom Moore

Summary

• Completed Best Paper Award list and distributed for evaluation– Selection made and to be awarded at 2005 JPC in Tucson

• Completed Wyld Award list and contacted all TC chairs– G. P. Purohit of Boeing Company selected

• SRTC to decide on continuing the monies to the universities and determine any obligations or applications are warranted– Need to develop form/application method to formalize process

• KEEP LOOKING FOR OUR TOP CONTRIBUTORS FOR AWARDS…– I KNOW IT CAN BE A LOT OF WORK, BUT THE RECOGNITION BY AND FOR

THE SRTC IS WORTH GOLD!

Did We Forget Anything?

• Yes!

• 3 SRTC recognition awards from the STRC!

– Mike Kaiserman – 2005 JPC

– Butch Foster – long standing service the SRTC

– Francesca Lillo – recognized for one of the best presentations during last years’ igniter short course and serving the SRTC from long distance