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Transcript of Region 4 Report April 30, 2014 Jayant Ramakrishnan Region 4 Director.
Region 4 ReportApril 30, 2014
Jayant Ramakrishnan
Region 4 Director
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Region 4 has Seven Professional Sections
Current Member Numbers as of March 2014 (difference from November 2013) Updated
Professional Student Educator Associate
• Albuquerque 358(-25) 51(+1) 29(-3)• Holloman/Alamogordo 15(-5) 2(+1) 5(-1)• Houston 689(-55) 120(-18) 114(-10)• North Texas 474(+20) 91(-3) 77(-11)• Oklahoma 77(-15) 92(-5) 55(-5)• Southwest Texas 226(-16) 90(-2) 58(-3)• White Sands SH 56(+1) 49(-4) 19(+0)• No section assignment 20(-7) 32(+4) 34(-8)
• Region 4 Total 1915(-102) 527(-26) 391(-41)
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Assigned; 18; 1%
North Texas; 457; 21%
Oklahoma; 125; 6%
Southwest Texas; 244;
11%
White Sands Space Harbor; 57; 3%
Region IV Members by Section as of March 2014
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Deputy Director Membership: Educator Associate Data
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Region 4 Section
• Albuquerque: Arup Maji, UNM, Albuquerque• Holloman/Alamogordo: Tony Schauer , USAF, Holloman• Houston: Mike Frostad, Jacobs, Houston• North Texas: Grant Stein, Lockheed-Martin, Fort Worth• Oklahoma: Jamey Jacob, OSU, Stillwater• Southwest Texas: Brian Ewenson, San Antonio• White Sands Space Harbor: Stephen McDougle, NASA
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Regional Deputy Directors
• Career & Workforce Development: Derby Sun, Ft. Worth• Education: Gary Turner, Odyssey Space Research, Houston• Finance: P. A. Cox, SwRI, San Antonio• Honors and Awards: Shirley Brandt, Houston• International: Douglas Yazell, Houston• Membership: Ellen Gillespie, Houston• K-12 STEM Outreach: Gar Bering, U. of Houston, Houston• Public Policy: Tom Moore, SwRI, San Antonio• Technical: Sarah Shull, NASA, Houston• Young Professionals: Shawn Allgeier, ATA, Albuquerque
RAC Telecon Participation (1 since last RSAC)
• We had a telecon on Feb. 13, 2014: Attendance was the best so far since January 2013 Significant topics discussed:
AIAA National Initiatives and New Board Region IV Student Paper Competition – Albuquerque, NM Detailed reports from 4 of 7 sections Initiative on Member Upgrades Updates on SciTech IDC and TAC meetings
Director/Staff: Jayant Ramakrishnan, Chris Jessee
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Section Activity (1 of 4)
Section Activity level 2013/2014 Activities
Houston Operations – ModerateTechnical – ModerateCommunications - High
January - - Volunteer support of Mars Rover
Celebrations (STEM Event) - Collaboration with SWAPRA for a
Talk by Gene KranzFebruary - - Technical LnL- Project Management
and Integration - - Professional Development –
“Signature Style” - YP Meetup after the Prof. Dev. Event - “State of the Center” Dinner Meeting
with Deputy Director Kirk Shireman
March - - January/February Horizons
Newsletter Online - AIAA Member presentation to
UHCL about “Golden Spike” - AIAA Houston hosted a Space
Settlement Design Competition (SSDC) (STEM Event), a collaboration event with the larger SSDC.
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Section Activity (2 of 4)
Section Activity level 2013/2014 Activities (including Planned)
Houston Operations – ModerateTechnical – ModerateCommunications - High
April - - Yuri's 5k Fun Run benefitting
Challenger Center for Space Science Education
- Yuri's Night YP Event - Dr. Sandra Magnus AIAA Executive
Director Luncheon - Technical LnL – GN&C – Project
Morpheus - Technical LnL – EVA – SAFER
EVA - Houston Section Elections
May (Planned) - - March/April Horizons Newsletter
Online - ATS Kickoff Dinner Meeting with
Astronaut Chris Cassidy - Houston Annual Technical
Symposium featuring a Commercial Space Panel Luncheon
- STEM Volunteer opportunity with the Ecobot Challenge
- Final ReportsJune (Planned) - - Professional Development Event - Young Professional Event - Section Awards Banquet and
Leadership Handover
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Section Activity (3 of 4)
Section Activity level 2013/2014 Activities
Albuquerque High > SPC held in Albuquerque April 25-26; 49 students participated > At our 16 January meeting Dr Stephen Keil, former director of the National Solar Observatory, spoke to members of the section about the new solar telescope that is being constructed on Mt Haleakala on Maui>Participated in the ‘Discover STEM Day for families on 8 February 2014 held at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History>The Albuquerque section chose four award winners at the Central New Mexico Science & Engineering Research Challenge (Science Fair) for projects relating to the fields of Aeronautics and Astro-nautics
North Texas Medium >CFD Seminar>Dinner Meetings
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Section Activity (4 of 4)
Section Activity level 2013/2014 Activities (including Planned)
Oklahoma Low >Dinner Meetings>Student Activities
Southwest Texas Chair yet to participate in Calls; Moderate activity levels
2 Deputy Directors from this section; Very active in meetings; Section does not have regular dinner meetings
Holloman/Alamogordo Very low Still working to get this section more active; lot of progress with new chairOtero County FIRST LEGO Leaguecompetition held – 50 students participated
White Sands Space Harbor Very Low 4/2/14 –- Gen’l m’ship dinner mtg on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Very well-attended
Identifying the outstanding science & math student at local high schools for $100 award in May
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White Sands Space Harbor (1 of 2)
Accomplishments (since January 2014) 60+ attended a dinner meeting in Las Cruces on 4/2. 10
professional members, 2 student members Featured speaker was Kathy Lueders, Manager of NASA’s
Commercial Crew Program Top NASA WSTF managers (civil servant and contractor)
attended Membership pitch by one department manager and
Section Chair. No new members yet Post-meeting article submitted for publication Post-meeting critique conducted
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White Sands Space Harbor (2 of 2)
Accomplishments (since January 2014) Working to identify the outstanding science & math student
at each of four local high schools This is an annual award activity for the Section Students’ names will be engraved on plaques that will
remain at the school Each student will be given a check for $100 Awards will be given in May
Photos
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Deputy Director – Young Professionals
Obtained last YP survey (2008) from Ryan Rudy. Reviewing survey for present day relevance before asking YP communications committee to augment
Region IV student paper competition in Albuquerque on 25-Apr-2014. Serving as a judge for oral presentations
Serving as YP panel discussion participant at SPC as well
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Deputy Director - Technical
• Houston Section is about to host it’s Annual Technical Symposium on 5/9/14 at NASA JSC Gilruth Center.• Expected participation is ~200 people from the
Houston area.• http://www.aiaahouston.org/2014-annual-technical-s
ymposium/
Concerns
• No major concerns – Still working on membership stabilization issues• We had a major AIAA rank upgrade campaign this Spring to ensure we
were recognizing qualified and well deserving members with the right “AIAA rank”
• Plan to make a presentation at RSAC on process improvements in membership upgrades
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Backup Slides
White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) - Photos
Poster To Promote The Meeting
(actual size about 2 ft by 3 ft)
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WSSH - Photos
Ms. Lueders, Manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
Section Leaders Joe Bullington(l) and Steve McDougle(r) Present Ms.
Lueders with a Memento of Her Visit
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Houston Section Photos
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Houston –Annual Technical Symposium
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Oklahoma – SpeedFest
Collegiate and high school design, build, fly competition 200+ mph race 4 College teams in ‘14 16 HS teams 1000+ attendees
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