Welcome to AIAA DE Section!

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BY Jami Ward

2010-2011 AIAA DE Section Council Members

Education: -Vacant-Honors & Awards:Eric RohrbaughCareer Enhancement: Tim McCardellCommunication: -Vacant-Webmaster: -Vacant-Newsletter: -Vacant-Programs: Entire CouncilYoung Professional: Connor O’MalleyTechnical: Robert BonifantPrecollege: Breanne WootenMembership: Dave RosenbergPublic Policy: Tim DominickRAC Representation: Dave Rosenberg/Tim DominickSpecial Asst. to Chairman: Erika Conly

Chairman: Tim DominickVice-Chair: Eric SperoTreasurer: Shannon

GradySecretary: Bernadette

Goncz

2010-2011 Lunch Lecture Series

We are currently planning our 2010-2011 season of Lunch Lectures.

• Jan: Aerospace Investing Harvey Maclary • Feb: TBD• Mar: TBD• Apr: TBD

• If you’re interested in presenting or have a specific topic you’d like to see presented, please contact Tim McCardell (x1560)

Plan on coming to the Lunch Lecture Series on or about the first Thursday of each month

Upcoming Activities• Monthly Lunch & Learns

• Engineer’s Week Celebration – February 21-25, 2011

• Congressional Visits Day – March 16, 2011

• YP Rocket Competition – April 2, 2011

• Rockets For Schools – May 2011

• Bus Trip to Washington, D.C. – June 2011

AIAA Region I YP & Student Conference

• The AIAA Mid-Atlantic Section hosted the Young Professional, Student and Education Conference (YPSE) at John’s Hopkins Kossiakoff Center on Friday, October 29th, 2010.

• Over 50 young professionals and students, ranging from high school to graduate level, attended and presented various topics on aerospace and aeronautic research.

• DE Section Technical Chair, Robert Bonifant, volunteered as a paper judge.

• Next year’s conference is scheduled for Nov. 4-5, 2011.

Undergraduate and Graduate Winners at the Region I YPSE Conference

Fall 2010 AIAA Distinguished Lecture

Battle of the Rockets!

• Rocket design competition for Young Professionals (YP)

• Kickoff meeting on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 from noon – 1 PM – Location at ATK Elkton, room TBD.

• About the competition– Location: Culpeper, Virginia– Date: April 2, 2010– Mission: Design a rocket system to safely fly a large raw hen's egg and an electronic altimeter to an altitude of 2000 ft

and return it all without damage; the team closest to the altitude wins

• Contact Young Professional (YP) Chair– Connor O’Malley (Connor.OMalley@atk.com)

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AIAA DE Section LinkedIn Group

• If you’re a member of LinkedIn and a member of AIAA, you can now join the new AIAA DE Section LinkedIn Group– Discussion board where members can discuss topics relating to

the aerospace industry– Jobs posting board– RSS feeds from some of the aerospace news sites to keep you

posted on the latest news in the industry• Go to the Groups link on the top menu and search for “AIAA

Delaware Section”• If you’re not a member of LinkedIn, but are interested in

becoming one, visit www.linkedin.com to sign up today

• While this group is just getting off the ground, we hope it becomes a tool our members can use to stay in touch with others throughout the area

WHEN DID YOU KNOW?

• When did you know you wanted to work in aerospace?– For some it was a specific moment, for others it was a gradual

realization that space and flight had captured their imagination and wouldn’t let go

• Over the next year, AIAA members will share what inspired them. We hope you enjoy reading them and that you will share your own “When Did You Know?” moment.

• For more information or to share your story, please visit:

www.aiaa.org/ShareYourStory

New DE Section Web Site

New Website is Live

New DE Section Website

https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/Del/default.aspx

Membership Information

Dave Rosenberg or Tim Dominick (x1069)

Welcome to AIAA DE Section!

Welcome to AIAA DE Section!

TUNGSTEN-RHENIUM NOZZLE THROAT INSERT EVALUATION

BY Jami Ward