SDM Long Range Planning Committee Report to

the Structures TC

54th SDM Conference

Boston, MA

9 April 2013

Stan Smeltzer

Long Range Planning CommitteeLong Range Planning Committee

• Voting Members– SDM Strategic Directions Committee (8)– SDM General & Technical Chairs (6)

• Last year (StrTC: Steve Russell, Stephen Clay)• This year (ASME: Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy)• Next year (StrDyn: Carlos Cesnik, John Kosmatka)

• Non-Voting– Forum and Conference Chairs (5-10)

• ASC, NDAC, MDO, DSC, GSF

– Other TC Reps (2)• Design Engineering, Survivability

– Co-sponsoring Society Reps (4)• ASME, ASCE, AHS, ASC

– SDM General & Technical Chairs (2 or 4)• Next+1 (ASCE) • Next+2 years (Matl)

SDM Strategic Directions CommitteeSDM Strategic Directions Committee

• Aerospace Design & Structures Group – Director (Kathleen Atkins)– Deputy Director, Structures (Carlos Cesnik)

• Structures Group TC Reps – Structures (Stan Smeltzer)– Structural Dynamics (Peretz Friedmann, Chair)– Materials (Samit Roy)

• SDM “Conference Status” TC/PC Reps– Adaptive Structures (Greg Agnes)– Non-Deterministic Approaches (Ben Thacker) – MDO (Vladimir Balabanov)

• AIAA Staff Support– Event Planner (Cathy Chenevey)– Product Manager (Karen)

LRPC Summary NotesLRPC Summary Notes

• Future SDM Planning and Status– Discussed the new SciTech Forum structure and makeup of the

Executive Steering Committee and Forum Organizing Comm.

– SDM and ASM General Chairs are now the Technical Program Chairs and lead the Technical Program Committee

– Gaylord National Harbor limited to 45 parallel sessions, thus expect a 15-20% reduction in available sessions for SDM

– SciTech participants can attend any track of sessions (SDM or ASM), only limited by their attendance at awards lunch

– Keynote lectures may replace technical paper sessions next year, still evaluating options

– The role of the LRPC will need to be evaluated again in the future based on the new Forum Organizing Committee framework

– Future sites are San Diego in 2015 and Orlando in 2016

LRPC Summary NotesLRPC Summary Notes

• AIAA Director’s Report– Forum Organizing Committee (FOC) has taken comments from

surveying the membership and direct communications; one example was a strong desire for maintaining the conference awards luncheons as separate events

– FOC is still working SDM keynote lectures and may be limited based on conference facility accommodations in 2014

– TAC is addressing challenges due to travel restrictions within the government, may still impact next year’s conference significantly

– LRPC recommendation to keep 2014 SDM conference separate was overturned by TAC to implement New Event Model

• SDM Award– Nominations due by 1 July 2013– Presented at 2014 SDM Conference

LRPC Summary NotesLRPC Summary Notes

• 2013 54th SDM Report: (Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy)– 690 abstracts submitted, 590 accepted (83% acceptance rate)

– 498 papers uploaded for all conferences and forums (92 withdrawn)

– 703+ Registered for conference

– 124 student papers, a small reduction over the highest conference peak in Hawaii last year (157) – selection framework needs improvement

– Lessons learned:• Boston meeting room size is not adequate• Paper withdrawal rate is stabilized by sticking with the original published

deadline, no blanket extension was given

• 2014 55th SDM Report: Lessons Learned (Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy)– Date: 13-17 Jan 2014

– General Chair: Carlos Cesnik

– Technical Chair: John Kosmatka

– Site: National Harbor, Maryland – Gaylord National Hotel

Conference Location

Gaylord National Resort

and Convention CenterNational Harbor, MD

(Washington, DC)

• Along the shores of the Potomac River,

downriver from Washington, D.C. and across

the river from Alexandria, Virginia

• 2,000 guest rooms,

• 478,000 square feet of meeting space,

• We will run 45 parallel sessions

• Seven restaurants

• Room rates are not released at this time

BACKUP SLIDESBACKUP SLIDES

AgendaAgenda• Introductions / Organization / Minutes from last meeting (Carlos Cesnik)

• AIAA Director (Aerospace Design & Structures) Report (Kathleen Atkins)– New conference model update

• Future SDM planning and the role of the LRPC/SDC (Carlos Cesnik)

• 2013 54th SDM Report: Lessons Learned (ASME: Anthony Waas, Ajit Roy)• Organization and timeline: committee, conferences and forum

• Paper submittal and review process / Session allocation / Statistics

• Student papers

• Awards / Lectures

• Student Paper

• 2014 55th SDM Report: Status & Plans; 13-17 Jan 2014– General & Technical Chairs (StrDyn: Carlos Cesnik, John Kosmatka)– Site – National Harbor, Maryland – Gaylord National Hotel

• Discussion and voting (pending item (3) above) for SDM General and Tech Chairs for 2015 – ASCE Nominations:

– General Chair: Ramesh Malla (Univ. of Connecticut)

– Technical Chair: Wieslaw Binienda (Univ. of Akron)

• AIAA staff report (Karen Skelenkar)

• Other business

SDM Committees SDM Committees

• SDM Organizing Committees (ORG)– Responsible for SDM conference for one year– 2 or 3 ORGs (years n, n+1 and n+2) in parallel– Chaired by SDM General Chair

• Long-Range Planning Committee (LRPC)– Implements SDM policies and procedures

• Detailed SDM planning, 1-3 years; SDM initiatives• Site and Chair selection

– Coordinates TCs, sponsor societies, committees– Chaired by AIAA Deputy Director, Structures

• SDM Strategic Directions Committee (SDC)– Establishes SDM vision & goals; Corporate memory – Recommends policies & processes– Chair elected from reps; nominal 5-year terms