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19–22 AUGUST 2019 | INDIANAPOLIS, IN POWERING A CHANGING WORLD What’s going on in Page 25 aiaa.org/propulsionenergy #aiaaPropEnergy Photo Copyright Rolls-Royce 2019 GTP_10298_AIAA_P&E_Ads_2019_v03.indd 1 7/26/19 11:46 AM ON-SITE Wi-Fi NETWORK NAME: AIAA › PASSWORD: PROPENERGY CONTENTS Organizing Committee ...............................................................................4 Welcome ........................................................................................................5 Sponsors and Supporters ..........................................................................7 Forum Overview ...........................................................................................8 Pre-Forum Activities .................................................................................. 11 Plenary & Forum 360 Sessions ............................................................... 12 Rising Leaders in Aerospace ................................................................... 14 Special Programming ............................................................................... 15 ITAR Sessions .............................................................................................. 17 Recognition ................................................................................................. 18 Networking Events ................................................................................... 20 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS) ...... 21 Exposition Hall .......................................................................................... 23 Exposition Hall Floor Plan ...................................................................... 24 the HUB ....................................................................................................... 25 Exhibitors by Booth Number ................................................................. 26 Exhibitors .....................................................................................................27 General Information .................................................................................. 31 Author and Session Chair Information ................................................ 32 Author and Session Chair Index ............................................................ 33 Committee Meetings ................................................................................ 41 Detailed Sessions ...................................................................................... 42 Venue Map .................................................................................................. 96 twitter.com/aiaa (#aiaaPropEnergy) flickr.com/aiaaevents facebook.com/AIAAfan instagram.com/AIAAerospace youtube.com/AIAATV livestream.com/AIAAvideo/PropEnergy2019 linkedin.com/companies/aiaa Join the Q&A at aiaa.cnf.io American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 12700 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20191-5807 703.264.7500 or 800.639.AIAA (2422) | Fax: 703.264.7657 [email protected] | aiaa.org The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 85 countries, and 95 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow us on Twitter @AIAA. aiaa.org/propulsionenergy 3 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FORUM GENERAL CHAIR FUEL AND POWER SPACE ARCHITECTURE Lisa Teague, Rolls-Royce Corporation GENERATION TECHNOLOGY AND HABITATION David Carrington, Los Alamos National Matthew Simon, NASA Langley Research Center FORUM 360 CHAIR Laboratory Jason Gardellis, Rolls-Royce Corporation Li Qiao, Purdue University SPACE LOGISTICS AND SUPPORTABILITY Scott Duncan, Georgia Institute of Kandyce Goodliff, NASA Langley FORUM TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS Technology Research Center , CRAFT Tech (Propulsion Vineet Ahuja Ryoichi Amano, University of Wisconsin- and Energy Forum Technical Chair) Milwaukee SPACE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS Brian Pomeroy, Sierra Nevada Corporation Greg Semrau, Moog, Inc. (Space Topics Technical Chair) GAS TURBINE ENGINES Andrew Yatsko, Georgia Institute of SPACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL DISCIPLINE CHAIRS Technology Brian Pomeroy, Sierra Nevada Corporation ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Rebecca Howard, Air Force Research Pier Roviera, Virgin Orbit FOR PROPULSION SYSTEMS Laboratory Elizabeth Jens, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, SPACE SOLAR POWER HIGH-SPEED AIR-BREATHING California Institute of Technology Giang Lam, Lockheed Martin Corporation PROPULSION Frank Chandler, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Erik L. Axdahl, The Spaceship Company SPACE SYSTEMS Patrick Chai, NASA Langley Research Center ADVANCED INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT HYBRID ROCKETS , Raytheon Space & PROPULSION CONTROLS Trevor Elliott, University of Tennessee at John Bloomer Chattanooga Airborne Systems Alireza “Al” Behbahani, U.S. Air Force THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED MECHANICAL INLETS, NOZZLES, AND PROPULSION Michael Choi, NASA Goddard Space Flight COMPONENTS SYSTEMS INTEGRATION , The Boeing Company Center Patrick Dunlap, NASA Glenn Research Center Russel Thornock Stephanie Hirt, NASA Glenn Research Center STUDENT PAPER COMPETITIONS: ADVANCED PROPULSION CONCEPTS Ann Delleur, NASA Glenn Research Center John Robinson, The Boeing Company (retired) ITAR Monica Jacinto, Aerojet Rocketdyne ADVANCED VEHICLE SYSTEMS AIAA/IEEE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT Frank Chandler, California State LIQUID PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES SYMPOSIUM Polytechnic University, Pomona B.J. Austin, INSPACE, LLC (EATS) ORGANIZING TEAM Phillip J. Ansell, University of Illinois at AEROSPACE POWER SYSTEMS NUCLEAR AND FUTURE Urbana-Champaign Abbas Salim, Lockheed Martin Corporation FLIGHT PROPULSION (retired) Jim Cavera, Consultant Marty Bradley, The Boeing Company Andrew Gibson, Empirical Systems ELECTRIC PROPULSION PRESSURE GAIN COMBUSTION Aerospace Wensheng Huang, NASA Glenn Research Greg Meholic, The Aerospace Corporation Center Edward Grietzer, MIT PROPELLANTS AND COMBUSTION Hyun-Dae Kim, NASA ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND Venke Sankaran, Air Force Research Laboratory Kiruba Haran, University of Illinois at GRID RELIABILITY Urbana-Champaign Scott Duncan, Georgia Institute of Technology PROPULSION AND POWER OF Chuck Lents, United Technology Ryoichi S. Amano, University of UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS , University of Toulouse Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lea-Der Chen, Texas A&M University Thierry Lebey Nateri Madavan, NASA ENERGETIC COMPONENTS PROPULSION EDUCATION John Nairus, Air Force Research AND SYSTEMS Robert A. Frederick Jr., University of Laboratory Stephanie Sawhill, Systima Alabama in Huntsville Kaushik Rajashekara, University of ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY SOLAR AND BEAMED ENERGY Houston Ed Lewandowski, NASA Glenn Research SAIL CONCEPTS AND MISSIONS Durrell Rittenberg, Siemens Center Jim Cavera, Obligatory LLC Jean Rivenc, Airbus John Robinson, The Boeing Company (retired) ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND RENEWABLE Linda Taylor, NASA , NASA Johnson Space Center ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES Harold White Dave Torrey, General Electric Li Qiao, Purdue University SMALL SATELLITES Pat Wheeler, University of Nottingham David Carrington, Los Alamos National Jeremy Straub, North Dakota University Tim O’Connell, PC Krause Laboratory Vineet Ahuja, CRAFT Tech Ryoichi S. Amano, University of SOLID ROCKET PROPULSION , IEEE Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wesley J. Ryan, NASA Kennedy Space Center Alicia Tomaszewski Scott Duncan, Georgia Institute of Technology Eldon Triggs, Auburn University 4 aiaa.org/propulsionenergy WELCOME TO The 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum Executive Steering Committee welcomes you to Indianapolis! We have worked hard this past year curating exciting and thought-provoking content around the forum theme, Powering a Changing World. We hope these industry leaders, topics, and discussions inspire you. Make it a great week! EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum Vineet Ahuja Rob Button Jim Free Jason Gardellis CRAFT Tech NASA Glenn Research Center Peerless Technologies Rolls-Royce Corporation (Forum Technical Chair) (Forum 360 Chair) Kathleen Howell Brian Pomeroy Kent Rominger Lisa Teague Purdue University Sierra Nevada Corporation Northrop Grumman Rolls-Royce Corporation (Forum Technical Co-Chair) Innovation Systems (Forum General Chair) aiaa.org/propulsionenergy 5 6 aiaa.org/propulsionenergy SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS AIAA would like to thank the following organizations for their support of the 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum PREMIER SPONSOR THE HUB SPONSOR RISING LEADERS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES SPONSOR OTHER SPONSORS MEDIA SPONSOR aiaa.org/propulsionenergy 7 FORUM OVERVIEW SAT./SUN. MONDAY 19 TUESDAY 20 17–18 0730 hrs Speaker Briefing Speaker Briefing 0800 hrs Plenary Plenary 0830 hrs 0900 hrs Networking Break Networking Break 0930 hrs 1000 hrs Technical Technical Forum 360 Forum 360 1030 hrs Sessions Sessions 1100 hrs 1130 hrs Continuing 1200 hrs Education Courses Rising Leaders Networking and Networking Lunch on Own In Aerospace 1230 hrs Lunch on Own Workshops Lunch & Learn 1300 hrs Saturday and Sunday 1330 hrs 1400 hrs Technical Technical 1430 hrs Forum 360 Exposition Hall Open Sessions Sessions Forum 360 1500 hrs 1530 hrs 1600 hrs Networking Break Networking Break Meet the 1630 hrs Employers Pickering Lecture von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics 1600-1800 hrs 1700 hrs Sunday 1730 hrs 1800 hrs Student Welcome Rising Leaders In Aerospace Reception
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