OCTOBER 2017 VOL. XLVI, No. 4 Published by and for the AIAA Long Island Section, Note from the Chairman P.O. Box 491, Bethpage, NY 11714 OFFICERS: I just renewed my AIAA membership. Has yours Chairman: Dave Paris (516) 458-8593 [email protected] expired? You can renew at the AIAA website. Log in Vice-Chair: Greg Homatas (718) 812-2727 [email protected] Secretary: Nick DiZinno (631) 252-3440 [email protected] and go to https://www.aiaa.org/MyMembership/. When Treasurer: W. Glenn Mackey (631) 368-0433 [email protected] you renew, please consider making a contribution to COUNCIL MEMBERS: the AIAA Foundation. For nearly 20 years, the AIAA Anthony Agnone, Joseph Fragola, Muhammad Hayan, Foundation has been focused on inspiring and Peter Kontogiannis, John Leylegian, Ron McCaffrey, rewarding the aerospace community’s future leaders. Emil Schoonejans, Jason Tyll, and Gerry Yurchison a Gifts from members enable the Foundation to ADVISOR: Dan Katzenstein FLIER EDITORS: contribute to the advancement of the aerospace Dave Paris, [email protected] profession by providing the funding necessary for W. Glenn Mackey, [email protected] programs that support students. FLIER PUBLISHER: John Leylegian, (718) 862-7279, [email protected] SECTION WEBSITE: The Foundation has impacted countless students and https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/Long_Island/default.aspx teachers through its programs which have: Webmaster: Nick DiZinno • Funded more than 1,300 K-12 classroom grants, EVENTS CALENDAR impacting over 132,000 students • Awarded more than 1,300 aerospace scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students October 18, “Apollo Lessons Learned,” Gerry • Supported more than 400 student conferences Sandler, at the Bethpage Library. Details on page 3. engaging more than 13,000 students with practical application skills October 19, 20, Sixth Annual International Energy & Sustainability Conference, Roosevelt Hall, Renewable • Sponsored design competitions that have engaged Energy and Sustainability Center at Farmingdale State more than 11,000 college students providing College. Student poster session on the 19th. Speakers unique opportunities to apply engineering skills and technical presentations on the 20th. For more • Enabled more than 140,000 student members and information and registration please visit: 9,000 Educator Associates to continue learning farmingdale.edu/resc about aerospace science and technology November 15, ASME/ISA Meeting, The AIAA Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt See page 4 for details. organization recognized under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, Federal ID #54- November 17, Astronaut/Engineer Dr. Charles 1827596. Your gift is tax deductible. Camarda. At Hofstra. Details on page 3. AIAA strongly believes in the importance of our Please send any suggestions for meeting topics or educational programs and will match individual and speakers to: corporate donations up to $1 million dollars (of unrestricted funds). Dave Paris, 516-458-8593 [email protected] Dave Paris, 516-458-8593 [email protected] FLIER 1 OCTOBER 2017 Joint AIAA/ASME/IEEE(AES)/IISE Section Meeting Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Gerald Sandler Northrop Grumman Corporate Vice President & President of Northrop Grumman Data Systems and Services Division, retired “Apollo Lessons Learned” Location: Bethpage Public Library RESERVATIONS REQUESTED 47 Powell Avenue RSVP BY Oct. 17, 2017 Bethpage, NY 11714 to: [email protected] or 516-458-8593 Time: 6:00 PM Social Time Cost for Pizza: $5, Members and Guests 6:30 PM Pizza Free, for Students 7:00 PM Presentation The Apollo Program progressed from the tragedy of Apollo 1, to the orbit of the Moon by Apollo 8, to the first landing by Apollo 11, to the first rover vehicle in Apollo 15. At each stage, valuable lessons were learned that contributed to crew safety and mission success. These lessons should be useful to NASA in planning a return to the moon and a mission to Mars. Gerry will discuss not only how these lessons will be useful in the design, test and operations of the future crewed missions, but also useful to the technical and programmatic organizations, management style and people to people interactions. He will also discuss the Grumman interface with NASA during the Apollo Program, how well the partnership worked uncovering and solving problems and how that was vital to program success. The Grumman engineers and their NASA counterparts were constantly challenging each other to test different design approaches and find the best solutions to the competing factors of performance, reliability and weight. The emphasis was on problem solving, not bureaucracy. During the missions, critical lessons about solving problems in real-time were critical to mission success. Gerry will describe Apollo Missions 11, 13 and 14 to illustrate these points. In addition, he will talk about the rocks, dust, and images the astronauts brought back from the moon. What did the samples teach us, and did they raise more questions than they answered? Gerry Sandler started his career as a systems engineer at RCA working on the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System. He joined Grumman in 1963 and, during his career, held engineering management positions of increased responsibility. He was Apollo/Lunar Module Program Manager, Director of Software Systems, Deputy Manager of Aerospace Engineering, and President of Grumman Data Systems and Services Group. Upon the merger of Northrop and Grumman, he was named Corporate Vice President and President of the Data Systems and Services Division. He retired from that position in 1995. He has been an industry professor at Polytechnic University (now NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering) and Hofstra University’s Engineering Department and has given many lectures on aircraft design and system reliability. He is the author of System Reliability Engineering. Gerry earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at CUNY and graduated from the MIT masters-level senior management program. Directions: The library is west of Route 135 in Bethpage. Take Route 135 to Exit 8, then West on Powell Ave. for about 0.25 miles. The library is on the south side of the street. Park across Powell Ave., opposite the library. FLIER 2 OCTOBER 2017 AIAA/IEEE(AES) Joint Section Meeting Friday, November 17, 2017 Dr. Charles Camarda NASA Astronaut, retired & Sr. Advisor for Innovation, Office of Chief Engineer, NASA Presentation details pending Location: Breslin Hall, First Floor, Room 103 RESERVATIONS REQUESTED Hofstra University South Campus RSVP BY Nov. 16, 2017 to: [email protected] Hempstead, NY 11549 or 516-458-8593 Time: 6:00 PM Social Time Cost for Pizza: $7 Members and Guests 6:30 PM Pizza Free, for Students 7:00 PM Presentation Dr. Charles Camarda was born in Queens, and received his undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Upon graduation, he began work at NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC), received his M.S. from George Washington University in Mechanical Engineering and a Doctorate in Aerospace Engineering from VPI. He was Head of the Thermal Structures Branch at LaRC in 1996 when he was selected to be an Astronaut. He flew on the return-to-flight mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-114, in 2005 as a mission specialist. He has served as Director of Engineering at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Deputy Director for Advanced Projects for NASA’s Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), and is currently Senior Advisor for Innovation, Office of Chief Engineer, NASA headquarters. He has received over 21 NASA awards for technical innovations and accomplishments. He holds seven patents. Charlie is an AIAA Associate Fellow and was inducted into the Cradle of Aviation Hall of Fame this year. Directions: Breslin Hall is on the South Campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead. Take Meadowbrook Parkway Exit M4, west onto Hempstead Turnpike (Route 24). After about 1 mile, turn left onto California Ave. opposite the North Campus entrance. After ¼ mile, turn right into parking lot. Breslin Hall is 0.1 mile ahead, the last building on the right. For directions and campus map: http://www.hofstra.edu/directions FLIER 3 OCTOBER 2017 FLIER 4 OCTOBER 2017 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Undergraduate Conference Experience 2018 SciTech Forum January 8-12th, 2018 Kissimmee, Florida The AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) technical committee is pleased to invite applications from motivated undergraduate students interested in learning about and networking with the Aerospace GNC research community at the 2018 AIAA SciTech Forum. This two-day event during SciTech pairs GNC community mentors with students to introduce them to the conference events, including technical sessions, graduate student opportunities, and young professional activities. The goal of the program is to provide motivated students insights into the GNC research community, career guidance, and networking opportunities with both young and experienced professionals in academia, industry and the government. In addition to mentor guidance and focused student events, selected students will be provided: • A maximum of $400 (or depending on availability of funds) for travel to SciTech • Hotel Accommodations at or near conference venue for two nights • SciTech Forum Registration Eligibility and Requirements: Each applicant • Must be interested in GNC research areas/technical topics • Must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited U.S. engineering school o Applications from students at universities