Region V Directors Report Laura Richard 303-269-5963 Region V Report to RSAC 11 May 2011

Region V Director’s Report

Laura Richard 303-269-5963Region V Report to RSAC11 May 2011

Laura RichardRegion V

Region Report to RSAC11 May 2011

Region V Summary

• Membership• Deputy Directors • Financial Status • Communication• Highlights from the Region & Sections• Action/Issues for RSAC • Regional Health



Membership

• From May2011 Membership Report

• Long term trends are on following pages

• Professional Membership: 1902 • Increase of 79 since last RSAC (Jan 2011); back up to levels of 2010

summer• First increase since 2008 is continuing• All Sections show the increase

• Student Membership: 579• Decrease of 35 since last RSAC (Jan 2011) • All sections show the decrease

• Educator Associate Membership: 241• Increase of 10 since last RSAC (Jan 2011)• Upturn continuing• All Sections participating, one Section is not dominating; although Iowa

tends to be lagging



Region V Professional Membership



Region V Student Membership



Region V Educator Membership



Professional Membership Observations• Region V membership has been trending up slightly since 1997, but has

been showing a decrease since 2008; this is the first uptick since 2008 • All Sections have all shown decrease over the past year, only one showed an

increase over the past six months• Short term trends over the past six months:

• Iowa + 4 • Rocky Mountain + 51• St. Louis +12• Twin Cities + 12• Wichita + 2

• Long term trends: • Regional membership has an uptick which reverses downturn which has been

consistent since 2008. – Rocky Mountain show largest uptick of all the sections – Wichita holding steady over past 9 months, but long term drop– St. Louis stabilizing after long term slide trends – Iowa, and Twin Cities have less pronounced down trend

• Continuing focus on calling “drop”, “new” and “transfer” members• Sections not fond of having dedicated membership drives, prefer to

concentrate on associating good meetings with new members



Student & Educator Member Observations

• Region V Student membership continuing Upward Trend

• Educator membership continuing Upward Trend over past year

• Significant variation in number of student members over the year

• Past Year trends: Students Educators• Iowa - 11 + 0

• Rocky Mountain - 6 + 6

• St. Louis - 2 + 3

• Twin Cities + 1 + 1

• Wichita - 22 + 1

• Student Long term trends: • Regional membership tending to oscillate for the past few year; overall

tending to remain constant

• Educator Long term trends: • Regional membership is above 2007 levels and is at it’s highest recorded

average level



Region V Deputy Directors• DD-Career & Workforce Development: Karen Copper [email protected] 314-234-5742

• DD-Education: Roger Greenwod [email protected] 719-333-2427

• DD-Finance: Larry Frutiger [email protected] 316-733-1572

• DD-History: Frederick Roos [email protected] 314-233-2530

• DD-Honors and Awards: David Myren, [email protected] 651-220-1281

• DD-Membership: Gary White [email protected] 314-705-2312

• DD-STEM K-12 Outreach: Billy Crisler, [email protected] 719-333-4317

• DD-Public Policy: Mark Holly [email protected] 314-232-9873

• DD-Technical Activities: Open – Unfortunately Still In Work

• DD-Young Professionals: Open – In Work

• Associate Fellow Rep Reg V: Brandon Wegge [email protected] 314-232-2933

• Staff Liaison: Chris Jessee [email protected] 703-264-3848

• Changes from last RSAC (Jan 2011)

• Barry Crocker stepped down from DD Young Professionals

• Brandon Wegge accepted Associate Fellow Representative for Region V

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



FY11 Financial Summary• Category I Allocated: FY10

• Iowa $ 945.00• Rocky Mountain $ 7,350.00• Saint Louis $ 2.745.00• Twin Cities $ 1,460.00• Wichita $ 2,280.00

• Category I Available: $14,780.00

• Category III Allocated: $1,332.50•

Category III Approved: $ 500.00

• Category IV Requested: $0• Category IV Approved: $0



Financial Summary-2011 Student Paper Conference

• Information not available; to be provided at August RSAC meeting



Communications

• Section and Deputy Director Communication

• Monthly Teleconference

– 27 January 2011

– 23 February 2011

– 31 March 2011

– 09 April 2011 (Student Paper Conference Lessons Learned)

– 05 May 2011

• Additionally as required for the Sections

• Next one Scheduled for 26 May 2011



Highlights of the Region• RAC Meeting on 27 January 2011

• Type: Meeting / Telecon• Attendance: 11• Increase of 4 from 5 January Meeting • Major Highlights

– Section By-Laws: St. Louis and Twin Cities– CVD participation– Open DD Position (Technical)– Honors and Award at ASM– Student Paper Conference

• RAC Meeting on 23 February 2011• Type: Meeting / Telecon• Attendance: 7• Decrease4 from January Telecon • Major Highlights

– Student Paper Conference– Section By-Laws Status– CVD participation– Open DD Positions (Technical and YP)– Category III Funds

• RAC Meeting on 31 March 2011• Type: Meeting / Telecon• Attendance: 8• Increase of 1 from February Telecon • Major Highlights

– Student Paper Conference– Section By-Laws Status– Open DD Positions (Technical and YP)– Category III Funds– Wichita Section Efforts

• RAC Meeting on 9 April 2011• Type: Lessons Learned Meeting• Attendance: 10• Increase of 2 from 31 March Telecon *• Major Highlights

– Success of Student Paper Conference– Rocky Mtn Section: University Colorado Boulder to

host next year– Lessons Learned and Action Items – Steps for next year



• RAC V Cat III Funding: St Louis University – Design Build and Fly Team

• AS a brand new team placed 68th out of 84 teams– 2 Members were Freshmen

• Experience from this year will serve well for Next Year!• Pictured from left to right: Jacob Schreck (pilot), Alex

Berry, Dr. Raymond Lebeau (Advisor), JC Martin, Will Atkins, Alex Haines, and Ben Winokur

• Team Website: https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/flight-vehicle-analysis-and-design-2010-2011/home/aiaa-dbf

• RAC Meeting on 5 May 2011• Type: Meeting / Telecon• Attendance: 7• Decrease of 3 from 9 April • Major Highlights

– RSAC Meeting 11 May– Section By-Laws Status– Open DD Positions (Technical and YP)– Category III Funds: Provide $500 to St Louis– Wichita Section Efforts

Highlights of the Region



Highlights of the RegionSections Deputy

Directors

Total in Region 5 10

Represented in Person 1/27/11 3 5

Sent Written Reports 0 3

Percent Represented 60% 50%







Represented in Person 04/09/11 N/A N/A

Sent Written Reports N/A N/A

Percent Represented N/A N/A



Highlights of the RegionSections Deputy

Directors

Total in Region 5 10




• Next RAC Telecon scheduled on 26 May 2011· Location: Teleconference· Time: 1130 PT/1230 MT/1330 CT/1430 ET· Will Highlight Annual Reports due to National· All Invited!



Section Highlights• Iowa

• Continued working the logistics of next year’s student conference and utilized lessons learned from 2010; occurred 6-8 April and was very successful!

• Updated to the By-laws in work• Lost 2 active officers and Sridher, Section Chair is working to find replacements

• Rocky Mountain• Attended March RAC V Telecon!• Submitted updated Section By-laws• Participated in 17th Annual Improving Space Operations Workshops first week of

April• April 28 Short Course in Risk Management for Space Programs, Todd Perry ARES

Corporation in Littleton• Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium at Boulder Co April 15• Standing on the Shoulders of Giant, April 20th in Colorado Springs• Called for Rocky Mountain Annual Award Nominations for Award Banquet

scheduled for 26 May



Section Highlights

• St. Louis• Family Movie Night 18 February “The Wonder of It All” and provided the What

impact did walking on the moon have on the few men who actually experienced the miracle? This documentary is composed of the personal interviews of 6 astronauts who walked on the moon and their recollections of the events, each other and the impact on their lives

• 17 March Dinner Meeting “General Aviation: Past, Present and Future” presented by Ramesh Agarwal, William Palm Professor of Engineering Washington University in St Louis

• Family Movie Night 15 April “For All Mankind”; In recognition and celebration of 50 year anniversary of the launch of the Space Race Al Reinert's acclaimed documentary on The Apollo program. Unique experience, as the only voices heard in the film are those of the astronauts and mission control. Tremendous film and photos from astronauts and NASA collection, much rarely seen footage

• Family Movie Night May 20 “Twelve O’Clock High” 1949 WWII drama featuring Gregory Peck as a tough general who whips a bomber unit suffering from low morale into fighting shape. Actual combat footage is used in this tense war drama



Section Highlights• Twin Cities

• By-law update submitted to headquarters and awaiting approval by RSAC• Participated in “AutoSnowPlow competition” with Institute of Navigation (ION) on

29 Jan followed by Movie Madness with five IMAX films “Aerospace films of Spaceship Earth” then if you still have energy dinner/social hour at Pat McGovern’s Pub

• National Engineer’s Week tour and dinner meeting at Ballistic Recovery Systems along with other activities

• Two members from St Louis participated in CVD• Colleagues at INCOSE (The International Council on Systems Engineering) invited

Twin Cities to participate in learning about Systems Engineering programs • Hosted “Bowling for Ballots” for next year’s council and results announced in April• Work continue on the section’s RC Aircraft; weather has not permitted the

expected “Fly-in”• Supported the Aerospace Family Night at the Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet

School• Dinner Meeting with Gene Austin occurred on 5 May• Invited by the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers to participate in

Engineers Night with the St Paul Saints• May Awards Night Planned



Section Highlights• Wichita

• Continued Working to reinvigorate the council leadership• Update to the bylaws in work and will be available for section vote soon• Planning for Distinguished Lecturer for next dinner meeting, Wilson Felder from

FAA Technical Center in the late May to June timeframe



Student Paper Conference Highlights• 2011 Student Paper Conference Cedar Rapids Iowa

• 74 Registrants including students, faculty and professionals• Excellent Key Note Speaker: The Keynote speaker was Kent Statler, COO & Executive

Vice President of Commercial Systems, Rockwell Collins • Andy Carlson (Section Chair Twin Cities) and Larry Frutiger (DD Finance) attended• And the Winners Are:

– Community Outreach• Sarah Hunt USAFA

– Masters• Andrew Friedrichs Missouri State University of Science &

Technology– Freshman/Sophomore

• First Place Iowa State University» Spencer Dewald» Adam Harper» Joshua Straquadine» Rohan Sharma

• Second Place USAFA» Eric Ruth» Jeff Howdeshell

• Third Place USAFA» Jared Broussard



• 2011 Student Paper Conference Cedar Rapids Iowa• And the Winners Are (cont’d):

– Team Competition• First Place University of Colorado

» Michaela Cui» Arthur Kreuter» Brett Miller

• Second Place University of Colorado» Derek Houtz» James Nelson» Aaron Young

• Third Place (tie) University of Colorado» Erin Tucker» Jeff Severson» Erin Halin

• Third Place (tie) St. Louis University» Tu Vo» Dominic Dahlen» Justin Scherbring

Student Paper Conference Highlights



Student Paper Conference Highlights



Actions/Issues for RSAC

• Under New Business• The faculty advisors, based upon discussions with the students, want to know if

AIAA can provide the judging criteria (paper and oral) to the students prior to the conference. It could be posted on the website and those that are interested would find it available.

• The students want feedback! This is extremely important to them! For the students to find value/benefit (where have we heard this statement???!!), they need meaningful feedback and would like the scores along with the comments (both paper and oral). Why is the policy to only provide the comments?



Regional Health

Section Membership Trend (2 yr)

Financial Health

Section Activities

Communication Outreach

RAC Attendance

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Overall Health

Comments

Iowa -20%

OK Finishing Council

Year

Monthly Telecon Yes OK Great SPC 2010

Rocky Mountain

0% Good Finishing Council

Year

Monthly Telecon Partial

Good Hosting SPC next Year at

CU Boulder

St. Louis -6% OK Finishing Council

Year

Monthly Telecon Partial Good

Category III Received

Twin Cities

+11% OK Finishing Council

Year

Monthly Telecon Yes OK Always Busy

Wichita -30% OK Finishing Council

Year

Monthly Telecon and e-mails

Yes Struggling Working with Headquarters

Region as a whole -6%

Documents

Region V Directors Report Laura Richard 303-269-5963 Region V Report to RSAC 11 May 2011