2011 Annual Meeting

Aerospace Department Chair Association Annual Meeting
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, January 4, 2011
Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
Orlando World Center Marriott Hotel
Orlando, Florida

Chair: Gary Balas, University of Minnesota
Secretary/Treasurer: Richard Gould, North Carolina State University
Past Chair: Colin Bricher, Old Dominion University

Agenda (Download here.)

• 7:30-7:40 -- Welcome and Introductions
• 7:40-7:45 -- Approval of minutes from our 2010 annual meeting, Secretary/Treasurer Report, Election of chair for 2011-2013
  • 2010 Minutes
• 7:45-8:05 -- Richard Barhydt, Deputy AvSP Director (Richard.Barhydt@nasa.gov)
  • NASA Aviation Safety Program Review
• 8:05-8:15 -- Knox Millsaps, millsaps@nps.edu, DoD Executive Administrator
  • SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program
• 8:15-8:25 -- Capt. Michael Simonich (Michael.Simonich@nianet.org, Education, National Institute of Aerospace
  • National Survey of Aerospace Engineering Programs, Students, Faculty
• 8:25-8:35 -- Prof. Annalisa Weigel (alweigel@mit.edu), Aero& Astro, MIT
• Update on National Survey of Aerospace Engineering Students -- Presentation
• ADCA Survey Briefing
• 8:35-8:40 -- Lt. Col. Jeff Forbes (forbes@colorado.edu), University of Colorado
• AIAA Academic Affairs Committee Update
• 8:40-9:00 -- Ronald Kohl (rjkohl@prodigy.net), Visiting Scientist, Software Engineering Institute
• Software Engineering in Aerospace Engineering Curricula, ABET Update
• 9:00- 9:10 -- Tom Beutner (Thomas.Beutner@navy.mil), Division Director for Aerospace Sciences Research, ONR
• Pipeline of new scientists and engineers for Naval Aviations
• 9:10-9:20 -- Ron Fredell (rfredell@abet.org), Managing Director for Accreditation, ABET
  • ABET's Global Accreditation Activities
• 9:20-9:30 -- Debbie Mayer (dmayer@pltw.org), Outreach Director, Project Lead the Way
• 9:30-9:35 -- ADCA Website Update, NASA Space Shuttle Program Artifacts, Balas
• 9:35 -- Other Business