Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee APS TC

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Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee (APS
- TC)

• Annual Report Input
• to
• PE Group Meeting
• January 4, 2008
• By
• Harout Ayvazian, APS TC Chair

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APS-TC Chair

• TC Chair Name / Contact Info
• Harout Ayvazian
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Mail Stop 160-2-601
• 1111 West 3rd Street
• Azusa, CA 91702
• (626)-812-3398 (W)
• E-mail harout.v.ayvazian_at_ngc.com

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APS-TC Membership

• Number of Members 44
• 33 Full, 11 Emeritus
• Employers
• 15 From Government
• 5 From Academia
• 13 From Industry
• Grades
• 19 Members
• 6 Senior Members
• 8 Associate Fellows
• 0 Fellow
• Number of Foreign Members 0 by APS Charter
• Due to the restricted nature of many of the
  technical topics discussed at our meetings,
  international membership to this TC is not
  actively sought
• Member Roster - see next page

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APS-TC Roster
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TC Operations

• TC has a succession plan
• 2 years as Secretary, then move on to
• 2 years as Vice-chair, then move on to
• 2 years as Chair, then move on to
• 2 years as Grand Poobah
• TC has Six Subcommittees
• Membership
• Conferences Activities
• Publications
• Specifications Standards
• Education
• Awards

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APS-TC Meetings

• Number of TC meetings this year 3 (1 via
  telecom and two in person)
• First meeting was held via telecom on February
  14, 2008
• Second meeting was held at the Space Power
  Workshop on 4/22/08
• Third meeting was held at the IECEC on 7/28/08
• Fourth meeting was a telecom on November 20, 2008
• Participation in AIAA national Technical
  Conferences
• IECEC sponsored jointly by APS and TES TCs
  International Energy Conversion Engineering
  Conference (IECEC), July 28-31, 2008 in
  Cleveland, OH and is planned for 2009 IECEC to be
  co-located with JPC in Denver
• Participation in non-AIAA conferences
• APS TC members are actively involved in the
  organization of the Space Power Workshop
  organized by the Aerospace Corporation in Los
  Angeles, CA
• TC member Margot Wasz serves on SPW Steering
  Committee

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Special TC Events

• Special Events Space Power System Design
  Tutorial
• Presented at 03 IECEC, 04 SPW 04 IECEC
• Instructors Robb Pinkerton, Ted Stern Doug
  Allen All TC Members
• Paid Registrants
• 7 at the 02 IECEC
• 8 at the 03 IECEC
• 16 at the 04 SPW
• 8 at the 04 IECEC
• TC Income from Course
• TC Didnt Make Any Money in Previous Years as
  Course Was Administered by AIAA and Not Enough
  Registrants to Get Paid
• 1300.00 in 04 After TC Began to Administer Course

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APS-TC Honors Awards

• 2008 Aerospace Power Systems Award
• To be presented at the 2008 IECEC to Doug Allen
  of the Schafer Corporation of Cleveland, OH. Mr.
  Allen is recognized for over 25 years of
  pioneering efforts, vision, leadership, and
  expertise towards the advancement of space power
  systems and related technologies.
• 2008 Aerospace Power Systems Best Paper Award
• To be presented at the 2008 IECEC to Aloysius F.
  Hepp, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
  at the 2008 IECEC Ultra-Lightweight Hybrid
  Thin-Film Solar Cells A Survey of Enabling
  Technologies for Space Power Applications
• 2008 Aerospace Power Systems Best Student Paper
  Award
• To be presented at the 2008 IECEC to ENS Justin
  Langlois, USN, Annapolis, MD Dynamic Computer
  Model of a Stirling Space Nuclear Power System

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TC Publication Activities

• Aerospace America publication
• Highlights article Provided 1 page APS
  highlight article (by Ted Stern)
• Handbook In process of creating handbook for
  operation of IECEC conference
• Newsletter Yearly newsletter established
• White papers/position papers None
• Books None
• Journal articles None

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TC Participation in AIAA Sections, Committees
Activities

• TC participation/activities with AIAA sections
• No official joint activities with local AIAA
  sections, however, local AIAA sections have been
  contacted with regard to participation/involvement
  in IECEC conference
• Standards Large number of TC members involved
  in AIAA Standards activities. Substantial
  active involvement in the following Standards
  activities
• AIAA Standard - Qualification and Quality
  Requirements for Space Solar Cells (S-111)
• AIAA Standard - Qualification and Quality
  Requirements for Space Solar Panels (S-112)
• AIAA Standard - Electrical Power Systems for
  Unmanned Spacecraft (S-122)
• APS TC members are part of an international
  committee trying to create an ISO standard on
  solar cells and panels.
• APS TC members are involved with reviewing
  Aerospace Battery Qualification Standard
  TOR-2007(8583)-1.
• APS TC committee members are currently and
  actively involved in modifications to AIAA
  Standards (S-111-2005 S-112-2005 headed by
  Henry Brandhorst, and S122 headed by Winnie Choy)
• Education
• APS TC puts together the Aerospace Power Systems
  course, held annually at the Space Power Workshop
• APS TC has generated a draft Education Charter
  and is being reviewed by TC for release.
• Policy One TC member emeritus (Doug Allen) is
  involved in this committee

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APS-TC 2008 Significant Accomplishments

• The Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee
  has been extremely busy and involved over the
  past year with various activities. A major
  activity has been the operation and the
  long-range planning of the IECEC, which included
  a decision to co-locate with the JPC in 2009 and
  involving other . The IECEC is jointly organized
  with the Terrestrial Energy Systems TC and is the
  major conference for the APS Technical Committee
  since it is one of the few conferences that
  addresses the breadth of aerospace power system
  technologies covered by this TC. The TC provided
  substantial organizational and technical support
  for the IECEC this year. The other major
  accomplishment by this TC has been its
  involvement in the development of various
  standards for the aerospace community.
  Significant work over the past year was put into
  the committee to establish and complete AIAA
  Standard S-122 Electrical Power Systems for
  Unmanned Spacecraft. Earlier involvement in the
  AIAA Standards S-111-2005 and S-112-2005 on Solar
  Cell and Array Qualification and Quality
  Requirements now has many APS TC members involved
  in meetings to discuss clarification and possible
  changes to these documents in response to
  comments from industry/Government. The TC has
  also been asked to participate in revising a 1978
  AIAA Position Paper on Solar Power Satellites.
  This request is currently being evaluated by the
  committee.