Joint AIAA/IGTI Student TeamEngine Design Competition

50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences MeetingNashville, TN

January 8 – 13, 2012

Ian Halliwell

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Progress

A memorandum of Understanding was drawn up between AIAA and ASME/IGTI in September 2011

This provided broad guidelines for setting up a new event

Joint AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition for Undergraduate Student Teams

Participating Technical Committees are– from AIAA : Gas Turbine Engines, High Speed Air

Breathing Propulsion & Air Breathing Propulsion Systems Integration

– from IGTI : Aircraft Engines & Education

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Value Added/Issues to Address

• Value is added with a joint competition Synergy – sharing costs and workloads Larger network of mentors/professionals More participation possible using both organizations

• Issues to Address Organizational structure to include AIAA and IGTI Advertising the competition Funding - prize money and travel budget Judging

– written proposals– presentation at AIAA JPC/IGTI Turbo Expo by 3 leading teams

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Strategy (Part 1)

• ASME adds $6000 to $6000 from AIAA Foundation Stay with $5000 for prizes Leaves $7000 for T & L for 3 leading student teams

• Currently seeking industrial sponsorship through OAI Consortium• Success is made more likely by collaboration• AIAA has detailed judging system already in place• Judging panel of 6 is drawn from interested Technical Committees• Champions:

Ian Halliwell (AIAA GTE TC and IGTI Education & Aircraft Engines) Ken Van Treuren (IGTI Education & Aircraft Engines)

• Set up a “Joint AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition Working Group” consisting of 3 members from each organization

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Strategy (Part 2)

• Detailed plan to IGTI BoD in June, 2011. This included: Annual schedule Division of labor (RFP, judging, website, publicity, etc.) Venue of final judging (One possibility is to have the 3 best teams attend

either TurboExpo or JPC to present their designs to a panel of judges)

• The intention is to retain the AIAA structure, format & judging criteria

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Working Group to provide:

Ideas for future competition topics

RPF authors

Technical input to the RFPs

Mentors for student teams, preferably from industry

Access to academic networks to encourage additional participation

Publicity in Europe as well as USA

Judging panel members (All judges must read all proposals!)

Further ideas for development & growth

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Schedule (2011-2012 as an example)

Activity Date

• Submission of Design Competition topic & abstract October 15,2010

• Design topic approved by Student Activities Committee January 25, 2011

• RFP written, checked & forwarded to Student Activities Committee June 1, 2011

• RFP approved by Student Activities Committee June 10, 2011

• RFP made available on AIAA/IGTI websites July 15, 2011

• Students submit Letters of Intent November 1, 2011

• Students submit design proposals April 1, 2012

• Judging panel receives proposals April 8, 2012

• Proposal evaluations completed April 30, 2012

• Oral presentations at JPC or TurboExpo & announcement of results June or July, 2012

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Working Group

Ian Halliwell (AIAA & IGTI)

Ken Van Treuren (IGTI)

Knox Millsaps (AIAA & IGTI)

Andrew Nix (AIAA & IGTI)

Jeff Hamstra (AIAA & IGTI)

One more member needed

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Current Topic

2011/2012 A Generic Engine for a Scale Model of an Advanced Tactical Fighter Aircraft with High Variable Power Extraction.

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Engine Design Competition

The current RFP

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Status of 2011/12 Event as of January, 2012

Letters of intent from the following:

Auburn University, USA: 3 teams Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA: 7 teams Saint Louis University 2 teams University of Kansas 2 teams University of Valencia, Spain: 2 teams Indian Institute for Aeronautical Engineering, Pune, India: 1 team ITT Bombay, India: 1 team University of Istanbul, Turkey: 1 team Sharif University of Technology, Iran 1 team Enquiries from 2 more Universities in India

Potentially 22 teams!

P & E Group - Educational Activities - January 2010

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