Newly Formed Center for Aircraft Health Management• At McClellan Field, CA (Sacramento)• Institutional support from University of California• Broad-based program objectives

– Commercial activities in support of airworthiness• Aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul• Depot-level non-destructive inspection and NDI engineering• Aircraft structural engineering• Mechanical and metallurgical testing

– Application-focused research and development• Advanced methods for non-destructive inspection• Health monitoring systems• Aircraft structures

– Education• Aeronautical engineering: undergraduate and graduate• Professional education• Key partnership with USFS Wildland Fire Training Center

Commercial Activitycollaborative support for airworthiness

Research

• Application-focused tosupport airworthiness

• Gain support from governmental funding (e.g., FAA, DoD, NSF)

• Bring leading technologies to production

• Initial areas of focus:– Non-destructive inspection– Aircraft structural engineering– Aircraft structural repair– Operational service life extension

Education

• Broad-based aircraft education– Degree programs (UC Davis CoE)– Professional certificate programs (UC

Davis Extension)

• Professional short courses in aircraft technologies– Engineering– Non-destructive inspection– Management– Safety

• Fire-aviation specific training in partnership with USFS Wildland Fire Training Center

Anticipated Fire-aviation Courses (Fall 2005)

• Professional education courses– Offered through UC Davis Extension– Developed in partnership with USFS Region 5

• Week 1:– Aircraft Health Management

• Week 2:– Human Factors– Operational Risk Management

• Week 3:– Communications for Operations Management– Communications for Program Management

McClellan Field, CAhome for a collaborative center of activity

Partners

• University of California, Davis:– College of Engineering

(engineering education and research)

– Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research(UC institutional support)

– University Extension (professional education)

– MNRC (neutron radiography)

• NASA (aeronautical engineering and research)• USFS Region 5 (education)• Aerobotics (NDI)• DynCorp International (MR&O)• Eclypse International (wiring)• Hill Engineering (aircraft structures)• Metal Improvement Company

(shot peening, laser peening)

Key Contacts

• UC Davis, Office of V.C. for ResearchDavid McGee, 530-757-3442

• UC Davis, College of EngineeringMichael Hill, 530-754-6178

• UC Davis, ExtensionJim Smith, 530-754-6487

• USFS, Wildland Fire Training CenterDennis Hulbert, 916-640-1033