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Aerospace Power Systems Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee (APS TC)Technical Committee (APS TC)

Annual Report Inputto

P&E Group Meeting

July 25, 2010

By

Greg Carr, APS TC Chair

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TC Chair Name / Contact Info:Greg Carr

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mail Stop 303-300

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

(818)354-0680 (W)

(818)640-5917

E-mail: gregory.a.carr@jpl.nasa.gov

P&E GroupAPS TC MembershipAPS TC Membership

Number of Members = 48 – 37 Full, 11 Emeritus

Employers – 18 From Government– 5 From Academia– 14 From Industry

Grades– 1 Associate Member– 22 Members– 7 Senior Members– 16 Associate Fellows– 2 Fellow

Number of Foreign Members = 1 by APS Charter Member Roster - see next page

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APS TC Roster APS TC Roster (Members)(Members)

Mem # Last First Description Employer

1 Araghi Koorosh Member NASA Johnson Space Center2 Arastu Azam Member Boeing - Space & Intelligence Systems3 Ayvazian Harout Former Chair, IECEC Steering Committee Northrop Grumman Corporation4 Bailey Sheila Conferences Subcommittee Chair NASA Glenn Research Center5 Bailey Patrick Member Lockheed Martin6 Brandhorst Henry Member Auburn University7 Burke Ken Member NASA Glenn Research Center8 Butler Michael Secretary Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory9 Carr Gregory Chair Jet Propulsion Laboratory10 Choy Winnie Specs & Stds Chair, IECEC Steering Committee Boeing Satellite Design Center11 Delleur Ann Treasurer NASA Glenn Research Center12 Egusquiza Roberto Member NASA Johnson Space Center13 El-Genk Mohamed Member University of New Mexico 14 Howard Alex Member AFRL/RVSV15 Kawam Elias Education Subcommittee Chair EKLA-TEK LLC16 Landis David Member The Aerospace Corporation17 Lebron-Velilla Ramon Member NASA Johnson Space Center18 Liffring Mark Member Boeing19 Lipinski Ronald Member Sandia National Laboratories20 Liu Simon Member The Aerospace Corporation21 McKissock Barbara Website Editor NASA Glenn Research Center22 Miller Jim Member NASA Marshall Space Flight Center23 Missirian Simone Member Soliant Energy24 Neubauer Jeremy Member ABSL Space Products25 Pinkerton Robert Member General Dynamics Corporation26 Piszczor Michael Former Chair NASA Glenn Research Center27 Raffaelle Ryne IECEC Steering Committee Rochester Institute of Technology28 Reed Brad Member USAF/SMC Chief Engineer's Office29 Reid Austin Associate Member DR Technologies/Vanguard Composites30 Ringel Steven Education Subcommittee Ohio State University31 Salim Abbas Membership Subcommittee Chair Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company32 Schreiber Jeffrey Awards Subcomittee Chair NASA Glenn Research Center33 Shaw Richard (Dick) Vice Chair Lockheed Martin / Space Systems Company34 Stern Theodore Publications Subcommittee Chair DR Technologies/Vanguard Composites35 Tonicello Ferdinando Member ESA-ESTEC36 Wasz Margot Member The Aerospace Corporation37 Wyatt Stephen Member DR Technologies/Vanguard Composites

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APS TC Roster (Members APS TC Roster (Members Emeritus)Emeritus)

1Allen Douglas

Member Emeritus, IECEC growth subcomittee chair Schafer Corporation

2Bennett Gary Member Emeritus Retired

3 Dakermanji George Member Emeritus NASA/GSFC

4Fox Christopher Member Emeritus LaBarge Inc

5 Hakimzadeh Roshanak Member Emeritus NASA Glenn Research Center

6 Jenkins Jason Member Emeritus NASA Headquarters

7 Lewis Carol Member Emeritus NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

8 Marvin Dean Member Emeritus The Aerospace Corporation

9Milden Martin Member Emeritus Retired

10 Newhouse Al Member Emeritus Consultant

11Rusta Douglas Member Emeritus Retired

P&E GroupAPS TC OperationsAPS TC Operations

TC has a succession plan transitioned on May 1.– Secretary, Michael Butler, will serve 2 years, then move on to

– Vice-chair, Richard Shaw, will serve 2 years, then move on to

– Chair, Greg Carr, will serve 2 years, then move on to

– Grand Poobah, Harout Avaysian, will serve 2 years TC has Six Subcommittees

– Membership

– Conferences & Activities

– Publications

– Specifications & Standards

– Education

– Awards

P&E GroupAPS-TC MeetingsAPS-TC Meetings

Number of TC meetings this year: 2 (two in person)– First meeting was held at IECEC on 8/03/2009

– Second meeting was held at the Space Power Workshop on 4/20/10

– Next meeting at IECEC Tuesday, July 27 2010

Participation in AIAA national Technical Conferences: – IECEC sponsored jointly by APS and TES TCs International Energy Conversion

Engineering Conference (IECEC)

– Steering committee members from the APS TC include H. Ayvazian, R. Raffaelle, & W. Choy

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

P&E GroupSpecial TopicsSpecial Topics

Training/Education– Space Power System Design Tutorial

• Instructors Robb Pinkerton, Ted Stern & Doug Allen All TC Members• Presented at SPW (typical), IECEC, or by invitation

– Presented at SPW and NASA-Glenn in 2009

– Outreach – Henry Brandhorst made a presentation on engineering/science to 660+ students at George Washington University

Specs/Standards– SMC has decided to fund AIAA to turn the two the Lithium Ion Aerospace

TORS (S/C Valerie Ang and L/V Margot Wasz) into an AIAA Standard– S111 & S112 photovoltaic cell/panel qualification standards are being

revised (Henry Brandhorst) Treasury

– $2000.00 available in the account currently

P&E GroupAPS TC Honors & AwardsAPS TC Honors & Awards

2009 Aerospace Power Systems Award– Was presented at the 2009 IECEC to Paul Stella of Jet Propulsion Laboratory

of Pasadena, CA. Mr. Stella is recognized for a career of leadership and pioneering technical contributions to the advancement of the science and engineering of space photovoltaic power systems.

2009 Aerospace Power Systems Best Paper Award– Was presented at the 2009 IECEC to Kyle Wilson, Sunpower Inc., Athens, OH

– Paper #AIAA-2008-5656, “Sunpower Delivery of ASC-E Convertors and Progress Toward Flight,”

2009 Aerospace Power Systems Best Student Paper Award– Was presented at the 2009 IECEC to Kristen Bury, NASA Engineering

Student Co-op, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH – Paper #AIAA-2008-5763,  “…The Effect of Reaction Control System Thruster Plume Impingement on Orion Service Module Solar Array Power Production,”

P&E GroupAPS TC Publication ActivitiesAPS TC Publication Activities

Aerospace America publication Highlights article: Provided 1 page APS highlight article (by Ted Stern) Newsletter: Yearly newsletter established White papers/position papers: None Books: None Journal articles: None

P&E GroupAPS TC Participation in AIAA APS TC Participation in AIAA Sections, Committees & ActivitiesSections, 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

P&E GroupAPS TC 2009/10 Significant APS TC 2009/10 Significant AccomplishmentsAccomplishments

The Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee has been extremely busy and involved over

the past year with various activities. The TC has successfully completed another transition of

leadership as defined in the bi-laws. A sub-committee has been focusing on bringing up the number

of papers in the IECEC as well as increasing attendance. The awards committee has completed the

process for the 2010 present at IECEC. The TC provided substantial organizational and technical

support for the IECEC this year. We plan to submit another end of the year highlights article as

we did last year. We are investigating whether to produce another position paper on Nuclear

Power in Space. 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

years 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.

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CRITERIA A. Effectiveness of existing TC

B. TAC governance

C. Liaisons D.      No. of TC meetings each year and how active are the TC members

E. Special tasks by TC

METRIC ITEMS FOR EACH TC EVALUATION

A 1. Membership balance analysisA 2. Create/update a charterA 3. Number of foreign members (optional)

B 1. Succession planningB 2. Training

C 1. AIAA TC’sC 2. Local or Regional AIAA ChaptersC 3. Other Professional Organizations ( i.e. SAE, ASME, etc. )

D 1. No. of Members that attendD 2. No. of TC members that actively work on your TC subcommittees

E 1. Professional short coursesE 2. Higher Educational Programs (Graduate and Undergraduate)E 3. K-12 Educational ProgramsE 4. Community Programs Publications:E 5. BooksE 6. Design GuidesE 7. News letters/BulletinsE 8. Journal ArticlesE 9. AIAA papersE 10. Aerospace America Articles Awards/Scholarships:E 11. Student (Graduate & Undergraduate)E 12. Young EngineersE 13. Lifetime achievementE 14. AIAA serviceCongress Contact:E 15. Participate in Congressional Day Visit

Importance order

1 1 1 1 1 

No. of Metric Items

2 plus 1 Optional Item

2 3 2 15

Points per Metric Item

5 5 5 5 5

Max Value of Metrics

10 plus 5 Optional 10 15 10 75

Max Percentage Evaluation Metric

10 plus 5% extra 8.33% 12.5% 8.33% 66.7%

TOTAL = 98.3TC: APS

A. 15 points B. 10 points C. 15 points D. 8.3 points E. 50 points

Percent Eval each TC

 15.0

 8.33

  12.5 6.91 50.0 Total =

92.7% 

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