The Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE) goals are to promote mass properties engineering as a specialized discipline and to provide a means for those interested in mass properties engineering to work together to further their professional goals. Since it's inception in 1939, the SAWE has grown to include 22 chapters located in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Central Europe, India, and the United Kingdom and has members from over 22 countries. The Society promotes technical interchange between its members through international and regional conferences, the Weight Engineering Journal, specialized training, technical papers and a growing number of professional publications.

Weight Engineering - Fall 2014

WEIGHT ENGINEERING
SAWE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WEIGHT ENGINEERING
Volume 74 - Fall 2014 - No. 1


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

73rd INTERNATIONAL SAWE CONFERENCE
 
Past President’s Message
Training Classes
Special Events
Conference Opening Speaker
Technical Tracks
Standards/Practices Workshops
Exhibitors and Sponsors
From the Host’s Point of View
Silent Auction Summary
A Ride in the Goodyear Blimp by Norb Carraway
Honors and Awards
Conference Registrants and Guests
Minutes of BOD Meeting
 
L.R. “MIKE” HACKNEY AWARD WINNING PAPER
 
Inertia Uncertainty Coordinate Transformation
by Adam M. Tahir and John H. Nakai
 
OTHER
 
In Memory – Roger L. Belt
SAWE Corporate Partners
ALE Completes World's Heaviest Load-Out
On Fuel Economy by Dee-Ann Durbin
Chapter Reports
Index of Advertisers

  

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Candidates for International Office

The SAWE is actively seeking nominations for for SAWE International Offices of President, Executive Vice President, and Senior Vice President. Nominations are due by November 30, 2014.

To see the requirements and responsibilities for these offices, view the SAWE By-Laws.

To nominate a member for these offices, please contact the SAWE Past President, Robert Zimmerman, using the International Officer Nomination Form.

Call for Papers and Instructions to Authors

The SAWE is actively soliciting papers and presentations for the following Regional and International Conferences.

The SAWE is now ANSI Accredited

August 10, 2014

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 The SAWE is now ANSI Accredited

The Society of Allied Weight Engineers is very pleased to announce that it is now an Accredited Standards Developer (ASD) as administered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).  We were officially provided that status in July of this year [2014]. This means that our society can create standards which will be distributed as ANSI/SAWE Standards.  As ANSI is a member body of the International Standards Organization (ISO), SAWE Standards can also be considered for ISO accreditation during their development process.  To understand the SAWE process required to create an ANSI standard see the freely available publication, Technical Overview document TO-2, “SAWE Procedures as an Accredited Standards Developer with the  American National Standards Institute” https://www.sawe.org/technical/rp/TO2.  The SAWE Standards and Practices Committee hopes that this achievement provides our members and sponsors increased membership value, and stands ready to work with you in advancing the field of Mass Properties Engineering through generation of quality ANSI/SAWE standards.

Updated - SAWE Response to FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 120-27E

FAA

June 16, 2014

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published draft Advisory Circular (AC) 120-27F “Aircraft Weight & Balance Control” for comment on November 7, 2013.  We, the Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE), responded in the FAA open period in January 2014 by volunteering to lead an industry solution in the establishment of standard crew, passenger, and baggage weights, and respectfully submitted a response to the FAA.  

On June 11, 2014, SAWE learned that the FAA will be updating the draft AC120-27F to use …“the latest NHANES Data for standard <passenger> weights, the other options will also still remain the same.  Once the changes have been completed it will go out for public comment again.”.

No further details were stated.  So stay tuned for another version of AC120-27F in the near future.