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Technical Tracks
68th Annual International Conference on Mass Properties Engineering
Wichita, Kansas
May 16-21, 2009
Hyatt Regency Wichita
Robert J. Hundl
Vice President - Technical Director
The Boeing Company
Patrick M. Mitchell
Deputy Vice President - Technical Director
The Boeing Company
Since its inception in 1939, the purpose of the SAWE has been to promote the exchange of technical information and new ideas in Mass Properties Engineering. The SAWE International Conference is the annual meeting that brings together mass properties professionals from throughout the world. These dedicated men and women work in close cooperation with and address the needs of industry, government, and other engineering and manufacturing organizations. The 2009 Technical Tracks are a result of input from these mass properties professionals with the combined efforts of the International Officers, the 2009 conference committee, and the Technical Committee.
We, as engineering professionals, again have the opportunity to learn firsthand about important initiatives, research, and the latest developments in our discipline through specialized technical tracks and discussions. Since ours is a community of practicing engineers as well as a unique engineering discipline, this interchange is a special opportunity for all of those who participate. We especially encourage young engineers to take the opportunity to learn directly from more experienced peers and colleagues. This conference is a forum for individual presentations and panel discussions on applied mass properties technology for the design, manufacturing, testing and utilization of air, land, sea and space vehicles and their associated systems/subsystems.
The first and third days of the conference will consist of eight different technical discussion tracks. The supplier exposition again offers all attendees the opportunity to view new products, technology and processes firsthand. This conference is the only one of its kind in the industry and always provides the opportunity for broadened personal contact with other members of the profession and leaders in industry and government(s).
Projected Technical Papers
| Monday, May 18 | |
| 3464 | Innovative Reusable Non-structural Acreage TPS Concepts for Future Space Launch and Re-entry Vehicles Thomas Luce - Northrop Grumman |
| 3465 | Advances on Inertia Tensor and Centre of Gravity Measurement: The InTenso Plus System Giorgio Previati, *Giampiero Mastinu, Massimiliano Gobbi (*corresponding author) - Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Milano, Italy |
| 3466 | Feasibility Study for the Measurement of the Inertia Properties of Huge Bodies Giorgio Previati, Massimiliano Gobbi, Giampiero Mastinu - Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Milano, Italy |
| 3467 | Weight Analytics Chuck Higgins - Altair Engineering |
| 3468 | Quantifying Uncertainty and Risk in Vehicle Mass Properties Throughout the Design Development Phase William Boze - Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding |
| 3470 | New Mass Properties Engineers’ Aerospace Ballasting Challenge Facilitated by the SAWE Community Amanda Cutright, Brendan Shaughnessy - NASA Langley |
| 3473 | Aircraft Structural Weight Reduction via Damage Tolerance and FEM Techniques Dr. Arif Zaidi |
| 3475 | Mass Distribution, Weight, and Center of Gravity application using CATIA v5 Angelo Papanastasiou - Mecanica Solutions |
| 3476 | A Step by Step Procedure for Determining Product of Inertia using the Moment of Inertia Method Kurt Wiener - Space Electronics LLC |
Sylvain Poirier, Bombardier Aerospace |
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| Wednesday, May 20 | |
| 3469 | Comparison of Power Distribution Systems for Land Vehicles Jack Al-Kahwati - BAE Systems |
| 3471 | Principles of Aircraft Flotation Simulation Dr. Paul Sinclair - Cessna Aircraft Company |
| 3472 | Factors Influencing and Methods for Preventing Tip-Up of Commercial Aircraft During Ground Operations Paul VanGinhoven, Andy Ouellete - The Boeing Company |
| 3474 |
U. S. Fighter Aircraft Design, Weight and Performance Trends Dudley Cate - retired U. S. Naval Air Systems Command |
| 3477 | The Health of Mass Properties in the Marine Industries David Tellet - U. S. Naval Systems Command |
| 3478 | Weight Report Sanity Checks using Informative Graphics David Tellet - U. S. Naval Systems Command |
| 3479 | Managing and Controlling Weight on Combat Ground Vehicle Development Programs Scott Kaiser, BAE Systems |
| 3480 | Buffalo Works Heavy Lift Aircraft Wesley Smith, Jacob Bingenheimer, Joe Heincker, Neal Hockersmith, Joshua Chippeaux Wichita State University, Wichita, KS |
| 3481 | Flight Test Analysis of LOX/propyline Upper State Engine Deepak Verma, Kay Gemba California State University, Long Beach, CA |
| Pres | Overview of B-1A Crash Otto Waniczek, Northrop Grumman |
