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ACGS Committee Meeting 108 - Gettysburg - October 2011

Agenda

1 SHORT COURSE: FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF RIGID AND FLEXIBLE AIRCRAFT

2 PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING

3 REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
     3.5 OVERVIEW OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG David Klyde

4 GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING

5 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION
     5.1 Research Institutions, Industry, and University Reports
          5.1.1 Research Institutions and Companies
               5.1.1.1 Systems Technology, Inc. Tom Myers
               5.1.1.2 Optimal Systems P.K. Menon
               5.1.1.3 Mitchell Aerospace Research Dave Mitchell
               5.1.1.4 Calspan Lou Knotts
               5.1.1.5 Aurora Flight Sciences Jim Paduano
          5.1.2 Universities
               5.1.2.1 Penn State Joe Horn
               5.1.2.2 Moscow Aviation Institute Alexander Efremov
               5.1.2.3 University of Minnesota Gary Balas
               5.1.2.4 TUHH-Hamburg University of Technology Frank Thielecke
               5.1.2.5 Georgia Tech Eric Feron
               5.1.2.6 Drexel University Jin Kang
               5.1.2.7 UC Davis Ron Hess
               5.1.2.8 University of Illinois Naira Hovakimyan
     5.2 Government Agencies Summary Reports
          5.2.1 NASA
               5.2.1.1 Dryden Steve Jacobson
               5.2.1.2 Glenn Sanjay Garg
               5.2.1.3 Langley Carey Buttrill
               5.2.1.4 Engineering & Safety Center Neil Dennehy
          5.2.2 DLR
               5.2.2.1 DLR Klaus-Uwe Hahn
          5.2.3 DoD
               5.2.3.1 NAVAIR Shawn Donley
               5.2.3.2 AFRL Dave Doman

6 1st ANNUAL DAVE WARD MEMORIAL LECTURE
     6.0 An Integrated Approach to the Dynamic Analysis of Flexible Launch Vehicles Jeb Orr (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)

7 SUBCOMMITTEE A – AERONAUTIC AND SURFACE VEHICLES
     7.1 Handling Qualities Tales Ron Hess (UC Davis)
     7.2 Control Methods for Quadrotor Helicopters Daniel Mellinger (University of Pennsylvania) ** Best Presentation Award **
     7.3 Loss of Control Prevention and Recovery Christine Belcastro (NASA LaRC)

8 SUBCOMMITTEE B – MISSILES AND SPACE
     8.1 Artillery at Gettysburg: The July 3rd Cannonade David Klyde (Systems Technology, Inc.)
     8.2 High-Gain Adaptive Control from the Era of X-15, and Some Lessons for Today Mike Ruth (Orbital Sciences)
     8.3 Some New Inertial Instrument Technologies and Applications Stephen Smith (Draper Lab)

9 SUBCOMMITTEE C – AVIONICS AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION
     9.1 Handling Qualities Evaluation of an Adaptive Disturbance Compensation System for Ship-based Rotorcraft Joe Horn (Penn State University)
     9.2 Knowledge-based Engineering of Actuation Concepts for Flight Control Systems Frank Thielecke (Technical University of Hamburg)
     9.3 Automated Air Refueling of UAVs Jake Hinchman (AFRL)

10 SUBCOMMITTEE D – DYNAMICS, COMPUTATIONS, AND ANALYSIS
     10.1 Aerovironment Global Observer Derek Lisoski (Aerovironment) ** Best Presentation Award **
     10.2 Inflight Simulation and Handling Quality Examination of a Flying Wing Dominik Niedermeier and Jana Ehlers (DLR)
     10.3 High Altitude Airship Research Thomas Myers (Systems Technology, Inc.)

11 SUBCOMMITTEE E – FLIGHT, PROPULSION, AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS
     11.1 Coordinated road search using multiple UAVs Naira Hovakimyan (University of Illinois)
     11.2 X-47B Flying Qualities and Autonomy Design and Flight Test Results Chris DeWitt and Rylan Jager (Northrop Grumman Corporation) ** Best Presentation Award **
     11.3 Integrated Adaptive Guidance and Control for Future Responsive Access to Space Technology Dale F. Enns (Honeywell Systems Research Center) ** Best Presentation Award **