Region VI Report to TAC

Jeff LaubeDeputy Director – TechnicalRegion VI1 Sept 2015

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Region VI Overview

• Section Status Membership Health and Status Section Awards

• Region VI Section Highlights• Student Branches

– 2016 Region VI Student Conference will be at Oregon State University (OSU)

Region VI Section Health Assessment

Section Size Chair Member Changes

Financial Health

Annual Report/ Audit

Budget

Attend RAC Meeting

(phone/person)

Received Cat III Funds

Antelope Valley Small Ben Marchionna 212 / 1.40% ???? None / None 0/6 0/1 No

China Lake Very Small Jeffrey Scott 46 / 6.12% Good Yes /Yes 4/6 0/1 No

LA-LV Very Large Jeff Puschell 962 / 0.94% Excellent Yes / Yes 5/6 1/1 Yes

Orange County Large Amir Gohardani 472 / 0.21% Excellent Yes / Close 6/6 1/1 Yes

Pacific Northwest Very Large Elana Slagle 902 / 1.81% Excellent Yes / Yes 6/6 1/1 Yes

Phoenix Large Dan Frey 278 / 0.0% Good Yes /Yes 6/6 1/1 Yes

Point Lobos Very Small Gio Minelli 42 / 2.27% ???? Yes / Yes 2/6 0/1 In Progress

Sacramento Small Brian Pomeroy 151 / 1.34% Good Yes / Close 3/6 0/1 Yes

San Diego Large Kathy Kucharski 317 / 1.28% Good Yes / Yes 6/6 1/1 Yes

San Fernando Pacific Large Dean Miller 326 / 1.25% Good Yes /Yes 4/6 1/1 No

San Francisco Very Large Eric Toldi 970 / 1.25% ???? Yes / Yes 0/6 0/1 No

San Gabriel Valley Large Joshua Rottenbacher 374 / 1.63% Good Yes /Yes 5/6 1/1 No

Tucson Medium Brian Biswell 240 / 0.84% Excellent Yes / Close 6/6 1/1 Yes

Utah Small Spencer Brown 134 / 2.19% ???? Yes /Yes 0/6 0/1 No

Vandenberg Small Keegan McCoy 98 / 1.03% ???? Yes / None 0/6 0/1 No

Same Chair Downward Change in Membership

What can we Learn from Region VI Section Health Assessment ?

• 10/15 Sections in Region VI communicate regularly and are doing well 1 Section tries (Pt Lobos – Very Small) 3 Sections need work and/or attention (2 Small / 1 Very LARGE) 1 Section does not communicate at ALL (Small)

• Small and Very Small sections tend to be less communicative They have less funds They do fewer activities

• Leadership in any section makes a big difference Keeping leadership for more than 1 year in smaller sections may be a good idea . . . Better

than having poor leadership Alternatively, sometimes forcing a change in leadership can result in positive movement

• Taking advantage of Institute resources (Cat I, Cat II, and Cat III funds and travel reimbursement, for example) seems to make sections more responsive to the Institute

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2015 AIAA Section Awards – Region VI wins 32%• Outstanding Section Awards (36%)

Very Small: China Lake – 2nd Place Small: None Medium: Tucson – 1st Place Large: Orange County – 1st Place

San Diego – 2nd Place

Very Large: LA-LV – 3rd Place• Outstanding Activity Award (40%)

Very Small: China Lake Small: None Medium: Tucson Large: Orange County Very Large: LA-LV

• Young Professional (22%) Very Small: None Small: None Medium: None GIVEN Large: San Diego – 1stPlace

Phoenix – 2nd Place Very Large: None

• Public Policy (40%) Very Small: None Small: None Medium: Tucson – 2nd Place Large: Orange County – 1st Place

San Diego – 3rd Place Very Large: LA-LV – 2nd Place

• STEM K-12 (33%) Very Small: None Small: Vandenberg – 2nd Place Medium: Tucson – 1st Place Large: Orange County – 1st Place

San Diego – 3rd Place Very Large: PNW – 2nd Place

• Membership (31%) Very Small: None Small: None Medium: Tucson – 2nd Place Large: Orange County – 1st Place /

San Fernando Pacific – 2nd Place

Very Large: LA-LV – 2nd Place• Career and Workforce Development (0%)

Very Small: None Small: None GIVEN Medium: None GIVEN Large: None GIVEN Very Large: None

• Communications (31%) Very Small: China Lake – 2nd Place Small: None Medium: Tucson – 1st Place Large: San Diego – 2nd Place

Orange County – 3rd Place

Very Large: None

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Region VI Highlights: LA-LV Activities

• James Wertz Scholarship Officially launched on March 24, 2015 In recognition of Jim Wertz’s contribution to the LA-LV Section

– Reinventing Space Conference, Education through USC– Former Chair and Council member

• Las Vegas Chapter: had their first successful event open to their local membership on February 25, as part of Engineering Week. Congratulations! Chapter is well under way

• Career & Workforce Development April 9 Career Mentoring Event: Huge success. New Members. We gave an

Honorable Merit Award to Col. Hodgkiss

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Region VI Highlights: LA-LV Activities - Continued

• Young Professionals Tour of The Aerospace Corporation. Followed by Social Gathering at nearby Café.

• K-12 STEM Outreach Middle School Essay Contest is under way Volunteered with 2 judges at the Palos Verdes Science Fair on March 11. Four

projects will be recognized at our May 21 dinner meeting• Dinner meetings in May, June and July – all phenomenal and well attended

(40+)• Technical Luncheons in May and June• Booth at Satellite Educator Association conference in July – keynote address

given by Section Chair with technical talks by other Section members• Highly visible contingent from LA-LV at Small Sat Conference in August

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Region VI Highlights – Pacific Northwest

PNW: Focus on Simplicity (quality events not quantity), Sponsorship (get outside sponsors to fund the activities that are important to our membership), and Signature Events (Develop and maintain key events that our membership can look forward to year after year)

Recent Activities – Technology Policy and Innovation in Washington State: An

Aerospace and Cleantech Forum (April)– LEAF Challenge Competition (April)– Spring Social- Distillery Tour and Tasting (May)– Awards Banquet (June)– LEAF Challenge Teacher Workshop (August)

Region VI Highlights – Pacific Northwest (Continued)

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• PNW Educator Academy Capstone Event: STEM Challenge Held on Saturday 25 April 2015 12 Teams participated Attendees heard from two FAA speakers,

competed with their airplanes, participated in a Mentor Lunch and heard from our Keynote speaker- Erik Lindbergh

Winners

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Region VI Highlights – Orange County, San Diego, San Fernando

• Orange County: Focus on engaging YPs and getting higher attendance at ASAT (year end symposium) Activities held recently

– Dinner meetings in May, June and July – all phenomenal and well attended (40+)– Technical Luncheons in May and June– Booth at Satellite Educator Association conference in July – keynote address given by Section

Chair with technical talks by other Section members– Highly visible contingent from LA-LV at Small Sat Conference in August

• San Diego: Focus on re-establishing relationship with Student Branches and continue to increase YP involvement and engagement Recent Activities

– Awards Banquet (may 2015)– AirShow San Diego (June 2015)

• San Fernando Pacific: Focus on trying to get members involved Recent Activities

– Dinner meetings – partner with ASME has helped keep attendance consistent – Trip to Edwards in October

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Region VI Highlights – Arizona Activities

• Phoenix SpaceUp event

– About 40 people throughout the day; 60 total– Unconference format

» Had ~18 sessions and all were basically filled with talks» Wide range of topics discussed» Active participation between presenters and audience

– Held at a local community college March Dinner with SAE – Alan Mulally

– Great event; interesting to hear his perspectives– Very large turnout

» Not sure how many specifically were AIAA however» Sandy Magnus attended

• Tucson Supported D/B/F with judges – paper and on-site Provided “free” dinner for D/B/F students to hear Dr. Daniel Raymer at the Pima

Air and Space Museum – over 140 attendees in total

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Congressional Visits Day – Region VI

Highlights• Approx 25 meetings held w/Reps, scheduled and drop-ins

• Students and YPs came out• Continuity from CA Aerospace Days (Knight)

Improvement Needed• Region VI is made up of 9 states; but only 2 (CA, AZ) were represented

• No shows, late changes, or no response

Need EARLY engagement (sections and messaging) and commitment

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Images from CVD

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CA Aerospace Days

March 24 in Sacramento

•Good company participation

•Issue over ‘ownership’

•Bridging event to get to ‘16

•Local section tie in

•Sandy attendance

•Good connections established

•CVD light in terms of policy and meetings (not a bad thing)

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Images from CA Aerospace Days

Washington• University of Washington (UW) • Washington State University (WSU)Idaho• University of Idaho (UI)• Boise State University (BSU)Oregon• Oregon State University (OSU)

Nevada• University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

• University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)

Utah• Brigham Young University (BYU)• Utah State University (USU)• University of Utah (UU)• Weber State University (WSU)

Arizona• Arizona State University (ASU)• Arizona State University Polytechnic• Northern Arizona University (NAU) • Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (EBAU)

• University of Arizona (UA)

California• University of California, Davis (UCD) • California State University/Sacramento (CSUS)• University of California, Merced (UCM)

• University of California, Berkley (UCB) • Santa Clara University • Stanford University (inactive??)• San Jose State University (SJSU)

• California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly - SLO)

• California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech)• California Polytechnic State University Pomona

(Cal Poly - PO)

• California State University/Northridge

• California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) • University of Southern California (USC)

• University of California, Irvine (UCI)

• San Diego State University (SDSU)• University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

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Phoenix

TucsonSanDiego

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Sacramento

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Established since 2012Not active

Region VI Student Branches (34)

Sacramento

SanFernando

Pacific

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OSU will host 2016 SPC