The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - New England
section March/April newsletter is attached as a .pdf file.
Note the meeting Wednesday, March 13, 2002

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To New England AIAA section members:

The AIAA's March 13th meeting will be held at Boston
University and as there were some delays in mailing the newsletter,
I'd like to call your attention to Dr. Joyce Warmkessel's talk, "New
Directions in AIAA".
Dr. Warmkessel's presentation is focused on issues of crucial
importance to the future of the AIAA: a sharper focus on Systems
Engineering and Information Systems as key "linchpin" technical areas
in a transitioning aerospace environment. As we all know, the
aerospace profession is in the midst of transition with numerous
challenges at hand and for the foreseeable future. "Business as
usual" is no longer a viable concept in our profession and the AIAA
has been developing new strategies to adapt to a changing world.
Please mark your calendars for this coming Wednesday and join
us at Boston University for a most stimulating talk on the future of
our profession. Details in the announcement, below.

Best regards,

Dave Paris
AIAA New England Section Chairman


NEW ENGLAND SECTION
Meeting
Wednesday, March 13, 2002

New Directions in AIAA

Dr. Joyce M. Warmkessel
Sr. Lecturer
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
MIT


In the summer of 2001 AIAA chartered a committee lead by MIT Professor Sheila
Widnall to revise the AIAA's
strategic plan. The committee concluded that there should be more focus in the
areas of Information Systems
and Systems Engineering. The existing Technical Committees were reviewed. Some
were rearranged and there
were recommendations for additions. Also, there is an initiative to start a
journal for Information
Systems.

This talk will discuss the organizational structure of AIAA, the proposed
structure of the technical
committees, and opportunities for student and academic research papers.

Dr. Joyce Warmkessel is a Senior Lecturer at MIT in the Department of
Aeronautics and Astronautics. She
teaches the graduate course in Space Systems Engineering and a project
management course in the Systems
Design and Management Program. Prior to joining MIT four years ago, she was the
Director of Systems
Engineering in what was then the Space Systems Division at Lockheed Martin in
Sunnyvale, California. At MIT
she is part of the Space Systems Policy and Architecture Group researching new
methods for development of
space system architectures. She also does research with the Lean Aerospace
Initiative in the area of "Lean"
Product Development.


PLACE: Sargent Hall, Room 102, 635 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Univ., Boston, MA
TIME: 7:00 PM Pizza Dinner and Social half
hour
7:30 PM Program
COST: $5.00 Members/$7.00 Non-members/Free to Students
FREE if you are not an AIAA member and sign up
for membership this evening
RSVP: Please make reservations by Monday, March 11, 2002 by
contacting Prof. Sheryl Grace,
(617) 353 7364, sgrace@....
If leaving a message,
please include a contact phone number or e-mail address.

Directions:
>From Storrow Drive: Take Kenmore Square Exit and bear right. Turn right at
Beacon St. or Commonwealth Ave.
Proceed through Kenmore Square and bear right to continue on Commonwealth. Ave.
Sargent Hall is on the
North side of Commonwealth Ave. at number 635, just before Burger King, between
Sherborn Street and Granby
Street.

>From I90: Take Exit 18 (Brighton/Cambridge). Follow signs towards Cambridge to
second set of lights. Turn
right onto Soldiers Field Road/Storrow Drive.

>From South or North: Take I93, to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26).
Parking: On street if lucky. .Meters expire at 6:00 p.m. There is a parking
lot near the Burger King on
ComAve. Otherwise, $6.00 at the lot next to the BU Academy at University Rd. (N
side of ComAve) or next to
the Fuller building just West of Essex St. (S side of ComAve).
VIA T: Sargent Hall is between the B Green line Blandford Street and BU East
stops.