SECTION ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013

SECTION ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

Outstanding Section Award Outstanding Activity Award The Annual Report is the Business Report for the Section and must be received before a Section can receive its rebate for the next year. It covers activities from June 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015. Although any member can aid in filling out the report, submission can only be made by the serving chair of the section year listed above. Supporting materials such as newsletters, programs, advertising, etc. may be attached, but the total pages should be no more than 12 (excluding the outstanding section and activity awards which can be two pages each), and must all be in one document (it may mean that the entire report is submitted in pdf format). Larger or extra pieces of supporting material, such as newsletters, multiple flyers, banquet programs, etc. should be archived on the section’s SharePoint site with links in the report document as needed. This report must be submitted by June 1, 2015 in order to be considered for any section awards. The Orange County Annual Report covers activities from 1 June 2014 to 31 May 2015. Figure 1 shows AIAA Associate Fellow Bob Welge, Vice Chair for Membership for the AIAA OC section, during the 2015 Engineering Week Outreach at the Boeing Huntington Beach facility. Section Name: Orange County Section Size Category: Large

Figure 1. 2015 Engineering Week Outreach Section Organization 1. List the names of the Section Officers and any additional members of the section council. Chair Chair Elect Secretary Past Chair Treasurer Education Programs Technical Communications/Web Membership Young Professionals Career & Workforce Enhancement

Dino Roman Dr Amir Gohardani Ron Freeman Dr Joseph E. (Gene) Justin Phil Ridout Jann Koepke James Martin John Rose Jody Hart Bob Welge Chase Schulze Vacant 1

Honors and Awards Public Policy Council-Members-at-Large

Vacant (Gene Justin, Acting) Kamal Shweyk Bob Koepke, Omid Gohardani

2. Number of council/officer meetings held during the year: 12. Average attendance: 10. 3. Percentage of membership voting in last election of Section Officers: 2%-3% 4. List any activities targeted at officer training or development including attendance at the Regional Leadership Conference: Regional Leadership Conference, RLC-4 (Bob Welge, Jann Koepke, Bob Koepke, John Rose) 5. Estimated membership located within 1 hour of the meetings: Estimated 99% 6. Number of Chapters within the Section: 1. Chapter Names: University of California Irvine 7. Describe how your section supports members outside the main local area (if any): Members outside the local area receive the Section activity updates and emails. Section has used teleconferencing due to travel conflicts for one or two members. OC is on Facebook and Twitter. AIAA OC Website for access by all. Meetings, Programs and Events 1. Describe the Section’s general meetings. Include date, meeting type (e.g. dinner meeting, field trip, lunch and learn, etc.), speaker, organization, topic, location, and attendance. You may further break down your attendance if you would like (AIAA members, nonmembers, students, etc). Also include the focus (young professional, public policy, technical, workforce development, STEM K-12, etc. or just general), any publicity used for the event, and if it was jointly sponsored and if so, by whom: Much of this information is contained in the Table 1 below. Also, see photo in Figure 1 above. Publicity for events typically consists of flyers being inserted into emails to the membership, word of mouth, placing ads on corporate internal homepages when possible, and posting flyers. Table 1. OC Section Events and Activities Date

Event

Location

Council Meeting

Section Activities

Total Attendees

June

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

3 June

Speaker Program, Phil Barnes, Pelicans

Duck Room, Irvine, OC

July

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

22 July

Speaker Program, Professor Ned Wright ,UCLA

Duck Room, Irvine, OC

Aug

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

X

10-12

Sept

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

X

10-12

23 Sept

Speaker Program, Randa Milliron, CubeSat, IOS

Boeing Huntington Beach

2

X

10-12 X

X

10-12

10-12 X

X

25

25

Date

Event

Location

Council Meeting

Section Activities

Oct

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

June through Oct

SPARC (Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge)

Orange County

X

10 teams, 50 team members

11 OCT

SPARC Rocket Science Fair

Lucerne Dry Lake

X

8 teams, 40 team members, several hundred visitors

Nov

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

12 Nov

Speaker CubeSat, Dr Puig-Suari, CalPolySLB

Boeing Huntington Beach

X

26

19 Nov

AIAA President Jim Albaugh Program

Boeing Seal Beach

X

80, Open to the Public

Dec

Council Meeting

Local restaurant

X

10-12

Jan

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

X

10-12

28 Jan

Speaker, STEM Teacher, Nino Polizzi, Rocket Sci Tutors

Boeing Huntington Beach

Feb

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

Feb

Engineering Week at Boeing Booths

Seal Beach and Huntington Beach

X

Multiple, YP

Feb

OCEC Awards Program

OC, Student Project (UCI Design, Build, Fly); Kerzie (Excellence), Dr De Armendi (YP) Awards

X

Multiple

Mar

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

Mar

CVD

Washington D.C. (Rose, Shweyk)

X

Multiple, Congressman Steve Knight

Mar

CA Aerospace Week

Sacramento (Rose)

X

Multiple, Committee

3

X

Total Attendees

10-12

X

10-12

X

X

18

10-12

X

10-12

Date

Event

Location

Council Meeting

Section Activities

Total Attendees

28-29 Mar

AIAA Region VI Student Conference Online Judges

Online Judges: Dr Amir Gohardani, Dr Jim Martin

X

Multiple

Mar

AIAA Aerospace America Article on ASAT Conference

Dr Amir Gohardani

X

AIAA National Magazine

Apr

Second Aerospace America Article ASAT Conference

Dr Amir Gohardani

X

AIAA National Magazine

Apr

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

Apr

OC Sci & Engineering Fair Judges

Dr Amir Gohardani, Judge

X

Multiple, K-12

14 Apr

Speaker, Craig Harwood – Quest for Flight Book

Boeing Huntington Beach

X

14

Multiple

Rocket Science Tutors

Nino Polizzi, After School STEM Tutors Supported

X

Multiple, K-12

Multiple

STEM outreach, AIAA OC TARC Teams; AIAA OC Section Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge, others

TARC--Sponsored 6 teams & mentored 12 teams

OC, Wash DC, Dry Lake Bed

X

Multiple

Multiple

Rockets

AIAA OC Sponsor

Dry Lake Bed

X

Multiple

Multiple

AIAA Sponsor UCI DBF

Sponsored UCI DRF Team

UCI, International

X

Multiple

2 May

12th Annual ASAT Conference

Doubletree Club Hotel, Santa Ana, CA

X

Multiple

2 May

Annual Awards Banquet

Doubletree Club Hotel, Santa Ana, CA

X

68 (New Record)

12 May

Council Meeting

Boeing Huntington Beach

X

X

10

10

In addition, we had joint sponsorship activities this past year with AIAA LA and IEEE OC included posting of events, posting to sharing site, and support to AIAA LA and IEEE OC events. 4

OC AIAA provided representatives, booklets, and charts, and made contact with potential new AIAA members and volunteers at each of the events listed. OC IEEE, LA AIAA members and other local engineers are invited to local speaker meetings, social events and the AIAA OC Section’s annual Southern California ASAT (Aerospace Science and Technology) Conference and the annual Awards Banquet.

The Section has provided donations and publicity to the local Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) teams, a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) international competition. Student TARC teams present papers at the ASAT conference, and Poster standup-presentation to ASAT attendees. The Section provided support to “Rocket Science Tutors (RST)” (www.rocketsciencetutors.com ), a STEM afterschool program that brings aerospace professionals into the classroom. RST operates at four Middle Schools and one High School in Santa Ana, California. RST provided 1,000 plus student-contact hours this school year, and conducted an annual field trip to the University of California Irvine (UCI). RST lead and now teacher Nino Polizzi typically presents papers at ASAT and attends the Awards Banquet afterwards. The Section provided judges for the OC Science and Technology Fair, and invited winners to present Poster Standup personal discussion to Aerospace Science and Technology (ASAT) attendees. The Section recognized and supported the UCI AIAA Student Section, and their aircraft Design, Build, Fly (DBF) team. This team has Speaker Program with AIAA OC, presented at the 2015 ASAT conference and are sponsored for OCEC (Orange County Engineering Council) awards. AIAA OC donates funds to OCEC. Section’s Council Meetings were held as indicated in Table 1: This year’s Speaker Pizza-Dinner meetings were our main effort to foster the profession, career, workplace and community new member outreach program. We had a variety of speakers and topics as delineated in Table 1. Pizza and drinks served. See AIAA OC Website: https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/Orange_County/default.aspx Membership Activities Describe any membership recruitment/retention activities (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Membership Award Form). The Section promotes the following values of membership at all the activities as listed above under Meetings, Programs and Events: • • • • • • • • •

Local Section Meetings—network close to home Technical and Program committees--bring together experts in their fields AIAA Career Center--Job Seekers Young Professions Member Programs--networking events Honors and Awards—gain recognition Voice in Congress—Congressional Visits Day Online news and research—Online Library and Aerospace America Engineers and educators—learn how to inspire K-12 Membership discounts—Conferences, Publications and Partners

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The Standard membership display and handouts of AIAA info were included at selected events (not all listed above) with a special handout showing how to sign up online ( both shown at the right). Through this promotion, we reached out to the membership community and their families in order to better engage them and serve their needs. In so doing, the Section provided opportunities for networking, the lifeblood of AIAA, and membership recruitment and retention activities. We promote membership opportunities through our presence on Twitter (https://twitter.com/AIAAOC) which includes links to web pages. OC has put Twitter on the Section email announcements and Web site. The OC Section is on Facebook (AIAAOC). The Rocketry Twitter account serve the youth (https://twitter.com/aiaaocrocketry). Emails were sent to members who had dropped. An active list of current members was maintained on Constant Contact for email distributions throughout the year. We jointly promoted programs and accompanying membership opportunities with the LA section adjacent to the Orange County Section boundary Additional details of the Membership report are contained in the separate xls based Membership Report submittal. Education 1. List the student branches within the section, and describe any section activities related to these branches. University of California Irvine (UCI) AIAA Student Section is within the AIAA OC Section area, and the AIAA OC Section is very active in supporting the UCI Student Section, and the UCI DBF program as delineated above in the other sections. 2. Describe actions taken to establish new student branches. No new initiatives this year in regards to California State University Fullerton (CSUF)—unable to find support at the University. 3. Describe involvement of the section with the Region Student Conference. None. 4. Describe any professional continuing education programs (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Career and Workforce Development Award Form). The AIAA OC Section has an active Career and Workforce Development program with Speaker program as highlighted above with two dinner programs. Flyers and emails to members and by extension to their companies support these programs. 5. Describe any precollege outreach programs instituted/continued this year (this section may be copied as needed for use in the STEM-K12 Award Form). See the write up for Outstanding Activity Award for the AIAA OC Rocketry program including Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge (SPARC) and Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) contained in Appendix A of this report. SPARC is an AIAA OC Section challenge to 7th through 12th grade students to design, build, and fly an electronic scientific or engineering payload. SPARC runs from June through October, at a Rocket Science Fair at the ROCtober Youth launch at Lucerne Dry Lake. It is designed to be a summer follow-on program to TARC. TARC is an international rocketry contest where teams design, build & fly a rocket to 8oo ft. The rocket flight is timed and carries one raw egg. It is open to 7th through 12th graders. The top 100 teams in the nation compete in Washington DC. 6

The AIAA OC Section financially sponsored six teams from OC cities and schools. The Section sponsorship helped additional teams in OC, Riverside, and Lake Elsinore areas. The teams hold meetings and perform local launches. Teams can qualify and compete in Washington DC, and there is a AIAA OC Section CoSponsored TARC “Consolation Launch” in June, intended to give all West Coast teams the “finals experience” whether they qualified to compete in Washington DC or not. In addition, the Section actively supported the AIAA OC Rocketry club. The rocketry club is for all ages but aimed at getting youth involved with science, engineering and technology through rocketry. The club meets once each month and has at least one launch outing each month. Students begin by building commercial kits, then go on to design and build rockets using a Computer Aided Design program. As they gain more confidence, the rockets get bigger and go higher on larger engines. Many go on to participate in the TARC contest and SPARC. The club has a web site at http://aiaaocrocketry.org covering the club as well as TARC and SLI. The Section supported the local TARC teams and Rocket Science Tutors (RST) teams. The Section also supported the OC Science and Technology Fair and provided judges. As a feature speaker, Jann Koepke (Education, Vice Chair) gives talks and lead activities throughout OC. Jann and Bob Koepke (at Large, Vice Chair) were consistently active with the TARC teams, participating in at least one launch every weekend until the end of the year contest. OC AIAA allocated funds for the TARC teams’ support, and the TARC “Team-Kit Boxes.” Three AIAA OC Section mentored teams made it to finals this year. Finals were near Washington DC in May. One team received the “Best Innovation and Approach to Mission Award” from Raytheon for their flight computer controlled air brake ascent control and parachute shroud line reefing descent control. 6. Does your section have a scholarship fund? (No.) Describe how funds are raised, and how scholarships are awarded. (N/A)

Public Policy (This section may be copied as needed for use in the Public Policy Award Form) 1. Describe activities that inform the public and section members about public policy. 2. Describe activities that provided interaction with government officials. 3. Did your section participate in Congressional Visits Day or August is for Aerospace? If so, describe. Yes. OC Section supported Congressional Visits Day (CVD) in Washington, DC and California Aerospace with funds and representatives. John Rose (at Large, Vice Chair) and Kamal Shweyk (Public Policy, Vice Chair) attended CVD in Washington, DC in March. This is an annual event where AIAA OC members travel to Washington, DC to meet with national decision-makers to discuss critical issues. The program was shortened relative to previous years, but was still very worthwhile as several meetings were held directly with the representatives or their staff. Arrangements were made during the event to follow up with more meetings during August-for-Aerospace. Key issues were presented during the CVD event addressing a broad range of topics. John Rose and Kamal Shweyk also attended the 4th Annual California Aerospace week in March 2015 in Sacramento, California. This is now an annual event where AIAA OC members and other industry Advocates travel to Sacramento to meet with State decision-makers to discuss critical issues and policies. The objectives are to raise awareness of the long-term value that science, engineering, and technology bring to California and America 7

through face-to-face meetings with State legislative staff, key officials, and other decision makers. The program this year included the following panel discussions. Honors and Awards 1. Describe any local section awards given to members and supporters. Please note if award is new this year. The Section’s Annual Awards banquet honored well-deserved individuals who contributed to field of Astronautics and Aeronautics, and the community. Award Winners and Honored Guests included (See Outstanding Activity Section for photos) 2. List members nominated by the section for AIAA or regional honors and awards. Please include nominee, award, and status. None this year. 

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5 AIAA National Section Awards:  AIAA OC Outstanding Section Award, 3rd Place Large Category, Gene Justin, Past Chair, 2013-2014  AIAA OC Outstanding Activity, 1st Place Large Category, TARC and Rocketry Club, 2013-2014  AIAA OC Harry Staubs Precollege Award, 1st Place Large Category, Janet Koepke, 2013-2014  AIAA OC Public Policy Award, 1st Place Large Category, Kamal Shweyk, Policy Officer, 2013-2014  AIAA OC Membership Award, 2nd Place Large Category, Bob Welge, Membership, 2013-2014 OC Council Section awards given:  Student of the Year-- Violet Malyan, UC Irvine, Design-Build-Fly  Young Professional of the year: Mr Jun Yoon, Engineer, Boeing Huntington Beach OC Section members made AIAA Associate Fellows this year: None.  Dr. Amir Gohardani’s (Chair Elect) package will be submitted on the next round.  Another OC-related member submitted, may be a NW section member (new assignment in OC). A joint sponsorship event this past year included the nomination of award winners to the local Orange Council Engineering Council (OCEC) for their annual Engineers Week banquet. AIAA OC members who won awards were:  Ted Kerzie, Engineering Excellence  Phillip De Armendi, Young Engineer Professional  UCI DBF (UC Irvine, Design-Build-Fly) Student Project

John Rose was elected to the National AIAA Board of Directors as the VP of Public Policy. He currently also serves as the Deputy Director of Public Policy Region 6, Deputy to the AIAA Public Policy Committee (PPC) and Chair of the National Security Subcommittee. Technical Activities 1. How many local members are members of an AIAA Technical Committee? Not known. Describe how they interacted with the local section or local technical committee(s). Not known. Section reaches out to all members to be active members of the Section and attend the local events. 2. Describe local technical committees, their function and activities for this year. There are no local technical committees. 3. Describe any technical symposia or short courses not described in detail elsewhere in this report. No short courses. An outstanding technical activity was on the OC Section Southern California Aerospace and Technology Conference (ASAT) and evening Awards Banquet. This was a joint program, with sponsorship with the Boeing Company, Research & Technology. In regards to publicity for the event, there were numerous flyers, emails, and posting within companies, with the LA-Las Vegas Section, and with the local IEEE sites. Newspapers were contacted, but no posting were seen in the newspapers. The Section website was also used to promote this event. 8

The ASAT (Aerospace Science and Technology), 12th annual event was an outstanding activity. It is unique each year and really shows how the AIAA OC Section is building a significant working relationship with members, their community, and their families-STEM organizations. It shows the Section is reaching out to the future generation and getting them interested in STEM, while leveraging and bridging to the present generation in the form of technical interchange and networking with technical experts and leaders as well as students. The Section’s ASAT Conference is locally supported for Orange County Aerospace community. It was held on the first Saturday in May at the Doubletree Club Hotel, in Santa Ana, California. It had a variety of speakers and topics. See link below: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ea0dfsuy47d3a5c6&llr=vitem6fab&showPage=t rue Distinguished Speakers at the Conference:  Tom Croslin, Vice President, BCA SoCal Design Center Engineering, The Boeing Company, Boeing California  Darin Russell, Aerial Photographer and Videographer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.: Aerial Photography - Capturing the Beauty of Aerospace  31 Papers in 7 Tracks  Dedicated CubeSat Track  80 Attendees Participants included individuals from all of LA-OC, a testament to the interests in the goals and value of the ASAT program. ASAT and the Banquet help foster relationships between past, current, and future generations of the engineering community. It gives back to the retirement-age workers, the new young professionals, and the young, up-and-coming students. ASAT stirs the interests of the young and old. The ASAT conference and Awards Banquet allows members to network with one another, gain insight into other aerospace specialties, and foster opportunities otherwise unexplored. These opportunities including joining AIAA and taking a more active role in its events, activities and future both nationally and within the local OC AIAA community. The Section’s Annual Awards banquet is the night event immediately following ASAT that honors well-deserved individuals who contributed to field of Aerospace and the community (mentioned above under Honors and Awards). The ASAT-Banquet is an outstanding event for building a lasting relationship with and highlighting the contributions to the Southern California aerospace community with outreach to members in OC, San Diego, Los Angeles, and the Desert Counties.  Speaker this year at the Banquet was Joseph T. Vogel, Director of Hypersonics, Boeing  AIAA OC Year In Review Briefing was presented at ASAT that highlights the Section’s Accomplishments this year. See below (YIR-2015-Final.pptx): https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/Orange_County/Annual%20Reports/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFol der=%2fRegions%2fWestern%2fOrange%5fCounty%2fAnnual%20Reports%2f2014%2d2015%2fUpload%5f Material&FolderCTID=&View=%7b8EFAD42F%2d27B1%2d4898%2dA8A8%2d33226AC7E759%7d Photographs of the event are shown at https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/Orange_County/2015%20ASAT%20Conference%20Pictures/Forms/AllItem s.aspx Communications: (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Communications Award form) 9

Number of newsletters published this year: What article received the most attention or interest this year? Describe any section publications other than a newsletter, including content, frequency and distribution. Most recently, Dr. Omid Gohardani (at Large, Vice Chair) has developed and created a quarterly newsletter, see Figure 2. Reception to this newsletter has been positive and generated additional interest in AIAA OC. The format of this newsletter provides the readers with the latest news and upcoming events of OC AIAA section. See link below. Where is the link for the newsletter—and if we have one do we need the image below? Nothing recent in Newsletters on info.aiaa site—use the space for DC and Calif day issues from John and Kamal Articles were also written for and published in Aerospace America, March and April 2015 issues. These articles detailed ASAT’s prior success (review of 2014 conference) and promoted the 2015 event. https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/Orange_County/Annual%20Reports/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFol der=%2fRegions%2fWestern%2fOrange%5fCounty%2fAnnual%20Reports%2f2014%2d2015%2fUpload%5f Material&FolderCTID=&View=%7b8EFAD42F%2d27B1%2d4898%2dA8A8%2d33226AC7E759%7d

Figure 2. AIAA OC Newsletter 1. How does the section utilize electronic communication, such as email notification, social media (such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter), etc? OC AIAA Communications posts all events and emails for the OC AIAA using Constant Contact software. An event is sponsored by OC AIAA roughly once a month. For each, an event registration web page is created, and a series of email announcements go out to all OC and LA-LV AIAA members. OC AIAA coordinates with similar organizations, such as the local chapters of ASME, IEEE, and AESS, to post email event notices for those organizations if the events are deemed to be of interest to OC AIAA members. These emails are sent only to OC AIAA members using the list maintained by the Membership chair. In addition, OC AIAA Communications posts its event notices, announcements, 10

minutes, conference proceedings, photographs, and other documents of interest on its own web site at https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/Orange_County/default.aspx. AIAA OC has a presence on Twitter (https://twitter.com/AIAAOC) with the help of Dr. Amir Gohardani (Chair Elect). Twitter includes a link to web pages – we have 41 followers so far. OC AIAA has put Twitter on the Section email announcements and Web site and enabled a 2D QR code for twitter. A few of the tweets by OC AIAA have been favorites of AIAA national. AIAA OC Rocketry (TARC) has Facebook account that was initially set up in 2012 as well as with an account on Twitter. (https://twitter.com/aiaaocrocketry). Intuit will not be used. 2. The following questions are for those sections with active websites. 3. Do you use the AIAA SharePoint site to host your section’s homepage? If not, do you host a website elsewhere? The AIAA OC Section has been active this year with its Website and updates it regularly. OC AIAA Communications posts its event notices, announcements, minutes, conference proceedings, photographs, and other documents of interest on its own web site at https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/Orange_County/default.aspx 4. Does the website use the AIAA SharePoint site to host section’s homepage? If not, do we host a website elsewhere? The AIAA SharePoint site is used to host our section’s homepage. The site is updated regularly and was recently updated to include our sponsored 12th Annual Southern Californian Aerospace and Technology (ASAT Conference) in May 2015. The most utilized feature of the website is its promotion of upcoming section activities. The most significant new feature added was the link to enable event attendees to sign up via Paypal. We continue to promote this information resource to members as a source of information on current events and activities. The site is noted in the email announcements to the members. 5. How often is the site updated, and do you have a webmaster? Yes. Updates are made as needed and requested. Dr. Jonathan K. (Jody) Hart is our web focal point. 6. What is the most utilized feature of the website? What is the most utilized feature of the website? See above. 7. Do you use it to promote upcoming section activities? Yes, the Section uses it to promote upcoming section activities. 8. Describe any new or unique features added this year. Any new or unique features added this year? See above. Section is working with Paypal on programs. Moreover, Amir Gohardani (Chair Elect) and Omid Gohardani (at Large, Vice Chair) with webmaster Hart’s approval provided the capability of sharing information simultaneously on Twitter, Newsletter and the webpage. The “audience” of the Communication Activities is primarily the current AIAA OC professional. It is also geared towards AIAA student (UCI) members, and education-associate members (STEM, Rockets Programs, TARC, Science Programs, and Rocket Scientist, RST). The professional members include YP and traditional members as well as retirees. It also includes their families and the network in the community and schools, and STEM programs. The audience to a lesser degree includes potential and prospective AIAA members, members of similar groups, societies, and associations (very active with IEEE), civic, industry, and education leaders that are served by the AIAA OC section (the Section’s ASAT outreach and speaker programs engage members from Boeing, NG, UCI, and DOD). These organizations all had presenters at our ASAT conference, and members (Boeing, UCI) were recognized at the Award Dinner. Boeing was again a sponsor of the ASAT conference. This year’s ASAT conference also had a designated Cubesat track. Another audience for the section communications activities, though to a lesser extent, is the media (radio, web, TV, news outlets, journalists, and professional journals). The section has intentionally aimed at sharing the OC AIAA activities in Aerospace America this year and been very successful to highlight these activities on a national podium. 11

The section utilizes flyers and electronic communication such as email and newsletters to communicate with its members. The section distributed email notices for 30+ separate events and issues to its members. Paypal payments have been established to better handle payments and funds generated from these events and to offer a more convenient method of payment to our members. Direct mailing is rarely used, except for the few without email accounts. Direct phone calls are rarely used. Faxes are rarely used. The section has monthly Council meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to inform and listen to feedback from section officers, and visitors. These meetings are regularly announced on the section’s Twitter account. Visitors have included IEEE, Rocket students, RST, UCI, and DBF, as well as prospective new members and volunteers. Approved meeting minutes are stored and reported on the website. It is estimated that 98% of the membership has an active email address. That estimate agrees with info from other sections. No efforts have been made this year to move all the members to email.

Financial Summary (this portion of the report does not satisfy the requirements for an audit report): Estimates only (below) – Audit Report Due 30 June 2015. Beginning Total Balance of all cash on hand as of June 1, 2014: $14,759 (From Last Year’s Audit Report) Checking Account: $ 3,945 (From Last Year’s Audit Report) Savings Account: $ 10,814 (From Last Year’s Audit Report) Income: $ 11,589 (Total 2014-2015) Estimate Only – Audit Report Due 30 June 2015 Expenses: $ 12,820 (Total 2014-2015) Estimate Only – Audit Report Due 30 June 2015 Net Change $ -1,232 (2014-2015) Estimate Only – Audit Report Due 30 June 2015 Estimated Ending Balance as of May 31, 2015 $13,440 (Estimate Only – Audit Report Due 30 June 2015 What corporate donations were received? $0 Were any meetings or functions underwritten or financially supported? No # # #

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Outstanding Section Award (Limit to Two Pages) 1. Statement of the mission and goals of the section. How is your section functioning within the mission and goals of the AIAA? The mission and goals of the Orange County Section are closely aligned with those of the Institute at large. We agree that we are a service organization focused on creating tangible value for our members. Our mission is to address the professional needs and interests of the past, current, and future aerospace workforce and to advance the state of aerospace science, engineering, technology, operations, and policy to benefit our global society. To support this mission our four primary goals are: 

To advance the aerospace profession by keeping our members and community well informed through programs that address technical as well as critical issues facing our community and that encourage information flow and creative interchange;

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To sustain and strengthen the profession by providing opportunities and programs that stimulate workforce development through lifelong learning for today’s professionals, that enhance the development of future professionals through support of students, faculty, and academic institutions, and that enhance retention of aerospace workers;

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To stimulate progress in the state of the art of aerospace science and technology by promoting communication and personal interaction among students, engineers, and scientists as well as with other professional groups, and by recognizing outstanding professional accomplishments; and

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To serve as an advocate for the profession by highlighting the tremendous societal contributions of aerospace systems and technologies, by focusing the scientific and technical capabilities of the profession on areas of international importance, and by representing the local professional community in public policy discussions at local, national, and international levels.

The OC Section has been active this past year in every one of the stated goals from supporting of STEM education and programs to honoring our members. Our year-in-review (YIR) presentation at https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/Orange_County/Annual%20Reports/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2f Regions%2fWestern%2fOrange%5fCounty%2fAnnual%20Reports%2f2014%2d2015%2fUpload%5fMaterial&Folder CTID=&View=%7b8EFAD42F%2d27B1%2d4898%2dA8A8%2d33226AC7E759%7d is evidence of the many varied activities the section sponsors in support of our goals. 2. Statement of philosophy of use of funds (both through rebates and other means). How are financial resources used by the section? How do you think the funds are best utilized? The Section’s philosophy regarding the use of funds is twofold. One is to provide AIAA educational/technical events for the membership and community at large. The second is to support worthwhile external activities and participate with other organizations that are closely aligned with our goals. We as a Section feel that, so long as the financial requirements of the Section are met and there is a reasonable reserve for unforeseen expenses, funds should be allocated to any AIAA member-family focused project with merit and a plan for fiscal responsibility. We believe in making all our events as affordable as possible to our members and non-members by subsidizing part of the costs for participation (with preferential terms reserved for members only). The Section uses its funds to sponsor various events including Outreach Programs, Technical Meetings, a yearly local technical conference, the Aerospace Systems and Technology (ASAT) Conference and Banquet (in its twelfth year this year), as well as provide travel assistance to members wishing to participate in AIAA events such as CVD 13

and RLC. The Section also uses funds to support events sponsored by its Student Branches, and to support other local events such as Science Fairs, University of California - Irvine Design Build-Fly program, TARC, RST, and other education programs. Furthermore, the Council discusses ideas for new events (proposed by the membership or by council members) and determines how much monetary support can be allocated to each in our yearly budgeting activity. For any event where the Section has expended funds, it is generally agreed and expected that the organizer will provide something back to the Section. This may include a re-cap/report of the event/activity at the ASAT conference, a mention of AIAA sponsorship, or participation in a Section event. This is a simple means of giving back to other members. We rely on Cat I funds for most of our activities and apply for Cat III funding where appropriate. 3. Please describe any challenges or problems that arose during the year (or that are ongoing) and how the section dealt with them. The primary obstacle remains the changing interest in aerospace, and low-turn-out and semi-apathy among our members in regards all section. It is a challenge to motivate people to come to events when there is uncertainty regarding employment and the future. This past year, attendance at dinner events has been a challenge but we have done well. In addition to offering value and content in our programs and activities, there is a small percentage decline in the number of the members in the Section, consistent with the national average. We have frequently followed up with dropped membership in an effort to get renewal. The one exception to this constant battle is the ASAT Conference and Awards Banquet which consistently year after year sets record breaking participation levels and brings professionals, students, and academia together for stimulating conversations. As mentioned earlier, the section subsidizes many of our programs to encourage participation and we provide many outstanding STEM related activities such as our Rockets Program to engage our future workforce and instill a sense of teamwork and continued involvement. 4. Please describe how your section is responding to its unique circumstances and how it is making a difference. In other words, why should this be an Outstanding Section? The Section is an Outstanding Section because of the excellence and reach of its programs. We have decided that to make the most impact and reach the most people, from professionals to pre-college students to the community at large, our resources are best utilized to support interesting, low cost speaker programs, our yearly conference and banquet, and family-centered STEM programs. These programs allow members and nonmembers to network with one another, learn new interests, and possibly find opportunities they would not have otherwise. This includes encouraging younger professional and students to join AIAA, and continue their relationship with the AIAA OC Section. Our STEM and educational outreach programs including our very own Rocket Programs and Team America Rocketry Competition (TARC) sponsorships, University of California Irvine International winning Design Build Fly (DBF) aircraft team support, Rocket Science Tutors (RST) support, and many other educational programs the section is asked to participate in and does are all detailed in our annual report and are second to none. In fact many aspects of our Rocket Programs are the blueprint for other programs around the country.

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Appendix A Outstanding Activity Award Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge (SPARC), Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) and AIAA OC Rocketry Club          

Date of Event: Year Long Activity Name of Event: OC Section Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge (SPARC) activity, OC Section Sponsorship of the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) and Rocketry Club Speaker: OC Section Aerospace Professionals and TARC Volunteers Speaker Affiliation: TARC and Multiple Affiliations Meeting type: Multiple types: School Programs, Weekend Launches, and National Competition Attendance: Attendance varied for each event. Total attendance was well into the 100s. Description of Event: see the write up below Joint Sponsorship? With what group(s)? Multiple Joint Sponsorship, AIAA OC Rocketry Club, schools, NAR (National Association of Rocketry), TARC Describe any publicity for the event: There were numerous flyers, emails, and posting within companies, and with the LA-Las Vegas Section, and with the local IEEE sites. The Section website was referenced. What makes this event an outstanding activity? See below, See SPARC Photos SlideShow: http://aiaaocrocketry.org/SlideShowWebGalleries/AIAA-OC-Section-2015/1/slideshow.htm?1

The OC section joint activity with Jann and Bob Koepke’s outreach and mentorship with kids under these programs is outstanding. Jann serves as Vice Chair of Education and Bob fills an at Large position. AIAA OC Section has created a STEM education through rocketry program that this year includes a new activity, the 1st annual SPARC (Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge) as a follow-on to TARC (Team America Rocketry Challenge) to help mitigate the loss of a the NASA sponsored Student Launch Initiative program. SPARC is open to 7th – 12th grades and runs across the summer months. SPARC places the emphasis on an electronic scientific or engineering payload as well as the rocket. SPARC further inspires kids in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). It inspires AIAA members and other to get involved and give back to their profession, their community, and the next generation and the following generations of kids. Plus, SPARC educates and inspires teachers and schools, other kids, and citizens in general in regard to the value of AIAA and STEM education. Over 100 TARC teams from the western states were invited to participate in SPARC. Ten teams responded and completed the program from June through the following October. Teams of 1 to 10 submitted a proposal for a scientific or engineering payload that was based upon the Arduino development platform and a rocket to launch their payload to 1500 feet. Payloads carried accelerometers and magnetometers, GPS receivers and pressure, temperature, and humidity sensors. One team implemented a guided parachute descent and another used a Pitot tube to measure the rocket’s speed. Data was stored on a removable SD card in the rocket as well as sent to a ground station via telemetry. Across the summer the teams designed, built, tested, and flew their rocket and payload. The event ended with a launch and Rocket Science Fair in October 2014 at a youth launch at the Lucerne Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert. Teams also provided a final written report. Over 1000 younger students attend this launch; many of those attended the Rocket Science Fair. Judges from Space-X and the industry at large evaluated and questioned the students after which certificates and plaques were presented. SPARC is the summer (June – October) follow-on program to TARC (September – May). TARC is a national contest from the AIA and NAR (National Association of Rocketry). Its goal is to inspire kids in STEM and to get others involved as mentors to the students. Students in 7th through 12th grades design, build & fly a rocket to 800 ft in timed flight carrying one raw egg. The top 100 teams compete in Washington, DC. The AIAA OC Section 15

mentored 12 teams with members from 12 cities and 15 schools, including teams in OC, Riverside, and even Lake Elsinore areas. The teams held over 80 meetings and 18 launches. Three teams qualified with scores as low as 2 – well below the 40 point cutoff (like golf, lower is better) and competed in Washington, DC. One of those teams received the “Best Innovation and Approach to Mission” award from Raytheon for their flight computer controlled air brake ascent and parachute shroud line reefing descent. In June of 2014 and April of 2015, AIAA OC Section co-sponsored the 2nd and 3rd annual T-CON (TARC Consolation Launch). T-CON attempts to bring some of the excitement of the finals in Washington, DC to all TARC teams whether they qualified to go to finals or not Plus, teams had posters and made presentations at the OC Section 12nd Annual ASAT technical Conference. In addition, the Section actively supports the AIAA OC Rocketry club. The rocketry club is for all ages but aimed at getting youth involved with science, engineering and technology through rocketry. The club meets once each month and has at least one launch outing each month. Students begin by building commercial kits, then go on to design and build rockets using a Computer Aided Design program. As they gain more confidence, the rockets get bigger and go higher on larger engines. Many go on to participate in the TARC contest as well as SPARC. Previously teams could also participate in the NASA Student Launch Initiative (now cancelled due to NASA budget cuts). The club has a web site at http://aiaaocrocketry.org covering the club as well as TARC, SPARC and SLI. An Educational Outreach Slide Show is given in: http://aiaaocrocketry.org/SlideShowWebGalleries/AIAA-OC-Section-2015/2/slideshow.htm?1

The AIAA OC Section’s TARC, SPARC, and STEM and Educational Outreach program, sponsored multiple student interactive build & launch (air, bottle, foam, and black powder rockets) programs as delineated below: • Students also learn to program • Teams write a proposal and final paper • Teams participate in Rocket Science Fair • Other groups have adopted this program • Ten teams participated in the program • Science fair judges included 2 from Space-X • Students earned High Power Certification Build & launch (air, bottle, black powder rockets) • Quest Therapeutic Camp (about 30 attendees) • Girl Scout Build (over 60 attendees) • Girl Scout launch • OC Fair Imaginology (3 days, 1000+ attendees) • Orange County Model Engineers (2 days, 100s) • Girls Incorporated (around 100 attendees) • Mendez Science Summer Camp (5 weeks, 100) • Meeting with HBO Europe • St Margaret’s Sci Night (about 100 attendees) • Ivy Max Stem Club (weekly) • Monthly club meetings and launch outings Web site http://aiaaocrocketry.org

Team America Rocketry Challenge • Int’l Rocketry Contest nearly 700 teams • Design, build & fly a rocket to 800 ft • Timed flight carrying one raw egg • 7th through 12th graders • Top 100 teams compete in Washington DC AIAA OC Section • Sponsored 6 teams & mentored 12 teams • From 12 cities & 15 schools • Helped 6 teams in OC, LA and Riverside area • Held over 80 meetings and 18 launches • 3 teams qualified to go to Washington DC • One team won the Raytheon “Best Innovation and Approach to Mission” award • T-CON TARC Consolation Launch Co-Sponsor AIAA OC Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge • AIAA OC Section competition • Emphasis is on an electronic payload • Payloads are Arduino based • Student build electronics and solder

The AIAA OC Jann and Bob Koepke’ outreach and mentorship with STEM, rocketry club, TARC is outstanding. They provide such a great service to the kids. These programs and events have offered an incredible opportunity for confidence building exercises in science and in life.

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