Aerospace Technical Conference

AIAA Cape Canaveral Section Conference

October 15, 2011

The Cape Canaveral Section of AIAA and the Florida Institute of Technology AIAA Student Chapter are happy to announce they are co-hosting a regional aerospace technical conference on October 15th, 2011 at the Florida Institute of Technology campus in Melbourne, FL.

Itinerary
8am Opening Remarks
9am to 12pm Sessions
12pm to 1pm Lunch with Keynote Speaker (Mr. Patrick Simpkins - NASA)

Guest Speakers Include (Subject to Change):


Opening Remarks

Room 1

Room 2

Dr. John Deaton (Florida Institute of Technology)
Mars Simulated Habitat: Human Factors/Psychology Data

Mrs. Theresa Castle (FIT Aviation)
Issues in General Aviation Safety

Mr. John Glass (NASA Expendable Launch Vehicles)
Delta II, NASA Launch Service Program’s Workhorse Rocket

Mr. Luke Roberson & Mr. Paul Sierpinski (NASA/Zero Gravity Corp.)
Zero-G Flight Experience

Mr. Christopher Nagy (NASA Safety & Mission Assurance)
Dryden Flight Research Center X-31 Accident

Mrs. Holly Mentillo (Brevard Schools)
Teacher Education at Johnson Space Center

Mr. Mathew Zuk (USAF)
Orbital Debris and Tracking

Kerry Hanson (CCAFS Range)
CCAFS Range Systems

Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Mr. Patrick Simpkins - NASA


Registration Rates
$30 Professional Registration
$25 Student Registration

Meal
Lunch will be provided with a choice of
Chicken, Beef or Vegetarian entrée.

Choose your registration option:
Select your lunch preference:

Contact information
Please send any inquiries to Canaveral.AIAA.Conference@gmail.com

AIAA Cape Canaveral Section Conference

Call for papers and presentations


The call for papers and presentations is open for those corporations and individuals interested in presenting. An abstract will be necessary and notification of approval will be issued by the end of September for those accepted to speak.

Submission schedule
Those interested in presenting at the event need to submit a summary or draft of their presentation material to the conference. Those chosen to present will be contacted.

Tracks
The conference is currently planned to have four main presentation tracks, Space, Defense, Aviation and Education. Individuals wishing to present outside these are still encouraged to submit but maybe placed outside of a specific track.

Format
Summary and Draft submissions should be in word .doc format or an open format. Presentations will be conducted in rooms with projectors and computers using windows office suite. The speaker will have a total time of 50 minutes to present and take questions if they chose too.

Contact
Please send any inquiries to Canaveral.AIAA.Conference@gmail.com