Hello!
Thank you to all who attended our inaugural Wasatch Aerospace and Systems Engineering Mini-Conference on April 15th and 16th! We were blown away by the presentations that were given in four different categories that emulated our conference theme, "Celebrating the Creativity of Engineers". You can now see many of the papers and presentations that have been uploaded to the "Libraries" section on this webpage.
Please join me in congratulating the following winning presenters in each category:
Creativity in Adversity:
First: Cultural Challenges of MBSE Agile Integration - Amanda McCrea & Tamara Hambrick - Northrop Grumman
Second: 21st Century Journey Towards Digital Engineering - John McCrea
Championing Change:
First: Championing Cultural Change and Control Systems Cyber Security - Aleksandra Scalco and Dr. Steve Simske - Colorado State University Department of Systems Engineering
Second: Developing Creativity Through Project-Based Learning - Mary Foss and Yucheng Liu - Weber State University Concept Center and Mississippi State University
Third: Sparkpoint: Exploring the Serendipity of Intersections and the Unexpected - John McCrea
Advancing Existing Solutions:
First: 3-D Printing of High Performance Green Hybrid Propulsion (HPGHP) Solutions - Dr. Stephen Whitmore and Tyson Smith - Utah State University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Space Dynamics Laboratory
Second: SRM Primary Particulate Ground Cloud Model Verification - Jonathan Melton and Jason Wells - Northrop Grumman
Third: US Space Forces Combat Doctrine - Charlie Vono
Creating New Solutions:
First: Oh my Hail - John Metcalf
Second: Application of Optimization Methods to Flexseal Design Process - Alexander Kaczkowski and Alex Hidalgo - Northrop Grumman
Third: Development of a Human Factors Hazard Model Using HEP/FTA/ETA - Dustin Birch and Thomas Bradley - Weber State University
Thank you again to all of our presenters!
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Caite Beck
AIAA Utah Section Chair
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