American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

• General Meeting
• Thursday, February 1st, 2006

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Welcome

• What is AIAA?
• "The nonprofit American Institute of Aeronautics
  and Astronautics (AIAA) is the principal society
  and voice serving the aerospace profession. We
  are the University of Wisconsin Chapter of this
  national organization. Its primary purpose is to
  advance the arts, sciences, and technology of
  aeronautics and astronautics and to foster and
  promote the professionalism of those engaged in
  these pursuits."

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News Updates

• News / Updates
• T-Shirt Design
• Upcoming Meetings
• March, Final Trip Plans
• April, Engineer from Lockheed Martin
• May, EMA from Cirrus
• Next Meeting March 1st

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Activities Updates

• Zero-G
• Project Merlin
• SAE Heavy Lift Competition
• Sonex Airplane
• Outreach Team

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Career Opportunities

• 10 places to submit your resume
• Johnson Space Center
• The Boeing Company
• Lockheed Martin
• Northrop Grumman
• Northwest Airlines
• Polaris
• United Space Alliance
• Rockwell Collins
• Hamilton Sundstrand
• NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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AIAA Student Conference

• March 30-31 2007
• South Bend, IN (Notre Dame)
• 4-5 hr Drive

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The Trip

• Who Up to 20 AIAA/EMA students
• What 5 days, 4 nights trip
• Where Kennedy Space Center in FL
• When March 14th-March 18th
• Why Aerospace tours, shuttle launch, fun

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Trip Activities

• Shuttle Launch, STS 117
• USA Parachute Development
• KSC Tours
• NASA
• Boeing
• AstroTech

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Cost Analysis

• Airfare
• Car Rental
• Hotel
• KSC Admission

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Engineering Tuition

• What is engineering tuition?
• An idea to raise the cost of tuition to benefit
  students through scholarships, travel funding and
  updating lab materials

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Closing

• Reduced rate of 10 for the rest of the year
• Sign-up on AIAA mailing list
• Drawing for Lockheed Martin bag

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Next Meeting

• Thursday, March 1
• 600pm
• Location TBA (106 ERB?)
• Final Trip Plans