SAE SoCal: February section meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 200 1 -- The Space Shuttle

Reminder: This next week is a busy one for SAE events with both a section meeting and a tour................. Complete details (including online reservations) can be found at www.sae-socal.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ What: SAE SoCal Section Meeting -- The Space Shuttle, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow When: Tuesday, February 13th @ 5:30pm Where: CSULA Student Union How Much: SAE & STS Members & Guests: $10.00, SAE Student Members: Free, Non-Members: $15.00 Who: Speaker: Ralph E. Gatto, Chief Program Engineer : Space Shuttle : The Boeing Company RSVP: Go to: http://www.sae-socal.org/html/SectionMeeting.html A brief description of how the Space Shuttle design evolved following the Apollo moon landings. The early mission successes, the Challenger's accident, and the Space Station assembly missions of today are discussed. The vehicle configuration, mission profile, and major subsystems are described, as well as the flight readiness process. Lastly, there is a look forward to modifications and upgrades that will keep the Shuttle flying for many years into the future. Mr. Ralph Gatto has over 38 years of experience with Boeing and predecessor companies (Rockwell and North American Aviation). He worked on the Apollo program, performing vehicle loads analyses for boost, mission aborts, and entry. Ralph later worked on design studies of advanced vehicles, leading to the award of the Space Shuttle contract in 1972. He served as supervisor and then manager of the Structural Loads Group, responsible for the structural re-certification of the Shuttle Orbiter as a result of data acquired from the early flight program. Ralph then served as director of Vehicle Analysis, and was responsible for all vehicle analyses, including structural, aerodynamic, thermal, acoustics, vibration, and mass properties. He has led engineering studies of advanced vehicles, such as the Single-Stage-to-Orbit vehicle, and has written several papers on structural loads methodology for the Space Shuttle. As Chief Program Engineer for the Space Shuttle, Ralph is responsible for integrating the overall technical activities associated with the Orbiter, system integration, cargo integration, and Shuttle upgrades. Mr. Gatto received a BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Saint Louis University in 1959, a MS degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1966, and an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1973. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Meeting Location Information: Pick up a FREE parking permit at the Information Kiosk when you mention the SAE event. Park in Lot A, C, F, G, or as instructed by the Information Kiosk. Display the event permit on your dash. Follow sign posts to building "11" the College of Engineering and Technology room B-13 for the displays, tours, and social/dinner. Building "5" is the University The presentation will be in the Student Union building "5". For more information or if you have any questions or need directions to CSULA, go to http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/faculty/jettaro/pet.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ What: SAE February Tour -- Tour of City of Los Angeles' Traffic Management Center ATSAC (Automated Traffic Surveillance And Control) When: Friday, February 16th @ 11:00am Where: Los Angeles City Hall East Who: Host: Edward Fok, P.E. Advance Transportation System Research Group, LADOT How much: FREE RSVP: Go to: http://www.sae-socal.org/html/SectionTour.html ATSAC (Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control) Center is one of the state of the art traffic management center in the world. Numerous technologies such as traffic surveillance cameras, vehicle detectors, and computerized signal controls are used to keep traffic moving in this busy metropolis. Originally deployed in 1984 to meet the demands of the '84 Los Angeles Olympics. This center has grown to cover most of Los Angeles's surface streets and is continuously evolving to meet new demands and incorporate new technologies. ATSAC's research and development section has also helped to push the state of the art in deployment of ITS system in such recent high profile projects such as the Rapid Bus project and the Internet Arterial Information system. Space is limited to 30 people and the nominal tour fee has been waived. Parking isn't free. A number of inexpensive parking facilities are shown on the attached map. These recommendations are personal recommendations and not an official recommendation by LADOT. Direction on how to get to downtown LA: Please check on the Mapquest link or see Page 634, Grid G-3 and G-4 of the 2001 Thomas Brothers Map. Note: ATSAC is located at a secure area. Reservation is mandatory and please be on time. Please meet in the building lobby, by the security and information booth on level 2 of City Hall East. You will be escorted to the center when everyone has arrived. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~