Call for Papers/Meeting Announcement-SAE 2012 Aerospace and Defense Ground Support Equipment Conference
Abstracts should be 300-500 words in length, present facts that are new and significant, and should include results achieved, if applicable. Abstracts, including paper title, author name(s), mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, and email address, should be submitted no later than November 1, 2011. Abstracts may be submitted online at www.sae.org/events/calls.htm
This inaugural conference will highlight technology in transition, focusing on past successes, ongoing efforts and existing or perceived future impediments to fielding new technologies from the user perspective. The 2012 conference will include a focus on green initiatives in the design and use of ground support equipment, design for operational cost efficiency, including autonomous operation, unmanned systems operations, and off-board diagnostics; environmental efficiency, including hybrid electric/hydraulic mobility, fuel cells, health management; and safety, including ergonomics and human factors. These technologies and design practices, and others, will be playing a pivotal role in next generation, high performance systems for defense and aerospace ground support applications.
The conference planning committee intends to provide a forum that not only addresses the most recent technical achievements, but will also provide a mechanism for the technology and user communities to work together to ease the process of bringing these technologies to fruition. In order to provide more opportunities for technology transition and networking, the planning committee has assembled a diverse group of government and industry leaders to organize the technical program.
The planning committee under Technical Program Chair John Goglia, is seeking abstracts for the following sessions. The committee will also consider abstracts on other topics related to the scope of this conference.
• Deicing technology
• Fueling systems
• Combined systems - hydraulic/pneumatic/electrical
• Electrical systems
• Fluid handling
• Snow/ice handling
• Cargo handling
• Environmental factors
• Weapons handling
• Maintenance tools
• Diagnostics equipment
• UAV specific equipment
• Airport operations equipment
Abstract Deadline November 1, 2011. Draft Manuscript December 30, 2012. Final Manuscripts due to SAE February 18, 2012.