Call for Papers

AeroTech Congress & Exhibition
November 10 - 13, 2009
Washington State Convention Center
Seattle, Washington, USA

The SAE AeroTech Congress & Exhibition provides a forum for the aerospace community to meet and discuss current and future challenges, opportunities, and requirements of next-generation R&D, products, and systems and to develop professional relationships among the members of the world aerospace community. Technical sessions, panel discussions, and keynote presentations are integrated in a program that provides value to industry and government engineers, scientists, designers, program managers, operators, educators, and students. Abstracts are invited on a broad spectrum of topics applicable to Commercial/Military/General Aviation and UAVs. These topics include, but are not limited to, the following.

Authors who wish to contribute a paper please submit an abstract online of approximately 300 words for consideration, including the paper title, the author(s) name(s), mailing address, telephone number, fax number and email address.

Abstracts due on-line by April 7, 2009

Review ready manuscripts due May 19, 2009

Final approved manuscripts due September 9, 2009

Automated Fastening/ Assembly & Tooling (AeroFast)
- Assembly Methodolgies
  - DA, Jigless Assembly, Moving Assembly Lines Etc.
- Large Component Assembly
  - Sub-Assembly and Major Section and Final Assembly, Composite and Metal
- Automated Drilling and Fastening Systems
  - NC Machine, Robots and Now Crawlers
- Advanced Assembly Fixtures and Tooling
- Advanced Portable Tools
  - Smart Drills, Laxer Guided Drills Etc.
- New and Enhanced Fasteners
  - Blind, 2 Piece, Temporary Etc.
- Composites Assembly and Fastening Category
- Automated Drilling Systems
  - NC Machines, Robots and Now Crawlers
Avionics
- Acoustic Systems
- Antenna Engineering
- Communication, Navigation, and Identification Systems
- Electro-Optical/Infrared Sensor Systems
- Guidance and Control Systems
Business/Economics
- Emerging Markets
- Impact of Policy Issues
- Industry Economic Trends
- New Business Approaches
- Upcoming Government-Funded Programs (US and overseas)
- US and International Market Forecast Data
Environment
- Airplane Design for Environmental Performance
- Cabin Environment
- Emissions
- Energy/Alternate Fuels
- Environmental Materials and Processes
- Noise
Flight Sciences
- Aerodynamics
- Aircraft icing
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Conceptual and Preliminary Design
- Flight Performance, Stability and Control
Man-Machine Interface
- Human Behavioral Technology
- Information Sciences
- Information Systems
- Modeling & Simulation
Manufacturing/Materials/Structures
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma & Supply Chain
  - Supply Chain Management
  - Lean Tools and Techniques
  - Lean Implementation
  - Supply Chain (the 4 Ws)
  - Dynamics of Supply Chain
  - Lean Six Sigma
  - Design for Six Sigma
- Product Design and Manufacturing Integration
  - Integrated Production Systems
  - Software Simulation
  - Virtual Manufacturing/Virtual Engineering
  - Digital Based Design Systems for Manufacturing
  - RFID in Aerospace Applications
  - Analysis and Modeling Tools
  - Virtual Manufacturing and Simulation
  - Information Technologies
  - Design/Utilization of Process Capability Information
  - Interface Management of Structures or Systems
- Automated Manufacturing
  - Robotic Manufacturing
    - Cooperative Robots
    - Intelligent Robotized Formed Processes
  - Intelligent Manufacturing
  - Laser Applications and Manufacturing
  - Mobile Manipulators in Aerospace Manufacturing
- Metal, Fabrication and Processing
  - Friction Stir Welding
  - Advanced Material Joining
  - Advanced Machining
  - Additive Metals Manufacturing
  - Advanced Alloy Materials
  - Low Cost Titanium
  - Advanced Metal Fabrication and Joining Processes
  - Light Weight Materials Applications
- Composite Material Applications
  - Advanced Composite Forming and Joining
  - High Output Composites Manufacturing
  - Nanotechnology for Aerospace
  - Next Generation and Low Composite Materials
  - NDE and Repair of Composites
  - Out of Autoclave Composite Processes
  - Multifunctional and Adaptive Structures
  - Thermal Structures
  - Low Cost Composite Materials
  - Unitized and Multifunction Composite Structures
  - Standards and Regulations
  - Fabrication and Manufacturing Layup Tooling
  - Wind Turbine Blades (wind technology) - Out of Autoclave
- Environment Compliance, Green or Sustainable Applications
  - Sustainable Manufacturing and Assembly
  - Tribology
  - Low VOC Polymers, Coatings and Surface Technologies
  - Standards and Regulations
  - Structural Health Monitoring
Power Systems
- Advanced Power Systems
- Power Management & Distribution
- Energy Storage — Aircraft Batteries
- High Temperature Electronics
- Thermal Management
- Modeling & Simulations
- Prognostics & Health Management
- Fuels Cells
Propulsion
- Airbreathing/Non-airbreathing Systems/Components
- CFD for Internal Flows
- Engine Accessories
- In-Flight Thrust
- Novel Propulsion System Technologies
- Propulsion-Airframe Integration
- Thermal Management
- Vehicle Power Management
Safety
- Flight Operations Safety
- Ground Support Systems Safety
- Industry Safety Initiatives
- Infrastructure Safety
- Maintenance Safety
- Manned Space Flight Safety
- Reliability and Maintainability
- Systems Safety
UAV Technologies
- Avionics
- Flight Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Materials/Structures
- Propulsion
- Safety

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