A Symposium on
New Directions in Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Frist Campus Center
(previously the Palmer Physics Building)
Princeton University
April 20-21, 2001
To mark 50 years of Graduate Education
in Aerospace Studies
and 100 Years of Graduate
Education at Princeton
Presentation Slides are
available below!
(John Sponyoe,
Rod Tabaczynski, Dan Goldin,
Edgar Choueiri,
Zhigang Suo,
Irvin Glassman, Jeremy Kasdin, so far)
Friday, April 20th, 2001
Registration (Frist) and Buffet Breakfast (Tent, Frist Lawn), 8 a.m.
Session
I: Friday, April 20th
9 a.m. Frist
302
Chair: David C. Hazen
'48, *49, National Research Council (ret.)
Welcome on behalf of the Graduate School by Dean John F. Wilson
Welcome on behalf of the School of Engineering & Applied Science by Dean James Wei.
Comments on the beginningWei.
Comments on the beginnings of Aerospace Studies at Princeton by Courtland D. Perkins,
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringRemarks on new directions in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering by Professor Alexander J. Smits,
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1. Seymour M. Bogdonoff, *48, Robert Porter Patterson Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringIn the Beginning ...
2.Irvin Glassman, Robert H. Goddard Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Early Years ...
Break (10:30-11:00 AM)
Chair: Richard B. Miles,
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
3. John V. Sponyoe, CEO, Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications
Luncheon
12 noon (Tent, Frist Lawn)
Poster
Session: 12:45-1:30 PM
Research Directions of MAE Graduate Students
Session
II: Friday, April 20th
1:30 p.m., Frist 302
Chair: C. K. Law,
Robert H. Goddard Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
4. Rodney J. Tabaczynski, Director, Powertrain and Vehicle Research, Ford Fellow, Ford Motor Co.
The Future of the Automobile (text version, graphics version)
Break (2:15-2:45 PM)
Chair: Frederick L. Dryer *72, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
5. Anthony G. Evans, Director of Princeton Materials Institute and Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Materials of the Future
6. Zhigang Suo, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Symposium Banquet, Proctor Hall, the Graduate College, 7 p.m.
Convener: Ronald F. Probstein *52, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Speaker:
Renso L. Caporali *64,
Chairman and CEO (ret.), Grumman Company
Tigertones
Saturday, April 21, 2001
Buffet
Breakfast 8 a.m. (Tent, Frist Lawn)
Session
III: Saturday, April 21st
9 a.m.,
Frist 302
Chair: Earll Murman '63; *67, Ford Professsor of Engineering, MIT
7. Allen C. Haggerty _58, Vice President and General Manager, Engineering, The Boeing Co.
New Directions in the Aeronautical Industry
Break (9:45-10-15 AM)
Chair: Garry L. Brown,
Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
8. Antony Jameson, Thomas V. Jones Professor of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
Design in the Era of Ultra High Speed Computers
9. Robert M. Nerem, Pettit Professor and Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology
The New Biology and Opportunities in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Luncheon
12 noon (Tent, Frist Lawn)
Poster
Session: 12:45-1:30PM
Research Directions of MAE Graduate Students
Session
IV: Saturday, April 21st
1:30 p.m., Frist 302
Chair: Robert G. Jahn '51; *55, Professor of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
10. Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, NASA
11. Edgar Y. Choueiri *91, chief scientist of Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory and Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Break (3:00-3:30 PM)
Chair: Alexander J. Smits,
Professor and Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
12. Louis J. Lanzerotti, Distinguished Member Technical Staff, Bell Labs/Lucent Past Head NRC Space Science Board
Robotics and Intelligent Systems in Space
13. N. Jeremy Kasdin '85, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Faster, Better, Smaller, and Lots of Them: The Future Trend Toward Small Satellite Constellations
Closure