2019 Propulsion and Power Technical Meeting

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The event was a great success with some 110 attendees! The presentations are available for purchase/download on the VFS Vertical Flight Library.

Thank you to Our Exhibitors

Venue: Hampton Roads Convention Center
1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, Virginia 23666

The theme of the 2-day conference is “Powering the Future of Vertical Flight”, which will highlight research and development efforts, both current and planned, related to manned and unmanned rotorcraft and other vertical flight vehicles. The meeting will consist of unclassified, unrestricted presentations and be held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Virginia. Hotel lodging will be available next door at the Embassy Suites Hampton Convention Center.

Agenda: the program will begin at 8:15 am on Tuesday, October 29 and end on Wednesday, October 30 at 4:30 pm. Revised agenda as of Oct. 24, 2019 – download the 2019 Propulsion and Power Agenda. Attire for the meeting is business casual.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Suder, NASA Glenn Research Center, "Future Vertical Lift Propulsion Systems & Associated S&T Challenges"

General Meeting Chair: Ms. Susan Gorton, NASA Langley Research Center

Technical Meeting Chair: Ms. Anastasia Kozup, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Aviation & Missile Center ADD

Authors: you have until 1:00 pm (US Eastern Time) Monday, October 28th to upload your presentation below. Email questions about your presentation to propulsion2019@vtol.org.

Registration: online registration is now CLOSED. You can still register onsite on Tuesday morning, October 29th starting at 7:00 am.

Exhibiting: Exhibit space (10'x10" unit) is available at a cost of $800. If you are interested in exhibiting at the event, download and return the exhibit space contract. Contact David Meyer for further questions.

Hotel: rooms available for meeting rate of $96 (fy20 goverment per diem rate) at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Hampton Convention Center until October 14 or until the group block is sold-out. Book now at Embassy Suites Reservation Link, or by phone at 1-757-827-8200.

Dr. Suder joined NASA Glenn in 1983. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. His experience includes computational and experimental research in multistage turbomachinery for advanced air breathing propulsion systems. He is most noted for his contributions to the NASA Rotor 37 and Rotor 67 Benchmark data sets used for CFD validation. He chaired the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Turbomachinery Technical Committee from 2010-2013, and he is an ASME Fellow. He was recently awarded the prestigious 2019 ASME IGTI Scholar Award.

Dr. Suder has held several key leadership roles within the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. As the Chief Technologist for NGLT (Next Generation Launch Technology) TBCC (Turbine Based Combine Cycle) Revolutionary Turbine Accelerator project and the Principal Investigator for NASA (Fundamental Aeronautics Program) Hypersonic project 1999-2010, he led the development of a Mach 3-4 turbine engine for the first stage of a 2-stage to orbit launch system. From 2010-2014, Ken was the Sub-Project Manager for Propulsion Technology in the Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project, leading combustor, propulsor and core turbomachinery research & development efforts to demonstrate enabling technologies to meet the NASA Subsonic transport goals to reduce fuel burn, emissions, and noise.

For the last 5 years, Ken served as the Chief of the Turbomachinery and Turboelectric Systems Branch and was the primary propulsion lead for the Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology project, where he was the NASA point of contact for the joint NASA/Army/ industry AVSPOT advanced engine research activity. Dr. Suder recently has been selected as the NASA Senior Technologist for Airbreathing Propulsion at NASA Glenn Research Center.

His keynote address to the Vertical Flight Society Hampton Roads Chapter Propulsion Specialists’ Technical Meeting will be focused on Future Vertical Lift Propulsion Systems & Associated S&T Challenges.

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