WEIGHT ENGINEERING
SAWE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WEIGHT ENGINEERING

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Another Approach to Streamlining an "Eighteen Wheeler"
by Mac MacHonochie

Effect of Unstable Modern Fighter Aircraft Design on Mass Control
by Roland Reinartz

Ship Inclining Experiment Accessory Kit
by Andreas Schuster, Thomas Oole, and William Fox

OTHER

Index of Advertisers
Officer and Committee Reports
Chapter Reports
It's the Life by Larry Jodry
In Memoria - Selby Atkins
In Memoria - Robert Anderson
In Memoria - Billy Coker
In Memoria - Charles Pullen
In Memoria - Frank Piasecki

We are running very short of cover photographs for the cover of Weight Engineering, the Journal of the SAWE.

We have used aircraft photos on the last three issues and need to have some variety, i.e., ships, rockets, satellites, ground vehicles, etc.

Each photo should be accompanied by a short (one paragraph) write-up to go on the Table of Contents page. If you wish, a longer article on the subject of the photograph can be sent to be used in the Journal.

We will consider all contributions. Thanks for your help.

Robert W. Ridenour
SAWE
International Vice President/Publications

WEIGHT ENGINEERING
SAWE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WEIGHT ENGINEERING

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2007 Regional Conference, Seattle, Washington
by Patrick Mitchell

SAWE Texas Chapter Hosts Regional
by Aaron Wheeler

66th INTERNATIONAL SAWE CONFERENCE

President's Awards
Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Conference
Minutes of BOD Meeting

SPECIAL MERIT AWARD WINNING PAPER

Submarine Equilibrium: Where Weight and Volume Meet
by David Tellet

OTHER

Using MPEX as a Standard Neutral File Format for Mass Properties Engineering Data
by Jeffrey Cerro and Gerald Fleck
Index of Advertisers
First Submerged UUV Recovery by a Submarine
It’s The Life by Larry Jodry
Commentary: A Call to Action
Officer and Committee Reports
Chapter Reports
Mr. Overweight
In Memoria - Angelo Karadimos
In Memoria - Bill Nagy
In Memoria - Ronald J. Spivy
In Memoria - Bill Crenshaw
Structure in Rocketry
by Mac MacConochie

At the BOD meeting at the 66th Annual International SAWE Conference in Madrid, Spain, it was proposed that the duties of the Vice President-Publications be expanded to include management of all the Society's publications: Journal, website, handbook, textbooks, Recommended Practices, By-Laws, Operations Manual, and papers.

In light of this proposal, this office will require the assistance of a Journal editor. The person who occupies this position will be responsible for collecting and editing the Journal content and sending it to the Vice President-Publications for pagination.

The person who occupies this position must have a mastery of the English (US) language with respect to grammar, punctuation, and spelling without total reliance on computerized spelling and grammar tools.

If you are interested in assuming these responsibilities possibly with a view to accepting the duties of the Vice President/Publications in the future, or know someone who would be, please contact me here.

We are in the process of assembling a comprehensive list of technical publications to which the SAWE could send press releases for training, new handbooks and textbooks, articles, and advertising our conferences.

We would very much appreciate any input you might have to the list. Please send the publication name and an e-mail address or web address that can be used to contact the publication. Please send your inputs ASAP using the publications contact form.

Robert W. Ridenour
SAWE
International Vice President/Publications

At the BOD meeting in Madrid, Spain, a change in the overall layout of Weight Engineering, the SAWE Journal, was discussed. I was not present at this meeting so I do not know the details of the discussion. I do not know if any specific detail changes to the layout were discussed or recommended. However, since the Madrid Conference represented a great deal of change, it would be only fitting to explore a new design for the fall issue which should go out in the September-October time frame.

I would like to have to have input from anyone who has a suggestion to improve the "look and feel" of the Journal. Any and all suggestions will be considered. Please send your ideas ASAP using the following form.

Robert W. Ridenour
SAWE
International Vice President/Publications