75th International Conference on Mass Properties Engineering

Standards and Practices Day

75th SAWE International Conference
on Mass Properties Engineering
May 21-26, 2016
Denver, Colorado, USA

 

Andy Schuster
Standards and Practices Committee Chairman
SAWE Honorary Fellow

 

The objective of the SAWE’s Standards and Practices Committee (SPC), is to foster the development of products that make our professional activities more efficient, more consistent, more valuable for society, of today and tomorrow, as well as clearer and more understandable to our customers.

This objective is so important that SAWE dedicates a whole day of the conference to these non-proprietary, consensus forums for the development of industry products. The work is led by Industry Committees (IC) that focus on Recommended Practices, SAWE/ANSI Standards, textbooks and handbooks. All of these documents capture mass properties engineering knowledge such as customer requirements, best practices, experience, and product and/or process standards.

 

Planned SPC Events

Morning Opening Session
A kickoff to the day’s activities will be a review of the SPC over the past year, status of recommended practices, standards, textbooks, and the handbook, followed by a review of any strategic changes.

Morning Industry Committee Workshops
The Airline Affairs, Marine, Military Aircraft, Missiles and Space Systems will have full day workshops for detailed discussions. Industry Committee Chairs will meet to hold their own agendas that address industry needs and opportunities, the year’s activities, and future plans. Present standards are reviewed for currency and new standards are formulated.

Planning Meetings
The Cross Industry, Ground Vehicle, and Offshore Industry Committees, as well as the Special Committees for the Handbook update, and new Textbooks will each hold a short in-person planning meetings at different times during the day. These are open to all attendees, but these executive sessions are typically focused on strategic plans and the current status of specific documents.

Luncheon with Industry Speaker

Afternoon Industry Committee Workshops and Planning Meetings

Industry Committee Chair Wrap Up
Where a summary of the day’s activities are presented.

 

Attendees are encouraged to listen and provide comments at all the meetings. However, if you have something to share with the Industry Committee, please consider providing your perspective by:

  • Preparing a technical paper that details an existing or new best practice, methodology, etc
  • Giving a presentation to describe a current issue that is worthwhile discussing in the workshop
  • Presenting a Training Class outline based on current SAWE documents (RPs, Textbooks, etc)

We welcome new ideas, new participants, and new contributions. Help us improve our profession by participating in SAWE SPC activities.