The IET SA&NT

Bob Yates

IMechE/ Stan Gafney
s.gafney(AT)bigpond.net.au

Vipac Engineers and Scientists Ltd.

RAeS/ Cyril Wetherall
cyrilw(AT)vipac.com.au

Site: TBA

Adelaide University, Napier Building, Room G03 (Refer to flyer below for details)
6.15pm Tuesday 8th May 2007
RSVP 4th May - Refer to flyer for details.

Speaker: David Froning, Adelaide University

The presentation describes the new vehicles being developed by the NASA Exploration Missions Directorate (ESMD) to replace the Space Shuttle and take Astronauts and Cargo to the Moon and Mars. The presentation includes: current NASA exploration plans; vehicle and outpost architectures; and when these vehicles are expected to begin to establish a permanent lunar outpost and begin human exploration of Mars.

Vehicles for Moon and Mars Flyer

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Download flyer for full details of the JTP at http://sant.theiet.org.au/2007/03/joint-technical-programs-2007/

A Design Platform for Integrated Life Cycle Data Management

Tuesday 13th February 2007
From 5:30pm

Speaker: Cyril Wetherall Business Development Manager Vipac Engineers & Scientists

Conventional computer aided design (CAD) packages have more recently expanded into product data management (PDM) platforms. A PDM is a design platform that integrates design tools, design information databases and a virtual design space. The next development in CAD platforms must follow the deployed product into operations, and accrue product reliability and usage data. This paper proposes that a Product Body of Knowledge (PBK) is established at the outset of the product design cycle, and data developed at each phase of the product life cycle be integrated into the PBK. The design-operation relationship of the product, its impact on product assurance and product sustainment, and the role of the PBK in sustaining the product throughout its life cycle provide the rational for the establishment of an active PBK. PBK processes and business protocols cross map accrued product reliability and usage data filed in the PDM databases. These comparisons yield product improvement designs, which are processed by the PBK through testing, manufacture and deployment.

Please register your intention to attend with Stan Wilson at: stan.wilson(at)bigpond.com or mobile: 0417 560 403

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Global Design Flyer

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View the full details of the JTP at http://sant.theiet.org.au/2007/03/joint-technical-programs-2007/

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