The International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) · Objectives • Facilitate the exchange of ideas, information, and understanding about the body of aeronautics knowledge

The International Council of theAeronautical Sciences

(ICAS)

A Descriptive Briefing

Jan. 2004

Mission

The International Council of AeronauticalSciences intends to provide regularlyscheduled events and publications thatenable a better understanding of engineering science and practice and an improved level of cooperation among aeronautical engineering professionals from around the world

Objectives

• Facilitate the exchange of ideas, information, and understandingabout the body of aeronautics knowledge among the internationalcommunity so that important research can proceed rapidly

• Expose the international research community to challenges andissues through lectures by leading experts in aeronautics and itstechnologies

• Engage young people in the global aeronautical communitythrough special events and prizes

• Create a vibrant international network that produces increasedunderstanding, appreciation, and tolerance among participants

Process• Implement our objectives through the involvement of

appointed representatives of our Member Societies and thevalued advice and counsel of our Affiliated Societies andAssociated Organizations

• Provide a biennial Congress to present useful, high qualitywork from world-wide research and technologyorganizations to all interested engineers and scientists

• Provide articulate experts to challenge our globalcommunity on issues of specific interest to aeronautics

• Provide supporting sessions and papers to meetings ofMember and Affiliated Societies upon request

• Provide global recognition for key leaders and researchersin aeronautics through several prestigious awards

• Provide a global platform for young engineers and studentsto begin to develop an international network of colleagues

Background

• ICAS was founded by Theodore von Karman inthe mid-fifties as a non-government not-for-profitscientific organization to encourage the freeinternational exchange of information onaeronautical research and technology

• ICAS currently serves as the only internationalsupport organization to representativeaeronautical engineering professional societies,affiliated societies, and associated organizationsand their members in 33 countries

Governance

• ICAS functions under three primary bodies– General Assembly (meets biennially)– Executive Committee (meets at least twice each year)– Program Committee (meets annually)

• The Executive Committee provides the administrativecontinuity and direction supported by:– Full-time Secretariat– Finance Subcommittee– Strategic Planning Subcommittee– Honors and Awards Subcommittee– External Relations Subcommittee– Membership Subcommittee

ICAS Organization

General AssemblyRepresentatives of Member Societies

Executive Committee (Board) Officers (President, Past President, Executive Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Chairman Programme Committee) Additional members (2-8)

Programme Committee- planning of the scientific and technical content of ICAS programmes- about 50 members- Supported by the Programme Planning SubCommittee

ICAS Executive Committee(2003-2004)

OfficersPresident : B. Fredriksson, SwedenExecutive Secretary : A. Gustafsson, SwedenHonorary Treasurer : J. M. Swihart, U.S.A.Chairman Programme Committee : J. N. Hefner, U.S.A.Past President : W. Schmidt, Germany

MembersF Abbink, Netherlands J.P. Marec, FranceR. Bengelink, USA I. Poll, United KingdomG. M. Carlomagno, Italy S. Kobayakawa, Japan

ArgentinaUniversidad Nacional de CordobaDepto de AeronauticaFacultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas YNaturalesCasilla de Correo 3955000 Cordoba

AustraliaThe Royal Aeronautical SocietyAustralian DivisionPO Box 573Mascot, NSW 2020

BelgiumRoyal Flemish Associationof Engineersc/o VonKàrmàn Institute for Fluid DynamicsChaussée de Waterloo 721640 Rhode - St. Genese

BrazilAssociao Brasileira de Ciencias MecanicasC/O Centro Tecnico AerospatialInstituto de Aeronautica e Espaco12228-904 Sao José dos Campos

ICAS Member Societies

CanadaCASI - Canadian Aeronautics and SpaceInstitute1685, Russel RoadSuite 1AOttawa, Ontario K1G 0N1 People's Republic of ChinaCSAA - Chinese Society of Aeronautics andAstronauticsNo 5 Liangguochang RoadDongcheng DistrictBeijing 100010

Czech RepublicCzech Society for MechanicsC/O Brno University of TechnologyInstitute for Aerospace EngineeringEngineering Technicka 2616 69 Brno FinlandThe Finnish Association of GraduateEngineers TEKRatavartijankatu 200520 Helsinki

FranceAAAF - Association Aéronautique etAstronautique de France61 avenue du Château78480 Verneuil sur SeineFrance GermanyDGLR - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft undRaumfahrtGodesberger Allee 7053175 Bonn

GreeceHellenic Aeronautical Engineers Society3, Karitsi Street10561 Athens HungaryScientific Society of Mechanical EngineersPO Box 4331371 Budapest

IndiaAeronautical Society of India13-B, Indrapasthra EstateNew Delhi - 110002

Indonesia IAAIInstitut Teknologi BandungJalan Ganesha 1040132 Bandung

IsraelIsrael Society of Aeronautics and AstronauticsPO Box 2956Tel-Aviv 61028

ItalyAIDAAVia Nazionale 20000184 Rome JapanJSASS - Japan Society for Aeronautics andSpace SciencesMeikou Bldg. Bekkan, 1-18-2 ShinbashiMinato-kuTokyo 105

KoreaKSASS - Korean Society for Aeronautical andSpace Sciences#635-4, Yeogsam-dong, Kangnam-ku,Seoul 135-703

The NetherlandsNVvLAnthony Fokkerweg 2,1059 CM, Amsterdam

PakistanThe Institution of Engineers PakistanI.E.P. Bldg., 4th Floor177/2 Liaquat BarracksKarachi 75530

ICAS Member Societies

PolandPolish Society of Mechanical Engineers andTechniciansC/O Warsaw University of Technologyul. Nowowiejska 2400-665 Warsaw

PortugalJNICTC/O Instituto Superior TénicoAv. Provisos Pais1069 Lisboa Cedex

RomaniaCommission d'Astronautique de l'Académiede Roumanie125 Calea Victoriei S.171102 Bucuresti

RussiaCentral Aerohydrodynamics Institute1, Zhukovski StreetZhukovskiMoscow Region 140160 Republic of South AfricaAerotek, CSIRPO Box 395Pretoria 0001

SpainINTAInstitutional Relations DirectorateCarretera de Ajalvir Km.428850 Torrejon de Ardoz

SwedenSSAA - Swedish Society for Aeronautics andAstronauticsPO Box 420717154 Solna

SwitzerlandSchweizerische Vereinigung FürFlugwissenschaftenc/o Pilatus Aircraft6371 Stans TurkeyTechnical University of Istanbul, MaslakP.K.9 TaskimIstanbul 80191 United KingdomRAeS - Royal Aeronautical Society4 Hamilton PlaceLondon W1V 0BQ U.S.A.AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics andAstronautics1801 Alexander Bell DriveSuite 500Reston, VA, 22091

Republic of YugoslaviaYugoslav Aerospace Society27, Marta Str. 8011000 Beograd

ICAS Affiliated Societies

Taiwan, China

Aeronautical and Astronautical Society

of the Republic of China (AASRC)

321 Kuang Fu Road, Sec. 2

Hsinchu, Taiwan 300

ICAS AssociatesSAE – Society of Automotive Engineers400 Commonwealth DriveWarrandale, PA 15096-0001USAvon Karman Institute for Fluid DynamicsChaussee de Waterloo 721640 Rhode-St. GeneseBelgium

FOI – Swedish Defense AgencySE-17290 StickholmSweden

National Chen Kung UniversityTainan, Taiwan

National Aerospace Laboratory(NLR)PO Box 905021006 BM AmsterdamNetherlandsSAAB AB58188 LinkopingSweden

Volvo Aero CorporationSE-46181 TrollhattenSweden

Swedish Aeronautical Forum (NFF)c/o KTH Aeronautics Dept.SE-10044 StockholmSweden

ICAS links & agreementswith other organisations (1)

• SAE (MoU)

• ISABE (MoU)

• CEAS Agreement

ICAS links & agreementswith other organisations (2)

Examples SAE & ISABE

• Provide invited lectures/sessions at each othersconferences

• Publication/announcements of Call for Papers

Resulting in:

• SAE & ISABE sessions at ICAS congresses

• ICAS sessions at SAE & ISABE conferences

ICAS links & agreementswith other organisations (3)

Extract from ICAS – CEAS Agreement

• The objectives of this agreement are to provide a platform for futureco-op-oration between CEAS and ICAS and to ensure that, where theopportunity exists, the two organisations support each other.

• Co-operation will entail the exchange of information on futureprogramme plans, the exercise of best endeavours by bothorganisations to minimise conflicts and, where appropriate, thepromotion of each others activities and publications. The co-operationmay in future be expanded to include other activities such as jointsponsorship of conferences and special events, joint honours andawards etc.

ICAS Congress History

1958 Spain - Madrid1960 Switzerland - Zurich1962 Sweden - Stockholm1964 France - Paris1966 United Kingdom - London1968 Germany - Munich1970 Italy - Rome1972 Netherlands - Amsterdam1974 Israel - Haïfa1976 Canada - Ottawa1978 Portugal - Lisbon1980 Germany - Munich1982 United States – Seattle1984 France - Toulouse

1986 United Kingdom - London1988 Israel - Jerusalem1990 Sweden - Stockholm1992 China - Beijing1994 United States - Anaheim1996 Italy - Sorrento1998 Australia - Melbourne2000 United Kingdom - Harrogate2002 Canada – Toronto2004 Japan – Yokohama2006 Germany – Hamburg2008 USA ?

Number of Participants:Countries represented:

Abstracts received:Papers in final programme: (1)

Accepted oral:Reserves:

ICAS Congresses – some statistics (1)

1998 Melbourne 2000 Harrogate 2002 Toronto

554 505 575

30 34

521 507 509

313 359 442

272 279 334

26 45 75

(1): including additional invited lectures + SAE and ISABE sessions

NOTE: Increase from 7 to 8 parallel sessions at ICAS 2002

ICAS Congresses – some statistics (2)

ICAS 2002 Toronto – more details

Participants from 34 countries: Canada 148, USA 99, Germany 56, Japan 54, France 40, UK 40, Sweden 22, Italy 21, China 19, Netherlands 19, Russia 15, Australia 8, Finland 7, Israel 6, Pakistan 6, Czech Republic 5, Poland 4, Taiwan 4, Hungary 3, Greece 3, Brazil 2, Indonesia 2, Ireland 2, Korea 2, Portugal 2, South Africa 2, and one each from Hong Kong, Iran, Malta, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

Abstracts from > 30 countries: Canada 78, USA 52, China 39, Germany 37, UK 33, Japan 31, Italy 30, France 25, Australia 19, Russia 15, Netherlands 11, Sweden 9, Finland 3, Israel 6, Pakistan 13, Czech Republic 12, Poland 10, Taiwan 8, Hungary 4, Brazil 7, Indonesia 9, Portugal 5, Turkey 12, South Africa 2, India 6, Switzerland 5, Romania 4, Spain 3 + others

Areas of Interest

• Aircraft and Systems Integration• Aerodynamics• Materials and Structures• Propulsion• Flight Dynamics and Control• Systems, Subsystems and Equipments• Systems Engineering and Supply Chain• Air Transport System Efficiency• Safety and Security• Challenge of the Environment

ICAS Honors and Awards

• Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Memorial Lecture

• von Karman Award for International Cooperation

• Maurice Roy Medal

• John J. Green Award

• John McCarthy Student Awards

• Life Membership

Recent recipients of thevon Karman Award

1996: V2500 Commercial Engine Development(U.S.A., United Kingdom)

1998: BOMBARDIER GLOBAL EXPRESS (Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom)

2000: HYPR Programme(Japan)

2002: F/A18 Follow-on Structural Test Program (Canada, Australia)

2003: X-31 Demonstrator Aircraft Project(Germany, U.S.A.)

Recent recipients of theMaurice Roy Medal

1992 J. SWIHART (U.S.A.)

1994 A. YOUNG (United Kingdom)

1996 J. WEN MEI (China)

1998 R. V. HARRIS (U.S.A.)

2000 J. ROEDER (Luxemburg)

2002 J. BALAZARD (France)

2003 P. SANTINI (Italy)

Value of ICAS

• ICAS is the only truly global organization supporting theaeronautical engineering professional societies in 33 countries

• ICAS provides a global support network to each of its Member andAffiliated societies. Through these societies it provides access toleading members of the world-wide aeronautical engineeringcommunity

• Through its global meetings and programs ICAS provides anopportunity for students and young engineers to develop aninternational network of colleagues and peers

• ICAS provides significant coverage of the financial risk for thelocal society involved in the sponsorship of a biennial Congress

ICAS Contact address

ICAS SecretariatAnders Gustafsson Phone: +46-8.5550 4229c/o FOI Fax: +46-8.5550 4201SE- 17290 STOCKHOM Email: [email protected]

The ICAS Secretariat is from January 2003 hosted by theSwedish Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (SSAA).

ICAS Website www.icas.org