1. 13 - 17 January 2014 Location: National Harbor, Maryland Venue: Gaylord National

2. 13 - 17 January 2014 Location: National Harbor, Maryland Venue: Gaylord National

3. Workload and Timelines in the New Event Model

4. Timeline and Important Dates Abstract Submission Open: 1 April 2013 Abstract Submission Close: 5 June 2013 Abstract Submission was locked on June 10 th 2013 Author Notification Letters Sent: 13 August 2013 Extended Author Notification: 27 August 2013 Final Author Notification: 10 September 2013 Manuscript Open: 1 November 2013 Manuscript Deadline: 12 December 2013

5. 130 Potential Reviewers Structures Abstract Reviewers

6. Reviewers Expertise ScholarOne added reviewer expertise to the database Most Reviewers Added their expertise Very helpful for reviewer assignment The reviewer pool is available across all the TC’s Complaint of Some reviewers had over 40 papers to review!!! Our Response: “Either someone is impressed with your talents or someone hates you.”

7. CategoryAbstracts SciTech 20142064 55th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference Structures116 Structural Dynamics91 Materials56 Design Engineering15 Wind Energy Technology99 Survivability4 Specially Organized Technical Sessions5 22st AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference30 16th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference48 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Conference (formerly the AIAA Gossamer Systems Forum)28 10th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization53 Total610 Submitted Abstracts by Category

8. Number of Abstracts Submitted for SDM 2013 & 2014 (with Co-located conference)

9. Conference Layout Full 4.5 days Sessions start at 10 AM each day Awards luncheon: Thursday afternoon SDM lecture: Thursday evening Technical Sessions 4 Papers 5 Papers 6 Papers

10. Average score = 69 ●Highest score = 97 ●Lowest score accepted = 55 Total 576 assignments Total 511 completed reviews (THANK YOU!!) Survivability TC members assisted A joint session is developed for a shared topic between two TC’s Average of 5 reviewers per abstract Decision made for papers with at least 3 reviews Structures Reviews Summary

11. Decision Summary Decisions: ●97 accepted + 4 for special session –14 student papers ●15 rejected –8 did not follow rules –7 paper contributions and quality Metrics: ●All reject = reject ●2 accept = final decision based on –Reviewer comments –Competition with similar abstracts / space in sessions –All the rejected papers has been reviewed before final decision Reviewer comments VERY helpful for: ● On-fence decisions ● Assigning sessions

12. History of Abstracts Honolulu 2007 Schaumburg 2008 Palm Springs 2009 Orlando 2010 Denver 2011 Honolulu 2012 Boston 2013 National Harbor 2014 Total Abstracts 953753716750629987690610 Acceptance Rate 74%77%84%85%86%71% Structures Abstracts 229182159195143240122116 Structures Acceptance Rate 71%83%75%78%80%75%81%87% Student Paper Abstracts 2225785698158171 109 (STR 16)

13. Structures Session Allocations Two special sessions requested from Structures TC Representative  Composite Laminate Optimization  Mostafa Rassaian, Boeing R&T  Open Source Software  Peter Gustafson, Western Michigan University Due to short notice announcement, short time extension is granted Established a Joint Session with Survivability TC Chaired by Structures and Survivability TC membersChaired by Structures and Survivability TC members Total of 21 sessions: ●More session chair volunteers than needed ●Very tight schedule for chair assignment

14. Student Papers: Coordinate with Rob Taylor on student papers 14 Accepted papers 13 Papers will be presented on Monday and Tuesday 1 Paper will be presented on Thursday Student Papers Allocation

15. Final Structures Sessions Titles: Composite Micromechanics Buckling and Structural Instability Sandwich Structures Aeroelastic Analysis Space Structures Application of Viscoelasticity and Viscoelastic Materials Beams & Plates Structures under Thermal Environment Advances in Design and Analysis of Structures Advanced Structures Composite Mechanics Under Dynamic Load Load Analysis and Design Process Advances in Fracture Mechanics Structural Joints Damage Mechanics/Damage Tolerance Impact Mechanics and Structural Survivability (Joint Session with Survivability TC) Special Session: Shell Bucking-Charles Rankin Special Session-1 Shell Bucking-Charles Rankin Special Session-2 Special Session on Open Source Software Special Session - Composite Laminate Optimization Total Sessions: 21

16. Conference Venue Structures sessions are designed to be close to each other Same meeting rooms throughout the entire conference Number of session attendees in the last SDM is considered for the room assignments Structures TC rooms

17. Acknowledgments Dawn Phillips Robert Taylor Survivability TC Structures TC Members