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NEWSITEA 2009 Tester of the Quarter Awards: 1st QuarterThe Emerald Coast Chapter is pleased to announce that the 1st quarter winner of “Tester of the Quarter” was the SEEK EAGLE (AFSEO) BRU-61 Ejector Rack Core Test Team. Team members included Gregory Harding, Angela Diggs, and Ryan Carter (from left to right in photo). The team masterfully planned and executed the ejector rack performance test for SDB (BRU-61/GBU-39) certification and sustainment. The BRU-61 Ejector Rack Test event was the most complex and most involved ejector system test in AFSEO history. The test evaluated all permutations of the 4-station BRU-61 with a full range of GBU-39 loads and a large number of factors, including 49 pitch valve option ejector settings and 20 physical rack/store configurations. The team adeptly added an asymmetric BRU-61 structural response and accommodated performance changes observed in test. An innovative Design of Experiments (DoE) customized fractional factorial design specifically developed for this test was used to construct analytical system model, and resulted in an enhanced physical insight by providing characteristics crucial for analysis of complex physics. The exemplary performance of the team resulted in the delivery of new test methods and critical data, and all test objectives were met within test schedule and budget.
2009 Scholarship Recipients Announced
The 2009 winners of an Emerald Coast Chapter ITEA Scholarship are: Mr. Kyle Fontaine, Niceville High School, will be attending
Florida Institute of Technology; Ms. Kimberly Hudon, Jay High School, will be attending the University of Florida; Mr. Zack Coker,
Choctawhatchee High School, will be attending Auburn University; Ms. Cassaundra Haggard, Navarre High School, will be attending the
University of Florida; Mr. Alex Smailes, Niceville High School, will be attending Georgia Institute of Technology; and Ms. Brianna
Bikker, the Collegiate High School of Northwest Florida State College, will be attending Texas A&M University. Congratulations to
all of these outstanding students and best of luck in their future educational endeavors. In addition, the Emerald Coast Chapter once
again provided financial sponsorship for the awards presented at both Okaloosa County School District’s Thirty-Second Annual Science
and Engineering Fair, and also the Northwest Florida State College’s 2009 Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Competition. |
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