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Southwest Aerospace Symposium 2023
2023-10-28 - 2023-10-28
08:30:00 - 16:00:00 CST

Event Description
Saturday, 28 Oct. 2023
University of Texas at Arlington
SEIR Bldg. Room 194
$10 Students, $20 Members, $30 Non-Members, Lockheed Martin FREE! ($3 admin fee)
Includes Lunch & Breaks
0830 - Check In  
0900 - Weather used to be the problem, now it solves the problem
Dr. Mike Skaff, Lockheed Martin
0930 - Bell 525 Artificial Icing Flight Test Campaign
Stefan Hanekom(AF), Bell
1000 – Break
1030 - The e-Pilot: Even Great Pilots Need a Cognitive Boost
Keith Higginbotham, Lockheed Martin
1100 - YF-16 No. 2 Fort Worth Restoration
Kevin Renshaw, Lockheed Martin (ret.)
1130 – UT Dallas Aerospace Projects
Kevin Debord, UTD AIAA
1145 - Luncheon
1230 - Rex Walheim M
Luncheon Keynote Speaker
A veteran of three NASA Space Shuttle flights as well as USAF, Rex Walheim is Axiom’s Chief Safety Officer. As a NASA astronaut, he logged more than 36 hours on five spacewalks and more than 36 days in space during STS-110 in 2002, STS-122 in 2008, and STS-135 – the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.  
1330 - Hypersonic Test Aircraft
Dr. Bernd Chudoba, UTA
1400 - Autonomy Demos and the Evolution of Optimally Crewed Vehicles
Kevin Christensen(AF) & Francis Govers, Bell
1430 – Break
1500 - F-35 Weight Reduction Program Summary
Art Sheridan, Lockheed Martin (ret.)
1530 - Thoughts on the Future FTE
Jeff Canclini F, Lockheed Martin (ret.)
1600 - Closing