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Newly Formed Center for Aircraft Health Management• At McClellan Field, CA (Sacramento)• Institutional support from University of California• Broad-based program objectives
– Commercial activities in support of airworthiness• Aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul• Depot-level non-destructive inspection and NDI engineering• Aircraft structural engineering• Mechanical and metallurgical testing
– Application-focused research and development• Advanced methods for non-destructive inspection• Health monitoring systems• Aircraft structures
– Education• Aeronautical engineering: undergraduate and graduate• Professional education• Key partnership with USFS Wildland Fire Training Center
Commercial Activitycollaborative support for airworthiness
Research
• Application-focused tosupport airworthiness
• Gain support from governmental funding (e.g., FAA, DoD, NSF)
• Bring leading technologies to production
• Initial areas of focus:– Non-destructive inspection– Aircraft structural engineering– Aircraft structural repair– Operational service life extension
Education
• Broad-based aircraft education– Degree programs (UC Davis CoE)– Professional certificate programs (UC
Davis Extension)
• Professional short courses in aircraft technologies– Engineering– Non-destructive inspection– Management– Safety
• Fire-aviation specific training in partnership with USFS Wildland Fire Training Center
Anticipated Fire-aviation Courses (Fall 2005)
• Professional education courses– Offered through UC Davis Extension– Developed in partnership with USFS Region 5
• Week 1:– Aircraft Health Management
• Week 2:– Human Factors– Operational Risk Management
• Week 3:– Communications for Operations Management– Communications for Program Management
McClellan Field, CAhome for a collaborative center of activity
Partners
• University of California, Davis:– College of Engineering
(engineering education and research)
– Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research(UC institutional support)
– University Extension (professional education)
– MNRC (neutron radiography)
• NASA (aeronautical engineering and research)• USFS Region 5 (education)• Aerobotics (NDI)• DynCorp International (MR&O)• Eclypse International (wiring)• Hill Engineering (aircraft structures)• Metal Improvement Company
(shot peening, laser peening)
Key Contacts
• UC Davis, Office of V.C. for ResearchDavid McGee, 530-757-3442
• UC Davis, College of EngineeringMichael Hill, 530-754-6178
• UC Davis, ExtensionJim Smith, 530-754-6487
• USFS, Wildland Fire Training CenterDennis Hulbert, 916-640-1033
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