2003 AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Materials Seminar
	19 May 2003, The Doubletree Hotel, Monterey, California
	Chairman: Dr. Dean Jorgensen, Vertigo
	Co-Chairman: Debbie Gardinier, Irvin Aerospace
	Time	Activity	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
	8:10	Introduction	Chairman
	Session 1 – Advances in Modern Fibers and Coatings
	8:20	Lecture 1	Dr. Terry Chern	Honeywell Performance Products	Engineered High-Performance Fiber
	9:10	Lecture 2	Dr. Forrest Sloan	Celanese Advanced Materials	Vectra Resin and Vectran Fibers
	10:00	Break
	Session 2 – Degradation Processes and Modeling
	10:20	Lecture 3	Dr. Richard Shoemaker	Dupont Textiles and Interiors	Accelerated UV Testing of Parachute Materials
	11:10	Lecture 4	Robert Bernstein	Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque	Aging & Surveillance – Predictive Methods
	12:00	Lunch
	Session 3 – Next-Generation Fibers
	1:30	Lecture 5	Eugene Vetter	Magellan Systems International	M5 Fiber
	2:20	Lecture 6	Dr. Meyya Meyyappan	NASA Ames Research Center	Nanotechnology
	3:10	Break
	Session 4 – 3-D Processes and Products
	3:30	Lecture 7	Charles Howland	Warwick Mills	Engineering Flexible Composites
	4:20	Lecture 8	Bill Pearson & Peter Mahr	North Sails	Three Dimensional Laminate
	5:10	Closing Remarks	Chairman
	5:15	Adjourn