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SAVIAC Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

The TAG meets three times a year (Winter, Summer & Fall) to plan the annual Shock & Vibration Symposium and represent the community interests.  The winter meeting occurs in February, the summer meeting in June and the fall meeting on the last day of the Symposium.  The winter and summer meetings meetings last a half day and are followed by facility tours of the host's site.  The fall meeting lasts for two hours and is a symposium wrap-up meeting.  SAVIAC solicits ideas for Symposium programming at the winter meeting.  The summer meeting is the program committee meeting where the abstracts are arranged into sessions.

The TAG is composed of government agencies (GTAG) and commercial companies (CTAG).  The GTAG is responsible for the SAVIAC contract.

Technical Committees

SAVIAC is looking for volunteers to develop new shock- and vibration-related technical committees.  These technical committees will become an important part of the SAVIAC community.  They will provide emphasis for the advancement of the state-of-the-art or the state-of-practice in particular areas, will bring together members of the community with like interests, and will aid the sharing of advancements in these areas. 

The technical committees will be composed of knowledgeable volunteers from the community.  The committees will be able to sponsor and develop special sessions or work shops at the annual Shock and Vibration Symposia.  Their significant results will be published in the SAVIAC Monthly Newsletter.  The committees will be able to propose, sponsor, and oversee the development of monographs to be published by SAVIAC that will be added to the current catalog of monographs that are maintained by SAVIAC.  With the agreement of our journal editors, the committees may sponsor special issues of one of the two SAVIAC journals, the journal of Shock and Vibration (edited by Professor Dan Inman), or the Journal of Critical Technology in Shock and Vibration (edited by Professor Walt Pilkey). 

Participation on a committee as a member or chair will reward you in several ways.  First, it will help you gain community support for your research, and it will provide you with a forum to share your work.  You will be recognized at SAVIAC functions, such as at the annual Monday Night Program Committee Reception of the Shock and Vibration Symposium, and on the SAVIAC web site.  Committees will be honored with plaques, and outstanding committees may be recognized at the Opening Session of the  Symposium. 

We will support you in the development of your committee by providing training and assistance.  We will provide you with contact information for prospective members, and we will offer open discussion pages at the SAVIAC web site. 

The guidelines governing the development of SAVIAC-sanctioned committees are being developed and will be published in subsequent newsletters.  Approval for  SAVIAC committees will rest with the SAVIAC Executive Council. 

If you have an idea for a technical committee, please drop me a short email with information on the topic and purpose of the committee, and who might be the prospective team members.  We also are accepting recommendations on the rules governing the committees, along with what kind of additional support SAVIAC might provide.