Minutes of the SSP TMs meeting on 4 September 1998

Place: PSA 569, SSP HQ		

The meeting began at 16:00.

Present: W. Chen, E. Fasse, K. C. Hsieh, L. Schooley, H. Tharp, W. Wing
Absent: J. D. Carothers, U. Fink, K. Thome

After a brief self-introduction, the meeting went on to discuss the following 
items:

1.  Schooley announced the availability of conference scholarships for two more 
students, in addition to Team Leaders Stephanie Zinn (DCH) and Dana Irve (TTC),  
to attend international conference on space telemetry  on 26-29 October 1998 in 
San Diego.  He hope the other teams would select the two students.  The 
organization, with website <www.telemetry.org>, has a small grant to the ECE 
Department and is willing to give more if the University can provide matching 
funds.

2.  Since SSP will rely heavily on in-kind support from the industries, e.g. 
Burr Brown provides SSP with items in their catalog, Wing suggested that there 
should be a policy for the handling of such support -- liquidity instead of 
strict barter -- and to have someone in charge of such activities.  He 
volunteered to draft the guidelines for later discussion and eventual 
implementation.

3.  Hsieh reported on the following items:
a)  Present status of requesting for the Hitchhiker launch manifest.  NASA would 
require a "Safety Engineer" from SSP when integration begins.  Whether this 
engineer could be a student will have to be explored.
b)  TMs from the CoEM should be on the lookout for a Co-Project Mentor to share 
the load with him.
c)  TMs should, from their mentoring define topics for Engineering Capstone 
Design Projects.
d)  A proposal from SSP to NSF's Curriculum & Course Development Program is due 
in November.  This proposal should come from the Project Mentor and the TMs 
addressing the interdisciplinary and team-work of the courses related to SSP.  
He will provide more information to all TMs soon.
e)  Dean Peterson of CoEM has given SSP $6K with an emphasis on supporting CoEM 
faculty participation in SSP.  Whether this is a one-time giving needs to be 
checked.

4.  On the need of a Co-Project Mentor and the used of Dean Peterson's support, 
both pointing to the CoEM, all agreed that the TMs from the CoEM -- Carothers, 
Chen, Fasse, Schooley, and Tharp -- should work together with their respective 
heads and Dean Peterson.  Hsieh expressed the preference of the Co-Project 
Mentor from CoEM to administer the funds from the CoEM, e.g. the present $6K.  
Tharp agreed to be the temporary leader  and contact person to get the CoEM TMs 
organized to coordinate and gain more support from the CoEM.  Hsieh will forward 
to Tharp the schedules he has received from the TMs so he could arrange for a 
meeting of the CoEM TMs. 

5.  All agreed that there is a need to meet regularly as SSP is moving towards 
Preliminary Design Review.  The next meeting is scheduled for 15:00 on 18 
September.  Hsieh will check with those absent.

The meeting adjourned  about 17:15.