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American Nuclear Society
Robotics and Remote
Systems Division
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
Dr. Barry L. Burks
June 2005 ANS Annual Meeting, San Diego
RRSD Mission
• Promote the development and application of
Robotic and Remote Systems to Hazardous
Environments for the purpose of reducing
hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing
environmental hazards and reducing the cost of
performing work through:
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Holding meetings for presentations & discussion of professional papers
Publication of papers, discussions, communications
Formation of closer profesional & personal relations among members
Cooperation with other similar scientific & professional groups
Officers & Executive Committee
Officers
- Chair:
- Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
- Secretary:
- Treasurer:
- Past Chair:
- BOD Liaison
Barry Burks (TPG Applied Technology)
Kwan Kwok (DARPA)
Eric Kriikku (WSRC)
Frank Heckendorn (WSRC)
W. Ivan Lewis (WSRC)
H. Peter Planchon (ANL)
Executive Committee
2005 Maurice Ross (BBWI)
Al Sturm (PAR Systems)
Jeff Brault (WSRC)
2006 Ron Lujan (INEEL)
Thomas Nance (WSRC)
Mike Rinker (PNNL)
2007 Carl Crane (UF)
James Jones (SNL)
Mark Noakes (ORNL)
2008 George Allen (NNSA)
John Feddema (SNL)
Dan Knobeloch (LANL)
Committee Chairs
Programs
Membership
Honors & Awards
Student Activities
Publications
Liaison to Other Societies
Newsletter
Web Page
Nominating
– Carl Crane
– Maurice Ross
– Ivan Lewis
– Jeff Brault
– Eric Kriikku
– Mark Noakes
– Mike Rinker
– Eric Kriikku
– Ivan Lewis (Past Chair)
Membership Trend
RRSD Membership
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379
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
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Financial Status 3/31/05
General Fund
Ray Goertz Fund (Endowed)
Student Support Fund (Endowed)
Total
$21,753
$46,890
$43,436
$112,079
• Primary Income from topical meetings
• Primary expense is student support
Division Planning &
Communications
• Five Year Strategic Plan established in
2003 and updated each year since.
• One Year Tactical Plan established in
2003 and updated each year since.
• Succession planning is part of the Tactical
Plan
• Communications - RRSD website,
newsletters
RRSD Contributions to ANS
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Participation with Other Professional Societies – joint sponsorship of 2006
Topical Conference
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) www.darpa.gov
Health Physics Society (HPS) www.hps.org
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) www.ieee.org
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD)
www.crcpd.org
American Meteorological Society (AMS) www.ametsoc.org
European Nuclear Society (ENS) www.euronuclear.org
Korean Nuclear Society (KNS) www.nuclear.or.kr
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana (SNM) http://lairn.fi-p.unam.mx/snm
Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) www.cns-snc.ca
Society Leadership – Jim Tulenko, past chair of RRSD currently President
of ANS
Non-Meeting Publications – Design Guide, Nuclear News, Radwaste
Magazine
Division Honors & Awards
• Ray Goertz Award
– Established 1985
– $2500 monetary award plus travel expenses
– Presented Biennially at Topical Meeting
– Honors late Ray Goertz for his lifetime
contribution to advancement of remote
handling systems, development of the
master/slave manipulator, and his role in
forming the division beginning with its first
meeting in 1951.
Division Honors & Awards
• Past Ray Goertz award winners:
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Paul Bacca, ID
Andy Lethco, SC
- 1990 Melvin Feldman, TN
Howard Harvey, TN- 1989 Karl Neumeier, WI
Joe Byrd, SC
- 1988 Donald Melton, MN
Charles Divona, CA
- 1987 William Thompson, CA
Harry Youngquist, IL
- 1986 Dimitrius Jebatus, MN
Gerry Eisert, MN
John White, TN
Robert Wiesner, NC
RRSD Services to Membership
• Student Support
– RRSD supports student travel to ANS winter and
annual meetings ($1000 total/year)
– RRSD supports ANS Student Conference, including
travel and award for best “robotics” paper ($500/year)
– RRSD annually grants thousands of dollars to precollege school groups for organized Robotics
competitions ($5700 budgeted in 2005)
RRSD Meetings
• National Meeting Participation
– One paper session at June 2005 meeting
• Topicals/Prior Two Years, Current Year,
Future Two Years
- 10th RRSD Topical held in March 2004 at
University of Florida
- 11th RRSD Topical to be held in Salt Lake City
in February 2006
Upcoming Topical Meeting
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RRSD/ESD 2006 International Joint Topical Meeting, "Sharing Solutions for
Emergencies and Hazardous Environments”
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11th International Conference on Robotics and Remote Systems for Hazardous
Environments
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February 12-15, 2006
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Honorary Chair:
Beth Sellers, DOE
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General Co-Chairs:
Ron Lujan and Eric Loewen, (INEEL)
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Technical Co-Chairs:
Maurice Ross, Cathy Dufault, Jila Banaee (INEEL)
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Honorary Technical Co-Chair: Kwan Kwok (DARPA)
• goal of 40 sessions, 28 committed at present
• 6 workshops committed at present
• 3 plenary speakers committed at present
Division Metrics for CY 2004
Division
Meetings
Division
Contributions to
Society
Division Services
to Membership
Succession
Planning
ANS Position
Statements
Professional
Development
Included in Strategic Plan
RRSD is not responsible for Position
Statement
RRSD has no Professional Development
Activities
Class I
Class II
Topicals
Membership
Trends
Participation with
Outside Professional
Societies
Scholarships
10th Intl on Robotics … Mar ’04
+/- 25 % attendance (200/145)
379 members +2.2% change 2004
IEEE participation & contribution at the
RRSD Topical
Class III
Topicals
Communications
Society
Leadership
Peer Recognition/
Awards
RRSD does not support a Class III Topical
meeting
2 newsletters in 2004
website updated in 2004
Both Mtgs: 75% Exec Comm
Both PDC & 2 of 4 NPC
Ray Goertz Award; ???.
Division
Planning
Non-Meeting
Publications
Student
Support
2003-2008 Strategic Plan submitted to PDC
Chair
Radwaste Magazine Jan-Feb ‘04
2004 Both National Mtgs & student conf
National
Meeting
Participation
Division
Governance
2004: 0session 0panel/0session 0panel)
RRSD Student Assistance Fund – fully
funded and self directed
Summary
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Long History as a Division
Serve “Niche” Area – Focused
Strong Financials
Successful Topical Meetings
– 10 meetings since 1984, all profitable, average > 100 papers
• Strong Student Support
• Biggest challenge – meeting participation in “nonTopical” years
– Yucca Mountain Project is best opportunity to see growth
• Challenged to meet ALL ANS Success Criteria, yet a
successful division