Call for Articles: International Test and Evaluation Association Journal

Call for Articles: International Test and Evaluation Association Journal



I'm relaying this message from Roger Launius:

Hi All:

Mike Gorn, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, asked me to spread the
word that he is seeking historical articles for the International Test
and Evaluation Association Journal, which he characterizes as a slick,
professional, magazine-style quarterly distributed to practitioners of
test and evaluation the world over. If you are interested in
contributing, or if you know someone who might be, the attached file has
the details.

Thanks,

Roger

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REQUEST FOR HISTORY ARTICLES: INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
JOURNAL


I am writing as chair of the history committee for the Journal of the
International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA), a professional,
attractive, magazine-style quarterly distributed to practitioners of T&E the
world over. For the most part, the journal concerns itself with testing
developments and techniques as applied to a broad range of
disciplines--often, but not always, things that fly.



As history editor, I am responsible each quarter for a column entitled
"Historical Perspectives," involving short historical sketches of up to
1,200 words, with three or four photographs to accompany them. Longer
historical pieces have also been published in the main part of the journal
for subjects of special interest to the association.



The subject matter under my editorship has been intentionally broad. We are
appealing to a wide range of T&E practitioners--not so much professional
historians--so it is important to publish subjects that are varied and novel
to keep the readers interested. We have done one about an incident
involving flight testing during World War I; another on truck fairing tests
designed to increase fuel economy during the energy crisis of the 1970s; and
a third on the human factors--not just the machinery--involved in the
near-fatal crash of a pilot of one of the NASA lifting bodies. All are back
noted and, although short, offer good scholarship that (one hopes) will
pique further reading and fresh perspectives.



All periods of history are open, and T&E is defined liberally: in the
modern sense of complex, computerized experiments, but also the much less
complex T&E as understood in earlier periods. Articles can be about (for
example) specific aircraft (or sub-system) tests, influential individuals in
the field of testing, technological turning points, or about unique
supporting subjects (for instance, the T&E of airline food!). It can also
be a first-person account. Moreover, submissions need not be dominated
solely by test and evaluation; ideally, they will feature T&E in some
broader context.



Finally, we are informal in our process. The journal gives me wide latitude
to find submissions, so once I make contact with a potential author and we
hash out a subject, he or she can be virtually certain that it will indeed
be published--there is no complex approval process to undergo (but there are
the usual editorial agonies that come later!).



Whether you are a historian, a T&E practitioner, or a person with
complementary interests, I hope you will consider this publishing
opportunity. I look forward to hearing from you.



Sincerely,



Michael Gorn, Ph.D.

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

Building 4800, Mail Stop 1021

Edwards, CA 93523

work: 661.276.2355

mobile: 661.810.8625

michael.gorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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