SAWE Paper No. 3602 Category Number 31.0 MASS PROPERTIES AND ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN By Brian Paul Wiegand, P.E. (Northrop Grumman Corporation, Retired) For Presentation at the 74 th SAWE International Conference on Mass Properties Engineering 18-22 May 2015 Crown Plaza Hotel Alexandria, Virginia, USA Permission to publish this paper, in full or in part, with credit to the Author and to the Society, may be obtained by request to: Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc. P.O. Box 60024, Terminal Annex Los Angeles, CA 90060 The Society is not responsible for statements or opinions in papers or discussions at its meetings. This paper meets all regulations for public information disclosure under ITAR and EAR Rev. G