Abe Zarem Graduate Award For Distinguished Achievement-Aeronautics Open for Nominations 2 January 2026 – 28 February 2026

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The Zarem Graduate Student Awards have been established by AIAA and Dr. Abe Zarem as a means for students at U.S. schools pursuing advanced degrees (master’s level candidates) in aeronautics and astronautics to showcase their talent and work. It is hoped that these awards will not only identify talented students, but also motivate/encourage more students to seek advanced degrees in these areas and thus start to fill a void that has worried educators for many years. PhD students are not eligible for this award.

Any U.S.-based masters student who would like to be considered for the award should submit their paper online via the published submissions process. Awardees are notified in the summer following the closing of the program.

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Award Recipients

2023

  • Stephen E Monroe
    Clarkson University
    Awarded
    Award: Parallel Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) Studies of the Performance of ONR Waterjet AxWJ-2

2022

  • Mr Rudy M Al Ahmar
    Awarded
    Award: On the Kármán–Pohlhausen Momentum-Integral Approach: Extension to Flow Over a Cylinder with a Variable Pressure Gradient

2021

  • Mr Karl Roush
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Awarded
    Award: Designing for Security: A Cybersecurity Introduction for Aerospace

2020

  • Mr Nathan T Crane
    Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
    Awarded
    Award: Preliminary Active Subspace Investigation of a Commercial Supersonic Design Space

2019

  • Cole Anderson
    Awarded
    Award: A Test Rig for Wing Flutter Suppression via Distributed Propulsion

2018

  • Mr Geoffrey Andrews
    MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    Awarded
    Award: A Hybrid Length Scale Similarity Solution for Swirling Turbulent Jets
    AIAA Citation: A Hybrid Length Scale Similarity Solution for Swirling Turbulent Jets

2017

  • Mr Christopher T Lyne
    University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Awarded
    Award: Design and Test of a 10N Hydrogen-Peroxide Monopropellant Thruster

2016

  • Ayodeji T Bode-Oke
    Awarded
    Award: Optimized Body Deformation in Dragonfly Manuevers

2013

  • Eliseo E Iglesias
    Awarded

2012

  • Sudhanshu Jain
    Awarded

2011

  • Evan Martin
    Awarded

2010

  • Michael E Isenberg
    Awarded

2009

  • Mr. Richard E Callahan Jr.
    Cornell University
    Awarded

2008

  • Joshua D Butler
    NAVAIR
    Awarded

2007

  • Dr Roelof Vos
    TU Delft fac. Aerospace Engineering
    Awarded

2006

  • John M Crane
    Awarded

2005

  • Thomas E Farrell
    Boeing
    Awarded

2004

  • Mr Thomas N Singer
    Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems
    Awarded

2003

  • Mr. James A Stack
    University of California, Berkley
    Awarded

2002

  • Mr. Christopher T Wright
    Utah State University
    Awarded

2001

  • Shin Matsumura
    The Boeing Company
    Awarded

2000

  • Dr Sonja M Flesberg
    NA
    Awarded

1999

  • Dr Joel M Grasmeyer
    Alliant Techsystems Inc
    Awarded

1998

  • Dr Ryan P Starkey
    Lockheed Martin Space Systems
    Awarded

1997

  • Prof Mayuresh Patil
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Awarded

1996

  • Peter C Holland
    Allison Engine Company
    Awarded

1995

  • Mr Gregory G Steen
    Navistar Inc
    Awarded

1994

  • Roxana M Agosta
    Awarded

1993

  • Dr Richard S Miller
    Clemson University
    Awarded

1992

  • Dr William A Crossley
    Purdue University
    Awarded

1991

  • Dr Alan K Minga
    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Awarded

1990

  • Mr. John C Crepeau
    University of Idaho
    Awarded