Best Paper – Aerospace Design/Structures Group

Award Recipients

2025

• Mr Thomas A Mason II
  AFRL

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerospace Design and Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Interactions between a Mach 3 Turbulent Boundary Layer and a Fully-Clamped Compliant Panel” AIAA 2024-0933
• Dr Christopher J Clifford
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerospace Design and Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Interactions between a Mach 3 Turbulent Boundary Layer and a Fully-Clamped Compliant Panel” AIAA 2024-0933
• Dr Scott J Peltier
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerospace Design and Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Interactions between a Mach 3 Turbulent Boundary Layer and a Fully-Clamped Compliant Panel” AIAA 2024-0933
• Autumn Garner
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerospace Design and Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Interactions between a Mach 3 Turbulent Boundary Layer and a Fully-Clamped Compliant Panel” AIAA 2024-0933
• Dr Daniel Archer Reasor Jr
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerospace Design and Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Interactions between a Mach 3 Turbulent Boundary Layer and a Fully-Clamped Compliant Panel” AIAA 2024-0933

2024

• Dr Paul Goldsmith
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Mr Mrinalgouda Patil
  University of Maryland, College Park

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Three-Dimensional Blade and Hub Stresses of Coaxial Rotors in High-Speed Forward Flight AIAA 2023-1892
• Dr Djamel Rezgui
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Effect of Sideslip Angle on the Dynamic Behaviour of Flared Folding Wingtips AIAA 2023-0376
• Prof Jeffrey Thomas
  Duke University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Aerospace Design and Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Using Broyden’s Method to Improve the Computational Performance of a Harmonic Balance Aeroelastic Solution Technique AIAA 2023-2221
• Dr Joseph Lazio
  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Prof Joaquim R. R. A. Martins
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Advancements in Coupled Aeropropulsive Design Optimization for High-Bypass Turbofan Engines AIAA 2023-3591
• Miss Melanie Delapierre
  California Institute of technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Prof Manan Arya
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Mr Fintan Healy
  Univeristy Of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Effect of Sideslip Angle on the Dynamic Behaviour of Flared Folding Wingtips AIAA 2023-0376
• Faisal As'ad
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 Collier Aerospace HyperX/AIAA Structures Best Paper​

  AIAA Citation: A Mechanics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Data-Driven Nonlinear Viscoelasticity AIAA 2023-0949
• Ashish Goel
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Prof Anubhav Datta
  University of Maryland, College Park

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Three-Dimensional Blade and Hub Stresses of Coaxial Rotors in High-Speed Forward Flight AIAA 2023-1892
• Dr Gaurangi Gupta
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Alessandro Verniani
  Varda Space Industries

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Dr Anil Yildirim
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Advancements in Coupled Aeropropulsive Design Optimization for High-Bypass Turbofan Engines AIAA 2023-3591
• Dr Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Dr Nathan A Wukie
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Advancements in Coupled Aeropropulsive Design Optimization for High-Bypass Turbofan Engines AIAA 2023-3591
• Prof Earl H Dowell
  Duke University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Aerospace Design and Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Using Broyden’s Method to Improve the Computational Performance of a Harmonic Balance Aeroelastic Solution Technique AIAA 2023-2221
• Dario Pisanti
  Scuola Superiore Meridionale

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper AIAA SciTech Forum
• Charbel Farhat
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 Collier Aerospace HyperX/AIAA Structures Best Paper​

  AIAA Citation: A Mechanics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Data-Driven Nonlinear Viscoelasticity AIAA 2023-0949
• Andrew H Lamkin
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Advancements in Coupled Aeropropulsive Design Optimization for High-Bypass Turbofan Engines AIAA 2023-3591
• Prof Jonathan E Cooper
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Effect of Sideslip Angle on the Dynamic Behaviour of Flared Folding Wingtips AIAA 2023-0376
• JT Herrscher
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater AIAA 2023-0754
• Prof Andres Felipe Arrieta
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Adaptive Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Homogenization Model for Multistable Honeycomb Metastructures Exhibiting Beam-like Behavior AIAA 2023-1394
• Mr David M Boston
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Adaptive Structures Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Homogenization Model for Multistable Honeycomb Metastructures Exhibiting Beam-like Behavior AIAA 2023-1394

2023

• Christophe David
  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Dr Hanumanthrao Kannan
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Systems Engineering Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: A Formal Approach to Identify Inconsistencies in Stakeholder Needs in the Context of Systems Engineering AIAA 2022-1469
• Prof Joseph Morlier
  ISAE-SUPAERO

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Mr Liam P McQuellin
  University of New South Wales

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Hypersonic Fluid-Structure Interactions on a Compliant Clamped-Free Clamped-Free Panel Under the Influence of Static Shock Impingement AIAA 2022-0241
• Dr Kevin S Brown
  AFRL/RQVS

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 Collier Aerospace HyperX Software Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “A Study of Airframe Thermal Stresses for Hybrid Composite-Metallic Structure” (AIAA-2022-2605)
• Mr Sebastien Defoort
  ONERA

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Prof Andrew J Neely
  University of New South Wales

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Hypersonic Fluid-Structure Interactions on a Compliant Clamped-Free Clamped-Free Panel Under the Influence of Static Shock Impingement AIAA 2022-0241
• Mr Brandon Schneberger
  Personal

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 Collier Aerospace HyperX Software Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “A Study of Airframe Thermal Stresses for Hybrid Composite-Metallic Structure” (AIAA-2022-2605)
• Mr Thierry Lefebvre
  ONERA

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Mr Paulo B Vasconcelos
  University of New South Wales

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Hypersonic Fluid-Structure Interactions on a Compliant Clamped-Free Clamped-Free Panel Under the Influence of Static Shock Impingement AIAA 2022-0241
• Mr Paul Saves
  ONERA

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Prof Youssef Diouane
  ISAE-SUPAERO

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Benjamin C. Jantzen
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Systems Engineering Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “A Formal Approach to Identify Inconsistencies in Stakeholder Needs in the Context of Systems Engineering” (AIAA 2022-1469)
• Dr Nathalie Bartoli
  ONERA

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Dr Murali Krishna Talluru
  University of New South Wales

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Hypersonic Fluid-Structure Interactions on a Compliant Clamped-Free Clamped-Free Panel Under the Influence of Static Shock Impingement AIAA 2022-0241
• Dr Donald S Norwood
  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 Collier Aerospace HyperX Software Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: A Study of Airframe Thermal Stresses for Hybrid Composite-Metallic Structure" (AIAA-2022-2605)
• Eric Nguyen Van
  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Multidisciplinary design optimization with mixed categorical variables for aircraft design AIAA 2022-0082
• Mr Matthew T Gill
  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 Collier Aerospace HyperX Software Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “A Study of Airframe Thermal Stresses for Hybrid Composite-Metallic Structure” (AIAA-2022-2605)

2022

• Brandon E Sells
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Design Engineering Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Small UAS Design Toolkit: Characterization and Development using Optimization and Advanced Manufacturing Modeling AIAA-2021-0625
• Mr Jan-Niclas Walther
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Design Engineering Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: "High Fidelity Digital Cabin Mock-Up based on Preliminary Aircraft Design Data for Virtual Reality Applications and Beyond" AIAA-2021-2775
• Dr Evan J Pineda
  NASA Glenn Research Ctr

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 ASME/Boeing Structures and Materials Award

  AIAA Citation: Progressive Failure Analysis of 3D Woven Composites via Multiscale Recursive Micromechanics AIAA 2021-0702
• Casey Holycross
  Awarded

  Award: 2021 Collier Research HyperX/AIAA Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Structural Joints and Repairs: Bearing Fatigue Response in Bolted Hybrid Composite Joints AIAA-2021-1402
• Björn Nagel
  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Design Engineering Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: High Fidelity Digital Cabin Mock-Up based on Preliminary Aircraft Design Data for Virtual Reality Applications and Beyond AIAA-2021-2775
• Charbel Farhat
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Active Manifold and Model Reduction for Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization AIAA 2021-1694
• Gabriele Boncoraglio
  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Active Manifold and Model Reduction for Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization AIAA 2021-1694
• Dr Christian Hesse
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Design Engineering Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: "High Fidelity Digital Cabin Mock-Up based on Preliminary Aircraft Design Data for Virtual Reality Applications and Beyond" AIAA-2021-2775
• Philip R Baldwin
  Purdue University- Sch of Aero and Astro

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Design Engineering Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Small UAS Design Toolkit: Characterization and Development using Optimization and Advanced Manufacturing Modeling AIAA-2021-0625
• MAJ John S Brewer Jr
  United States Air Force

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 Collier Research HyperX/AIAA Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Structural Joints and Repairs: Bearing Fatigue Response in Bolted Hybrid Composite Joints AIAA-2021-1402
• Dr Anthony N Palazotto
  AFIT

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 Collier Research HyperX/AIAA Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Structural Joints and Repairs: Bearing Fatigue Response in Bolted Hybrid Composite Joints AIAA-2021-1402
• Michael Marshall
  California Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Reduced-Order Modeling for Flexible Spacecraft Deployment and Dynamics AIAA-2021-1385
• Seyhan Gul
  University of Maryland

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Fundamental Understanding and Prediction of Loads and Stability of a Full-scale Hingeless Tiltrotor AIAA-2021-0090
• Jörn Biedermann
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Design Engineering Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: High Fidelity Digital Cabin Mock-Up based on Preliminary Aircraft Design Data for Virtual Reality Applications and Beyond AIAA-2021-2775
• Prof Sergio Pellegrino
  California Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Reduced-Order Modeling for Flexible Spacecraft Deployment and Dynamics AIAA-2021-1385
• Prof Anubhav Datta
  University of Maryland, College Park

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Fundamental Understanding and Prediction of Loads and Stability of a Full-scale Hingeless Tiltrotor AIAA-2021-0090

2021

• Yahya Rahmat-Samii
  UCLA

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Integration, Test, and On-Orbit Operation of a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats" (AIAA-2020-0933)
• Dr Jonathan F Sauder
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Integration, Test, and On-Orbit Operation of a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats" (AIAA-2020-0933)
• Nacer Chahat
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Integration, Test, and On-Orbit Operation of a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats" (AIAA-2020-0933)
• Dr Christopher M James
  The University of Queensland

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Test Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: "Infrared thermography on a biconic model in hypersonic expansion tube flows" AIAA 2021-0873
• Dr Frank A Leone Jr
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Structures / Collier Research HyperSizer Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Progressive Damage Failure Analysis of a Multi-Stringer Post-Buckled Panel" (AIAA-2020-1481)
• Mr Lei Xu
  Texas

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Adaptive Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Phase Transformation Characteristics of High-Temperature Shape Memory Alloy under Tension, Compression, and Bending Actuation Cycling" (AIAA-2020-2231)
• Dr Thirukumaran Nadesan
  National University of Singapore

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Test Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: "Infrared thermography on a biconic model in hypersonic expansion tube flows" AIAA 2021-0873
• Brian Hirsch
  NASA JPL

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Integration, Test, and On-Orbit Operation of a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats" (AIAA-2020-0933)
• Daniel Martin
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Adaptive Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Phase Transformation Characteristics of High-Temperature Shape Memory Alloy under Tension, Compression, and Bending Actuation Cycling (AIAA-2020-2231)
• Jason Action
  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Structures / Collier Research HyperSizer Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Progressive Damage Failure Analysis of a Multi-Stringer Post-Buckled Panel" (AIAA-2020-1481)
• Michael E Moran
  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Test Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: "Infrared thermography on a biconic model in hypersonic expansion tube flows" AIAA 2021-0873
• Prof Richard G Morgan
  The University of Queensland

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Test Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: "Infrared thermography on a biconic model in hypersonic expansion tube flows" AIAA 2021-0873
• Nelson Vieira De Carvalho
  National Institute of Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Collier Research HyperSizer

  AIAA Citation: "Progressive Damage Failure Analysis of a Multi-Stringer Post-Buckled Panel” (AIAA-2020-1481)
• Dr Karen E Willcox
  University of Texas, Austin

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Toward predictive digital twins via component-based reduced-order models and interpretable machine learning" (AIAA-2020-041)
• Mr Mark W Thomson I
  NGAS Astro Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Integration, Test, and On-Orbit Operation of a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats" (AIAA-2020-0933)
• Mr Matthew Thompson
  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Test Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: "Infrared thermography on a biconic model in hypersonic expansion tube flows" AIAA 2021-0873
• David J Knezevic
  Akselos, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Toward predictive digital twins via component-based reduced-order models and interpretable machine learning" (AIAA-2020-041)
• Mr Michael G Kapteyn
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Toward predictive digital twins via component-based reduced-order models and interpretable machine learning" (AIAA-2020-041)
• Prof Dimitris C Lagoudas
  Texas A&M Engineering Experiment St

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Adaptive Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Phase Transformation Characteristics of High-Temperature Shape Memory Alloy under Tension, Compression, and Bending Actuation Cycling" (AIAA-2020-2231)
• Richard Hodges
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Integration, Test, and On-Orbit Operation of a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats" (AIAA-2020-0933)

2020

• Dr Anthony M Waas
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 ASME/Boeing Structures & Material Award

  AIAA Citation: "Effect of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Manufacturing Signature on Mechanical Performance" (AIAA 2019-0516)
• Dr Paul Davidson
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 ASME/Boeing Structures & Materials Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Effect of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Manufacturing Signature on Mechanical Performance" (AIAA 2019-0516)
• TJ Rose
  Roccor

  Awarded

  Award: “Analysis of the Column Bending Test for Bending of High Strain Composites” (AIAA 2019-1746)
• Mr Minh Hoang Nguyen
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 ASME/Boeing Structures & Materials Awards

  AIAA Citation: "Effect of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Manufacturing Signature on Mechanical Performance" (AIAA 2019-0516)
• Dr Anthony M Waas
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: "Experimental and Numerical Study on the Low Velocity Impact Damage of a Shear Dominated Composite Laminate” (AIAA 2019-1269)

  AIAA Citation: 2019 Collier Research Hypersizer/AIAA Structures Best Paper Award
• ENS Patrick Riley
  Awarded

  Award: An Exploratory Design Tool for Lattice Airplane Wing Components (AIAA 2019-3067)
• Dr Samar Malek
  United States Naval Academy

  Awarded

  Award: An Exploratory Design Tool for Lattice Airplane Wing Components (AIAA 2019-3067)
• Mr Tim Adrian Albring
  TU Kaiserslautern

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Windowing Regularization Techniques for Unsteady Aerodynamic Shape Optimization” (AIAA-2020-3130)
• Andrew Seamone
  Awarded

  Award: “Analysis of the Column Bending Test for Bending of High Strain Composites” (AIAA 2019-1746)
• Dr Thomas W Murphey
  Opterus R&D, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: “Analysis of the Column Bending Test for Bending of High Strain Composites” (AIAA 2019-1746)
• Francisco Lopez Jimenez
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: “Analysis of the Column Bending Test for Bending of High Strain Composites” (AIAA 2019-1746)
• Mr Shiyao Lin
  Awarded

  Award: "Experimental and Numerical Study on the Low Velocity Impact Damage of a Shear Dominated Composite Laminate” (AIAA 2019-1269),

  AIAA Citation: 2019 Collier Research Hypersizer/AIAA Structures Best Paper Award
• Dr Dongyeon Lee
  Toray Composites America

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 ASME/Boeing Structures & Materials Award

  AIAA Citation: "Effect of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Manufacturing Signature on Mechanical Performance" (AIAA 2019-0516)
• Mr Avinkrishnan Ambika Vijayachandran
  Awarded

  Award: 2019 ASME/Boeing Structures & Materials Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Effect of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Manufacturing Signature on Mechanical Performance" (AIAA 2019-0516)
• Ajay H Sharma
  Awarded

  Award: “Analysis of the Column Bending Test for Bending of High Strain Composites” (AIAA 2019-1746)

2018

• Caslav Ilic
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Dr Stefan Goertz
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Mr Richard Becker
  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Dr Jennifer Heeg
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Investigating the Transonic Flutter Boundary of the Benchmark Supercritical Wing (AIAA 2017-0191)

  AIAA Citation: Investigating the Transonic Flutter Boundary of the Benchmark Supercritical Wing (AIAA 2017-0191)
• Michael Petsch
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Julian Scherer
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Matthias Schulze
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Logan Tatman
  Awarded

  Award: Jefferson Goblet

  AIAA Citation: Jefferson Goblet 2018
• Andreas Schuster
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Pawel Chwalowski
  Awarded

  Award: Investigating the Transonic Flutter Boundary of the Benchmark Supercritical Wing (AIAA 2017-0191)

  AIAA Citation: “Investigating the Transonic Flutter Boundary of the Benchmark Supercritical Wing” (AIAA 2017-0191)
• Sascha Zur
  German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Mr Martin Leitner
  DLR German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)
• Jonas Jepsen
  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: "Multi-Level MDO of a Long-Range Transport Aircraft Using a Distributed Analysis Framework", 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4326)

2017

• Dr Phillip Deierling
  Awarded

  Award: "Investigation of the Effects of Porosity on the Overall Thermomechanical Properties of Graded Metal-Ceramic Composites"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-0124
• Dr Gary D Seidel
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit

  Awarded

  Award: “A Coupled Electromechanical Peridynamics Framework For Modeling Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-9036
• Dr Anthony M Waas
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: Effect of Notch on the Failure Response of Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0733
• Dr Gianluca Iaccarino
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: Developing Design Insight Through Active Subspaces

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1090
• Pascal Meyer
  Awarded

  Award: Effect of Notch on the Failure Response of Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0733
• Mr Mark W Thomson I
  NGAS Astro Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: "Starshade Mechanical Architecture & Technology Effort"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-2165
• Brian Hirsch
  NASA JPL

  Awarded

  Award: "Starshade Mechanical Architecture & Technology Effort"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-2165
• Kevin R Knapp
  Awarded

  Award: Comparison of Finite Element Strain Distribution to In Situ Strain Field of a Plastically-Deformed Plate

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1139
• Dr Anthony N Palazotto
  AFIT

  Awarded

  Award: Comparison of Finite Element Strain Distribution to In Situ Strain Field of a Plastically-Deformed Plate

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1139
• Dr Erdogan Madenci
  Awarded

  Award: Peridynamic Modeling of Fatigue Damage in Notched Composite Laminates

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1140
• Austin Williamson
  Awarded

  Award: Continued Improvements on the Internal Convective Colling Systems Of a Notational Hypersonic Vehicle

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1144
• Dr Jonathan F Sauder
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: "Starshade Mechanical Architecture & Technology Effort"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-2165
• Naveen Prakash
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: “A Coupled Electromechanical Peridynamics Framework For Modeling Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-9036
• Dr Onome E Scott-Emuakpor
  USAF AFRL/RQT

  Awarded

  Award: Comparison of Finite Element Strain Distribution to In Situ Strain Field of a Plastically-Deformed Plate

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1139
• Mr Kan Liu
  Awarded

  Award: Continued Improvements on the Internal Convective Colling Systems Of a Notatinal Hypersonic Vehicle

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1144
• Dylan J Stelzer
  Awarded

  Award: Continued Improvements on the Internal Convective Colling Systems Of a Notatinal Hypersonic Vehicle

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1144
• Dr Paul Constantine
  Colorado School of Mines

  Awarded

  Award: Developing Design Insight Through Active Subspaces

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1090
• Dr Dianyun Zhang
  University of Connecticut

  Awarded

  Award: Effect of Notch on the Failure Response of Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0733
• Dr Karen E Willcox
  University of Texas, Austin

  Awarded

  Award: Horsetail Matching for Optimization Under Probabilistic, Interval and Mixed Uncertainties

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-0590
• Yile Hu
  Awarded

  Award: Peridynamic Modeling of Fatigue Damage in Notched Composite Laminates

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1140
• Zachary del Rosario
  Awarded

  Award: Developing Design Insight Through Active Subspaces

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1090
• Dr Samuel Case Bradford V
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: "Starshade Mechanical Architecture & Technology Effort"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-2165
• Dr David Liu
  Air Force Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Continued Improvements on the Internal Convective Colling Systems Of a Notatinal Hypersonic Vehicle

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1144
• Dr Carl Hartsfield
  Awarded

  Award: Continued Improvements on the Internal Convective Colling Systems Of a Notational Hypersonic Vehicle

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1144
• Dr Laurence W Cook
  Awarded

  Award: Horsetail Matching for Optimization Under Probabilistic, Interval and Mixed Uncertainties

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-0590
• Dr Jerome P Jarrett
  University of Cambridge

  Awarded

  Award: Horsetail Matching for Optimization Under Probabilistic, Interval and Mixed Uncertainties

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-0590
• David R Webb
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: "Starshade Mechanical Architecture & Technology Effort"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-2165

2016

• Steven A Frolik
  The Aerospace Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: Computational Techniques for the Thermostructural Analysis of Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0462
• Mr Koorosh Gobal
  Wright State University

  Awarded

  Award: "A Robust Analytical Sensitivity Analysis for Coupled Aero-Structural Systems"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3992
• Mr Daniel Vernon Guerrant
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Dr Ramana V Grandhi
  Air Force Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: "A Robust Analytical Sensitivity Analysis for Coupled Aero-Structural Systems"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3992
• Dr Lucas G Horta
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Dr Karen Lyle
  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Dr Jer-Nan Juang
  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Dr Michael B Bragg
  University of Washington

  Awarded

  Award: “Computational and Experimental Ice Accretions of Large Swept Wings in the Icing Research Tunnel”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3734
• Prof Earl H Dowell
  Duke University

  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Dr Rainer MJ Groh
  Awarded

  Award: Mass Optimization of Variable Angle Tow, Variable Thickness Panels with Static Failure and Buckling Constraints

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0452
• Dr Paul Weaver
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: Mass Optimization of Variable Angle Tow, Variable Thickness Panels with Static Failure and Buckling Constraints

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0452
• Mr Samuel C Gibbs IV
  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Dr Vinay K Goyal
  The Aerospace Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: Computational Techniques for the Thermostructural Analysis of Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0462
• Dr Jacob Rome
  The Aerospace Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: Computational Techniques for the Thermostructural Analysis of Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0462
• Dr Matthew J Conway
  The Aerospace Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: Computational Techniques for the Thermostructural Analysis of Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0462
• Stephanie Camello
  University of Washington

  Awarded

  Award: “Computational and Experimental Ice Accretions of Large Swept Wings in the Icing Research Tunnel”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3734
• Dr Christopher W Lum
  University of Washington

  Awarded

  Award: “Computational and Experimental Ice Accretions of Large Swept Wings in the Icing Research Tunnel”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3734
• Mr. James P Tuck-Lee
  The Aerospace Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: Computational Techniques for the Thermostructural Analysis of Composites

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0462
• Dr Jerry E Warren
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Mr Christopher Koehler
  Awarded

  Award: "A Robust Analytical Sensitivity Analysis for Coupled Aero-Structural Systems"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3992
• Dr William Keats Wilkie
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431

2015

• Robert C Scott
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “In-Flight Aeroelastic Stability of the Thermal Protection System on the NASA HIAD, Part I: Linear Theory”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1520
• Ryan Cook
  ILC Dover

  Awarded

  Award: "Testing and Application of Numerically Determined Expandable and Foldable Space Structures"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1511
• Dr William R Doggett
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: "Testing and Application of Numerically Determined Expandable and Foldable Space Structures"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1511
• Dr Paul Weaver
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: Buckling analysis and optimization of blade stiffened variable stiffness panels

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1438
• Prof Earl H Dowell
  Duke University

  Awarded

  Award: In-Flight Aeroelastic Stability of the Thermal Protection System on the NASA HIAD, Part I: Linear Theory

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1520
• Joseph C Slater PE
  Wright State University

  Awarded

  Award: A Fleet Rick Prediction Methodology for Mistuning IBRs Using geometric Mistuning Models

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1144
• Dr Graeme Kennedy
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Aerostructural Optimization of the Common Research Model Configuration

  AIAA Citation: AIAA-2014-3274
• Dr David Liu
  Air Force Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Development of Methods for Characterization of Hydrodynamic Ram cavity Dynamics

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0975
• Daniel Kling
  Folded Structures Company, LLC

  Awarded

  Award: "Testing and Application of Numerically Determined Expandable and Foldable Space Structures"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1511
• Prof David W Zingg
  University of Toronto

  Awarded

  Award: High Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization with Integrated Geometry Parameterization and Mesh Movement

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1132
• Dr Gary D Seidel
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit

  Awarded

  Award: A Novel Two-Parameter Linear Elastic Constitutive Model for Bond Based Peridynamics

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0461
• Prof Ella M Atkins
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: A Constrained Markov Decision Process for Flight Safety Assessment and Management

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0115
• Mr Sweewarman Balachandran
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: A Constrained Markov Decision Process for Flight Safety Assessment and Management

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0115
• Cliff E Willey
  ILC Dover

  Awarded

  Award: "Testing and Application of Numerically Determined Expandable and Foldable Space Structures"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1511
• Dr Gaetan KW Kenway
  Univeristy of Michigan Department of Aerospace Engineering

  Awarded

  Award: Aerostructural Optimization of the Common Research Model Configuration

  AIAA Citation: AIAA-2014-3274
• Mr Broderick H Coburn
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: Buckling analysis and optimization of blade stiffened variable stiffness panels

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1438
• Dr Jeffrey M Brown
  AFRL/RQT

  Awarded

  Award: A Fleet Risk prediction methodology for Mistuned IBRs Using Geometric Mistuning Models

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1144
• MAJ Andrew J Lingenfelter
  Air Force Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Development of Methods for Characterization of Hydrodynamic ram cavity Dynamics

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0975
• Ms Emily B Henry
  AFRL/RQT

  Awarded

  Award: A Fleet Risk Prediction Methodology for Mistuned IBRs Using Geometric Mistuning Models

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1144
• Naveen Prakash
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: A Novel Two-Parameter Linear Elastic Constitutive Model for Bond Based Peridynamics

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0461
• Mr Shahriar Khosravi
  The University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: High Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization with Integrated geometry Parameterization and Mesh Movement

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1132
• Jonathan Hinkle
  Air Liquide

  Awarded

  Award: "Testing and Application of Numerically Determined Expandable and Foldable Space Structures"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1511
• Dr Stephen B Clay
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Internally Reinforced Adhesively Bonded Metal to Composite Joints”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1530
• Ms Zimi Jenmy Zhang
  University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

  Awarded

  Award: High Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization with Integrated Geometry Parameterization and Mesh Movement

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1132
• Dr Zhangming Wu
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: Buckling analysis and optimization of blade stiffened variable stiffness panels

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1438
• Dr Vipul Ranatunga
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Internally Reinforced Adhesively Bonded Metal to Composite Joints”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1530
• Dr Benjamin D Goldman
  Duke University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

  Awarded

  Award: “In-Flight Aeroelastic Stability of the Thermal Protection System on the NASA HIAD, Part I: Linear Theory”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1520
• Prof Joaquim Martins
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: Aerostructural Optimization of the Common Research Model Configuration

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3274

2014

• Dr Zhangming Wu
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: Local Buckling of Blade Stiffened Variable Angle Tow Panels

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0167
• K Chauncey Wu
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Structural Assessment of Advanced Composite Tow-Steered Shells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1769
• Dr Javid Bayandor
  The State University of New York

  Awarded

  Award: Analysis of Space Structures Subjected to Hypervelocity Impact

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0156
• Mr Robert A Martin
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Structural Assessment of Advanced Composite Tow-Steered Shells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1769
• Dr Hyunsun A Kim
  University of California, San Diego

  Awarded

  Award: Structural Assessment of Advanced Composite Tow-Steered Shells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1769
• Hector Climent
  Airbus Military

  Awarded

  Award: “Dynamic Aeroservoelastic Response with Nonlinear Structural Elements”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1702
• Mr Mathieu Balesdent
  Onera

  Awarded

  Award: Decoupled UMDO Formulation For Interdisciplinary Coupling Satisfaction Under Uncertainty

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3014
• Dr Gaetan KW Kenway
  Univeristy of Michigan Department of Aerospace Engineering

  Awarded

  Award: Multi-Point, Multi-Mission, High-Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization Of A Long-Range Aircraft Configuration"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5706
• Ms Gina Olson
  California Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: "Deployable Helical Antennas for CubeSats"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1671
• Prof Sergio Pellegrino
  California Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Deployable Helical Antennas for CubeSats

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1671
• Carlos Maderuelo
  Airbus Military

  Awarded

  Award: “Dynamic Aeroservoelastic Response with Nonlinear Structural Elements”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1702
• Dr Matthew S Allen
  University of Wisconsin

  Awarded

  Award: Substructuring with Nonlinear Reduced Order Models and Interface Reduction with Characteristic Constraint Modes

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1518
• Dr Rhea P Liem
  HKUST

  Awarded

  Award: Multi-Point, Multi-Mission, High-Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization Of A Long-Range Aircraft Configuration"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5706
• Mr Robert J Kuether
  Awarded

  Award: Substructuring with Nonlinear Reduced Order Models and Interface Reduction with Characteristic Constraint Modes

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1518
• Dr Matthew J Santer
  Imperial College London

  Awarded

  Award: Adaptive Multistable Flexible Composite Surfaces

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0671
• Andrew Thurber
  Awarded

  Award: Analysis of Space Structures Subjected to Hypervelocity Impact

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0156
• Dr Jeremy Banik
  USAF

  Awarded

  Award: "Deployable Helical Antennas for CubeSats"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1671
• Dr Bret Stanford
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Structural Assessment of Advanced Composite Tow-Steered Shells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1769
• Dr Glenn A Hrinda
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Structural Assessment of Advanced Composite Tow-Steered Shells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1769
• Dr Paul Weaver
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: Local Buckling of Blade Stiffened Variable Angle Tow Panels

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0167
• Prof Moti Karpel
  Awarded

  Award: “Dynamic Aeroservoelastic Response with Nonlinear Structural Elements”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1702
• Prof Joaquim Martins
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: Multi-Point, Multi-Mission, High-Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization Of A Long-Range Aircraft Configuration"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5706
• Mr Yuefeng Cui
  Awarded

  Award: Adaptive Multistable Flexible Composite Surfaces

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0671
• Mr Broderick H Coburn
  University of Bristol

  Awarded

  Award: Local Buckling of Blade Stiffened Variable Angle Tow Panels

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0167
• Mr Loic Brevault
  ONERA - CNES

  Awarded

  Award: Decoupled UMDO Formulation For Interdisciplinary Coupling Satisfaction Under Uncertainty

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3014
• Alexander Shousterman
  Awarded

  Award: “Dynamic Aeroservoelastic Response with Nonlinear Structural Elements”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1702
• Wolfgang Meier
  Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

  Awarded

  Award: Thermo-Acoustic Coupling in Swirl-Stabilized Flames with Helical Vortices

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-3650
• Dr Joseph Costantine
  California State University Fullerton

  Awarded

  Award: "Deployable Helical Antennas for CubeSats"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1671
• Nicolas Berend
  ONERA

  Awarded

  Award: Decoupled UMDO Formulation For Interdisciplinary Coupling Satisfaction Under Uncertainty

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3014
• Rodolphe Le Riche
  Awarded

  Award: Decoupled UMDO Formulation For Interdisciplinary Coupling Satisfaction Under Uncertainty

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3014

2013

• Dr Raphael T Haftka
  University of Florida

  Awarded

  Award: “Quantifying Effects of Voids in Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1619
• Prof Brian L Wardle
  Massachusettes Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Laminated Woven Composites Reinforced with Aligned Nanoscale Fibers: Mechanisms at the Macro, Micro, and Nano Scales

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1612
• Dr Marlana B Goldsmith
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: “Quantifying Effects of Voids in Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1619
• Mr Matthew J Scott
  Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

  Awarded

  Award: “Wind Tunnel Test of a Very Flexible Aircraft Wing”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA2012-1464
• Dr Sunny Sue Wicks
  Lockheed Martin Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Laminated Woven Composites Reinforced with Aligned Nanoscale Fibers: Mechanisms at the Macro, Micro, and Nano Scales

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1612
• Dr William Keats Wilkie
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Heliogyro Blade Twist Control via Reflectivity Modulation"

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1746
• Prof Hiroshi Furuya
  Tokyo Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Fold Line Based on Mechanical Properties of Crease in Wrapping Fold Membrane

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1595
• Mr Philip N Parkes
  University of Bath

  Awarded

  Award: “Fatigue of Metal-Composite Joints with Penetrative Reinforcement”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1879
• Prof Richard Butler
  University of Bath

  Awarded

  Award: “Fatigue of Metal-Composite Joints with Penetrative Reinforcement”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1879
• Prof Darryl Almond
  Professor of Material Science, Department of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Bath

  Awarded

  Award: “Fatigue of Metal-Composite Joints with Penetrative Reinforcement”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1879
• Dr Yasutaka Satou
  JAXA

  Awarded

  Award: Fold Line Based on Mechanical Properties of Crease in Wrapping Fold Membrane

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1595
• Mr Daniel Vernon Guerrant
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: Heliogyro Blade Twist Control via Reflectivity Modulation

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1746
• Andrea Passariello
  Awarded

  Award: “Nonlinear Analysis of PrandtlPlane Joined Wings. Part II-Effects of Anisotropy”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1462
• Prof Bhavani V Sankar
  University of Florida

  Awarded

  Award: “Quantifying Effects of Voids in Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1619
• Dale A Lawrence
  Awarded

  Award: Heliogyro Blade Twist Control via Reflectivity Modulation

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1746
• Dr Robert K Goldberg
  NASA Glenn Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Quantifying Effects of Voids in Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1619
• Mr Robert T Britt
  Awarded

  Award: “Wind Tunnel Test of a Very Flexible Aircraft Wing”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1464
• Dr Luciano Demasi
  San Diego State University College of Engineering

  Awarded

  Award: “Nonlinear Analysis of PrandtlPlane Joined Wings. Part II-Effects of Anisotropy”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1462

2012

• Dr Anthony M Waas
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Study on Low-Velocity Impact Behavior of Foam-Cored Sandwich Panels”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1701
• Prof Saburo Matunaga
  Tokyo Insttute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Mission Report on The Solar Power Sail Deployment Demonstration of IKAROS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1887
• Prof Nobukatsu Okuizumi
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: “Mission Report on The Solar Power Sail Deployment Demonstration of IKAROS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1887
• Dr Osamu Mori
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: “Mission Report on The Solar Power Sail Deployment Demonstration of IKAROS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1887
• Prof John T Hwang
  University of California San Diego

  Awarded

  Award: GeoMACH: Geometry-Centric MDAO of Aircraft Configurations with High Fidelity

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5605
• Prof Prakash Vedula
  The University of Oklahoma

  Awarded

  Award: “Subgrid-Scale Dynamics For A Nonlinear Beam”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0171
• Prof Hiroshi Furuya
  Tokyo Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Mission Report on The Solar Power Sail Deployment Demonstration of IKAROS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1887
• Mr Jie Wang
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Study on Low-Velocity Impact Behavior of Foam-Cored Sandwich Panels”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1701
• Dr Anthony M Waas
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Awarded

  Award: “A Thermodynamically-Based Mesh Objective Work Potential Theory For Predicting Intralaminar Progressive Damage and Failure in Fiber-Reinforced Laminates”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1612
• Prof Hai Wang
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Study on Low-Velocity Impact Behavior of Foam-Cored Sandwich Panels”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1701
• Prof Rafael Palacios
  Imperial College London

  Awarded

  Award: Homogenization of Slender Piodic Composite Structures

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1949
• Dr Yoji Shirasawa
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: “Mission Report on The Solar Power Sail Deployment Demonstration of IKAROS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1887
• Dr Jayant Sirohi
  University of Texas @ Austin

  Awarded

  Award: “Measurement of Deformation of Rotating Blades Using Digital Image Correlation”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1876
• Dr HIROTAKA SAWADA
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: “Mission Report on The Solar Power Sail Deployment Demonstration of IKAROS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1887
• Prof Joaquim Martins
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: GeoMACH: Geometry-Centric MDAO of Aircraft Configurations with High Fidelity

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5605
• Dr Evan J Pineda
  NASA Glenn Research Ctr

  Awarded

  Award: “A Thermodynamically-Based Mesh Objective Work Potential Theory For Predicting Intralaminar Progressive Damage and Failure in Fiber-Reinforced Laminates”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1612
• Prof Hiraku Sakamoto
  Tokyo Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Mission Report on The Solar Power Sail Deployment Demonstration of IKAROS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-1887
• Mr Julian Dizy Suarez
  Awarded

  Award: Homogenization of Slender Piodic Composite Structures

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1949
• Mr Allen R Labryer
  Awarded

  Award: “Subgrid-Scale Dynamics For A Nonlinear Beam”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0171
• Antoine DeBlois
  Bombardier Inc

  Awarded

  Award: Multi-Fidelity Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Metallic and Composite Regional and Business Jets”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2010-9191
• Mr. Mohammed Abdo
  Bombardier Inc

  Awarded

  Award: Multi-Fidelity Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Metallic and Composite Regional and Business Jets”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2010-9191
• Prof Peter J Attar
  The University of Oklahoma

  Awarded

  Award: “Subgrid-Scale Dynamics For A Nonlinear Beam”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0171