Best Paper – Aerospace Sciences Group

Award Recipients

2025

• Joseph Gonzales
  Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department, Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Internal Heat Transfer Measurement of Ablating Body in Mach 7 Flow via Luminescent Sensor AIAA 2024-2660
• Prof Frank Thielecke
  Technical University Hamburg

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) System based Hybrid Loads Observer using an Uncertain Aircraft Model AIAA 2024-2486
• Prof Hirotaka Sakaue
  University of Notre Dame

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Internal Heat Transfer Measurement of Ablating Body in Mach 7 Flow via Luminescent Sensor AIAA 2024-2660
• Oliver Luderer
  Hamburg University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) System based Hybrid Loads Observer using an Uncertain Aircraft Model AIAA 2024-2486
• Prof Kojiro Suzuki
  University of Tokyo

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Internal Heat Transfer Measurement of Ablating Body in Mach 7 Flow via Luminescent Sensor AIAA 2024-2660

2024

• Mr Andrea Petrocchi
  University of Glasgow

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Dynamic fk Estimates for Partially-Averaged Navier-Stokes Around a Circular Cylinder AIAA 2024-2514
• Miss Kimberlee H Shish
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Command and Control Concepts for a Lift Plus Cruise Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle AIAA 2023-3910
• Dr Alireza R Mazaheri
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Development of an Optical Model for the MEDLI2 Radiometer AIAA 2023-4037
• Abhinav G Kamath
  University of Washington, Seattle

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Abhinav G Kamath
  University of Washington, Seattle

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• Dr Christopher O Johnston
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Development of an Optical Model for the MEDLI2 Radiometer - AIAA 2023-4037
• Dr Yue Yu
  The University of Texas at Austin

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• Dr Marshall C Galbraith
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for Outstanding Paper in Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Free-Form Deformation of Parametric CAD Geometry via B-Spline Transformations AIAA 2023-3601
• Dr Thomas Lombaerts
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Command and Control Concepts for a Lift Plus Cruise Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle AIAA 2023-3910
• Dr Thomas Lombaerts
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Command and Control Concepts for a Lift Plus Cruise Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle AIAA 2023-3910
• Robert Haimes
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for Outstanding Paper in Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Free-Form Deformation of Parametric CAD Geometry via B-Spline Transformations AIAA 2023-3601
• Dr Michael Feary
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Command and Control Concepts for a Lift Plus Cruise Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle AIAA 2023-3910
• Dr Brian T. Fisher
  Naval Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: HTPB Combustion Temperature Measurements AIAA 2023-0162
• Prof Guillermo Paniagua
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Joint Temperature and Velocity Statistics in High-speed Flows Using Simultaneous CARS Thermometry and FLEET Velocimetry AIAA 2023-0221
• Mr Andrew J Brune
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Uncertainty Analysis of Slug Calorimeters in the HyMETS Arc-Jet Facility - AIAA 2023-4038
• Donovan McGruder
  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Burst-mode Nitric Oxide PLIF for Visualization and Mode Spectral Analysis of Hypersonic Shear Layers AIAA 2023-4382
• Seth Antozzi
  Colorado State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Preliminary Krypton Measurements by Two-Photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF) in Cold Flow and a Hollow Cathode Plasma AIAA 2023-1863
• Terrence R Meyer
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Joint Temperature and Velocity Statistics in High-speed Flows Using Simultaneous CARS Thermometry and FLEET Velocimetry AIAA 2023-0221
• Mr Purnanand Elango
  Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• Prof Mehran Mesbahi
  University of Washington

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• Diana Luis
  VKI

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Radio frequency signal propagation through a stagnant flow in a plasma facility for analysis of the communication blackout phenomenon AIAA 2024-1421
• Marlena Gomez
  MIT

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for Outstanding Paper in Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Free-Form Deformation of Parametric CAD Geometry via B-Spline Transformations AIAA 2023-3601
• Mr Taewan Kim
  University of Washington

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• Dr Andrew Lock
  University of Southern Queensland

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Optical aerodynamic measurements of hypersonic free-flight using Bayesian state estimation AIAA 2023-3713
• Dr David R Buttsworth
  University of Southern Queensland

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Optical aerodynamic measurements of hypersonic free-flight using Bayesian state estimation AIAA 2023-3713
• Prof Richard B Miles
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Burst-mode Nitric Oxide PLIF for Visualization and Mode Spectral Analysis of Hypersonic Shear Layers AIAA 2023-4382
• Jonathan Crosmer
  Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Joint Temperature and Velocity Statistics in High-speed Flows Using Simultaneous CARS Thermometry and FLEET Velocimetry AIAA 2023-0221
• Prof George N Barakos
  University of Glasgow

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Dynamic fk Estimates for Partially-Averaged Navier-Stokes Around a Circular Cylinder AIAA 2024-2514
• Dr Chelsey Morrow
  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Uncertainty Analysis of Slug Calorimeters in the HyMETS Arc-Jet Facility - AIAA 2023-4038
• Mr Konrad Goc
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Studies of transonic aircraft flows and prediction of initial buffet onset using large-eddy simulations AIAA 2023-4338
• Dr Clayton Matthias Geipel
  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: HTPB Combustion Temperature Measurements AIAA 2023-0162
• Mr Gerard Armstrong
  UniSQ

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Optical aerodynamic measurements of hypersonic free-flight using Bayesian state estimation AIAA 2023-3713
• Prof Robert Langlois
  Carleton University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Development of a Shipboard Skid-equipped Rotary-wing Aircraft Manoeuvering and Securing Simulation Package AIAA 2023-0341
• Skye Mceowen
  University of Washington

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• Mr. Olivier Chazot
  Von Karman Institute

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Radio frequency signal propagation through a stagnant flow in a plasma facility for analysis of the communication blackout phenomenon
• Mr Rahul Agrawal
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Studies of transonic aircraft flows and prediction of initial buffet onset using large-eddy simulations AIAA 2023-4338
• Dr Ciprian Dumitrache
  Colorado State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Preliminary Krypton Measurements by Two-Photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF) in Cold Flow and a Hollow Cathode Plasma AIAA 2023-1863
• Dr John M Carson III
  NASA

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• John Kaneshige
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Command and Control Concepts for a Lift Plus Cruise Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle AIAA 2023-3910
• Prof Zachary C Cordero
  MIT

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Propellants and Combustion Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Frictional Ignition of Metals in High Pressure Oxygen: A Critical Reassessment of NASA Test Data AIAA 2023-1489
• Dr James B. Scoggins
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Development of an Optical Model for the MEDLI2 Radiometer AIAA 2023-4037
• Dr Rodney D Bowersox
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Burst-mode Nitric Oxide PLIF for Visualization and Mode Spectral Analysis of Hypersonic Shear Layers AIAA 2023-4382
• Dr Christopher Limbach
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Burst-mode Nitric Oxide PLIF for Visualization and Mode Spectral Analysis of Hypersonic Shear Layers AIAA 2023-4382
• Nathaniel Kiefer
  Purdue - Zucrow Labs

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Joint Temperature and Velocity Statistics in High-speed Flows Using Simultaneous CARS Thermometry and FLEET Velocimetry AIAA 2023-0221
• Jacob Gottfried
  Colorado University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Preliminary Krypton Measurements by Two-Photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF) in Cold Flow and a Hollow Cathode Plasma AIAA 2023-1863
• ALAN VILADEGUT
  von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Radio frequency signal propagation through a stagnant flow in a plasma facility for analysis of the communication blackout phenomenon
• Prof Azer P Yalin
  Colorado State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Preliminary Krypton Measurements by Two-Photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF) in Cold Flow and a Hollow Cathode Plasma AIAA 2023-1863
• Dr Behcet Acikmese
  University of Washington

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Customized Real-Time First-Order Methods for Onboard Dual Quaternion-based 6-DoF Powered-Descent Guidance AIAA 2023-2003
• Mikhail N Slipchenko
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Joint Temperature and Velocity Statistics in High-speed Flows Using Simultaneous CARS Thermometry and FLEET Velocimetry AIAA 2023-0221
• Mr Alexander R Schock
  Carleton University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Development of a Shipboard Skid-equipped Rotary-wing Aircraft Manoeuvering and Securing Simulation Package AIAA 2023-0341
• Mr Flynn Hack
  Nova Systems

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Optical aerodynamic measurements of hypersonic free-flight using Bayesian state estimation AIAA 2023-3713
• Andres Garcia Jimenez
  MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Propellants and Combustion Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Frictional Ignition of Metals in High Pressure Oxygen: A Critical Reassessment of NASA Test Data AIAA 2023-1489
• Dr Ingo H Jahn
  University of Southern Queensland

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Optical aerodynamic measurements of hypersonic free-flight using Bayesian state estimation AIAA 2023-3713
• Dr Byrenn Birch
  -

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Optical aerodynamic measurements of hypersonic free-flight using Bayesian state estimation AIAA 2023-3713
• Prof James Braun
  North Carolina State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Joint Temperature and Velocity Statistics in High-speed Flows Using Simultaneous CARS Thermometry and FLEET Velocimetry AIAA 2023-0221
• Dr Mohsen Azimi
  Mississippi State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Space Architecture Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Simulation-Based Assessment of Hazardous States in a Deep Space Habitat ICES-2023-449
• Luca Vaccino
  Purdue RETHi

  Awarded

  Award: 2024 AIAA Space Architecture Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Simulation-Based Assessment of Hazardous States in a Deep Space Habitat ICES-2023-449
• Dr Tyler Dean
  Raytheon

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Burst-mode Nitric Oxide PLIF for Visualization and Mode Spectral Analysis of Hypersonic Shear Layers AIAA 2023-4382

2023

• Dr Christian Klein
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056
• Jonathan E Morgan
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Arc-jet Testing of Continuously Woven Aeroshells –Spiderweave– for Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology AIAA 2022-3503
• Emilio E. Torres
  Arizona State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Rational Boolean Stabilization of Subgrid Models for Large Eddy Simulations AIAA 2023-2485
• Dr Lars Koop
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056
• Mr Maximilian Behn
  DLR

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056
• Dr Thomas Ahlefeldt
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056
• Apoorv Ranjan
  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Small Plasma Objects AIAA 2022-1748
• Nicolas Bernard
  Université de Poitiers CNRS

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Mixing enhancement downstream of an active square mesh grid using plasma actuation AIAA 2023-2390
• Dr Werner J.A. Dahm
  Arizona State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Rational Boolean Stabilization of Subgrid Models for Large Eddy Simulations AIAA 2023-2485
• Dr Daan M Pool
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Just Noticeable Differences for Variations in Quasi-Steady Stall Buffet Model Parameters AIAA 2022-0510
• Dr Timothy T Aiken
  Center for National Security Initiatives

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Assessment of Detailed Thermochemistry and Excitation Models for Shock-Heated Oxygen Mixtures AIAA 2022-3500
• Dr Eric L Petersen
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper, Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Measurements of NH3 in a Shock Tube for Investigating the Chemical Kinetics of Rocket Propellants AIAA 2022-1875
• Dr James S McCabe
  NASA JSC

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: On A Higher Order Method for Anonymous Feature Processing AIAA 2022-0606
• Mr Tom Fridlender
  Institut PPRIME - Équipe EFD

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Mixing enhancement downstream of an active square mesh grid using plasma actuation AIAA 2023-2390
• Vito Pasquariello
  Lilium GmbH

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: GPU-accelerated simulations for eVTOL aerodynamic analysis AIAA 2023-2107
• Lukas Katzenmeier
  Airbus Defence and Space

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056
• Dr Coen C de Visser
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Just Noticeable Differences for Variations in Quasi-Steady Stall Buffet Model Parameters AIAA 2022-0510
• Andrew M Chuen
  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Meshing, Visualization, and Computational Environments Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Overlap Preservation Using Loosely-Coupled Boundary Conditions for Body-Fitted Structured Overset Grids AIAA 2022-0216
• Prof Carmen Guerra-Garcia
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Modeling Flame Speed Modification by Nanosecond Pulsed Discharges to Inform Experimental Design AIAA 2023-2056
• Dr Tahir Gokcen
  AMA Inc at NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Arc-jet Testing of Continuously Woven Aeroshells –Spiderweave– for Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology AIAA 2022-3503
• Dr Mikhail N Shneider
  Princeton University

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Small Plasma Objects AIAA 2022-1748
• Cody Nichols
  Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Systems Laboratory, AFS-450

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Estimating Aircraft State from Surveillance Data Using Statistical Learning AIAA 2022-3424
• Dr Michael Hilfer
  German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056
• Prof Eric Moreau
  Université de Poitiers CNRS

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Mixing enhancement downstream of an active square mesh grid using plasma actuation AIAA 2023-2390
• Dr Lars Enghardt
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056
• Dr Alexey Shashurin
  Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Small Plasma Objects - AIAA 2022-1748
• Dr Phillip A Kreth
  University of Tennessee Space Institute

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper, Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Analysis of Screech Phenomena in a Mach 1.0 Jet with Linear Array Focused Laser Differential Interferometry AIAA 2022-1798
• Mr Colin A Pavan
  MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Modeling Flame Speed Modification by Nanosecond Pulsed Discharges to Inform Experimental Design AIAA 2023-2056
• Mikhail N Slipchenko
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Small Plasma Objects AIAA 2022-1748
• Sulaiman Alturaifi
  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper, Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Measurements of NH3 in a Shock Tube for Investigating the Chemical Kinetics of Rocket Propellants - AIAA 2022-1875
• Dr Stefan Hickel
  TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: GPU-accelerated simulations for eVTOL aerodynamic analysis AIAA 2023-2107
• Dr Xingxing Wang
  Purdue Unviersity

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Small Plasma Objects AIAA 2022-1748
• Mr Adam Patel
  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Small Plasma Objects - AIAA 2022-1748
• Prof Jean-Paul Bonnet
  University of Poitiers-CNRS

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Mixing enhancement downstream of an active square mesh grid using plasma actuation AIAA 2023-2390
• Dr Iain D Boyd
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Assessment of Detailed Thermochemistry and Excitation Models for Shock-Heated Oxygen Mixtures AIAA 2022-3500
• Mr. Paul F Wercinski
  NASA-Ames

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Arc-jet Testing of Continuously Woven Aeroshells –Spiderweave– for Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology AIAA 2022-3503
• Dr Theron J Price
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper, Honorable Mention

  AIAA Citation: Analysis of Screech Phenomena in a Mach 1.0 Jet with Linear Array Focused Laser Differential Interferometry AIAA 2022-1798
• Dr William M Chan
  NASA-Ames

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Meshing, Visualization, and Computational Environments Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Overlap Preservation Using Loosely-Coupled Boundary Conditions for Body-Fitted Structured Overset Grids AIAA 2022-0216
• Dr Ulf Tapken
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Near-field measurements of stationary and rotating in-duct sound sources with pressure-sensitive paint AIAA-2022-3056

2022

• Dr Marie Denison
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Daniel Fernex
  Technische Universitat Braunschweig

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Sparse Spatial Sampling: A mesh sampling algorithm for efficient processing of big simulation data AIAA-2021-1484
• Robert Childs
  STC

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Prof Dimitri Papamoschou
  University of California Irvine

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Extension of Traditional Beamforming Methods to the Continuous-Scan Paradigm AIAA-2022-1154
• Dr James R Creel
  Bush Combat Development Complex - Texas A&M

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Study of Electron Transpiration Cooling with a 2-kW Laser Heating System AIAA-2022-0983
• Stephanie Priess
  The MITRE Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Deriving an Estimated Time of Arrival Accuracy Requirement for Departure Scheduling Operations AIAA-2021-0672
• Mr Jeremy Aires
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: A Gaussian Process Enhancement to Linear Parameter Varying Models AIAA-2021-3006
• Dr Andre Weiner
  Technische Universität Braunschweig

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Sparse Spatial Sampling: A mesh sampling algorithm for efficient processing of big simulation data AIAA-2021-1484
• Dr Richard Semaan
  Technische Universitat Braunschweig

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Sparse Spatial Sampling: A mesh sampling algorithm for efficient processing of big simulation data AIAA-2021-1484
• Dr Erwin Mooij
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Convex Optimization Guidance for Precision Landing on Titan AIAA-2021-1345
• Dr James C Ross
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Dr Lesley A Weitz
  The MITRE Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Deriving an Estimated Time of Arrival Accuracy Requirement for Departure Scheduling Operations AIAA-2021-0672
• Dr Cory D Goates
  Research In Flight

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Development of a Subsonic-Supersonic, Unstructured Panel Method AIAA-2022-0403
• Dr Daan M Pool
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Stall Model Identification of a Cessna Citation II from Flight Test Data Using Orthogonal Model Structure Selection AIAA 2021-1725
• Giovanni Salazar
  Corvid Technologies

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Numerical Investigation of Film Coefficient Engineering Methodology for Dissociated, Chemically Reacting Boundary Layers AIAA-2022-1907
• Dr Douglas F Hunsaker
  Utah State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Development of a Subsonic-Supersonic, Unstructured Panel Method AIAA-2022-0403
• Joost Van Ingen
  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Stall Model Identification of a Cessna Citation II from Flight Test Data Using Orthogonal Model Structure Selection AIAA 2021-1725
• Mr Eric C Geistfeld
  University of Minnesota

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Direct molecular simulation of rovibrational relaxation and chemical reactions in air mixtures AIAA-2022-1010
• Prof Richard B Miles
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Study of Electron Transpiration Cooling with a 2-kW Laser Heating System AIAA-2022-0983
• Mr. Stephen J Alter
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Dr Junhwi Bak
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Study of Electron Transpiration Cooling with a 2-kW Laser Heating System AIAA-2022-0983
• Dr Coen C de Visser
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Stall Model Identification of a Cessna Citation II from Flight Test Data Using Orthogonal Model Structure Selection AIAA 2021-1725
• Prof Thomas E Schwartzentruber
  University of Minnesota

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Direct molecular simulation of rovibrational relaxation and chemical reactions in air mixtures AIAA-2022-1010
• William L Kleb
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Mr Rayan Mazouz
  University of Colorado, Boulder

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Convex Optimization Guidance for Precision Landing on Titan AIAA-2021-1345
• Mr Rayan Mazouz
  University of Colorado, Boulder

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Convex Optimization Guidance for Precision Landing on Titan AIAA-2021-1345
• Bradley Rafferty
  Supernal

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Formation of a Nacelle Inlet Ground Vortex in Crosswind AIAA-2022-1698
• Veronica M Hawke
  Science and Technology Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Mr. Philip E Robinson
  NASA-Johnson Space Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Brock Lascara
  The MITRE Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Deriving an Estimated Time of Arrival Accuracy Requirement for Departure Scheduling Operations AIAA-2021-0672
• Stefan Schuet
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: A Gaussian Process Enhancement to Linear Parameter Varying Models AIAA-2021-3006
• Dr Christopher Limbach
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Study of Electron Transpiration Cooling with a 2-kW Laser Heating System AIAA-2022-0983
• Mr Anuj Rekhy
  Texas A&M

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Experimental Study of Electron Transpiration Cooling with a 2-kW Laser Heating System AIAA-2022-0983
• Carlos Malpica
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: A Gaussian Process Enhancement to Linear Parameter Varying Models AIAA-2021-3006
• Mr Erik Torres
  University of Minnesota

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Direct molecular simulation of rovibrational relaxation and chemical reactions in air mixtures AIAA-2022-1010
• Dr Ari Glezer
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Formation of a Nacelle Inlet Ground Vortex in Crosswind AIAA-2022-1698
• Mr Justin M Cooper
  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Numerical Investigation of Film Coefficient Engineering Methodology for Dissociated, Chemically Reacting Boundary Layers AIAA-2022-1907
• Mr Paul Michael Stremel
  Science and Technology Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Prof Bernd Noack
  Harbin Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Sparse Spatial Sampling: A mesh sampling algorithm for efficient processing of big simulation data AIAA-2021-1484
• Dr Thomas K West
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Mr David Morata
  -

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Extension of Traditional Beamforming Methods to the Continuous-Scan Paradigm AIAA-2022-1154
• Dr Joseph A Garcia
  NASA/ARC-AA Aerospace Engineer

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Ben Nikaido
  NASA

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Scott Murman
  NASA

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of CFD Predictions of CobraMRV Control Surface Effectiveness at the NASA Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel AIAA-2021-2965
• Prof Alexandre Martin
  University of Kentucky

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Numerical Investigation of Film Coefficient Engineering Methodology for Dissociated, Chemically Reacting Boundary Layers AIAA-2022-1907
• Dr Bojan Vukasinovic
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Formation of a Nacelle Inlet Ground Vortex in Crosswind AIAA-2022-1698

2021

• Prof Kyle M. Hanquist
  University of Arizona

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Fully-Coupled Simulation of Plasma Discharges, Turbulence, and Combustion in a Scramjet Combustor AIAA-2020-3230
• Dr Joseph Olejniczak
  NASA

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Characterization of Radiative Heating Anomaly in High Enthalpy Shock Tunnels AIAA-2021-0103
• Dr Amy W Lang
  The University of Alabama

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: Experimental analysis of passive bristling in air to enable mako-shark-inspired separation control (AIAA-2020-2768)
• Dr Marshall C Galbraith
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Michel Fliess
  École Polytechnique

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Unified Model-Free Control Architecture for Tailsitter Micro Air Vehicles: Flight Simulation Analysis and Experimental Flights (AIAA-2020-2075)
• Dr Jean Moscheta
  ISAE

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Unified Model-Free Control Architecture for Tailsitter Micro Air Vehicles: Flight Simulation Analysis and Experimental Flights (AIAA-2020-2075)
• Mr Michael G Piotrowski
  Bombardier

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award
• Mr Jacson M. Olszanecki Barth
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Unified Model-Free Control Architecture for Tailsitter Micro Air Vehicles: Flight Simulation Analysis and Experimental Flights (AIAA-2020-2075)
• Prof Deanna A Lacoste
  KAUST

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Sally A Viken
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: mprovements in Simulating a Mach 0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration using the Spalart-Allmaras and k- SST Turbulence Models AIAA 2021-1531
• Mr Jackson A Morris
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: Experimental analysis of passive bristling in air to enable mako-shark-inspired separation control (AIAA-2020-2768)
• M. Simeni
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Dr Frederic Alauzet
  INRIA

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Dr Todd R Michal
  Boeing

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Dr Boris S Leonov
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Spatio-temporal studies on laser induced plasma interactions with micro-particles using stereo-imaging AIAA 2021-1376
• Kieran Wilson
  NA

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: An X-Ray Spectroscopic Approach to Remote Space Object Potential Determination: Experimental Results (AIAA-2020-0049)
• T. Orriere
  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Dr Daan M Pool
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Retention of Manual Control Skills in Multi-Axis Tracking Tasks (AIAA 2020-2264)
• M.S Cha
  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Michael R OGara
  CRAFT Tech

  Awarded

  Award: A Model for Simulating Unsteady Wake Interference Effects in Aerial Refueling AIAA-2020-3202

  AIAA Citation: A Model for Simulating Unsteady Wake Interference Effects in Aerial Refueling AIAA-2020-3202
• Gautier Hattenberger
  Ecole Nationale de lAviation Civile - ENAC

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Unified Model-Free Control Architecture for Tailsitter Micro Air Vehicles: Flight Simulation Analysis and Experimental Flights (AIAA-2020-2075)
• Dr Murat Bronz
  ENAC

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Unified Model-Free Control Architecture for Tailsitter Micro Air Vehicles: Flight Simulation Analysis and Experimental Flights (AIAA-2020-2075)
• Dr James E Hubbard Jr
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Student Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Global Aerodynamic Modeling Using Automated Local Model Networks in Real Time (AIAA 2020-0762)
• Dr James E Hubbard Jr
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Global Aerodynamic Modeling Using Automated Local Model Networks in Real Time (AIAA 2020-0762)
• Dr Brett A Cruden
  AMA Inc at NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Characterization of Radiative Heating Anomaly in High Enthalpy Shock Tunnels AIAA-2021-0103
• Stephen L Wood
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Node Numbering for Stabilizing Preconditioners Based on Incomplete LU Decomposition AAIA-2020-3022
• Ms Rowenna Wijlens
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Retention of Manual Control Skills in Multi-Axis Tracking Tasks (AIAA 2020-2264)
• ajjay omprakas
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Fully-Coupled Simulation of Plasma Discharges, Turbulence, and Combustion in a Scramjet Combustor - AIAA-2020-3230
• Michael Park
  Flexcompute

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Mr. Craig A Hunter
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Improvements in Simulating a Mach 0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration using the Spalart-Allmaras and k- SST Turbulence Models AIAA 2021-1531
• Dr Joshua A Krakos
  Luminary Cloud

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Dr Peter A Cavallo
  Air Products, Rotoflow Division

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: A Model for Simulating Unsteady Wake Interference Effects in Aerial Refueling AIAA-2020-3202
• Carmen-Ioana Ursachi
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Dr Peter Zaal
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Retention of Manual Control Skills in Multi-Axis Tracking Tasks (AIAA 2020-2264)
• Jeremy D Shipman
  Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: A Model for Simulating Unsteady Wake Interference Effects in Aerial Refueling AIAA-2020-3202
• Prof Igor V Adamovich
  Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generatio (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Mr Keegan Orr
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generatio (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Dr Hanspeter Schaub
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: An X-Ray Spectroscopic Approach to Remote Space Object Potential Determination: Experimental Results (AIAA-2020-0049)
• T. Butterworth
  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Mr Jean-Philippe CONDOMINES
  ENAC

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Unified Model-Free Control Architecture for Tailsitter Micro Air Vehicles: Flight Simulation Analysis and Experimental Flights (AIAA-2020-2075)
• Dr Dirk C M van den Bekerom
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Dr Cetin C Kiris
  Volcano Platforms Inc

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Improvements in Simulating a Mach 0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration using the Spalart-Allmaras and k- SST Turbulence Models AIAA 2021-1531
• Cédric Join
  Université de Lorraine

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Unified Model-Free Control Architecture for Tailsitter Micro Air Vehicles: Flight Simulation Analysis and Experimental Flights (AIAA-2020-2075)
• Dr Jeffrey Allen Housman
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Improvements in Simulating a Mach 0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration using the Spalart-Allmaras and k- SST Turbulence Models AIAA 2021-1531
• Dr William K Anderson
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Node Numbering for Stabilizing Preconditioners Based on Incomplete LU Decomposition AAIA-2020-3022
• Dr William K Anderson
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Dr Adrien Loseille
  INRIA

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Chun Y Tang
  NASA/ARC

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Characterization of Radiative Heating Anomaly in High Enthalpy Shock Tunnels AIAA-2021-0103
• Dr Christopher Limbach
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Spatio-temporal studies on laser induced plasma interactions with micro-particles using stereo-imaging AIAA 2021-1376
• Mr Sean Patrick Devey
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: Experimental analysis of passive bristling in air to enable mako-shark-inspired separation control (AIAA-2020-2768)
• Dr William E Milholen II
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Improvements in Simulating a Mach 0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration using the Spalart-Allmaras and k- SST Turbulence Models AIAA 2021-1531
• Mr John A Valdez
  The University of Texas

  Awarded

  Award: Sophia Lillis

  AIAA Citation: Supersonic Jets with Compliant Wall Nozzles AIAA-2021-1524
• Maria L Habegger
  University of North Florida

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: Experimental analysis of passive bristling in air to enable mako-shark-inspired separation control (AIAA-2020-2768)
• Dr Rose Weinstein
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Student Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Global Aerodynamic Modeling Using Automated Local Model Networks in Real Time (AIAA 2020-0762)
• Dr Rose Weinstein
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Best Professional Paper

  AIAA Citation: Global Aerodynamic Modeling Using Automated Local Model Networks in Real Time (AIAA 2020-0762)
• Dr Dmitry S Kamenetskiy
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for the Outstanding Paper in Meshing Visualization and Computational Environments

  AIAA Citation: Comparing Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Solutions for the High Lift Common Research Model Airfoil (AIAA-2020-3219)
• Dr Kevin Jacobson
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Node Numbering for Stabilizing Preconditioners Based on Incomplete LU Decomposition AAIA-2020-3022
• Adam J Amar
  NASA Johnson Space Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Characterization of Radiative Heating Anomaly in High Enthalpy Shock Tunnels AIAA-2021-0103
• Susan N McMillin
  NASA

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Improvements in Simulating a Mach 0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration using the Spalart-Allmaras and k- SST Turbulence Models AIAA 2021-1531
• Dr Iain D Boyd
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Influence of Chemical Kinetics Models on Plasma Generation in Hypersonic Flight AIAA-2021-0057
• Dr Nathan E Murray
  University of Mississippi

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Supersonic Jets with Compliant Wall Nozzles AIAA-2021-1524
• Dr Yue Wu
  MetroLaser, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Spatio-temporal studies on laser induced plasma interactions with micro-particles using stereo-imaging AIAA 2021-1376
• Prof Bernard Parent
  University of Arizona

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Fully-Coupled Simulation of Plasma Discharges, Turbulence, and Combustion in a Scramjet Combustor - AIAA-2020-3230
• Y. Tang
  King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Dr Charles E Tinney
  Applied Research Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Supersonic Jets with Compliant Wall Nozzles AIAA-2021-1524
• Mr Atulya U Kumar
  Texas A&M Engineering

  Awarded

  Award: Walter Lempert Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Spatio-temporal studies on laser induced plasma interactions with micro-particles using stereo-imaging AIAA 2021-1376
• Dr James P Hubner
  The University of Alabama

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: Experimental analysis of passive bristling in air to enable mako-shark-inspired separation control (AIAA-2020-2768)
• D Z Pai
  Institut Pprime CNRS UPR 3346 - Université de Poitiers - ENSMA

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Walter Lempert Best Student Paper

  AIAA Citation: Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas By Ns and Ps Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation (AIAA 2020-0182)
• Dr Hideyuki Tanno
  JAXA Kakuda Space Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Thermophysics Best Professional Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Characterization of Radiative Heating Anomaly in High Enthalpy Shock Tunnels AIAA-2021-0103

2020

• Mr Philip E Johnson
  Awarded

  Award: “A Novel Flux Reconstruction Method for Diffusion Problems”(AIAA 2019-3063)
• Mr Dallyn W Wynnychuk
  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Characterization of Laminar Separation Bubbles using Infrared Thermography (AIAA 2019-2808)
• Dr Elijah Jans
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Complementary Laser Diagnostics of Metastable N2(A3Σu+,v) Molecules in Nonequilibrium Plasmas and in High-Speed Flows” (AIAA 2020-1743)
• Dr Christopher O Johnston
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Investigation of Galileo Probe Entry Heating with Coupled Radiation and Ablation” (AIAA 2019-3360)
• Russell Spillers
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Extending the Frequency Limits of ‘Postage-Stamp PIV’ to MHz Rates” (AIAA 2020-2018)
• Mr Dirk Allofs
  DLR- Cologne

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Modeling Heatshield Erosion due to Dust Particle Impacts for Martian Entries” (AIAA 2020-0254)
• Dr Marshall C Galbraith
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Robert Haimes
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Prof Serhiy V Yarusevych
  University of Waterloo

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: Characterization of Laminar Separation Bubbles using Infrared Thermography (AIAA 2019-2808)
• Dr Michael Jones
  Systems Technology, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: The Suitability of Objective Motion Criteria for Rotorcraft Manoeuvres (AIAA 2019-0180)
• Mr Atanu Halder
  Oklahoma State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Free-Wake Based Nonlinear Aeroelastic Modeling of UAV Scale Cycloidal Rotor” (AIAA-2019-3245)
• Dr Fred Proctor
  Retired NASA

  Awarded

  Award: “High Ice Water Content in Tropical Cyclones during NASA/FAA Radar Flight Campaigns with Comparison to Numerical Simulations (AIAA-2019-3304)
• Roland Brockers
  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Eric J Ching
  Naval Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Modeling Heatshield Erosion due to Dust Particle Impacts for Martian Entries” (AIAA 2020-0254)
• Dr David S Bayard
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Prof Craig A Woolsey
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: Effects of Model Simplification on Wind Reconstruction During Open-Loop Longitudinal Flight (AIAA 2019-1599)

  AIAA Citation: Presented at SciTech 2020
• Dr Frederic Alauzet
  INRIA

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Prof Nicolas R. Gauger
  University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Windowing Regularization Techniques for Unsteady Aerodynamic Shape Optimization” (AIAA-2020-3130)
• Dr Todd R Michal
  Boeing

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Dr Alejandro Miguel San Martin
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Prof Jack J McNamara
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Oscillating Shock Impinging on a Flat Plate at Mach 6” (AIAA 2019-3077)
• William T Jones
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Dr Matthias Ihme
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: the 2020 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Modeling Heatshield Erosion due to Dust Particle Impacts for Martian Entries” (AIAA 2020-0254)
• Miss Nisha Chandramoorthy
  Awarded

  Award: “Sensitivity computation of statistically stationary quantities in turbulent flows” (AIAA 2019-3426)
• Dr John Dannenhoffer III
  Syracuse University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Mr Nicolas Barral
  Inria Rocquencourt

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Dr Fabian Zander
  University of Southern Queensland

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Oscillating Shock Impinging on a Flat Plate at Mach 6” (AIAA 2019-3077)
• Mr Dylan T Conway
  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Carter Butte
  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Dual-Pulse Laser Ignition Using Oxygen REMPI Preionization” (AIAA 2019-3117)
• Travis L Brown
  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Mr. Ali Guelhan
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Modeling Heatshield Erosion due to Dust Particle Impacts for Martian Entries” (AIAA 2020-0254)
• Beckett Yx Zhou
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Windowing Regularization Techniques for Unsteady Aerodynamic Shape Optimization” (AIAA-2020-3130)
• Larry Matthies
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Dr David R Buttsworth
  University of Southern Queensland

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Oscillating Shock Impinging on a Flat Plate at Mach 6” (AIAA 2019-3077)
• Michael Park
  Flexcompute

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Michael Park
  Flexcompute

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Prof Moble Benedict
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Free-Wake Based Nonlinear Aeroelastic Modeling of UAV Scale Cycloidal Rotor” (AIAA-2019-3245)
• Jeff Delaune
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411
• Steffen Schotthöfer
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Windowing Regularization Techniques for Unsteady Aerodynamic Shape Optimization” (AIAA-2020-3130)
• Dr Joshua A Krakos
  Luminary Cloud

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Dr Joshua A Krakos
  Luminary Cloud

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Dr Cary Dean Smith
  University of Tennessee Space Institute

  Awarded

  Award: Single-Exposure Field-of-View Extension Using Multiplexed Structured Image Capture (AIAA 2019-0832)

  AIAA Citation: The Walter R. Lempert Student Paper Award in Diagnostics for Fluid Mechanics, Plasma Physics, and Energy Transfer
• Prof Neil D Sandham
  University of Southampton

  Awarded

  Award: “Assessment of low-dissipative shock-capturing schemes for transitional and turbulent shock interactions” (AIAA 2019-3208)
• Dr Carl F Ollivier Gooch
  University of British Columbia

  Awarded

  Award: “Advancing Layer Surface Mesh Generation” (AIAA 2020-tbd)

  AIAA Citation: 2020 AIAA Meshing Visualization and Computational Sciences Best Student Paper
• Dr Steven J Beresh
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Extending the Frequency Limits of ‘Postage-Stamp PIV’ to MHz Rates” (AIAA 2020-2018)
• William L Kleb
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Prof Igor V Adamovich
  Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: 2020 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award
• Dr Miles Thomas Bengtson
  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

  Awarded

  Award: “Remote Sensing of Spacecraft Potential at Geosynchronous Orbit using Secondary and Photo Electrons” (AIAA 2019-0311)
• Dr Daniel J Garmann
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Examination of Pitch-Plunge Equivalence for Dynamic Stall over Swept Finite Wings” (AIAA 2020-1759)
• Dr Emmett Padway
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Advances in the Pseudo-Time Accurate Formulation of the Adjoint and Tangent Systems for Sensitivity Computation and Design” (AIAA-2020-3136)
• Dr Aaron J Erb
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Investigation of Galileo Probe Entry Heating with Coupled Radiation and Ablation” (AIAA 2019-3360)
• Mr Grant E Palmer
  AMA, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Modeling Heatshield Erosion due to Dust Particle Impacts for Martian Entries” (AIAA 2020-0254)
• Chang-Kwon Kang
  University of Alabama in Huntsville

  Awarded

  Award: Beneficial Effect of the Coupled Wing-Body Dynamics on Power Consumption in Butterflies” (AIAA 2019-0566)

  AIAA Citation: 2019 Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Student Paper Competition
• Prof Aravind Balan
  Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Dr Hanspeter Schaub
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: “Remote Sensing of Spacecraft Potential at Geosynchronous Orbit using Secondary and Photo Electrons” (AIAA 2019-0311)
• Dr Miguel R Visbal
  Retired

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Examination of Pitch-Plunge Equivalence for Dynamic Stall over Swept Finite Wings” (AIAA 2020-1759)
• Dr David J Lusher
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

  Awarded

  Award: “Assessment of low-dissipative shock-capturing schemes for transitional and turbulent shock interactions” (AIAA 2019-3208)
• Dr Alicia A Kim
  University of California, San Diego

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Simultaneous layout and topology optimization of curved stiffened panels” (AIAA-2020-3144)
• Dr Scott Townsend
  Cardiff University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Simultaneous layout and topology optimization of curved stiffened panels” (AIAA-2020-3144 )
• Mr Qiqi Wang
  MIT

  Awarded

  Award: “Sensitivity computation of statistically stationary quantities in turbulent flows” (AIAA 2019-3426)
• Mrs Melissa M Soehnel
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Extending the Frequency Limits of ‘Postage-Stamp PIV’ to MHz Rates” (AIAA 2020-2018)
• Dr Ciprian Dumitrache
  Colorado State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Dual-Pulse Laser Ignition Using Oxygen REMPI Preionization” (AIAA 2019-3117)
• Mr Xin Yang
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Complementary Laser Diagnostics of Metastable N2(A3Σu+,v) Molecules in Nonequilibrium Plasmas and in High-Speed Flows” (AIAA 2020-1743)
• Mr Sheng Chu
  Cardiff University

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Simultaneous layout and topology optimization of curved stiffened panels” (AIAA-2020-3144)
• Dr Neale A Watson
  Unversity of Liverpool

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental Validation of the Unsteady CFD-generated Airwake of the HMS Queen Elizabeth (AIAA AIAA 2019-3029)
• Dr Adrien Loseille
  INRIA

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Geometry Modeling for Unstructured Mesh Adaptation” (AIAA 2019-2946)
• Dr Adrien Loseille
  INRIA

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Mr Ilya Gulko
  Specter Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Complementary Laser Diagnostics of Metastable N2(A3Σu+,v) Molecules in Nonequilibrium Plasmas and in High-Speed Flows” (AIAA 2020-1743)
• Dr Steven Harrah
  Awarded

  Award: “High Ice Water Content in Tropical Cyclones during NASA/FAA Radar Flight Campaigns with Comparison to Numerical Simulations (AIAA-2019-3304)
• Prof Azer P Yalin
  Colorado State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Dual-Pulse Laser Ignition Using Oxygen REMPI Preionization” (AIAA 2019-3117)
• Dr Mark White
  The University of Liverpool

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental Validation of the Unsteady CFD-generated Airwake of the HMS Queen Elizabeth (AIAA AIAA 2019-3029)
• Gene Merewether
  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Dr Dmitry S Kamenetskiy
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Mr Loïc Frazza
  Dassault-Aviation

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Dr Thomas K West
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA David Weaver Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Investigation of Galileo Probe Entry Heating with Coupled Radiation and Ablation” (AIAA 2019-3360)
• Prof Andrew J Neely
  University of New South Wales

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Oscillating Shock Impinging on a Flat Plate at Mach 6” (AIAA 2019-3077)
• Jasmeet Singh
  Awarded

  Award: “Advancing Layer Surface Mesh Generation” (AIAA 2020-TBD)

  AIAA Citation: 2020 AIAA Meshing Visualization and Computational Sciences Best Student Paper
• George Switzer
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “High Ice Water Content in Tropical Cyclones during NASA/FAA Radar Flight Campaigns with Comparison to Numerical Simulations (AIAA-2019-3304)
• Terry Miller
  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Student Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Complementary Laser Diagnostics of Metastable N2(A3Σu+,v) Molecules in Nonequilibrium Plasmas and in High-Speed Flows” (AIAA 2020-1743)
• Dr Håvard F Grip
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Vision-Based Navigation for the NASA Mars Helicopter (AIAA 2019-1411)
• Dr Dimitri J Mavriplis
  University of Wyoming

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition

  AIAA Citation: “Advances in the Pseudo-Time Accurate Formulation of the Adjoint and Tangent Systems for Sensitivity Computation and Design” (AIAA-2020-3136)
• Dr Gaetano MD Currao
  National Cheng-Kung University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award

  AIAA Citation: “Oscillating Shock Impinging on a Flat Plate at Mach 6” (AIAA 2019-3077)
• Prof Eric Johnsen
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: “A Novel Flux Reconstruction Method for Diffusion Problems”(AIAA 2019-3063)
• Mr Hunter G McClelland
  Awarded

  Award: Effects of Model Simplification on Wind Reconstruction During Open-Loop Longitudinal Flight (AIAA 2019-1599)
• Dr H.T. Huynh
  NASA Glenn Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “A Novel Flux Reconstruction Method for Diffusion Problems”(AIAA 2019-3063)
• Mr Hugh A Carson
  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Madhu Sridhar
  University of Alabama, Huntsville

  Awarded

  Award: Beneficial Effect of the Coupled Wing-Body Dynamics on Power Consumption in Butterflies” (AIAA 2019-0566)

  AIAA Citation: 2019 Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Student Paper Competition

2019

• Dr Vishnu R Desaraju
  Toyota Research Institute

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Efficient Prioritization in Explicit Adaptive NMPC through Reachable-Space Search (AIAA 2018-1847)
• Dr Nathan Michael
  Carnegie Mellon University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Guidance, Navigation and Control Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Efficient Prioritization in Explicit Adaptive NMPC through Reachable-Space Search (AIAA 2018-1847)
• Prof Marcello Romano
  Naval Postgraduate School

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Best Aerodynamics Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Applied Reachability Analysis for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking with a Tumbling Object” (AIAA 2018-2220)
• Dr Todd R Michal
  Boeing

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Generation of Anisotropic Adaptive Meshes for the First AIAA Geometry and Mesh Generation Workshop (AIAA 2018-0658)
• Mr Sebastian Hening
  UC Santa Cruz

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “A Modeling, Simulation and Control Framework for Small Unmanned Multicopter Platforms in Urban Environments” (AIAA 2018-1915)
• Corey A Ippolito
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “A Modeling, Simulation and Control Framework for Small Unmanned Multicopter Platforms in Urban Environments” (AIAA 2018-1915)
• Dr Joshua A Krakos
  Luminary Cloud

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Generation of Anisotropic Adaptive Meshes for the First AIAA Geometry and Mesh Generation Workshop (AIAA 2018-0658)
• Dr Kalmanje S Krishnakumar
  NASA-Ames Research Center, TI

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “A Modeling, Simulation and Control Framework for Small Unmanned Multicopter Platforms in Urban Environments” (AIAA 2018-1915)
• Dr Shankar Sankararaman
  SGT Inc., NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “A Modeling, Simulation and Control Framework for Small Unmanned Multicopter Platforms in Urban Environments” (AIAA 2018-1915)
• Dr Ritchie Lee
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Differential Adaptive Stress Testing of Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems” (AIAA 2018-1923)
• Dr William K Anderson
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)

  AIAA Citation: “Verification of Unstructured Grid Adaptation Components” (AIAA 2019-1723)
• Dr Costantinos Zagaris
  Air Force Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Best Aerodynamics Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Applied Reachability Analysis for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking with a Tumbling Object” (AIAA 2018-2220)
• Prof Mykel J Kochenderfer
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Modeling and Simulation Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Differential Adaptive Stress Testing of Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems” (AIAA 2018-1923)
• Dr Dmitry S Kamenetskiy
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Meshing, Visualization and Computational Environments Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Generation of Anisotropic Adaptive Meshes for the First AIAA Geometry and Mesh Generation Workshop (AIAA 2018-0658)

2018

• Caroline Winters
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Plasmadynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Measurements and Kinetic Modeling of Radical Species in Diluted Fuel-Oxidizer Mixtures Excited by a Repetitive Nanosecond Pulse Discharge (AIAA 2018-1194)
• Dr Koen J. Groot
  University of Wyoming

  Awarded

  Award: Secondary Stability Analysis of Crossflow Vortices using BiGlobal Theory on PIV Base Flows (AIAA 2017-1880)

  AIAA Citation: Secondary Stability Analysis of Crossflow Vortices using BiGlobal Theory on PIV Base Flows (AIAA 2017-1880)
• Russell Spillers
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2017 Fluid Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Pulse-Burst PIV of the Supersonic Wake of a Wall-Mounted Hemisphere (AIAA 2017-3119)
• Dr Hiroaki Nishikawa
  National Institute of Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: 2017-4295 Uses of Zero and Negative Volume Elements for Node-Centered Edge-Based Discretization

  AIAA Citation: 2017-4295 Uses of Zero and Negative Volume Elements for Node-Centered Edge-Based Discretization
• Dr Karen E Willcox
  University of Texas, Austin

  Awarded

  Award: Towards a Low-Order Model for Transonic Flutter Prediction (AIAA 2017-4340)

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Low-Order Model for Transonic Flutter Prediction (AIAA 2017-4340)
• John F Henfling
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2017 Fluid Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Pulse-Burst PIV of the Supersonic Wake of a Wall-Mounted Hemisphere (AIAA 2017-3119)
• Mr Marios Kotsonis
  Delft Technical University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Secondary Stability Analysis of Crossflow Vortices using BiGlobal Theory on PIV Base Flows” (AIAA 2017-1880)

  AIAA Citation: Secondary Stability Analysis of Crossflow Vortices using BiGlobal Theory on PIV Base Flows” (AIAA 2017-1880)
• Mr Xander Mobertz
  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Modeling and Simulation Technologies Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Effects of Motion Cues on the Training of Multi-Axis Manual Control Skills (AIAA 2017-3473)
• Dr Daniel J Scheeres
  University of Colorado Boulder

  Awarded

  Award: Mapping Connections Between Planar Sun-Earth-Moon Libration Point Orbits AAS-516
• Zubin P Olikara
  University of Colorado Boulder

  Awarded

  Award: Mapping Connections Between Planar Sun-Earth-Moon Libration Point Orbits AAS-516
• Ms Carolyn Woeber
  Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: Mesh Generation for the NASA High Lift Common Research Model (HL-CRM) (AIAA 2017-0363)

  AIAA Citation: Mesh Generation for the NASA High Lift Common Research Model (HL-CRM) (AIAA 2017-0363)
• Dr Ryan C Kitson
  None

  Awarded

  Award: Unsteady Fluid-Structure-Jet Interactions of Agile High-Speed Vehicles (AIAA 2017-3549)

  AIAA Citation: Unsteady Fluid-Structure-Jet Interactions of Agile High-Speed Vehicles (AIAA 2017-3549)
• Erick J S Gantt
  Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: Mesh Generation for the NASA High Lift Common Research Model (HL-CRM) (AIAA 2017-0363)

  AIAA Citation: Mesh Generation for the NASA High Lift Common Research Model (HL-CRM) (AIAA 2017-0363)
• Mr. Frank Hui
  NASA-Ames

  Awarded

  Award: 2017 Thermophysics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Evidence of Standing Waves in Arc Jet Nozzle Flow, 47th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4452)
• Dr Keisuke Asai
  Tohoku University

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: First Results of Lifetime-Based Unsteady PSP Measurement on a Pitching Airfoil in Transonic Flow (AIAA 2018-1030)
• Zakari Eckert
  Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Measurements and Kinetic Modeling of Radical Species in Diluted Fuel-Oxidizer Mixtures Excited by a Repetitive Nanosecond Pulse Discharge (AIAA 2018-1194)
• Prof Mark Drela
  Massachusettes Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Towards a Low-Order Model for Transonic Flutter Prediction (AIAA 2017-4340)

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Low-Order Model for Transonic Flutter Prediction (AIAA 2017-4340)
• Dr Peter Zaal
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Modeling and Simulation Technologies Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Effects of Motion Cues on the Training of Multi-Axis Manual Control Skills (AIAA 2017-3473)
• Dr Steven J Beresh
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: 2017 Fluid Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Pulse-Burst PIV of the Supersonic Wake of a Wall-Mounted Hemisphere (AIAA 2017-3119)
• Prof Igor V Adamovich
  Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Measurements and Kinetic Modeling of Radical Species in Diluted Fuel-Oxidizer Mixtures Excited by a Repetitive Nanosecond Pulse Discharge (AIAA 2018-1194)
• Dr Kenichi Saitoh
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: First Results of Lifetime-Based Unsteady PSP Measurement on a Pitching Airfoil in Transonic Flow (AIAA 2018-1030)
• Mr. Kazuyuki Nakakita
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: First Results of Lifetime-Based Unsteady PSP Measurement on a Pitching Airfoil in Transonic Flow (AIAA 2018-1030)
• Dr David H Klyde
  Virgin Galactic

  Awarded

  Award: Evaluation of a Steep Turn Spatial Disorientation Demonstration Scenario for Commercial Pilot Training 2017-1079

  AIAA Citation: Evaluation of a Steep Turn Spatial Disorientation Demonstration Scenario for Commercial Pilot Training.2017-1079
• Dr Zhiyao Yin
  DLR-German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Measurements and Kinetic Modeling of Radical Species in Diluted Fuel-Oxidizer Mixtures Excited by a Repetitive Nanosecond Pulse Discharge (AIAA 2018-1194)
• Eric N Johnson
  Pennsylvania State University

  Awarded

  Award: Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for Measurements with Unknown Time Delay (AIAA 2017-1260)

  AIAA Citation: Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for Measurements with Unknown Time Delay (AIAA 2017-1260)
• Dr Jacopo Serpieri
  Politecnico di Torino

  Awarded

  Award: Secondary Stability Analysis of Crossflow Vortices using BiGlobal Theory on PIV Base Flows (AIAA 2017-1880)

  AIAA Citation: Secondary Stability Analysis of Crossflow Vortices using BiGlobal Theory on PIV Base Flows (AIAA 2017-1880)
• Dr Kraig Frederickson
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Measurements and Kinetic Modeling of Radical Species in Diluted Fuel-Oxidizer Mixtures Excited by a Repetitive Nanosecond Pulse Discharge (AIAA 2018-1194)
• Dr David M Driver
  NASA-Ames

  Awarded

  Award: 2017 Thermophysics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Evidence of Standing Waves in Arc Jet Nozzle Flow, 47th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-4452)
• Prof Kyuman Lee
  Kyungpook National University

  Awarded

  Award: Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for Measurements with Unknown Time Delay (AIAA 2017-1260)

  AIAA Citation: Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for Measurements with Unknown Time Delay (AIAA 2017-1260)
• Mr Michael J Aftosmis
  NASA-Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Cart3D Simulations for the Second AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop, 35th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-3255)
• Dr Nicolas Fezans
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2017-3394 Performance-Based Ice Detection Methodology

  AIAA Citation: 2017-3394 Performance-Based Ice Detection Methodology
• Mr Yosuke Sugioka
  Tohoku University

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: First Results of Lifetime-Based Unsteady PSP Measurement on a Pitching Airfoil in Transonic Flow (AIAA 2018-1030)
• Mr Max M Opgenoord
  Amazon Prime Air

  Awarded

  Award: Towards a Low-Order Model for Transonic Flutter Prediction (AIAA 2017-4340)

  AIAA Citation: Towards a Low-Order Model for Transonic Flutter Prediction (AIAA 2017-4340)
• Christoph Deiler
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2017-3394 Performance-Based Ice Detection Methodology

  AIAA Citation: 2017-3394 Performance-Based Ice Detection Methodology
• Dr Marian Nemec
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Cart3D Simulations for the Second AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop, 35th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-3255)
• Mr George R Anderson
  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Cart3D Simulations for the Second AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop, 35th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-3255)
• Dr Brian R Hollis
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Ground Test Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: Correlation of Recent and Historical Rough-Wall Transition Data on Hemispherical Nosetips (AIAA 2017-3986)
• Prof Taku Nonomura
  Nagoya University

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: First Results of Lifetime-Based Unsteady PSP Measurement on a Pitching Airfoil in Transonic Flow (AIAA 2018-1030)

2017

• Caroline Winters
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: OH Radical Measurements in Hydrogen-Air Mixtures at the Conditions of Strong Vibrational Nonequilibrium

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1584
• Prof Christopher J Atkin
  City University London

  Awarded

  Award: The influence of the spatial frequency content of discrete roughness distributions on the development of the crossflow instability

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3931
• Kyle J Krogh
  USAF Academy

  Awarded

  Award: Handling Qualities Flight Test Assessment of a Business Jet NzU P-β Fly-By-Wire Control System

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1398
• Dr Elijah Jans
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: OH Radical Measurements in Hydrogen-Air Mixtures at the Conditions of Strong Vibrational Nonequilibrium

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-184
• Ms Yichen Hung
  Awarded

  Award: OH Radical Measurements in Hydrogen-Air Mixtures at the Conditions of Strong Vibrational Nonequilibrium

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1584
• Dr Tom Berger
  US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command

  Awarded

  Award: Handling Qualities Flight Test Assessment of a Business Jet NzU P-β Fly-By-Wire Control System

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1398
• Dr David K Schmidt
  Retired/University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: “Stability Augmentation and Active Flutter Suppression of a Flexible Flying-Wing Drone”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-2099
• Prof Mark me Yim
  university of Pennsylvania Philadelphia

  Awarded

  Award: Cyclic Blade Pitch Control for Small UAV Without a Swashplate

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1186
• Anthony D Gardner
  DLR

  Awarded

  Award: Dynamic Stall Simulations on a Pitching Finite Wing

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4166
• Dr Aaron Michael Brandis
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Benchmark Shock Tube Experiments of Radiative Heating Relevant to Earth Re-entry
• Mr Ilya A Zilberter
  Awarded

  Award: LES/RANS Modeling of Aero-Optical Effects in a Supersonic Cavity Flow

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3531
• Dr M Christopher Cotting
  EpiSci

  Awarded

  Award: Handling Qualities Flight Test Assessment of a Business Jet NzU P-β Fly-By-Wire Control System

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1398
• Ms Evelien van Bokhorst
  Evelien van Bokhorst

  Awarded

  Award: The influence of the spatial frequency content of discrete roughness distributions on the development of the crossflow instability

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3931
• Dr Mark B Tischler, ST
  US Army CCDC AvMC

  Awarded

  Award: Handling Qualities Flight Test Assessment of a Business Jet NzU P-β Fly-By-Wire Control System

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1398
• Mr Thomas John Lambert
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Aerodynamic Flow Control of Wake Dynamics Coupled to a Moving Bluff Body”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4081
• Dr Daan M Pool
  Delft University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Objective ARX Model Order Selection for Multi-Channel Human Operator Identification

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4299
• Dr Marinus M van Paassen
  Delft University of Technology - Aerospace Engineering

  Awarded

  Award: Objective ARX Model Order Selection for Multi-Channel Human Operator Identification

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4299
• CAPT Justin Howland
  Awarded

  Award: Handling Qualities Flight Test Assessment of a Business Jet NzU P-β Fly-By-Wire Control System

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1398
• Dr Brett A Cruden
  AMA Inc at NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Benchmark Shock Tube Experiments of Radiative Heating Relevant to Earth Re-entry
• Mr James John Paulos
  Treeswift

  Awarded

  Award: Cyclic Blade Pitch Control for Small UAV Without a Swashplate

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1186
• Prof Jeffrey Alan Sutton
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: “Quantitative 2D Temperature Imaging in Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames Using Filtered Rayleigh Scattering”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1408
• Dr Marco Placidi
  Awarded

  Award: The influence of the spatial frequency content of discrete roughness distributions on the development of the crossflow instability

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3931
• Dr Thomas Andrew McManus
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Quantitative 2D Temperature Imaging in Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames Using Filtered Rayleigh Scattering

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1408
• Prof Igor V Adamovich
  Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: OH Radical Measurements in Hydrogen-Air Mixtures at the Conditions of Strong Vibrational Nonequilibrium

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1584
• Prof Max Mulder
  Delft Technical University of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Objective ARX Model Order Selection for Multi-Channel Human Operator Identification

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4299
• Mr Behrad Vatankhahghadim
  University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

  Awarded

  Award: Passivity-Based Magnetic Attitude Control with Impulsive Thrusting

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1738
• Dr David H Klyde
  Virgin Galactic

  Awarded

  Award: “Development of Spatial Disorientation Demonstration Scenarios for Commercial Pilot Training”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1180
• Dr Amanda K Lampton
  Systems Technology, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: “Development of Spatial Disorientation Demonstration Scenarios for Commercial Pilot Training”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1180
• Mr Chase C Schulze
  Systems Technology, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: “Development of Spatial Disorientation Demonstration Scenarios for Commercial Pilot Training”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1180
• Mr Steven G Hagerott
  Textron Aviation

  Awarded

  Award: Handling Qualities Flight Test Assessment of a Business Jet NzU P-β Fly-By-Wire Control System

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1398
• Col (AF) James L Gresham
  US Air Force Academy, HQ USAFA/DFAN

  Awarded

  Award: Handling Qualities Flight Test Assessment of a Business Jet NzU P-β Fly-By-Wire Control System

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1398
• Dr Kraig Frederickson
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: OH Radical Measurements in Hydrogen-Air Mixtures at the Conditions of Strong Vibrational Nonequilibrium

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-1584
• Mr Gustavo E. C. Fujiwara
  Awarded

  Award: 2017-4375 3D Computational Icing Method for Aircraft Conceptual Design

  AIAA Citation: 2017-4375 3D Computational Icing Method for Aircraft Conceptual Design
• Christoph Merz
  Awarded

  Award: Dynamic Stall Simulations on a Pitching Finite Wing

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4166
• Mr Frank M Drop
  MPI for Biological Cybernetics

  Awarded

  Award: Objective ARX Model Order Selection for Multi-Channel Human Operator Identification

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4299
• Dr Ari Glezer
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Aerodynamic Flow Control of Wake Dynamics Coupled to a Moving Bluff Body”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4081
• Jack R Edwards
  North Carolina State University

  Awarded

  Award: LES/RANS Modeling of Aero-Optical Effects in a Supersonic Cavity Flow

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3531
• Christoph Deiler
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Aerodynamic Modeling, System Identification and Analysis of Iced Aircraft Configurations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3852
• Kurt Kaufmann
  DLR-German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: Dynamic Stall Simulations on a Pitching Finite Wing

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4166
• Dr Bojan Vukasinovic
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Aerodynamic Flow Control of Wake Dynamics Coupled to a Moving Bluff Body”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-4081
• Dr Ianko Chterev
  DLR - German Aerospace Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Simultaneous High Speed (5 kHz) Fuel-PLIF, OH-PLIF and Stereo PIV Imaging of Pressurized Swirl-Stabilized Flames using Liquid Fuels”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2017-0152

2016

• Dr Michael Winter
  Momentus LLC

  Awarded

  Award: “Spectral, Directional Emittance at Elevated Temperatures for Various Materials”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1981
• Dr Christopher P Stone
  Computational Science and Engineering

  Awarded

  Award: EPIC – An Extract Plug-In Components Toolkit for in-Situ Extracts Architecture

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3410
• Dr Earl P Duque
  Intelligent Light

  Awarded

  Award: EPIC – An Extract Plug-In Components Toolkit for in-Situ Extracts Architecture

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3410
• Robert Haimes
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: EPIC-An Extract Plug-In Components Toolkit for In-Situ Extracts Architecture

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3410
• Prof Edward P DeMauro
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Awarded

  Award: Time-Resolved PIV in a Shock Tube

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0791
• Javier A Fuentealba
  Textron Aviation

  Awarded

  Award: “A Coupled Lateral/Directional Flight Dynamics and Structural Model for Flight Control Design”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0906
• Murali Gopal Muraleedharan
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Heat Transport in Aqueous Suspensions of Alumina Nanoparticles”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0509
• Ronald A Spencer
  Awarded

  Award: EPIC – An Extract Plug-In Components Toolkit for in-Situ Extracts Architecture

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3410
• Prof Soon-Jo Chung
  California Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Swarm Assignment and Trajectory Optimization Using Variable-Swarm, Distributed Auction Assignment and Model Predictive Control”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0599
• Dr Mark B Tischler, ST
  US Army CCDC AvMC

  Awarded

  Award: “A Coupled Lateral/Directional Flight Dynamics and Structural Model for Flight Control Design”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0906
• Mr Helmut Koch
  Awarded

  Award: “Spectral, Directional Emittance at Elevated Temperatures for Various Materials”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1981
• Prof Tim Barth
  NASA-Ames

  Awarded

  Award: “An Overview of Combined Uncertainty and A-Posteriori Error Bound Estimates for CFD Calculations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1062
• Dr Antony Jameson
  Texas A&M University

  Awarded

  Award: “Origins and Further Development of the Jameson-Schmidt-Turkel Scheme”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2718
• Dr James A C Knowles
  Loughborough University

  Awarded

  Award: A Bifurcation Study of a Dynamic Model of a Nose Landing Gear Mechanism Subjected to External Disturbances

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0653
• Dr John Dannenhoffer III
  Syracuse University

  Awarded

  Award: Design Sensitivity Calculations Directly on CAD-Based Geometry

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1370
• Dr Steven E Gorrell
  Brigham Young University

  Awarded

  Award: EPIC – An Extract Plug-In Components Toolkit for in-Situ Extracts Architecture

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3410
• Dr David L Staples
  Awarded

  Award: “A Coupled Lateral/Directional Flight Dynamics and Structural Model for Flight Control Design”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0906
• Dale A Lawrence
  Awarded

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

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0431
• Mr Adam Friss
  Colorado State University

  Awarded

  Award: Development of a Cavity Enhanced Thomson and Raman Scattering Diagnostic,

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1698
• Dr Stephen J Garrett
  University of Leicester

  Awarded

  Award: The Effect of Initial Conditions on Streamwise Vortices in the Plane Turbulent Mixing Layer

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2617
• Prof David Greenblatt
  Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Unsteady Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Design”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2861
• Dr Steven J Beresh
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: Time-Resolved PIV in a Shock Tube

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0791
• Dr Dusan Sekulic
  Awarded

  Award: “Spectral, Directional Emittance at Elevated Temperatures for Various Materials”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1981
• Justin Lawrence Wagner
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: Time-Resolved PIV in a Shock Tube

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0791
• Krzysztof Fidkowski
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: Improving High-Order Finite Element Approximation Through Geometrical Warping

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3605
• Mr Bradley D Butler
  University of Kentucky

  Awarded

  Award: “Spectral, Directional Emittance at Elevated Temperatures for Various Materials”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1981
• Mr David A Shikany
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: An Evaluation of Several Staff Models for Commercial Transport Training

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1002
• Dr Michael A Bolender
  Air Force Research Lab

  Awarded

  Award: Rapid, Robust Trajectory Design Using Indirect Optimization Methods

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2401
• Mr Daniel Morgan
  Awarded

  Award: “Swarm Assignment and Trajectory Optimization Using Variable-Swarm, Distributed Auction Assignment and Model Predictive Control”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0599
• Mr Steven G Hagerott
  Textron Aviation

  Awarded

  Award: “A Coupled Lateral/Directional Flight Dynamics and Structural Model for Flight Control Design”

  AIAA Citation: AIA 2015-0906
• Dr Christopher Limbach
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: Development of a Cavity Enhanced Thomson and Raman Scattering Diagnostic,

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1698
• Dr Dilip Srinivas Sundaram
  Awarded

  Award: “Heat Transport in Aqueous Suspensions of Alumina Nanoparticles”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0509
• Prof William A McMullan
  University of Leicester

  Awarded

  Award: The Effect of Initial Conditions on Streamwise Vortices in the Plane Turbulent Mixing Layer

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2617
• Mr Gustavo E. C. Fujiwara
  Awarded

  Award: Computational and Experimental Ice Accretions of Large Swept wings in the Icing Research Tunnel

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3734
• Prof Azer P Yalin
  Colorado State University

  Awarded

  Award: Development of a Cavity Enhanced Thomson and Raman Scattering Diagnostic,

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1698
• Michael J Grant
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: Rapid, Robust Trajectory Design Using Indirect Optimization Methods

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2401
• Dr Fred Y Hadaegh
  California Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Swarm Assignment and Trajectory Optimization Using Variable-Swarm, Distributed Auction Assignment and Model Predictive Control”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0599
• Dr Vigor Yang
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Heat Transport in Aqueous Suspensions of Alumina Nanoparticles”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0509
• Dr Katya M Casper
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: Time-Resolved PIV in a Shock Tube

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-0791
• Ondrej Juhasz
  Naval Academy

  Awarded

  Award: “A Coupled Lateral/Directional Flight Dynamics and Structural Model for Flight Control Design”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0906
• Dr Devina Pribadi Sanjaya
  University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  Awarded

  Award: Improving High-Order Finite Element Approximation Through Geometrical Warping

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3605
• Prof Matthew R Jones
  Brigham Young University

  Awarded

  Award: EPIC – An Extract Plug-In Components Toolkit for in-Situ Extracts Architecture

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3410
• Dr Hong Q Yang
  CFD Research Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: A Multi-Phase CFD Technique with Cavitation and Fluid-Structure Interaction

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3419

2015

• Dr Dimitri N Mavris
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Robust Model Filtering and Control of the X-56A Model with Simulated Fiber Optic Sensor Failures

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2053
• Prof Walter R Lempert
  Awarded

  Award: Electric Field Measurements in a Dielectric Barrier Nanosecond Pulse Discharge with Sub-nanosecond Time Resolution

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0935
• Dr Sean P Kearney
  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Awarded

  Award: “Pressure Monitoring using Hybrid fs/ps Rotational CARS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1696
• Robert Haimes
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Design Sensitivity Calculations Directly on CAD-Based Geometry

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1370
• Prof Graham V Candler
  University of Minnesota

  Awarded

  Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2247
• Paul P Desrochers
  Awarded

  Award: An Evaluation of Several Staff Models for Commercial Transport Training

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1002
• Dr Eugene A Morelli
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Frequency-Domain Method for Automated Simulation Updates based on Flight Data”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0472
• Prof Nicolas R. Gauger
  University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

  Awarded

  Award: A Discrete Adjoint Framework for Unsteady Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3335
• William R Burns
  Awarded

  Award: A Latency-Tolerant Architecture for Airborne Adaptive Optic Systems

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0679
• Dr Joseph A Schetz
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: “Skin Friction Sensor Validation for High-Speed, High-Enthalpy Flow Applications”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2800
• Dr Eric L Walker
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Uncertainty Quantification and Certification Prediction of Low-Boom Supersonic Aircraft Configurations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2139
• Mr Alexander W Chin
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Robust Model Filtering and Control of the X-56A Model with Simulated Fiber Optic Sensor Failures

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2053
• Beckett Yx Zhou
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: A Discrete Adjoint Framework for Unsteady Aerodynamic

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3335
• Michael Park
  Flexcompute

  Awarded

  Award: “Uncertainty Quantification and Certification Prediction of Low-Boom Supersonic Aircraft Configurations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2139
• Dr Wendy Okolo
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Ride Quality Within Trail Aircraft In Formation Flight

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3325
• Dr Wendy Okolo
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Benefits of Formation Flight of Extended Duration Considering Fuel Burn

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2234
• Mr Tim Adrian Albring
  TU Kaiserslautern

  Awarded

  Award: A Discrete Adjoint Framework for Unsteady Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3335
• Dr Peter Zaal
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Transfer of Training on the Vertical Motion Simulato,”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2206
• Dr Peter Zaal
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Transfer of Training on the Vertical Motion Simulator

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2206
• Prof Thomas E Schwartzentruber
  University of Minnesota

  Awarded

  Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2247
• Dr Joaquim Neto Dias
  Auburn University

  Awarded

  Award: “High Angle of Attack Model Identification with Compressibility Effects”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1477
• William L Kleb
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Uncertainty Quantification and Certification Prediction of Low-Boom Supersonic Aircraft Configurations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2139
• Prof Igor V Adamovich
  Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: “Electric Field Measurements in a Dielectric Barrier Nanosecond Pulse Discharge with Sub-nanosecond Time Resolution”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0935
• Scott A Berry
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “NASA Langley Experimental Aerothermodynamic Contributions to Slender and Winged Hypersonic Vehicles”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0213
• Stanislav Gordeyev
  University of Notre Dame

  Awarded

  Award: A Latency-Tolerant Architecture for Airborne Adaptive Optic Systems

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0679
• Mr Beckett Zhou
  Awarded

  Award: A Discrete Adjoint Framework for Unsteady Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3335
• Dr Judith S Burki-Cohen
  USDOT-RITA-Volpe Center

  Awarded

  Award: An Evaluation of Several Staff Models for Commercial Transport Training

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1002
• Mr David R Gingras
  Bihrle Applied Research Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: An Evaluation of Several Staff Models for Commercial Transport Training

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1002
• Karen T Berger
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “NASA Langley Experimental Aerothermodynamic Contributions to Slender and Winged Hypersonic Vehicles”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0213
• Ioannis Nompelis
  University of Minnesota

  Awarded

  Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2247
• Dr Ryan J Meritt
  Ahmic Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: “Skin Friction Sensor Validation for High-Speed, High-Enthalpy Flow Application,”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2800
• Ivan Shkurenkov
  The Ohio State University

  Awarded

  Award: “Electric Field Measurements in a Dielectric Barrier Nanosecond Pulse Discharge with Sub-nanosecond Time Resolution”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0935
• Dr Benjamin M Goldberg
  Awarded

  Award: Electric Field Measurements in a Dielectric Barrier Nanosecond Pulse Discharge with Sub-nanosecond Time Resolution

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0935
• Prof Sanjiva K Lele
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: Large Eddy Simulation of a Three-Dimensional Compression Ramp Shock-Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction

  AIAA Citation: Fluid Dynamics Best Paper
• Dr Jeffery A Schroeder
  Federal Aviation Administration

  Awarded

  Award: An Evaluation of Several Staff Models for Commercial Transport Training

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1002
• Dr Jeffery A Schroeder
  Federal Aviation Administration

  Awarded

  Award: Transfer of Training on the Vertical Motion Simulator

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2206
• Peter Michael Suh
  NASA Armstrong Ctr/Dryden Space Flight Center

  Awarded

  Award: Robust Model Filtering and Control of the X-56A Model with Simulated Fiber Optic Sensor Failures

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2053
• Dr Eric Stern
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2247
• Mr Jared K Cooper
  Barron Associates Inc

  Awarded

  Award: “Frequency-Domain Method for Automated Simulation Updates based on Flight Data”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0472
• Dr Eric J Jumper
  University of Notre Dame

  Awarded

  Award: A Latency-Tolerant Architecture for Airborne Adaptive Optic Systems

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0679
• Dr Thomas K West
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Uncertainty Quantification and Certification Prediction of Low-Boom Supersonic Aircraft Configurations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2139
• Dr Francisco Palacios
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: A Discrete Adjoint Framework for Unsteady Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3335
• Dr Paul M Danehy
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Pressure Monitoring using Hybrid fs/ps Rotational CARS”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1696
• Dr Atilla Dogan
  University of Texas at Arlington

  Awarded

  Award: Ride Quality Within Trail Aircraft in Formation Flight

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3325
• Dr Atilla Dogan
  University of Texas at Arlington

  Awarded

  Award: Benefits of Formation Flight of Extended Duration Considering Fuel Burn

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2234
• Mr William B Blake
  Air Force Reseach Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Ride Quality Within Trail Aircraft in Formation Flight

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3325
• Mr William B Blake
  Air Force Reseach Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Benefits of Formation Flight of Extended Duration Considering Fuel Burn

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-2234
• Dr Sean B OByrne
  The Australian National University

  Awarded

  Award: Electric Field Measurements in a Dielectric Barrier Nanosecond Pulse Discharge with Sub-nanosecond Time Resolution

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-0935
• Prof Juan J Alonso
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: A Discrete Adjoint Framework for Unsteady Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3335
• Dr Thomas D Economon
  Luminary Cloud

  Awarded

  Award: A Discrete Adjoint Framework for Unsteady Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-3335
• Mr David Michael Dawson
  Awarded

  Award: Large Eddy Simulation of a Three-Dimensional Compression Ramp Shock-Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2015-1518

2014

• Dr Timothy A Eymann
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Multidimensional Active Flux Schemes”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2940
• Russell Spillers
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: Deployment of Particle Image Velocimetry into the Lockheed Martin High Speed Wind Tunnel

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1238
• Dr Andrew D Cutler
  The George Washington University

  Awarded

  Award: Dual-Pump CARS Of Air In A Heated Pressure Vessel Up To 55 Bar and 1300 K

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1098
• Mr Stefan Buehler
  ETH Zürich

  Awarded

  Award: Flow Dynamics and Aeroacoustics of Heated Coaxial Jets at Subsonic Mach Numbers

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2759
• Dr Nikolay A. Popov
  Skobeltsyn Research Institute of Nuclear Physics

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental And Numerical Study Of Fast Gas Heating And O Atom Production In A Capillary Nanosecond Discharge

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1030
• Mr Michael C McWithey
  Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

  Awarded

  Award: Deployment of Particle Image Velocimetry into the Lockheed Martin High Speed Wind Tunnel

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1238
• Dr Brian G Allan
  NASA

  Awarded

  Award: “Visualization and Analysis of Vortex Features in Helicopter Rotor Wakes”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-112
• Prof Craig A Woolsey
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: Flight Testing of a Subscale Aeroseroelastic Aircraft

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0032
• Mr Andrei Klochko
  Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas - LPP

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental And Numerical Study Of Fast Gas Heating And O Atom Production In A Capillary Nanosecond Discharge

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1030
• Mrs Amrita Kuldeep Lonkar
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: Simulation of Reacting Flows in Magnetic Fields with Preconditioning

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2754
• Prof Robert Luckner
  Technische Universitaet Berlin

  Awarded

  Award: “Modeling Wake Vortex Roll-Up and Vortex-Induced Forces and Moments for Tight Formation Flight”

  AIAA Citation: Paper 2013-5076
• Prof Mayuresh Patil
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Flight Testing of a Subscale Aeroseroelastic Aircraft

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0032
• David L Kao
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Visualization and Analysis of Vortex Features in Helicopter Rotor Wakes”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1162
• Mr Waqas Khan
  Awarded

  Award: “Propeller Slipstream Model for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-4907
• Mr Alexander W Chin
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Virtual Deformation Control of the X-56A Model with Simulated Fiber Optic Sensors

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-4844
• Mr John R Hooker
  Vortex Control Technologies

  Awarded

  Award: Over Wing Nacelle Installations for Improved Energy Efficiency

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2920
• Dr Emanuela Carolina Angela Gallo
  The George Washington University

  Awarded

  Award: Dual-Pump CARS Of Air In A Heated Pressure Vessel Up To 55 Bar and 1300 K

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1098
• Prof Philippe H Geubelle
  University of Illinois

  Awarded

  Award: Direct Numerical Simulation Of The Aeroelastic Response Of A Panel Under High Speed Turbulent Boundary Layers

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-3200
• Dr Al Savvaris
  Cranfield University

  Awarded

  Award: Derivation and Comparison between Numerical Based and Novel Analytical Compromise Solutions to the Multi-Objective Control Allocation Problem

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0780
• Dr Darryll J Pines
  University of Maryland

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental Validation of Pulse Phase Tracking for X-ray Pulsar Based Spacecraft Navigation

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-5202
• Xavier M Tricoche
  University of Utah

  Awarded

  Award: Enhanced Visualization and Autonomous Extraction Of Poincare Map Toplogy

  AIAA Citation: AAS 13-903
• Dr Jeffrey A Ouellette
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Flight Testing of a Subscale Aeroseroelastic Aircraft

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0032
• Andrew T Wick
  Helden Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: Over Wing Nacelle Installations for Improved Energy Efficiency

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2920
• Dr Steven J Beresh
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: Deployment of Particle Image Velocimetry into the Lockheed Martin High Speed Wind Tunnel

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1238
• Prof Philip L Roe
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: “Multidimensional Active Flux Schemes”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2940
• Justin Lawrence Wagner
  Sandia National Laboratories

  Awarded

  Award: Deployment of Particle Image Velocimetry into the Lockheed Martin High Speed Wind Tunnel

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1238
• Mr Michael Gloor
  ETH Zürich

  Awarded

  Award: Flow Dynamics and Aeroacoustics of Heated Coaxial Jets at Subsonic Mach Numbers

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2759
• Prof Ryan Caverly
  University of Minnesota

  Awarded

  Award: “Propeller Slipstream Model for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”

  AIAA Citation: Paper 2013-4907
• Christopher Mark Ostoich
  Awarded

  Award: Direct Numerical Simulation Of The Aeroelastic Response Of A Panel Under High Speed Turbulent Boundary Layers

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-3200
• Sean Russell Copeland
  Standford University

  Awarded

  Award: Adjoint-Based Aerothermodynamic Shape Design of Hypersonic Vehicles in Non-Equilibrium Flows

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0513
• Cale H Zeune
  AFRL/RQVA

  Awarded

  Award: Over Wing Nacelle Installations for Improved Energy Efficiency

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2920
• Prof Kathleen C Howell
  Purdue University

  Awarded

  Award: Enhanced Visualization and Autonomous Extraction Of Poincare Map Toplogy

  AIAA Citation: AAS 13-903
• Anthony M Agelastos
  Awarded

  Award: Over Wing Nacelle Installations for Improved Energy Efficiency

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2920
• Mr André Kaden
  Technische Universität Berlin

  Awarded

  Award: “Modeling Wake Vortex Roll-Up and Vortex-Induced Forces and Moments for Tight Formation Flight”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-5076
• Dr Robert D Braun
  Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Virtual Deformation Control of the X-56A Model with Simulated Fiber Optic Sensors

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2381
• Kevin D Anderson
  University of Maryland, College Park

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental Validation of Pulse Phase Tracking for X-ray Pulsar Based Spacecraft Navigation

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-5202
• Peter Michael Suh
  NASA Armstrong Ctr/Dryden Space Flight Center

  Awarded

  Award: Virtual Deformation Control of the X-56A Model with Simulated Fiber Optic Sensors

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-4844
• Mr Francis R. Salama
  Awarded

  Award: Derivation and Comparison between Numerical Based and Novel Analytical Compromise Solutions to the Multi-Objective Control Allocation Problem

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0780
• Prof Daniel J Bodony
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Awarded

  Award: Direct Numerical Simulation Of The Aeroelastic Response Of A Panel Under High Speed Turbulent Boundary Layers

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-3200
• Prof Meyer Nahon
  McGill University

  Awarded

  Award: “Propeller Slipstream Model for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”

  AIAA Citation: Paper 2013-4907
• Dr Paul M Danehy
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Dual-Pump CARS Of Air In A Heated Pressure Vessel Up To 55 Bar and 1300 K

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1098
• Dr Paul M Danehy
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Development of a Dual-Pump CARS System for Measurements in a Supersonic Combusting Free Jet

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1193
• Prof Juan J Alonso
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: Simulation of Reacting Flows in Magnetic Fields with Preconditioning

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-2754
• Prof Juan J Alonso
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: Adjoint-Based Aerothermodynamic Shape Design of Hypersonic Vehicles in Non-Equilibrium Flows

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0513
• Prof Leonhard Kleiser
  ETH Zürich

  Awarded

  Award: Flow Dynamics and Aeroacoustics of Heated Coaxial Jets at Subsonic Mach Numbers

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2759
• Dr Frank Fresconi III
  US Army Research Lab

  Awarded

  Award: “Impact Point Model Predictive Control of a Spin-Stabilized Projectile with Instability Protection”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-4509
• Dr Jasim U Ahmad
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Visualization and Analysis of Vortex Features in Helicopter Rotor Wakes”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1162
• Mr Kurt Chankaya
  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

  Awarded

  Award: Deployment of Particle Image Velocimetry into the Lockheed Martin High Speed Wind Tunnel

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1238
• Dr Luca Maria Luigi Cantu
  The George Washington University

  Awarded

  Award: Dual-Pump CARS Of Air In A Heated Pressure Vessel Up To 55 Bar and 1300 K

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-1098
• Dr Terry L Holst
  Awarded

  Award: “Visualization and Analysis of Vortex Features in Helicopter Rotor Wakes”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-1162

2013

• Dr Dimitri N Mavris
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Virtual Deformation Control of the X-56A Model with Simulated Fiber Optic Sensors

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-4844
• Dr Paul D Orkwis
  GE Aerospace

  Awarded

  Award: “Investigation Of Aspect Ratio And Dynamic Effects Due To Rotation For A Revolving Wing Using High-Fidelity Simulation”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0086
• Scott L Goodliff
  Amentum

  Awarded

  Award: “High Reynolds Number Active Blowing Semi-Span Force Measurement System Development”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3318
• Nuno Filipe
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

  Awarded

  Award: “Adaptive Model-Independent Tracking of Rigid Body Position and Attitude Motion with Mass and Inertia Matrix Identification using Dual Quaternions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5173
• Mr Lucky V Tran
  CATER

  Awarded

  Award: Large Eddy Simulations of the Hydrodynamic and Thermal Fields from a Cylindrical Film Cooling Hole

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3311
• Dr Sven Grundmann
  TU Darmstadt

  Awarded

  Award: Fundamental Processes of DBD Plasma Actuators Operating at High Altitude

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0822
• Dr Gregory S Jones
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “High Reynolds Number Active Blowing Semi-Span Force Measurement System Development”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3318
• Dr David B Doman
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Wing Velocity Control System for Testing Body Motion Control Methods for Flapping Wing MAVs”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0332
• Dr Noel T Clemens
  The University of Texas at Austin

  Awarded

  Award: “NO PLIF Visualization of the Orion capsule in LENS-I”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0033
• Prof Jonathan P How
  MIT

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4622
• Dr Benjamin Kirk
  NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

  Awarded

  Award: “NO PLIF Visualization of the Orion capsule in LENS-I”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0033
• Dr Kingsley Fregene
  Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

  Awarded

  Award: A Multi-Scale Simulation Methodology for the Samarai Monocopter ųUAV

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5012
• Mr Tuna Toksoz
  Massachusettes Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4622
• Matthew David Pinchak
  The Aerospace Corporation

  Awarded

  Award: Flame Propagation Enhancement of Ethylene by Addition of Ozone

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0922
• Dr Sean J Kamkar
  Awarded

  Award: An Automated Adaptive Mesh Refinement Scheme for Unsteady Aerodynamic Wakes

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0160
• Mr Bernhard Simon
  CSI, TU Darmstadt

  Awarded

  Award: Fundamental Processes of DBD Plasma Actuators Operating at High Altitude

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0822
• Mr Tim P Wadhams
  CUBRC, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: “NO PLIF Visualization of the Orion capsule in LENS-I”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0033
• Dr Campbell D Carter
  U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Flame Propagation Enhancement of Ethylene by Addition of Ozone

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0922
• Joshua D Redding
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4622
• Dr Timothy Ombrello
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Flame Propagation Enhancement of Ethylene by Addition of Ozone

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0922
• Keith C Lynn
  ATI Industrial Automation

  Awarded

  Award: “High Reynolds Number Active Blowing Semi-Span Force Measurement System Development”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-2218
• Dr Matthew G MacLean
  CUBRC, Inc.

  Awarded

  Award: An Equilibrium Ablation Boundary Condition for the Data-Parallel Line-Relaxation Code

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0304
• Dr Mark Costello
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Impact Point Model Predictive Control of a Spin-Stabilized Projectile with Instability Protection”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-4509
• Dr Peter R Grant
  University of Toronto

  Awarded

  Award: Development and Testing of an Adaptive Motion Drive Algorithm for Upset Recovery Training

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4947
• Dr Rauno Cavallaro
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  Awarded

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

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1462
• Prof Cameron D Tropea
  TU Darmstadt

  Awarded

  Award: Fundamental Processes of DBD Plasma Actuators Operating at High Altitude

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0822
• Dr Daniel J Garmann
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Investigation Of Aspect Ratio And Dynamic Effects Due To Rotation For A Revolving Wing Using High-Fidelity Simulation”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0086
• Perry L Johnson
  University of Central Florida

  Awarded

  Award: Large Eddy Simulations of the Hydrodynamic and Thermal Fields from a Cylindrical Film Cooling Hole

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3311
• Dr Miguel R Visbal
  Retired

  Awarded

  Award: 2012 Fluid Dynamics Best Paper

  AIAA Citation: “Investigation Of Aspect Ratio And Dynamic Effects Due To Rotation For A Revolving Wing Using High-Fidelity Simulation” (AIAA 2013-0086)
• Matthew Gross
  Awarded

  Award: “Impact Point Model Predictive Control of a Spin-Stabilized Projectile with Instability Protection”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-4509
• Dr Jayanta S Kapat
  University of Central Florida

  Awarded

  Award: Large Eddy Simulations of the Hydrodynamic and Thermal Fields from a Cylindrical Film Cooling Hole

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3311
• Borna Josip Obradovic
  University of Texas at Austin

  Awarded

  Award: A Multi-Scale Simulation Methodology for the Samarai Monocopter ųUAV

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5012
• Dr Christopher S Combs
  The University of Texas at San Antonio

  Awarded

  Award: “NO PLIF Visualization of the Orion capsule in LENS-I”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0033
• Dr William E Milholen II
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “High Reynolds Number Active Blowing Semi-Span Force Measurement System Development”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3318
• Dr Isaac E Weintraub
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Wing Velocity Control System for Testing Body Motion Control Methods for Flapping Wing MAVs”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0332
• Dr Panagiotis Tsiotras
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Adaptive Model-Independent Tracking of Rigid Body Position and Attitude Motion with Mass and Inertia Matrix Identification using Dual Quaternions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5173
• Mr Alexander J Duchmann
  Technische Universitat Darmstadt

  Awarded

  Award: Fundamental Processes of DBD Plasma Actuators Operating at High Altitude

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0822
• Ms Shuk Fai (Eska) Ko
  Awarded

  Award: Development and Testing of an Adaptive Motion Drive Algorithm for Upset Recovery Training

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4947
• Dr David Sigthorsson
  InfoSciTex, DCS corp

  Awarded

  Award: “Wing Velocity Control System for Testing Body Motion Control Methods for Flapping Wing MAVs”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0332
• Dr Francisco Palacios
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: Adjoint-Based Aerothermodynamic Shape Design of Hypersonic Vehicles in Non-Equilibrium Flows

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-0513
• Michael J Acheson
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “High Reynolds Number Active Blowing Semi-Span Force Measurement System Development”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3318
• Prof Ephraim J Gutmark
  University of Cincinnati

  Awarded

  Award: Flame Propagation Enhancement of Ethylene by Addition of Ozone

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0922
• Matthew A Vavrina
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4622
• Dr Paul M Danehy
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “NO PLIF Visualization of the Orion capsule in LENS-I”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0033
• Dr John L Vian
  The Boeing Company

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4622
• Dr Michael W Oppenheimer
  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: “Wing Velocity Control System for Testing Body Motion Control Methods for Flapping Wing MAVs”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0332
• Dr Brett F Bathel
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “NO PLIF Visualization of the Orion capsule in LENS-I”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0033
• Dr Girish Chowdhary
  Oklahoma State University

  Awarded

  Award: “Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4622
• Dr Michael S Holden
  CUBRC

  Awarded

  Award: “NO PLIF Visualization of the Orion capsule in LENS-I”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0033
• Nazim Kemal Üre
  Istanbul Technical University

  Awarded

  Award: Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4622
• Dr Viswanath R Katta
  Innovative Scientific Solutions Incorporated

  Awarded

  Award: Flame Propagation Enhancement of Ethylene by Addition of Ozone

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2013-0922
• Ray Rhew
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “High Reynolds Number Active Blowing Semi-Span Force Measurement System Development”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-3318
• Dr Andrew M Wissink
  US Army DEVCOM Technology Development Directorate

  Awarded

  Award: An Automated Adaptive Mesh Refinement Scheme for Unsteady Aerodynamic Wakes

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0160

2012

• Gaetano Magnotti
  Awarded

  Award: Development of a Dual-Pump CARS System for Measurements in a Supersonic Combusting Free Jet

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1193
• Dr William Carl Schneck III
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: “Application of Additive Manufacturing to Rapidly Produce High-Resolution Total Pressure Distortion Screens”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0929
• Justin Bailey
  Awarded

  Award: “Application of Additive Manufacturing to Rapidly Produce High-Resolution Total Pressure Distortion Screens”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0929
• Susan E Cliff
  Awarded

  Award: Joint-Based Low-Boom Design With Cart3D

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3500
• Dr Alan M Shih
  City College of New York

  Awarded

  Award: “Efficient Hybrid Surface and Volume Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Simulations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3539
• Kenneth Mark M Bryden
  Iowa State University

  Awarded

  Award: “Mixture Preparation Effects On Distributed Combustion For Gas Turbine Applications”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0930
• Mr Logan Jones
  Airbus Operations S.A.S.

  Awarded

  Award: “Modeling Braking Friction Between An Aircraft Tire And The Runway”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6674
• Dr Andrew D Cutler
  The George Washington University

  Awarded

  Award: Development of a Dual-Pump CARS System for Measurements in a Supersonic Combusting Free Jet

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1193
• Dr Anthony M Ferrar
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: “Application of Additive Manufacturing to Rapidly Produce High-Resolution Total Pressure Distortion Screens”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0929
• Ryan E Carter
  Awarded

  Award: “Store Separation Equations of Motion”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4957
• Dr Noel T Clemens
  The University of Texas at Austin

  Awarded

  Award: “Requirements, Capabilities and Accuracy of Time-Resolved PIV In Turbulent Reacting Flows”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-0362
• Dr Eugene A Morelli
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Flight Test Maneuvers For Efficient Aerodynamic Modeling

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6672
• Dr Eugene A Morelli
  NASA Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Efficient Global Aerodynamic Modeling From Flight Data

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0150
• Dr Yasushi Ito
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: “Efficient Hybrid Surface and Volume Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Simulations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3539
• Dr Mirko Gamba
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: “Requirements, Capabilities and Accuracy of Time-Resolved PIV In Turbulent Reacting Flows”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-0362
• Prof Jonathan P How
  MIT

  Awarded

  Award: “Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6238
• Mr. Yevgeniy Bondar
  Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

  Awarded

  Award: “DSMC Modeling of High-Temperature Chemical Reactions in Air”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3128
• Eric Sample
  Cornell University

  Awarded

  Award: “Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6238
• Timothy G Nichols
  Awarded

  Award: “Fundamental Processes of DBD Plasma Actuators Operating at High Altitude”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0822
• Dr Kazuomi Yamamoto
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: “Efficient Hybrid Surface and Volume Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Simulations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3539
• Dr Erin M Reed
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  Awarded

  Award: Aerodynamic Interactions of Reaction Control System Jets on Mars Entry Aeroshells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1013
• Dr James W Cutler
  University of Michigan

  Awarded

  Award: “Optimization of Single-Satellite Operational Schedules Towards Enhanced Communication Capacity”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4610
• Dr Mitsuhiro Murayama
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Awarded

  Award: “Efficient Hybrid Surface and Volume Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Simulations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3539
• Dr Sara C Spangelo
  JPL/T1709

  Awarded

  Award: “Optimization of Single-Satellite Operational Schedules Towards Enhanced Communication Capacity”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-4610
• Dr Christopher O Porter
  Torch Technologies

  Awarded

  Award: “Flight Measurements of Aero-Optical Distortions from a Flat-Windowed Turret on the Airborne Aero-Optics Laboratory (AAOL)”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3280
• Stanislav Gordeyev
  University of Notre Dame

  Awarded

  Award: “Flight Measurements of Aero-Optical Distortions from a Flat-Windowed Turret on the Airborne Aero-Optics Laboratory (AAOL)”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3280
• Prof Mark E Campbell
  Cornell University

  Awarded

  Award: “Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6238
• Sameera S Ponda
  Massachusettes Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: “Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6238
• Prof Walter F OBrien
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: “Application of Additive Manufacturing to Rapidly Produce High-Resolution Total Pressure Distortion Screens”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0929
• Dr Hicham Alkandry
  Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

  Awarded

  Award: Aerodynamic Interactions of Reaction Control System Jets on Mars Entry Aeroshells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1013
• Prof Sanjiva K Lele
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  Award: Large-Eddy Simulation Of An Over-Expanded Planar Nozzle

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3908
• Dr Nisar R. Ahmed
  University of Colorado Boulder

  Awarded

  Award: “Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6238
• Mr Michael J Aftosmis
  NASA-Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Joint-Based Low-Boom Design With Cart3D

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3500
• Mr. Kevin M Hoopes
  Brigham Young University

  Awarded

  Award: “Application of Additive Manufacturing to Rapidly Produce High-Resolution Total Pressure Distortion Screens”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0929
• Mr Britton J Olson
  Awarded

  Award: Large-Eddy Simulation Of An Over-Expanded Planar Nozzle

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3908
• Dr Eric J Jumper
  University of Notre Dame

  Awarded

  Award: “Flight Measurements of Aero-Optical Distortions from a Flat-Windowed Turret on the Airborne Aero-Optics Laboratory (AAOL)”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3280
• Mr. Jean Luc Boiffier
  Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace

  Awarded

  Award: “Modeling Braking Friction Between An Aircraft Tire And The Runway”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6674
• Dr Brandon D Luders
  Waymo

  Awarded

  Award: “Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6238
• Mr Prateek Mustafi
  ISVR/University of Southampton

  Awarded

  Award: “A Computational Study Of The Effects Of Liner Damage On Zero-Splice Turbofan Intake Liners”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-2152
• Dr Iain D Boyd
  University of Colorado

  Awarded

  Award: Aerodynamic Interactions of Reaction Control System Jets on Mars Entry Aeroshells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1013
• Danelle Shah
  Cornell University

  Awarded

  Award: “Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-6238
• Dr Joshua R Codoni
  Naval Postgraduate School

  Awarded

  Award: Aerodynamic Interactions of Reaction Control System Jets on Mars Entry Aeroshells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1013
• Dr Marian Nemec
  NASA Ames Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: Joint-Based Low-Boom Design With Cart3D

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3500
• Dr Joshua Rovey
  University of Illinois

  Awarded

  Award: “Fundamental Processes of DBD Plasma Actuators Operating at High Altitude”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-0822
• Dr James C McDaniel Jr
  University of Virginia

  Awarded

  Award: Aerodynamic Interactions of Reaction Control System Jets on Mars Entry Aeroshells

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-1013
• Dr Bharat K Soni
  University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Awarded

  Award: “Efficient Hybrid Surface and Volume Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Simulations”

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2011-3539

2008

• Dr Victor Lin
  Awarded

  Award: Guidance and Control of an Autonomous Soaring Vehicle with Flight Test Results

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2007-0867
• Dr Michael Allen
  NASA

  Awarded

  Award: Guidance and Control of an Autonomous Soaring Vehicle with Flight Test Results

  AIAA Citation: AIAA 2007-0867