Event Tag: Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Perspectives Series: How AI is Automating Geometry Preprocessing for Simulation Workflows

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It’s not news that geometry preprocessing and grid generation have been a bottleneck in simulation workflows. The CFD Vision 2030 Study, published by NASA in 2014, formally identified this as the constraint pacing CFD workflows. More than a decade later, the simulation industry has advanced considerably, yet this core issue remains largely unaddressed.

But now, that is changing. There is an innovative new approach to geometry preprocessing using AI, one that eliminates the bottleneck entirely and brings preprocessing in line with the pace of modern simulation workflows. The solution is Flexcompute’s GeometryAI: an AI-powered preprocessing platform that functions as an intelligent agent, absorbing hours or days of expert geometry preparation work and reasoning over topology and tolerances to produce simulation-ready geometry with little to no human intervention.

Join us for this webinar to learn how GeometryAI can take on this burden, so you can focus on design, analysis, and iteration. This webinar will cover:

  • An overview of GeometryAI and how it works
  • How GeometryAI uses neural reconstruction algorithms to heal geometry without fidelity loss
  • Industry use cases where preprocessing time drops from days to hours
  • A live demonstration: from a raw CAD to a simulation-ready model in minutes
Speaker:
Mike ParkMike Park 2026
Head of Technology, Flexcompute

 

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

45th Digital Avionics Systems Conference

Reach the Avionics Systems Community

The 45th DASC is an annual gathering of industry leaders, professionals, and experts in Avionics Sytems. It serves as a platform for networking, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, attracting a diverse audience from around the world. The 45th DASC offers a comprehensive agenda featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and interactive sessions, all focused on the latest trends, innovations, and challenges in our industry.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Aligning Strategy and Decisions with a Golden Thread

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Most organizations strive for strategic alignment, but in reality, strategy lives in slide decks, plans in spreadsheets, and risks in separate systems. By the time information reaches executives, it is often outdated, turning alignment into a periodic exercise rather than an ongoing capability.

In aerospace and defense programs, where coordination across engineering, operations, cost, schedule, and risk is critical, this disconnect makes it difficult to maintain a clear line of sight from strategic priorities to execution.

In this session, we will explore how organizations can move from misalignment to decisions guided by a true golden thread, using unified data to provide ongoing decision guidance from strategy through initiatives, delivery, risks, and outcomes. You will learn how to:

  • Connect familiar data sources into a unified view without rebuilding your planning approach
  • Reveal how changes ripple across plans in real time
  • Clarify trade-offs by exposing competing priorities and resource constraints
  • Shift leadership conversations from static reporting to dynamic decision-making
Speaker:
Lefever Headshot 400x450Jason Lefever
Director, Solutions Engineering
Lumivero

 

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: The Accelerating Pace of Physics AI Modeling and What It Means for the Aerospace Industry

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The last two years have witnessed a surge in the acceleration in our ability to generate, curate, and use data for large-scale training of modern physics-AI surrogates. Additionally, physics-AI architectures are rapidly improving in their ability to accurately represent complex, industrially relevant geometries and associated physics. Extrapolating into the future, we must ask ourselves the question: “What does this mean for the future of aerospace engineering?”

During this webinar, Professor Alonso will describe the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods as they relate to various applications in aerospace engineering, including design space exploration, optimization, uncertainty quantification, and data assimilation for digital twins. For example, Luminary Cloud has developed SHIFT-CCA, a physics-AI model for external aerodynamics (including the flowpath for the propulsion system) for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Using SHIFT-CCA, Professor Alonso will discuss how such models can be used and the potential of Luminary Cloud’s SHIFT models for aerospace applications.

Speaker:
Juan AlansoJuan Alonso
CTO and Cofounder, Luminary Cloud; Chair, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

 

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Mary Jackson Lecture: A Wandering Fluid Mechanics Scientific Career

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In this seminar, Ivett Leyva, Ph.D., P.E. will describe her remarkable career journey, which has led her to study various fluid mechanics problems, as well as the challenges and rewards of holding management and leadership positions. She will discuss topics related to preventing rocket explosions, including the construction of hazardous facilities for testing rocket propulsion and enhancing the scientific understanding of hypersonic flight. Leyva will also share insights from two hypersonic flight experiments she initiated at the Air Force, along with the portfolio she managed. Finally, she will conclude with her experiences as department head and her current efforts to establish a new research enterprise aimed at addressing applied research challenges from industry while tailoring graduates to meet industry needs.

The Mary Jackson Named Lecture is given in honor of Mary Jackson (1921–2005), who became the first black female aerospace engineer at NASA in 1958. The lecture is jointly sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society and AIAA.

Speaker:

Ivett A LeyvaIvett A. Leyva, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean for Research, Fort Worth Campus, College of Engineering. Arthur McFarland Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M Fort Worth


AIAA Technologies Transforming Aerospace Webinar

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AIAA’s Technologies Transforming Aerospace forecast draws on insights from the AIAA community to identify emerging technologies capable of disrupting the status quo, advancing the aerospace ecosystem, strengthening nations’ strategic postures, and expanding the horizons of human exploration. Join us as Carissa Christensen, CEO of BryceTech, takes a deeper dive into the ten technologies outlined in the report.

Speaker:

Carissa Christensen 2023Carissa Christensen
CEO and Founder·BryceTech

Carissa Bryce Christensen is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of BryceTech, LLC, based in Alexandria, VA. She previously co-founded defense contractor The Tauri Group, acquired by LMI in 2019, and quantum computing software firm QxBranch, acquired by Rigetti Computing in 2019. She is an active tech investor and has served on several early-stage boards. Ms. Christensen is an internationally recognized expert on the satellite and space industry, known for rigorous analysis and innovative, data-driven strategy. She is a Senior Advisor to the annual US Space Force Schriever Wargame. She serves on the Senior Advisory Council of the Aerospace Corporation Center for Space Policy and Strategy, serves on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Space, and chairs the US board of the UN-affiliated Space Generation Advisory Council. She is a founding member of the Future Space Leaders Foundation and chairs its Advisory Board. Ms. Christensen previously served on the National Research Council Space Technology Industry-Government-University Roundtable, which advises NASA, and served on the Space Committee of the Defense Innovation Board. Ms. Christensen is a Harvard Business School Entrepreneur-in-Residence. She guest lectures at universities including Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. She has testified before Congress and Parliament committees on the space industry. She publishes extensively, is often cited by major media outlets, and has appeared in commercial space documentaries by The Financial Times, Bloomberg and HBO.

 

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Engineering the Hydrogen Age: Multi‑Physics Simulations for ZEROe Aircraft

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This webinar will introduce Airbus’ ZEROe project and detail its use of GT-SUITE to simulate different processes involving liquid hydrogen in transfer lines. We will cover the challenges of modeling transient cryogenic two-phase flow and demonstrate how GT-SUITE helps us predict thermal response and pressure instabilities. We will highlight the value of simulation in the early stages of a project, when test data is scarce, and how it can help shape a clean-sheet aircraft design and operation.

Speakers:
Isaac de SouzaIsaac De Souza 2026
Systems and Test Engineer, Airbus
Suryaprakash ThiagarajanSuryaprakash Thiagarajan 2026
Systems and Test Engineer—1D Modelling and Validation, Airbus
Roberto Alegre UsachRoberto Alegre Usach 2026
Advanced Specialist in Fuel Systems, Airbus
Jonas VerrièreJonas Verriere 2026
Staff Engineer, Solutions Consulting, Gamma Technologies
This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

21st Annual AIAA Southern California Aerospace Systems and Technology (ASAT) Conference

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The objective of the AIAA Southern California Aerospace Systems and Technology (SoCal ASAT) Conference is to bring together seasoned and new engineers, researchers, leaders, managers, academia and students, and provide a forum to exchange new ideas, review achievements, and chart a new course for aerospace in the local area. The AIAA Orange County and San Gabriel Valley Sections will highlight their activities during the past year during the included luncheon. Members, as well as non-members, are welcome.

Sponsored by the Orange County and San Gabriel Valley Sections of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Event Theme

Southern California has had a rich history of leadership and innovation in the aerospace industry. Many aircraft, spacecraft, missile, and space exploration programs were conceived and executed here within a several mile radius of each other. The amount of talent, experience, and expertise that resides in the area is immeasurable. However, the nature, landscape, and focus of the local aerospace industry are rapidly changing. The objective of the AIAA Southern California Aerospace Systems and Technology (SoCal ASAT) Conference is to bring together seasoned and new engineers, researchers, leaders, managers, academia, and students and provide a forum to exchange new ideas, review achievements, and chart a new course for aerospace in the local area. Come share your expertise and insights with other local professionals and tap this unprecedented resource.

Dates to Remember
  • Friday, February 6th, 2026 – Intent-to-Present Deadline
  • Friday, February 13th, 2026 – Notification of Acceptance for Presentation
  • Monday March 16th, 2026 – Registration Opens
  • Saturday, April 11th, 2026 – Electronic Copy of Presentations Due
  • Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 – Registration Deadline
  • Saturday, April 25th, 2026 – ASAT Conference

2026 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC)

The 2026 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) will take place in Midland, Texas from June 15–20, 2026.

The Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 for the purpose of fostering and promoting engineering knowledge and experience in the field of rocketry. ESRA’s mission is to provide safe and exciting opportunities for academic groups to compete in aerospace challenges.

In 2006, ESRA established the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) which has since grown from a handful of U.S. based collegiate teams to welcoming over 180 collegiate teams from 22 countries on 6 different continents. During the IREC each team designs, builds, tests and launches rockets with a payload size >2kg and target altitudes of 10,000 to 100,000 feet. Rockets are typically 4 to 8 inches in diameter and 8 to 20 ft. long. Multistage rockets and all chemical propulsion types (solid, liquid, and hybrid) are allowed.

The IREC isn’t just a competition, it’s a launchpad for innovation and careers. This year, 175 teams have successfully applied and been accepted to participate in the 2026 IREC to push the limits of high-powered rocketry, applying classroom theory to real-world engineering challenges, and break new IREC records!

In partnership with the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association, AIAA is proud to support the world’s largest university rocket engineering competition.

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For more information about the competition, please visit: esrarocket.org

 

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Aerospace Perspectives Series: Space Systems Modernization: Making the Most of Technology Investments While Constantly Advancing the Mission

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Space decision makers are faced with aging infrastructure, shrinking budgets, and evolving mission needs that grow more complex by the second. How can they modernize in place without exposing their mission to risk while also preparing for the next challenge? Leaders from NASA, NOAA, and the U.S. Space Force will discuss innovative ways as to how their programs are adopting practices and solutions to adapt to a demanding space environment. The panel will explore topics ranging from automation and the cloud, to software and model-based systems engineering, and more.

Speakers:
Kevin Coggins 2025Kevin Coggins
Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA
Ronla Henry Reeves 2025Ronla Henry-Reeves
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Russ Teehan 2025Russ Teehan
Technical Director, Space Development Agency, United States Space Force
This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.