Events Category: Aerospace R&D

Lead in Full Color: Leadership Development Webinar Series

Member Exclusive: 4-Part Series

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Join us for “Lead in Full Color,” a four-part webinar series facilitated by David Sandhu. Every technical professional leads from a dominant thinking style. Understanding yours — and the styles around you — is the foundation of everything that follows. Lead in Full Color is built for engineers and technical professionals to give the frameworks to lead with the same precision they bring to their work — without becoming someone they’re not.

The webinar series is free for members and runs for 4 weeks with 4 sessions starting at 1 p.m. Eastern on Wednesdays in September.

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Sandhu is an investment advisor representative with EverSource Wealth Advisors, a registered investment advisor.

ASCEND 2028

Join us 19–21 June 2028 to access inspiring sessions and premium content, develop valuable business leads, and make meaningful connections. More details on ASCEND 2028 will be made available in the coming months.

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2027 IEEE Aerospace Conference

The International Conference for Aerospace Experts, Academics, Military Personnel, and Industry Leaders.

The international IEEE Aerospace Conference, with AIAA and PHM Society as technical cosponsors, is organized to promote interdisciplinary understanding of aerospace systems, their underlying science and technology, and their applications to government and commercial endeavors.

The annual, week-long conference is set in a stimulating and thought-provoking environment. The 2027 conference will be the 48th.

11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST2026)

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST2026). 11th RAST conference will be held on 13–15 May 2026 in honor of the 75thanniversary of the establishment of NDU Turkish Air Force Academy. The conference will be a face-to-face event in Istanbul, Türkiye.

International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST) is held by the National Defence University, Turkish Air Force Academy at the international level biennially.

As in previous conferences, contributions to the 11th RAST Conference are expected from institutions such as the Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of Industry andTechnology, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Turkish General Staff, Turkish Air Force Command, Presidency of Defence Industries, General Directorate of Mapping, General Directorate of Military Factories, TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute, TÜBİTAK Defence Industries Research and Development Institute, TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center, as well as distinguished international universities.

RAST2026 is intended to be a forum for the exchange of recent research results and ideas in air and space technologies. It should be of interest to a wide range of participants from government agencies, relevant international institutions, universities, research organizations, and air and space companies, as well as media and the general public. Presentations are encouraged by international space agencies as well as the private sector.

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Fall 2025 AIAA Hypersonics Webinar (AIAA Member Exclusive)

 On-Demand Replay
Featuring Francesco Panerai

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Join us for the Fall 2025 AIAA Hypersonics Webinar, presented by the HyTASP TC with featured speaker Francesco Panerai. This webinar will provide insights into carbon ablation mechanisms as Panerai discusses two recent experiments—high-speed X-ray imaging and plasma wind tunnel testing—that reveal how microstructure, oxygen interactions, and surface chemistry influence material erosion, mass loss, and failure mechanisms. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the complex processes governing high-temperature ablation in carbon-based materials.

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Francesco PaneraiFrancesco Panerai is an Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research covers advanced materials for extreme environments, transport in porous media, and hypersonic aerothermodynamics. Prior to Illinois, he was a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. He received his PhD and Research Master in Aeronautics and Aerospace from von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (Belgium) and a M.Sc. and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Perugia (Italy). He is a recipient of the 2019 Air Force Young Investigator Award and is an AIAA Associate Fellow. He is one of the founding members of the Center for Hypersonics and Entry Systems Studies (CHESS) at Illinois.

AIAA SciTech Forum 2028

The AIAA SciTech Forum program covers the science, technologies, and policies that are shaping the future of aerospace. The forum is the largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology in the world.

AIAA SciTech Forum 2027

The AIAA SciTech Forum program covers the science, technologies, and policies that are shaping the future of aerospace. The forum is the largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology in the world.

ASCEND 2027

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