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2026 Region IV Student Conference

Student Conference Rules 

Host: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Venue: Duncan Hall, Rice University

Take part in AIAA’s Regional Student Conference by presenting your research in a formal technical meeting, exchange ideas, and discuss programs with students from other universities in your region.

Please note: A high school or university student in good standing at their institution who is also an AIAA student member is eligible to submit a paper to the Regional Student Conference. The submitting and presenting author(s) must be AIAA student members. Any student may attend the Regional Student Conference but may be subjected to a higher registration fee if they are not AIAA members. Please click here for more information to join as an AIAA Student Member.

You must be attending a high school/college/university in Region IV to participate in the Region IV Student Conference. Students can petition to present at a conference outside their university’s region by emailing [email protected].

Region IV includes Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas. Additionally, it includes Mexico.

Cash prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place winners for each category.

Refer to the Student Conferences webpage for conference rules and FAQs.

2026 Region III Student Conference

Register Now  Student Conference Rules 

Conference Host: University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
Conference Venue:  TBD

Take part in AIAA’s Regional Student Conference by presenting your research in a formal technical meeting, exchange ideas, and discuss programs with students from other universities in your region.

Please note: A high school or university student in good standing at their institution who is also an AIAA student member is eligible to submit a paper to the Regional Student Conference. The submitting and presenting author(s) must be AIAA student members. Any student may attend the Regional Student Conference but may be subjected to a higher registration fee if they are not AIAA members. Please click here for more information to join as an AIAA Student Member.

You must be attending a high school/college/university in Region III to participate in the Region III Student Conference. Students can petition to present at a conference outside their university’s region by emailing [email protected].

Region III includes Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Cash prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place winners for each category.

Refer to the Student Conferences webpage for conference rules and FAQs.

2026 Region II Student Conference

 Student Conference Rules 

Conference Host: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Conference Venue: Russell House
Conference Dates: 26–27 March 2026

Take part in AIAA’s Regional Student Conference by presenting your research in a formal technical meeting, exchange ideas, and discuss programs with students from other universities in your region.

Please note: A high school or university student in good standing at their institution who is also an AIAA student member is eligible to submit a paper to the Regional Student Conference. The submitting and presenting author(s) must be AIAA student members. Any student may attend the Regional Student Conference but may be subjected to a higher registration fee if they are not AIAA members. Please click here for more information to join as an AIAA Student Member.

You must be attending a high school/college/university in Region II to participate in the Region II Student Conference.

Region II includes North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Additionally, it includes students from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Cash prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place winners for each category.

Refer to the Student Conferences webpage for conference rules and FAQs.

2026 Region I Student Conference

Register Now  Student Conference Rules 

Conference Host: University of Maryland College Park

Take part in AIAA’s Regional Student Conference by presenting your research in a formal technical meeting, exchange ideas, and discuss programs with students from other universities in your region.

Please note: A high school or university student in good standing at their institution who is also an AIAA student member is eligible to submit a paper to the Regional Student Conference. The submitting and presenting author(s) must be AIAA student members. Any student may attend the Regional Student Conference but may be subjected to a higher registration fee if they are not AIAA members. Please click here for more information to join as an AIAA Student Member.

You must be attending a high school/college/university in Region I to participate in the Region I Student Conference. Students can petition to present at a conference outside their university’s region by emailing [email protected].

Region I includes Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Washington DC. Additionally, it includes students from the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Cash prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place winners for each category.

Refer to the Student Conferences webpage for conference rules and FAQs.

17th PNWAIAA Technical Symposium: The Future of Aerospace Technologies

Presented By: AIAA Pacific Northwest Section

Discover groundbreaking innovations revolutionizing aerospace. New propulsion systems, cutting-edge avionics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Technologies shaping the future of flight and extraterrestrial missions, charting the paths to smarter, cheaper orbit and beyond, and more powerful data capture, understanding and applications. Full-day agenda includes three keynote addresses and over a dozen breakout presesentations to choose from. Sponsorships available. More at pnwaiaa.org

AIAA Talks Virginia and Maryland Aerospace Days Published

In a year of political change, aerospace public policy advocacy is as important as ever, both at the national and state levels. With Virginia Aerospace Day coming up on January 29th and Maryland Aerospace Day on February 20th, join this virtual event to find out how to get involved!

50th Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS)

 Presented by the AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Section

The Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS) is a unique venue for technical interchange with members of the regional aerospace community. This year’s event is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at the Sinclair Ponitz Conference Center.

The symposium program includes up to 9 parallel sessions in the morning and afternoon and a keynote address mid-day. Attendees are also invited to participate in the associated Art-in-Science competition by submitting videos or images that combine technical content and aesthetic appeal.

Technical presentations are solicited in all general areas of aerospace S&T, including; Acoustics & Applied Aerodynamics, Applications & Facilities, Aircraft and UAS Design & Applications, Combustion & Fuels, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Data Analysis & Uncertainty Quantifications, Experimental Methods, Flight Dynamics & Controls, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer & Thermal Management, Imaging & Diagnostics, Materials & Structures, Orbital Mechanics, Space Systems, and Turbomachinery & Propulsion. No written paper is required, and works in development for other technical forums are welcome. Best presentation awards will be made for each technology area.

AIAA-DCS-logo-thumbnailRegistration, along with submission of abstracts and Art-in-science entries is solely through this website. In order to submit your abstract and/or Art-in-science entry, use the panel on the right side of this page to first create an account, and then log in. Once logged in, you’ll be presented with options to upload new submissions and modify or delete existing submissions. Please note that even if you have registered for DCASS in a previous year, you must still create an account for the current event before logging in.

 

Please contact the  AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Section with any questions.

DC-X/XA – The Genesis of Fully Reusable Access to Space

The amazing vertical launching and landing capabilities for the rockets of SpaceX and Blue Origin are very exciting. The facts and histories of the NASA DC-X/XA rockets were rarely mentioned. Please join us for this inspiring mega event / meeting to learn more about it, and experience the thrills and inspirations, from the leaders in this groundbreaking and historic project! And networking together!

Speakers
    • Dan Dumbacher, Executive Director, AIAA
      Moderator and Keynote Speaker
      NASA interest in DC-X/XA and their linkage to SpaceX
    • Jess Sponable, President and Chief Technology Officer, New Frontier Aerospace (NFA), Inc.
      DC-X firsts
    • Joaquin H. Castro, Aerojet Rocketdyne Space Advanced Programs
      Propulsion
    • James R. French, AIAA Fellow (60+ year member of AIAA!) President, JRF Aerospace Consulting LLC
      Systems engineering and schedule
  • Jeff Laube Senior Project Leader, The Aerospace Corporation, Associate Fellow, AIAA Chief Emeritus, Integration and Outreach Division, AIAA Council of Directors

Lunch and Learn: Predicting Heating Rates in Hypersonic Gap Flows with Guest Speaker Ms. Laura Holifield

The Dayton/Cincinnati Section offers a presentation that showcases a study investigating the flow structure in the vicinity of discontinuities at the surface of a high-speed air vehicle, with the effect of gaps and steps on aerodynamic heating of particular interest. Laura Holifield works as a researcher at the Air Force Institute of Technology, employed via the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. She works within AFRL in the High Speed Systems Division, Fundamental Research Branch (AFRL/RQHF), with a research focus on hypersonic aerodynamics