This Committee is established for the purpose of overseeing and monitoring the process for recognizing meritorious contributions to science, technology, and engineering by means of awards, honors, and other suitable recognition. The Committee shall develop and recommend to the Board of Trustees policies and procedures relating to matters concerning the establishment of honors and awards.
2026-2027 AIAA Honors and Awards Committee
Suzanne Smith
Chair, AIAA Honors and Awards Committee
University of Kentucky (retired)
João Azevedo
Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço
Rutvij Bhagwat
Florida State University
Erik Blasch
AFOSR
Bobby Braun
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Tory Bruno
Blue Origin
Fay Collier
USAF/NASA Langley Research Center
Gerard F. Corbett
Redphlag
Nathan Crane
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Robert Cullen
ESA-ESTEC
John W. Dankanich
NASA
Greg Davis
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (retired)
Luisella Giulicchi
European Space Agency
Sivaram Gogineni
Spectral Energies, LLC
Fred Hadaegh
California Institute of Technology
Wesley Harris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shreyas Hegde
Pratt & Whitney
Jeff Jepson
RTX
Anand Kartha
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Ramuhalli Krishna
Lockheed Martin (retired)
Savas Mavridis
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
Dimitri Mavris
Georgia Institute of Technology
Benjamin Mottinger
Lockheed Martin Space
GEN Ellen Pawlikowski
U.S. Air Force (retired)
David Riley
R & R Innovators
Eric J. Ruggiero
GE Aerospace
Merri Sanchez
The Aerospace Corporation
Marcia Smith
Space and Technology Policy Group
Sonya Smith
Howard University
Paul Taylor
Gulfstream Aerospace (retired)
Terri Tramel
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (retired)
Marilee Wheaton
The Aerospace Corporation
