Board of Award

2024 Officers

Chair: Carlos Cesnik, VFS
Vice Chair: Sivaram Gogineni, SAE
Executive Secretary: Patricia A. Carr, AIAA

 Rules of Award

 

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    AIAA-logoSociety Lead: Louis Povinelli 
    NASA Glenn Research Center (retired)
    (2019-2024/4th term)

    John D Anderson Jr 
    University of Maryland/Smithsonian
    (2008-2023/4th term)

    Basil Hassan 
    Sandia National Laboratories
    (2019-2022/1st term)

    Ellen Pawlikowski 
    U.S. Air Force (retired)
    (2020-2023/1st term)

    Mary Snitch 
    Lockheed Martin Corporation
    (2019-2022/1st term)

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    ASME-logo-300
    Society Lead: Ozden Ochoa 
    Texas A&M University
    (2019-2024/2nd term)

    Mohammad Elahinia 
    University of Toledo
    (2017-2024/2nd term)

    George Kardomateas 
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    (2016-2022/2nd term)

    Zoubeida Ounaies 
    The Pennsylvania State University
    (2019-2022/1st term)

    Erdogan Madenci 
    University of Arizona
    (2018-2024/2nd term)


  • SAE International
    SAE-International-logo-300
    Society Lead: Sivaram P. Gogineni 
    Spectral Energies LLC
    (2019-2024/5th term)

    Pascal Joly 
    Airbus Americas
    (2019-2024/2nd term)

    Kevin Disotell 
    Ohio State University
    (2021-2024/1st term)

    Kioumars Najmabadi 
    The Boeing Company
    (2016-2022/3rd term)

    Todd Zarfos 
    The Boeing Company
    (2019-2024/3rd term)


  • The Vertical Flight Society
    VFS-logo-300Society Lead: Peretz Friedmann
    University of Michigan
    (2019-2024/6th term)

    Carlos Cesnik 
    University of Michigan
    (2018-2024/2nd term)

    Philip Dunford 
    The Boeing Company (retired)
    (2019-2022/1st term)

    Roger Strawn 
    NASA Ames Research Center
    (2016-2022/2nd term)

    William Welsh 
    Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company
    (2016-2022/2nd term)


AT-LARGE MEMBER (One Year Term: 1 October to 30 September): Kenneth M. Rosen

All Award Recipients are considered Lifetime Members of the Board.