Board of Award

2025 Officers

Chair: Sivaram Gogineni, SAE
Vice Chair: George Kardomateas, ASME
Executive Secretary: Patricia A. Carr, AIAA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Society Lead:
John D Anderson Jr
University of Maryland/Smithsonian
(2008-2027/5th term)

David Maroney
The MITRE Corporation
(2024-2027/1^st term)

Lisa Porter
LogiQ, Inc.
(2022-2026/1^st term)

Helen L. Reed, PE
Texas A&M University (retired
(2022-2026/1^st term)

Rich Wahls
NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
(2024-2027/1^st term)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Society Lead:
Ozden Ochoa
Texas A&M University
(2019-2025/2nd term)

Mohammad Elahinia
University of Toledo
(2017-2025/2nd term)

George Kardomateas
Georgia Institute of Technology
(2016-2027/3rd term)

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

Wenbin Yu
Purdue University
(2024-2027/1^st term)

SAE International

Society Lead:
Sivaram P. Gogineni
Spectral Energies LLC
(2019-2025/5th term)

Pascal Joly
Airbus Americas
(2019-2025/2nd term)

Kevin Disotell
Ohio State University
(2021-2025/1st term)

Kioumars Najmabadi
The Boeing Company
(2016-2027/4^th term)

Todd Zarfos
The Boeing Company
(2019-2025/3rd term)

The Vertical Flight Society

Society Lead:
Peretz Friedmann
University of Michigan
(2019-2025/6th term)

Carlos Cesnik
University of Michigan
(2018-2025/2nd term)

Susan Gorton
NASA (retired)
(2024-2027/1^st term)

Rajneesh Singh
US Army
(2022-2025/1^st term)

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

AT-LARGE MEMBER (One Year Term: 1 July, 2024 – 30 June, 2025)

Kenneth M. Rosen, Sikorsky (retired)

All past Award Recipients are considered Lifetime Members of the Board.