Board of Award
2024 Officers
Chair: Carlos Cesnik, VFS
Vice Chair: Sivaram Gogineni, SAE
Executive Secretary: Patricia A. Carr, AIAA
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Society 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
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
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
Society 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.
All Award Recipients are considered Lifetime Members of the Board.