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  • Nine AIAA Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering Nine AIAA Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    12 February 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] February 12, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) congratulates the newly elected members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE), nine of whom are AIAA members or award winners. “These newly elected NAE members are already well known to AIAA for

  • Jerry Grey, Aerospace America’s Founding Publisher, Dies at 93 Jerry Grey, Aerospace America’s Founding Publisher, Dies at 93

    10 February 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] February 10, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) mourns the passing of Jerry Grey, an AIAA Honorary Fellow and founding publisher of Aerospace America, the Institute’s flagship publication. Grey died on 4 February 2020 from complications of pneumonia at age 93.

  • AIAA Announces 2020 Sustained Service Award Winners AIAA Announces 2020 Sustained Service Award Winners

    6 February 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] February 6, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Sustained Service Awards. “AIAA’s volunteers are the aerospace community’s greatest resource,” said Dan Dumbacher, AIAA executive director. “They lead by example, using their talent

  • AIAA Announces Its Class of 2020 Fellows and Honorary Fellows AIAA Announces Its Class of 2020 Fellows and Honorary Fellows

    3 February 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] Three Honorary Fellows and 29 Fellows Selected February 3, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected its Class of 2020 AIAA Fellows and Honorary Fellows. The induction ceremony for the new Fellows and Honorary Fellows will take place on 19

  • AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala to Confer Top Honors AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala to Confer Top Honors

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] Black-Tie Event Honors Aerospace’s Best and Brightest February 3, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has announced the 2020 recipients of its most prestigious awards. Presentation of these premier awards and recognition of the Institute’s newly elected Fellows and Honorary Fellows

  • AIAA Announces New Division Chiefs AIAA Announces New Division Chiefs

    24 January 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] January 24, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the election of two new division chiefs. Daniel T. Jensen, Rolls-Royce Corporation, was elected by the regional directors to become chief of the Regional Engagement Activities Division (READ). Jeffrey W.

  • AIAA Announces 2020 International Student Conference Winners AIAA Announces 2020 International Student Conference Winners

    23 January 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] January 23, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2020 International Student Conference winners. AIAA, in partnership with Lockheed Martin Corporation, sponsors the International Student Conference at AIAA SciTech Forum each year for student members at both

  • AIAA and Blue Origin Partner  to Launch Experiments Designed by High School Students into Space AIAA and Blue Origin Partner to Launch Experiments Designed by High School Students into Space

    9 January 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] January 9, 2020 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Blue Origin have partnered to create Design/Build/Launch (DBL), a new competition designed to launch experimental payloads to study the effects of short-duration microgravity. AIAA and Blue Origin invite high school students to

  • AIAA Statement on Explosion at Beechcraft Manufacturing Facility in Kansas AIAA Statement on Explosion at Beechcraft Manufacturing Facility in Kansas

    30 December 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] December 30, 2019 – Reston, Va. – Along with the rest of the aerospace community, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) wishes a speedy recovery to the more than a dozen workers injured on 27 December when a nitrogen line ruptured at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing

  • AIAA Statement on FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act AIAA Statement on FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act

    20 December 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] AIAA Executive Director Applauds the Renewed Focus on National Security Space December 20, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) applauds the passage of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act. Among other things, the $738 billion policy bill establishes a U.S. Space

  • AIAA Welcomes Passage of FY2020 Appropriations Package AIAA Welcomes Passage of FY2020 Appropriations Package

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] Executive Director Praises Funding Levels for Aerospace Programs and Reauthorization of the EXIM Bank, Calls on Congress to Return to Regular Order December 20, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) applauds the passage of the $1.4 trillion appropriations package for Fiscal

  • AIAA Region VII Student Paper Conference Winners Announced AIAA Region VII Student Paper Conference Winners Announced

    17 December 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] December 17, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has announced the winners of the AIAA Region VII Student Paper Conference, which was held in Australia this month. “For many undergraduates, an AIAA student conference is the first time they’ve had their research

  • AIAA-sponsored High School Students’ Experiment Launched to Space by Blue Origin New Shepherd Rocket AIAA-sponsored High School Students’ Experiment Launched to Space by Blue Origin New Shepherd Rocket

    11 December 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] December 11, 2019 – Reston, Va. – Three high school students from the Seattle area will experience what most people only dream of—to have their experiment launched into space Wednesday at 12:55 p.m. EST as part of the Blue Origin New Shepherd payload. The American Institute of Aeronautics and

  • Call for Content Issued for AIAA’s New Space Conference ASCEND Call for Content Issued for AIAA’s New Space Conference ASCEND

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] December 11, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has issued a Call for Content for ASCEND, a new outcomes-focused, transdisciplinary conference dedicated to the space economy. ASCEND, happening 16–18 November 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, will focus on three macro themes:

  • Distinguished Lecturers to Speak at the 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum Distinguished Lecturers to Speak at the 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum

    5 December 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] December 5, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the following lectures will be presented during the AIAA SciTech Forum, held 6–10 January 2020 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida. “The hallmark of the AIAA SciTech Forum

  • AIAA Announces Winners of Prestigious Zarem Graduate Student Awards in Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA Announces Winners of Prestigious Zarem Graduate Student Awards in Aeronautics and Astronautics

    12 November 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brian Talbot 703.980.4132 [email protected] Recent Graduates, Student from Georgia Tech and Purdue University September 18, 2020 – Reston, Va. – AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of the Zarem Graduate Student Awards for Distinguished Achievement. Nathan Crane, who graduated in 2020 with his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute

  • AIAA Mourns the Passing of Donald W. Richardson AIAA Mourns the Passing of Donald W. Richardson

    31 October 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] October 31, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) mourns the passing of AIAA Honorary Fellow and past AIAA President Donald W. Richardson on 24 October 2019. Born on 17 March 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Richardson fell in love with flying

  • ASCEND Conference, Scheduled for 16-18 November 2020,  Designed to Accelerate Building of Our Off-World Future ASCEND Conference, Scheduled for 16-18 November 2020, Designed to Accelerate Building of Our Off-World Future

    22 October 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Melissa Power, Interprose Public Relations 401.454.1314 [email protected] IAC, Washington, D.C., 22 October 2019—ASCEND (“Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery”) officially launched today. Powered by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the 16–18 November 2020 event in Las Vegas is designed to be the world’s first outcomes-focused, transdisciplinary conference designed

  • AIAA Announces Class of 2020 Associate Fellows AIAA Announces Class of 2020 Associate Fellows

    1 October 2019

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald; 703.264.7542 [email protected] October 1, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its Class of 2020 Associate Fellows. AIAA will formally honor and induct the class at its AIAA Associate Fellows Induction Ceremony on Monday, 6 January 2020, at the Hyatt

  • AIAA to Host Techstars Startup Weekend D.C., Space AIAA to Host Techstars Startup Weekend D.C., Space

    19 September 2019

    CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] September 19, 2019 – Reston, Va. – To encourage entrepreneurial activity and promote space commerce, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is hosting the Techstars Startup Weekend D.C., Space, 22–24 October. The event is co-located with the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2019), held from 21–25 October at the Walter