AIAA is pleased to welcome the following six new corporate members:Aerion Technologies Palo Alto, CA Twitter: Aerion_Tech COMAC America Newport Beach, CA https://twitter.com/COMAC_USCareers FADEA SA Cordoba, Argentina https://twitter.com/FAdeASA Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) (Bill Vantine) Albuquerque, NM https://twitter.com/LATAJobs Tecplot Bellevue, WA https://twitter.com/Tecplot UAE Space Agency Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates https://twitter.com/uaespaceagency More Info (AIAA Corporate

AIAA is seeking an outstanding candidate with an international reputation to assume the responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Air Transportation, which was originally published by the Air Traffic Control Association as Air Traffic Control Quarterly.Journal operations are transitioning to AIAA in 2016 with Vol. 24, No. 1, and a permanent editor is being

AIAA Profiles Kristen Gerzina By Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008–2017) 14 January 2016 January finds the Spotlight seeking colder temperatures than here at AIAA Headquarters, so it’s pointed its beam west yet again, illuminating the state of Minnesota, and falling on Kristen Gerzina, an aeroballistician at Orbital ATK, and chair of the AIAA Twin Cities Section.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Joseph Powers Succeeds Douglas Talley as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Propulsion and PowerJanuary 13, 2016 – Reston, Va. – Joseph M. Powers, an AIAA Associate Fellow, and professor and associate chair of the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, with a concurrent appointment to the Department of

Speaker: Treggon Owens, founding partner and CEO, Aerial MOB by Lawrence Garrett, AIAA Web Editor Unmanned aerial systems – drones – soon will transform the aerospace industry and the world, and will one day be everywhere, predicted Treggon Owens, founding partner and CEO of Aerial MOB, an unmanned aerial services company. While Aerial MOB is best known

Awards Recognized Technical Achievements, Outstanding Educators, and Literary Excellence Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recognized technical achievements and literary excellence at the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2016 (AIAA SciTech 2016), January 4–8, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California. The following individuals received awards for

Panelists: Moderator: John Tracy, chief technologist, The Boeing Company; Morteza Gharib, California Institute of Technology; Dana “Keoki” Jackson, chief technology officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sandy Magnus, AIAA executive director; Darryll Pines, Dean, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland College Park; Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator, aeronautics research mission directorate, NASA; Steve Walker, deputy director, Defense

Panelists: Moderator Meredith Drosback, assistant director for education and physical sciences, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; Edward J. Coyle, John B. Peatman distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kirsten Fogg, STEM engagement lead, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center; Kurt Long, aerospace engineer, Experimental Aero-Physics

Panelists: Greg Arend, development leader, Additive Manufacturing, United Launch Alliance; Robert Yancey, vice president, Aerospace and Composites, Altai Engineering Inc.; Franck Mouriaux, general manager, RUAG Schweiz Structures, AG, RUAG Space; Chauncey Wu, Structural Mechanics and Concepts Branch, NASA’s Langley Research Center; Jason Dunn, chief technology officer and co-founder, Made In Space Inc. by Hannah Godofsky, AIAA

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert H. Liebeck, Boeing Senior Technical Fellow, AIAA Honorary Fellow, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. by Lawrence Garrett, AIAA Web Editor Robert H. Liebeck, senior technical fellow at Boeing, delivered the 2016 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research on the evening of Jan. 5 at the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and

Paenlists: Courtney Stadd, management advisor, Catalyst Partners LLC (moderator), Mark Albrecht, chairman of the board, US Space, LLC; Carissa Christensen, managing partner, The Tauri Group; Jacques Gansler, distinguished professor, University of Maryland; Daniel Goldin, chairman, president & CEO, Intellisis Corp.; and Timothy Persons, chief scientist, U.S. GAO. by Lawrence Garrett, AIAA Web Editor Panelists kicked off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] AIAA Applauds FY2016 Omnibus Spending BillBill Provides Increased Funding for Important Aerospace Programs December 18, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) applauds congressional passage of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016.” The $1.15 trillion spending bill provides funding for key

Jim Albaugh to address “The Future of AIAA: Why Governance Matters to You” at AIAA SciTech 2016 On Monday, 4 January, at 1730 hrs PST at AIAA SciTech 2016, Jim Albaugh will give a presentation and answer questions on the proposed changes to the Institute’s constitution recommended by the Governance Working Group and endorsed by

By Madhurita Sengupta, AIAA Program Manager (2015-2017) The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the premiere annual event of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and its partner organizations, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). The event brings together thousands of decision makers from across all sectors of the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Anthony Waas Wins 2016 AIAA Structures,Structural Dynamics, and Materials AwardHonored for Pioneering Contributions in the Development of Methods for Progressive Damage Analysis of Materials and Structures November 24, 2015 – Reston, Va. – Anthony Waas, an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow, Boeing-Egtvedt Chair, professor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] AIAA Science and Technology Forum to be Held in San Diego, California, January 4 – 8, 2016 Event to Focus on Science and Technology Policy, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and the Intersection of Design and Aerospace InnovationNovember 18, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Awards To Be Presented at AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition Awards Recognize Technical Achievements, Outstanding Educators, and Literary ExcellenceNovember 13, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will recognize technical achievements and literary excellence during the AIAA Science and

By Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008-2017) Carsten Spooner, an apprentice at the Daimler Training School, Stuttgart, Germany, has won the 2015 Joseph Freitag Sr. Award, co-presented by Daimler and the AIAA Foundation. The school’s faculty selected Spooner for the award based on his academic achievements, which included graduating from the program a year early, and

Thank You for Your Input Recently you were invited to participate in an electronic survey to share your insights and opinion about AIAA’s magazine, Aerospace America. This is part of a major effort to better meet the needs of the field and identify enhancements to the print and digital editions of the magazine. The survey

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] AIAA Congratulates Alan Mulally on Election to InternationalAir & Space Hall of Fame Will be Inducted at Ceremony on November 19 at San Diego Air & Space Museum October 16, 2015 – Reston, Va. – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Honorary Fellow and Past President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIAA John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] October 16, 2015 – Reston, Va. – Arthur Brown, a student at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation’s Undergraduate Individual Aircraft Design Competition. He will receive a prize of $500.00.Z This year’s competition asked contestants to

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Honored for Sustained Efforts to Enhance the Depth and Breadth of Learning in Aerospace Education October 7, 2015 – Reston, Va. – Narayanan Komerath, an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow, and professor of aerospace engineering in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Joshua Rovey to Receive 2016 Lawrence Sperry Award Honored for His Impact on the Field of Plasmadynamics and Space Propulsion October 6, 2015 – Reston, Va. – Joshua Rovey, an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Associate Fellow, and Associate Professor of aerospace engineering at Missouri

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIAA John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] September 29, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its 2014–2015 AIAA Foundation Undergraduate Team Engine Design Competition. The competition required teams to submit a design for an ultra-high bypass ratio turbofan engine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIAA John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] September 28, 2015– Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its 2014–2015 Graduate Team Aircraft Design Competition. “I congratulate the winners of this year’s AIAA Foundation Graduate Team Aircraft Design Competition. Competitions like this are a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] New Book Focuses on Birth of Soviet Union’s Air and Missile Defense Systems Details Technical and Policy Considerations that Drove Development of Systems September 21, 2015 – Reston, Va. – “Intercept 1961: The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense,” written by Mike Gruntman, an AIAA Associate Fellow, and

Aviation Week will hold a webinar on Wednesday, 16 September 2015, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, to review the results of their recent Workforce Study. The three leaders of the Aviation Week 2015 Workforce Study will review key data that should be of interest to employees, including jobs, pay, and which companies are doing a great

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] AIAA Foundation Announces Winners of its 2014–2015 Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design CompetitionSeptember 9, 2015 – Reston, Va. – August 26, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its 2014–2015 Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] AIAA Announces Class of 2016 Associate FellowsWill be Honored on 4 January 2016 in San Diego, California September 8, 2015– Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its Class of 2016 Associate Fellows. AIAA formally will honor and induct

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIAA John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Will Deliver October Address on “Student Design-Build-Fly Micro- and Nano-Satellites” August 27, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation is pleased to announce the results of its annual Undergraduate Team Space Transportation Design Competition. The 2014–2015 competition asked contestants to

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIAA John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] August 27, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation is pleased to announce the results of its annual Undergraduate Team Space Transportation Design Competition. The 2014–2015 competition asked contestants to design a reliable and reusable transport vehicle for space missions.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Ayodeji T. Bode-Oke Wins AIAA 2015 Zarem Award For Distinguished Achievement in AeronauticsWinner is from the University of Virginia August 20, 2015 – Reston, Va. –Ayodeji T. Bode-Oke from the University of Virginia (UVA), Charlottesville, Virginia, has won the 2015 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIAA John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Salutes the Aerospace Industry’s Drive to Push Boundaries and Tackle Seemingly Unsolvable Problems July 14, 2017 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) celebrated National Aviation Day today on Wednesday, 19 August, the anniversary of the birth of Orville Wright. This day

By Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008-2017) NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, recently inducted 15 AIAA members, eight Honorary Fellows and seven Fellows, into its newly established “Hall of Honor.” Created by NASA Langley and its alumni, the Hall’s inaugural class had nineteen members and “recognizes the center’s trailblazers in air and space flight,” according

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum to be Held in Pasadena, California Forum Will Explore Future of Space Exploration, Expansion of Commercial Space Efforts, Cybersecurity, and Human Settlement of Space August 10, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its

by Hannah Thoreson, AIAA Communications Pictured, left to right: Executive Director Sandy Magnus with Aviation Forum Twitter Contest winners Katelynn Orona, Ghassan Atmeh, and Roberto Palumbo. AIAA once again held contests on Twitter during this summer’s AIAA AVIATION 2015 and AIAA Propulsion & Energy 2015 forums. The goal of the contests was to spur engagement and activity related to

by Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008-2017) Tau Beta Pi has named three AIAA student members as Tau Beta Pi Scholars. Each student has received a cash award to help them with the costs of their senior year of undergraduate studies. Tau Beta Pi received 804 scholarship applications this year, and selected 258 applicants for awards.

AIAA is seeking an outstanding candidate with an international reputation to assume the responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Propulsion and Power. JPP  is devoted to the advancement of the science and technology of aerospace propulsion and power through the dissemination of original archival papers contributing to advancements in airbreathing, electric, and advanced propulsion;

Panelists: Moderator Barbara Esker, NASA ARMD; Elizabeth Bierman, Honeywell Aerospace; Amanda Billiot, Pratt & Whitney; Jim Free, NASA Glenn Research Center; Klod Kokini, Purdue University By Hannah Godofsky, AIAA Communications A panel of university and NASA aerospace experts at the Propulsion and Energy 2015 forum traded ideas about how to improve work-life balance across the U.S.

Panelists: Moderator Mark Lewis, Science and Technology Policy Institute; Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; Mike Hawes, Lockheed Martin Corp.; Carole Hedden, Aviation Week & Space Technology; Yvette Weber, U.S. Air Force/p> by Ben Iannotta, Editor-in-Chief, Aerospace America Data shows that the aerospace industry is having trouble keeping young technical talent, and panelists at the 2015 AIAA

Speaker: Micahel Tschanz, Walt Disney World® by Lawrence Garrett, AIAA Web Editor Engineers can be a great asset to creative storytelling, and model-based design and engineering are helping to reshape The Walt Disney Co. theme parks, said Michael Tschanz, director of technology and analysis with design and engineering at Walt Disney World, during “Developing Creative

Panelists: Moderator James Heidmann, NASA’s Glenn Research Center; Keith Blodgett, GE Aviation; Michael Mastaler, NASA; Richard “Dick” Scharnhost, Boeing Co.; Roy Shultz, Mira Facilities 2 Inc.; Paul Van Slooten, United Technologies Research Center By Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008-2017) Government and aerospace industry experts debated the merits of computational fluid dynamics modeling and experimental fluid dynamics

Speaker: Robert Cabana, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center By Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008-2017) Long considered the nerve center of the U.S. space program, the site of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has witnessed every manned mission the U.S. has started. With the end of the space-shuttle era in 2011, Kennedy faced

Panelists: Doug Garrand, Aerospace Testing Alliance; Michael Mastaler, NASA; Michael Holden, CUBRC; Michael McWithey, Lockheed Martin Corp.; David Schuster, NASA’s Langley Research Center; Roger Simpson, NASA’s Stennis Space Flight Center By Hannah Godofsky, AIAA Communications Wind tunnels have been a key part of the testing and validation process in aerospace for a long time. However, the

Panelists: Moderator Michael D. Griffin, Schafer Corp.; Frank Culbertson, Orbital ATK; Mike Hawes, Lockheed Martin Corp.; Lee Monson, retired from Boeing Co. by Ben Iannotta, Editor-in-Chief, Aerospace America Why are government satellites, rockets and aircraft so darn expensive? The answer can be boiled down to a single word: Fear — fear of test failures; fear of

Panelists: Moderator Graham Warwick, Aviation Week & Space Technology; Jean Boti, Airbus Group; Douglas Juul, Lockheed Martin Corp.; Mary Beth Koelbl, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Neil R. Garrigan, GE Aviation by Lawrence Garrett, AIAA Web Editor Whether with aircraft, space launch vehicles or missile systems platforms, the aerospace propulsion and energy sector is undergoing

Panelists: Moderator James G. Maser, Pratt & Whitney; Jean-Paul Ebanga, CFM International; Leslie J. Kovacs, United Launch Alliance; Richard “Ric” Parker, Rolls-Royce; Marc Vales, Airbus Safran Launchers; Bernard Zimmerman, Pratt & Whitney By Hannah Godofsky, AIAA Communications The global collaboration panel at the 2015 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, moderated by James G. Maser, vice president

Panelists: Moderator Rubén Del Rosario, NASA’s Glenn Research Center; Michael Armstrong, Rolls-Royce; Marty Bradley, Boeing Co.; Andrew Gibson, Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc.; Charles Lents, United Technologies Research Center; Johannes Stuhlberger, Airbus by Ben Iannotta, Editor-in-Chief, Aerospace America Creating an electric passenger plane capable of carrying more than 100 people will require persistence and an unprecedented cross-domain

Panelists: Moderator Mitchell Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jonny Dyer, Skybox Imaging; Mark Lewis, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Institute of Defense Analyses; Peter Lord, Space Systems Loral; Roger Myers, Aerojet Rocketdyne; Jeff Sheehy, NASA By Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008-2017) “Competition in the global space-propulsion market continues to increase as industry continues to invest in

Speaker: Christopher “Chris” Lorence, GE Aviation By Duane Hyland, AIAA Communications (2008-2017) Christopher “Chris” Lorence, general manager of engineering technologies with GE Aviation, kicked off the 2015 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum in Orlando, Florida, with a talk on the future of propulsion and energy systems. Lorence believes that eventually propulsion and energy systems on aircraft