AIAA to Recognize Excellence with Awards at the 2023 AIAA AVIATION Forum Written 15 May 2023

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May 15, 2023 – Reston, Va. – May 15, 2023 – Reston, Va.  –The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the winners of technical and management excellence awards to be presented during the 2023 AIAA AVIATION Forum, 12–16 June, San Diego. Registration is open for the worldwide aviation community to attend. Journalists who wish to cover the forum can request a Press Pass here.

“We are proud to recognize these accomplished individuals for their influence on aviation,” said Dan Dumbacher, AIAA executive director. “These visionaries and technological leaders inspire us as we benefit from their efforts working toward a safer, more connected, more accessible, and more prosperous world.”

2023 AIAA Aeroacoustics Award
Yueping Guo, NASA Langley Research Center

Award Citation: For significant contributions to understanding airframe noise and acoustic scattering and application in development of state-of-the-art, system-level prediction methods enabling innovative noise reduction.

The AIAA Aeroacoustics Award is presented for an outstanding technical or scientific achievement resulting from an individual’s contribution to the field of aircraft community noise reduction.

2023 AIAA Aerodynamics Award
Roy J. Hartfield Jr., Auburn University

Award Citation: For the development of fast and practical predictive approaches to the problem of aerodynamic analysis of air vehicles at both conceptual and preliminary design stages.

The AIAA Aerodynamics Award is presented for meritorious achievement in the field of applied aerodynamics, recognizing notable contributions in the development, application, and evaluation of aerodynamic concepts and methods.

2023 AIAA Aircraft Design Award
Adnan Raghdo, The Boeing Company

Award Citation: For leadership of the Boeing MQ-28A design team, a stealth, multirole, UAS, force multiplier aircraft capable of teaming with crewed aircraft and performing autonomous missions.

The AIAA Aircraft Design Award is presented to an individual or team for an original concept or career contributions leading to a significant advancement in aircraft design or design technology.

2023 AIAA Chanute Flight Test Award
Mark P. Stucky, Blue Origin

Award Citation: For being at the forefront of design, analysis, instruction, and flying in the military, NASA, and civilian flight test for over 40 years.

The AIAA Chanute Flight Test Award honors Octave Chanute, pioneer aeronautical investigator, and is presented for an outstanding contribution made by a pilot or test personnel to the advancement of the art, science, and technology of aeronautics.

2023 AIAA F.E. Newbold Award
Lars Blackmore, SpaceX

Award Citation: For vehicle-level design and the development of critical guidance and control technologies to achieve precision vertical landing of space rockets, and advance their viability through full reusability.

The F. E. Newbold V/STOL Award recognizes outstanding creative contributions to the advancement and realization of powered lift flight in one or more of the following areas: initiation, definition and/or management of key V/STOL programs; development of enabling technologies including critical methodology; program engineering and design; and/or other relevant related activities or combinations thereof that have advanced the science of powered lift flight.

2023 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Award
Kozo Fujii, Tokyo University of Science

Award Citation: For many pioneering contributions to robust and efficient computational algorithms and their application to solve major industrial challenges using leading-edge supercomputers.

The AIAA Fluid Dynamics Award is presented for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the behavior of liquids and gases in motion as related to need in aeronautics and astronautics.

2023 AIAA Ground Testing Award
Luca Maddalena, University of Texas at Arlington

Award Citation: For pioneering contributions in the development of arc-heated test facilities, advanced optical diagnostics, and data processing.

The AIAA Ground Testing Award is presented for outstanding achievement in the development or effective utilization of technology, procedures, facilities, or modeling techniques for flight simulation, space simulation, propulsion testing, aerodynamic testing, or other ground testing associated with aeronautics and astronautics.

2023 AIAA Hap Arnold Award for Excellence in Aeronautical Program Management
Parimal Kopardekar, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute

Award Citation: For excellence in developing a concept, initiating, and managing NASA UAS Traffic Management research as well as setting up a novel collaborative approach that resulted in a global impact for integrating new entrants into airspace systems.

The AIAA Hap Arnold Award for Excellence in Aeronautical Program Management was named in honor of General Henry “Hap” Arnold, a lifelong devotee to the concept of air power and Chief of the Army Corps in 1938. The award is presented to an individual for outstanding contributions in the management of a significant aeronautical or aeronautical-related program or project.

2023 AIAA Hypersonics Systems and Technologies Award
Joseph A. Schetz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Award Citation: For sustained contributions to hypersonics through graduate education of a large cadre of Ph.D. students and seminal research on high-speed aerodynamics, heat transfer, and propulsion.

The AIAA Hypersonics Systems and Technologies Award recognizes outstanding sustained contributions and achievements in enabling technologies and/or the integration of technologies for system applications in the advancement of hypersonic flight.

2023 AIAA Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award
Jeanne G. Mason, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (retired)

Award Citation: For exceptional service to aviation safety for aircraft icing by organizing and directing partnerships that invest in solutions to understand convective weather ice crystal phenomena.

In 1940, the AIAA Robert M. Losey Award was established in memory of Captain Robert M. Losey, a meteorological officer who was killed while serving as an observer for the U.S. Army, the first officer in the service of the United States to die in World War II. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the atmospheric sciences as applied to the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics.

2023 AIAA Thermophysics Award
Michael Wright, NASA Ames Research Center

Award Citation: For outstanding contributions to improving thermophysical models and simulation capabilities for high-enthalpy flows, and for leadership and dedication to NASA missions and the aerothermodynamic community.

The AIAA Thermophysics Award is presented for an outstanding singular or sustained technical or scientific contribution by an individual in thermophysics, specifically as related to the study and application of the properties and mechanisms involved in thermal energy transfer and the study of environmental effects on such properties and mechanisms.

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