Christopher Pestak, AIAA Fellow and Region IIIl Deputy Director of Education, provides useful advice and guidance for engineering students and professionals who are just beginning their career journey. He provides insights from his 39-year career as an engineer, group leader, project manager, program manager, and corporate executive. His lecture is best described as helpful, no-nonsense, and fun.
Session Category: AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
An AIAA Journey: From ASM 30 (1992) to the 2030 Goals
In 1991, Dr. Joe Casper of United Technologies Research Center called me to ask if Intelligent Light had any collaboration with an aerospace organization called “AIAA.” UTRC was a customer of our 3DV animation and rendering products and through their visualization visionary, David Edwards, were sponsoring the development of FieldView. So, when Joe said, “they are having exhibits at the Reno meeting for the first time, and you should be there,” we jumped! Thus began our association with AIAA. Looking ahead, despite many advances, we’ll need to break free of legacy processes if we are to exceed NASA’s 2030 goals.
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Luncheon in Exposition Hall
Rising Leaders Lunch Panel
A lively panel discussion on breaking the stigma around employment in start-ups for young people and how start-up culture can drive change in industry. Boxed lunches available for the first 120 attendees.
Training & Collaboration for the Future
Looking for ways to prepare, train, and better inform students and new professionals entering the space industry? Come learn about the online classes developed by GoSats on CubeSats, SmallSats, and the aerospace industry. We’ll be discussing best practices as well as sharing insight on the collaborative environment we are building to further develop skills and knowledge-sharing opportunities in the space community.
In-Person Applied Aerodynamics Award Lecture
In-Person Applied Aerodynamics Award Lecture
Forum 360: Idea Challenge: Harvesting Emerging, Adjacent Technologies to Benefit Aerospace Technologies
Now in its third year, the AIAA Idea Challenge at AIAA SciTech Forum provides young professionals with the opportunity to develop a pitch for an idea or product that fits under the umbrella of “Harvesting adjacent industry technologies to support aerospace sustainability.” Teams comprising a mix of industry, government, and academic members will present their pitches during this session. Audience members can ask questions, evaluate the pitches, and choose the winning team.
Team Lorax
Ian Neunzig, Simplexity
Chloe Long, University of Colorado Boulder
Jaevyn Faulk, Ball Aerospace
Team Reframe, Renovate, Renew
Miriam Rosenshein, Ball Aerospace
Vickie Truong, Northrop Grumman
Christopher Kitson, nou Systems
Team Debris Busters
Kathy Vega, Ball Aerospace
Daniel Zeleznikar, NASA Glenn Research Center
Byron Frenkiel, University of Colorado Boulder
Team CopyCat
Eric Leeker, Ball Aerospace
Jessica Cashman, NASA Glenn Research Center
Team Chimney Sweeps
Troy Cole, Ball Aerospace
Jennifer Bergeson, NASA Glenn Research Center
Spencer Dansereau, University of Colorado Boulder
Forum 360: Operational Sustainability in Increasingly Congested and Heterogeneous Airspace
How do we improve the operation of the National Airspace System while integrating multiple modes of transportation (e.g., subsonic, supersonic, hypersonic, air taxis, UAVs, etc.)? Subject matter experts will discuss the tools and policies needed for effective and sustainable NextGen air traffic management.
Forum 360: Sustainability Through Innovation Diversification
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Leveraging solutions from adjacent industries can lead to productivity and economic sustainability. Hear from experts on how they’ve pursued collaboration among industries to solve problems.
Virtual Technical Lecture: Offshore Wind Turbine Technology and the Challenges of Innovation
WE-03: Wind Energy Lecture
The focus of this lecture where offshore wind is, and where it’s headed, as well as the challenges of innovating new technologies such as airborne wind.