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Early- and mid-career engineers looking for a career boost might want to look beyond everyday problem-solving and consider becoming a technical fellow. Four Senior Technical Fellows at Lockheed Martin — experts in artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, propulsion, and directed energy — who collectively support a technical community of nearly 17,000 professionals, discussed what it takes to become a Technical Fellow during a Hub session at AIAA AVIATION Forum and ASCEND in July.
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AIAA Announces Faculty Advisor Award Recipients
November 7, 2025 – AIAA has announced six recipients of the Faculty Advisor Award, which recognizes faculty advisors at chartered AIAA Student Branches who have made outstanding contributions to their branch and to local, regional, and national activities.
“Faculty advisors are the backbone of our student branches. These six remarkable individuals don’t just advise—they mentor, advocate, and connect students to the university, AIAA, and our broader aerospace community,” said AIAA CEO Clay Mowry. “Their passion is igniting the next generation. They are propelling students beyond the lecture halls and labs to achieve the breakthroughs that will shape the future of aerospace.”
- Mohammad Ayoubi, Santa Clara University
- Danilo de Camargo Branco, Florida Institute of Technology
- Wout De Backer, University of South Carolina
- Michael Denn, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
- Mostafa Hassanalian, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- Arif Malik, University of Texas at Dallas
The individuals will be recognized at an awards recognition event during AIAA SciTech Forum 2026 in Orlando, Florida, on 12 January. They also will be recognized locally by their AIAA professional sections.
AIAA has 263 student branches, with a total active membership of over 9,000 students worldwide. Student branches foster opportunities for collaboration and serve as a club for engineering students on campus. The faculty advisor plays a critical role in sustaining student branches and encouraging their growth and success.
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About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org, and follow AIAA on LinkedIn, Instagram, X/Twitter, and Facebook.
2025 AIAA Best Professional and Student Papers
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AIAA technical committees (TCs) and integration and outreach committees (IOCs) have selected the best professional and student technical papers presented at recent AIAA forums. With a standard award criteria and selection process from the respective committees, the following technical papers were selected as the “best,” and thereby were presented with a Certificate of Merit. The papers can be found online at the AIAA Aerospace Research Central (arc.aiaa.org), marked as “Best Paper.”
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AI Shifts the Paradigm of Aerospace Structural Modeling
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can and should be a practical partner in changing the way aerospace structural modeling is accomplished, remarked Wenbin Yu. While physics-based models remain essential, AI can accelerate computation, fill knowledge gaps, integrate workflows, and make advanced simulation tools accessible to more engineers, he added, describing this new paradigm in detail during an AIAA JournalKeynote Seminar Series webinar.
ISS Above and Beyond – 4K Earth Views
Toronto Metropolitan University Student Branch: Building a Professional Community
Washington 101 for the Next Generation of Aerospace Innovators
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As commercial spaceflight expands and small satellites reshape the space economy, one reality remains unchanged: policy discussed in Washington, DC, matters. This was AIAA’s Director of Public Policy & Government Relations Ryan Cooperman’s core message at the SmallSat Education Conference at NASA Kennedy Space Center, where he joined over 700 students and educators passionate about space. He offered a crash course on the U.S. legislative process in which he discussed how policy is made, who shapes it, and why it matters to the future of aerospace.
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Golden Dome and Missile Readiness
AIAA and Cassyni Expand Seminar Programme Across Journals and Books
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The partnership will build on the success of the AIAA Journal Seminars, to engage the global aerospace community with AI-enhanced video
RESTON, VA & LONDON — 27 October 2025 — AIAA and Cassyni are expanding their collaboration to scale AI-enhanced seminars across AIAA journals and the AIAA book series. The programme brings researchers and practitioners together around trusted AIAA content, with on-demand, citable video that is integrated into the scholarly ecosystem.
The expansion builds on the AIAA Journal (AIAAJ) Seminars—editorially curated talks featuring leaders from academia and industry. The series presents high-quality seminars spanning aeronautics and astronautics, with two tracks: one linked to published journal articles and another on emerging, potentially disruptive topics that inspire the next generation and surface research still to be done.
AIAAJ has already seen the “Cassyni Effect”: seminar engagement converting into new submissions and published articles from attendees—outcomes echoed across Cassyni partners where seminars lift downloads, citations, and submission intent.
As part of the expansion, additional AIAA journals and the AIAAJ book series will introduce author and community seminars. Every recording will be published on Cassyni with a DOI and AI-enhanced discovery features, boosting visibility and promoting year-round community engagement between AIAA conferences.
As part of the expansion, seminars will be integrated into AIAA’s editorial workflows to automate author invitations and publishing, enabling efficient roll-out across titles.
Ben Kaube, Co-founder, Cassyni, said: “By pairing AIAA’s trusted content with Cassyni’s AI-enhanced seminars—and integrating the process into editorial systems—we turn passive discovery into active participation and measurable impact.”
Michele Dominiak, Senior Vice President, Publishing and Education, AIAA, said: “This expansion gives our global community more ways to connect with AIAA content and each other—accelerating discovery, elevating author voices, and strengthening the pipeline of new, high-quality submissions.”
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About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org, and follow AIAA on LinkedIn, Instagram, X/Twitter, and Facebook.
The MITRE Corporation Shows Its Might in Aviation Development
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Federally funded R&D Research Centers, or FFRDCs, supply federal agencies with objective data, engineering expertise, and systems-level solutions without competing commercially. MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) provides advice and technical expertise to improve the safety, security, and efficiency of the National Airspace System.
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