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2025 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research Awarded to Tim C. Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Lecture Set for 7 January During 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum

November 18, 2024 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2025 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research is awarded to Tim C. Lieuwen, Regents’ Professor, David S. Lewis Jr. Chair, and Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Lieuwen will deliver his lecture, “Future Research Directions in Aero Propulsion and Clean Energy Systems,” Tuesday, 7 January, 4 p.m. ET, during the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida.

2025 AIAA SciTech Forum registration is available now. Journalists can request a Press Pass here.

Lieuwen is a Regents’ Professor and the interim Executive Vice President for Research at Georgia Tech, where he provides overall leadership for its research, economic development, compliance, and commercialization units. He is also founder and CTO of TurbineLogic, an energy industry analytics firm. He is an international authority on clean energy and propulsion, and his work has contributed to numerous commercialized innovations in the energy and aerospace sectors. He has authored four books and over 500 other publications. Lieuwen serves on boards of three DOE national labs and EPRI, and is a DOE Secretary appointee to the National Petroleum Counsel. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Future aero propulsion and clean energy systems will be profoundly influenced by broader societal drivers associated with decarbonization, national security, and resilience. Lieuwen’s lecture will address these societal drivers and the underlying RD&D needs, such as system efficiencies, operational flexibility, emissions and environmental impacts, and fuel flexibility. As case studies, the lecture will highlight fundamental problems in combustion and fluid mechanics that flow out of these drivers. Many of these issues drive from the fact that combustion occurs in a high shear flow with strong density gradients, leading to important flow instabilities that often dominate fluid mixing, flame stability, interactions with acoustic waves, and system operability. Indeed, it is fair to say that understanding and controlling these interactions will be one of the key enablers – or stumbling blocks – behind realization of low carbon thermal energy systems, and next generation aircraft and rocket engines. Moreover, the dynamics and stability of reacting flows introduce fascinating physiochemical behaviors, which are fundamentally interesting in their own right. This lecture will span from fundamentals to current applications and unsolved problems at the intersection of combustion, fluid mechanics, and flow stability, and will be of interest to industry, researchers, and students.

The Dryden Lectureship in Research is one of the most prestigious lectureships bestowed by the Institute. Since the inaugural lecture in 1961, it has been a catalyst for sharing research advancements and knowledge. This premier lecture is named in honor of Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, a renowned aerospace leader and a director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, as well as the first deputy administrator of NASA when the agency was created in 1958. The award emphasizes the importance of basic research in advancing aeronautics and astronautics. For more information about the AIAA Honors and Awards program, contact Patricia A. Carr at [email protected].

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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 aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on X/Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

AIAA Announces 2022–2023 University Student Design Competitions Winners

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September 21, 2023 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022–2023 Design Competitions. AIAA Design Competitions give undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to respond to requests for proposals outlining a design problem that requires specialized technical solutions. Several of the competitions allow students to perform theoretical work and gain real-world insight into the design process.

“Design competitions help students solve real-life problems and prepare them to make an impact in the aerospace community. These young people receive valuable feedback from technical experts who serve as volunteers on AIAA technical committees,” said AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher. “Everyone who participates in these competitions is shaping the future of aerospace.”

Five competitions were held in the following categories:

Aircraft: Undergraduate Individual, Undergraduate Team, Graduate Team
Space:    Undergraduate Team
Engine:  Undergraduate Team

The 2022–2023 AIAA Design Competitions winners are:

Undergraduate Individual Aircraft Design

    • First Prize: Daniel Pacheco, University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas), for his design, “Design and Analysis of Little Goose.” Dr. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, faculty advisor.

 

    • Second Prize: David Sztajnbok, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California), for his design, “AirSChooner-105 P/C.” Dr. Geoffrey Spedding, faculty advisor.

 

  • Third Prize: Riley Schwartzhoff, University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas), for his design, “The Frog Hopper.” Dr. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, faculty advisor.

Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design

    • First Prize: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), for their design, “Hybrid-electric Regional Turboprop – Team Jackalope.” Stephanie Dutra, Sarah Erne, Krishna Modi, Evher Benjamin Aponte, Noor Ansari, Anish M. Joshi, and Hsien-Kuei Chang. Dr. Jason Merret, faculty advisor. Team name: Jackalope.

 

    • Second Prize: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia), for their design, “University of Virginia SkyKings Hybrid-Electric Turboprop Design.” James Caputo, Ryan Keller, Ryan Grant, Darius Espinoza, Jannik Grabner, Alex Wang, Kangyi Park, Eun Park, and Alexander Poley. Dr. Jesse Quinlan, faculty advisor. Team name: SkyKings.

 

  • Third Prize: University of California – Davis (Davis, California), for their design, “Regional Hybrid-Electric Turboprop.” Ryan Chen, Ethan Brown, Loe Yer Yang, Bryan Tiang, and Jackie The. Christina Harvey, faculty advisor. Team name: EcoProp.

Graduate Team Aircraft Design

    • First Prize: Université de Liège (Liège, Belgium), for their design, “RADAR Disaster Response Search and Identification Attritable Air Vehicle.” Alexandre Spits, Sven Michiels, Deogracias Mulamba, Robin Tamburrini, Emrah Altin, Oumar Sow, Nabil Bouyakhrichan, and Wildy Mervil. Dr. Ludovic Noels and Dr. Dimitriadis Grigorios, faculty advisors. Team name: Team Omega.

 

    • Second Prize: Université de Liège (Liège, Belgium), for their design, “BeLI.” Lucas Batlle Mari, Louis Page, Thibaut Dupont, Mathieu Van houte, Jonas Gerard, Justin Pesesse, Lucas Viseur, and Cem Biz. Dr. Ludovic Noels and Dr. Dimitriadis Grigorios, faculty advisors. Team name: BeLIvers.

 

  • Third Prize: Université de Liège (Liège, Belgium), for their design, “The Drop.” Charles Jacquet, Benoit Laurent, Lucie Linotte, Florian Muller, Mathias Brach, Leonore Colson, Colette Remacle, Eric Pavel Azangue Dongmo, and Cedric Seret. Dr. Ludovic Noels and Dr. Dimitriadis Grigorios, faculty advisors. Team name: Team The Drop.

Undergraduate Team Space Design

    • First Prize: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia), for their design, “Transit, Rendezvous, & Taxi Launcher.” Jurist Chan, Trey Farmer, Lonnie Webb, Reid Fly, Pessi Laensirinne, Sparsh Desai, Elle Smith, Aaron Hammond, and George Blackwell. Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo, faculty advisor. Team name: Transport and Retrieval with Two Landers (TRTL).

 

    • Second Prize: California State Polytechnic University – Pomona (Pomona, California), for their design, “Maverick.” Basil Aranda, Amanda Ewing, Tyrone Collins, Fateme Tahmak, Edgar Romero, Ashley Anderson, Cesar Villa, and Daniella Dorantes. Dr. Navid Nakhjiri, faculty advisor. Team name: Space Pirates.

 

  • Third Prize: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia), for their design, “Mars Twin Lander Descent and Ascent System.” Rebekah Geil, Kendall Seefried, Claire Keller, Landon Jarrel, Tabitha D’Amato, Jonathan Lin, Satvik Kumar, Michael Keraga, Lachlan Holliday, and Braden Kerstin.  Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo, faculty advisor. Team name: Project Cupid.

Undergraduate Team Engine Design

    • First Place: Turkish Naval Academy (Istanbul, Türkiye), for their design, “A New Hybrid Propulsion System Design for the NASA STARC-ABL Plane.” Burak Üzülmez (Team Captain), Mehmet Demir, Mehmet Adnan Karagöz, and Göktuğ Karaca. Doğuş Özkan, faculty advisor. Team name: The Century.

 

    • Second Place: Milwaukee School of Engineering (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), for their design, “Dream Stream Propulsion System.” Devon Lallensack, Izaiah Dietrich, Michael Gavin, and Cade Beekman. Mia Mattingly, Prabhakar Venkateswaran, faculty advisor. Team name: Team Dream Stream.

 

  • Third Place: Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur (Kharagpur, India), for their design, “Vidyut.” Surendra Kolhe, Jay Anantwar, Abhishek Agrawal, Aditya Bharade, and Harsh Raj. Chetankumar Sureshbhai Mistry, faculty advisor; Goutam Mandal, project advisor. Team name: Come Fly With Me.

Media Contact: Rebecca Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270 cell

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 aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

AIAA Announces 2024 Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition Winners

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April 22, 2024 – Wichita, Kan. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced the winners of the 28th Annual AIAA DBF Competition:

  • 1st Place ($3,000): Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
  • 2nd Place ($2,000): Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 3rd Place ($1,500): University of Washington, Seattle
  • Best Design Report ($100): University of Southern California

This year marks the largest-ever flyoff participation, with more than 1,000 students on 93 university teams attending onsite. The flyoff was hosted by AIAA Corporate Member Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kan. Teams from 12 countries, including 32 US states participated in the full DBF Competition, including submitting design reports and attending the flyoff.

This year’s flight objective was to design, build, and test a remotely operated radio control airplane for Urban Air Mobility. The airplane must be able to conduct a delivery flight, a medical transport flight, and an urban taxi flight. Teams also conducted a ground mission demonstrating how quickly they can change their aircraft configuration from delivery to medical transport to urban air taxi.

“Design/Build/Fly is a highlight of the year,” said AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher. “Aerospace teaches us to adapt to the unexpected. It’s a great lesson for students as they prepare to enter this vibrant and meaningful field. The lessons learned and connections made here will be the foundation for their future careers. Congratulations to the winning teams and all the teams that made it here to the DBF flyoff!”

Russ Althof, director of the DBF Organizing Committee, said, “We owe our thanks for the success of the DBF Competition to the efforts of many volunteers from Textron Aviation, Raytheon, and the AIAA sponsoring Technical Committees: Applied Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design, Flight Test, and Design Engineering. These volunteers collectively set the rules for the contest, publicize the event, gather entries, judge the written proposals and reports, and execute the flyoff.

The 2025 AIAA DBF Competition will be held in April 2025 hosted in Tucson, Ariz., by Raytheon.

Media contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270

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 aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram.