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AIAA Announces Class of 2024 Honorary Fellows and Fellows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 8, 2024 – Reston, Va. –The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) proudly congratulates its newly elected Class of 2024 Honorary Fellows and Fellows. The class will be inducted during a ceremony on Tuesday, 14 May, in Washington, DC, and celebrated during the AIAA Awards Gala on Wednesday, 15 May, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts*, Washington, DC. AIAA Awards Gala tickets are available now.

“The Class of 2024 AIAA Honorary Fellows and Fellows are among the most respected names in the aerospace profession. Congratulations to each member of this year’s class for their many accomplishments,” said Laura McGill, AIAA President. “These distinguished individuals have earned the respect and admiration of our broad science and engineering community. We are in awe of their creativity and exceptional contributions to advance the performance and capability of aerospace systems.”

Honorary Fellow is AIAA’s highest distinction, recognizing preeminent individuals who have made significant contributions to the aerospace industry and who embody the highest possible standards in aeronautics and astronautics. In 1933, Orville Wright became the first AIAA Honorary Fellow. Today, 242 people have been named AIAA Honorary Fellow.

AIAA confers Fellow upon individuals in recognition of their notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics and astronautics. Nominees are AIAA Associate Fellows. Since the inception of this honor 2,064 persons have been elected as an AIAA Fellow.

“AIAA takes great pride in honoring the Class of 2024 Honorary Fellows and Fellows. These professionals have made significant and lasting contributions to the aerospace community. Their passion and dedication are inspiring the generations that follow to reach even greater heights,” added Dan Dumbacher, AIAA CEO.

2024 AIAA Honorary Fellows
Hitoshi Kuninaka, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
John S. Langford III, Electra.aero
Azad M. Madni, University of Southern California
Christopher Scolese, National Reconnaissance Office

2024 AIAA Fellows
Igor Adamovich, Ohio State University
Stephen Blanchette Jr., The Aerospace Corporation
Ruxandra M. Botez, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
Robert D. Cabana, NASA Headquarters (retired)
John R. Chawner, Pointwise (retired)
Charles J. Cross, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Misty Davies, NASA Ames Research Center
Srinath Ekkad, North Carolina State University
Edward H. Gerding, The Boeing Company
John Mace Grunsfeld, Endless Frontier Associates LLC
Richard Hofer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University
Joseph Majdalani, Auburn University
Richard Mange, Lockheed Martin Corporation
J.D. McFarlan III, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Mehran Mesbahi, University of Washington
Clayton Mowry, Voyager Space / International Astronautical Federation
Alison Nordt, Lockheed Martin Space
Daniella Raveh, Technion – IIT
Gregory W. Reich, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Katherine Rink, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Donna Cowell Senft, Air Force Global Strike Command
Jeffrey P. Slotnick, The Boeing Company
S. Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute
John Tylko, Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company
Craig Wanke, The MITRE Corporation
Annalisa Weigel, Fairmont Consulting Group
Lesley A. Weitz, The MITRE Corporation

* Note: This event is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.

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

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Optimization, New Designs and Alternative Fuels Make Aviation Greener

Panelists: Moderator John Tylko, chief innovation officer, Aurora Flight Sciences; Fay Collier, project manager, Environmentally Responsible Aviation, NASA’s Langley Research Center; Mark Drela, Terry J. Kohler professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alan H. Epstein, vice president of technology and environment, Pratt & Whitney; Robert H. Liebeck, chief scientist of the blended wing body airplane program, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

by Hannah Godofsky, AIAA Communications

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Participants in the panel discussion, “Perspectives and Progress on Green Aviation,” June 5 during the 2017 AIAA AVIATION Forum in Denver.

Flight has already become much more efficient over the past 60 years, but with further optimization as well as the implementation of new designs and new fuels, an even greener future is possible, according to members of the “Perspectives and Progress on Green Aviation” panel June 5 at the 2017 AIAA AVIATION Forum in Denver.

“The industry curve is largely flattened at roughly a 1.5 percent annual improvement, and no surprise the aircraft silhouette has remained largely the same since the introduction of the 707,” John Tylko, chief innovation officer at Aurora Flight Sciences, said of the status quo in fuel efficiency and green aviation.

Fay Collier, project manager of Environmentally Responsible Aviation with NASA’s Langley Research Center, said NASA has set bigger goals for reducing emissions and aircraft noise. He said NASA’s N+2 and N+3 goals aim to create new airframe and engine integration concepts to reduce noise and fuel burn.

One such example is the X-48B demonstrator. Robert Liebeck, chief scientist with the blended wing body airplane program at Boeing, said researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center have performed 122 test flights to date of the blended wing body aircraft.

“The airplane is robust and flies very well,” said Liebeck, showing a diagram of the structure of an X-48, which looks more like a cross-section of a submarine. “Structure … was the big challenge. You have bending loads in both directions, and then you’ve got a pressure load.”

Mark Drela, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke about design and optimization.

“Any time you have a new technology, there’s a very good chance — in fact, it’s almost certain — that the best use of that technology will be somewhere away from the current design practice,” Drela said. “We think it’s really important to re-optimize the entire system — and by system, I mean the airframe, the engine and the operation parameters — simultaneously so that you fully realize that potential of the new technology.”

Even if each optimization increases fuel efficiency by only 1 or 2 percent, he said, that could really add up across 20 different optimizable features.

Alan Epstein, vice president of technology and environment at Pratt & Whitney, explained that the propulsion system is currently about 20 percent of the value of a new airplane with today’s designs and that increasing that cost means gains in efficiency have to be substantial enough for airlines to be able to justify investment in a new system.

“At the current cost of fuel, the hybrid-electric airplane has to be 42 percent better in fuel burn to be cost neutral,” he said.

That’s a tough goal to meet, Epstein explained, adding that the math for new, more efficient aircraft does look better if fuel prices are higher.

“So how do we really go green?” he asked. “We go with sustainable alternative jet fuels. There’s hundreds of millions of gallons on order. If you fly out of LAX, now you’ll fly partially on sustainable alternative fuels.”

Videos

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All 2017 AIAA AVIATION Forum Videos