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2024 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research Awarded to Peyman Givi, University of Pittsburgh

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Lecture will be Delivered on 8 January During 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum

December 5, 2023 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2024 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research is awarded to Peyman Givi, Distinguished Professor and James T. Macleod Chair of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Givi will deliver his lecture, “The Promise of Quantum Computing for Aerospace Science and Engineering,” Monday, 8 January, 1730 hrs ET, during the 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida.

Forum registration is available now. Journalists can request a Press Pass here. In addition, the lecture will be available to view by livestream at aiaa.org/scitech.

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.

Peyman Givi is the Distinguished Professor and James T. Macleod Chair of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984, and B.E. from Youngstown State University in Ohio in 1980. Previously, he was the University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering from 1988 to 2002. Givi also has worked as a Research Scientist at Flow Industries, Inc., in Seattle, Washington. He has had frequent visiting appointments at the NASA Langley and Glenn Research Centers.

Givi is among the first 15 engineering faculty nationwide who received the White House Faculty Fellowship from President George H.W. Bush. He also received NASA Public Service Medal, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award. In addition to being an AIAA Fellow, Givi is Fellow of AAAS, AAM, APS, ASME, the Combustion Institute, and was named ASME Engineer of the Year in Pittsburgh in 2007. He is currently on the Editorial Boards of the AIAA Journal, Combustion Theory and Modelling, Computers & Fluids, and Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics.

Givi’s lecture will address the “second quantum revolution” — we are now at a stage that we can use “quantum science” to invent “quantum technologies.” An example of this technology is Quantum Computing (QC), which has been experiencing significant growth over the last decade, both in hardware and software. Used in appropriate ways, quantum mechanics can provide powerful resources for solving certain classes of problems, achieving cost scalings with the size of the problem that are not available to existing “classical” computers — this is known as the “quantum advantage.”

QC is starting to make an impact in practical aerospace engineering and science applications. The major contributions have been based on “quantum-ready” and “quantum inspired” algorithms. The former deals with algorithms that are shown to provide quantum advantage, and can be used when error-corrected digital, (unitary) gate, universal quantum computers are routinely available and utilized. The latter refers to computational methodologies that are classical but are inspired by quantum physics. Both methodologies are shown to capture some of the intricate structures of classical problems of interest to the aerospace community. This demonstration of quantum advantage will certainly play a significant role in enhancing the ecosystem of QC similar to that currently established in the silicon-based classical computer technology.

For more information about the AIAA Honors and Awards program, contact Patricia A. Carr at [email protected].

Media Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, APR, [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, and follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

2023 AIAA Durand Lectureship for Public Service Awarded to MIT’s Wesley Harris

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Lecture will be Delivered on 25 January, During 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum

December 12, 2022 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2023 AIAA Durand Lectureship for Public Service is awarded to Wesley Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harris will deliver his lecture, “A Half Century of Research in Fluid Dynamics,” Wednesday, 25 January, 1800 hrs ET, during the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, National Harbor, Maryland. Registration is open to attend in person or online. Journalists can request a Press Pass here.

The Durand Lectureship for Public Service, named in honor of William F. Durand, Ph.D., is presented for notable achievements by a scientific or technical leader whose contributions have led directly to the understanding and application of the science and technology of aeronautics and astronautics for the betterment of humanity. Durand was a United States naval officer and a pioneer in mechanical engineering. During his remarkable 99-year life, Durand contributed significantly to the development of aircraft propellers. He was the first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the forerunner of NASA.

Harris is currently the Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. From 2003 to 2008, he served as MIT’s Head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He also held several faculty and administrative positions at MIT between 1972 and 1985, including Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Harris’s research areas have included unsteady aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, rarefied gas dynamics, sustainment of capital assets, hypersonics, and chaos in sickle cell disease. He is credited with more than 130 technical papers. Harris also served as Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, NASA (1993–1995), Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, University of Tennessee Space Institute (1990–1993), and Dean of the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Connecticut (1985–1990). He received his Bachelor of Science degree (with Honors) in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia (1964) and his Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University (1968).

Among his many honors, Harris is an Honorary Fellow of AIAA and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He was elected vice president of NAE in 2022.

This lecture will speak on the primary engineering challenges, related research hypotheses, relevant questions, appropriate research tools, and assessment of results in selected areas of hypersonics, helicopter rotor acoustics, unsteady nonlinear transonics, and hematology. This corpus of work is driven by seminal achievements of outstanding graduate students, often working in mutual critical groups. This diversity of research investigations is matched by the diversity of participating graduate students, including racially underrepresented, women, and international students. The supporting (sustainable) research ecosystem also contributed to the quality of the process and results.

For more information about the AIAA Honors and Awards program, contact Patricia A. Carr at [email protected].

Media Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, APR, [email protected], 804.397.5270 (cell)

2023 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research Awarded to Rodney D. Bowersox, Texas A&M University

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Lecture will be Delivered on 23 January, During 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum

December 12, 2022 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2023 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research is awarded to Rodney D. Bowersox, Associate Dean for Research, Ford I Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and University Regents Professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Bowersox will deliver his lecture, “Hypersonic Wall Bounded Viscous Flows: Theory, Ground Test, and Flight,” Monday, 23 January, 1800 hrs ET, during the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, National Harbor, Maryland. Registration is open to attend in person or online. Journalists can request a Press Pass here.

Bowersox is an Associate Dean for Research, Ford I Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and University Regents Professor at Texas A&M University. He received his bachelor of science, master of science, and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1988, 1990, and 1992, respectively. He founded and directs the Texas A&M University National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory. He is the TEES Executive Director for the OUSD Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics. Bowersox is a Fellow of AIAA and the American Society of Mechanical Engineering. He is a 2017-2022 DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow.

This lecture will speak on national interest in hypersonic flight that provides motivation for accurate simulation of viscous flows at high speeds. Bowersox will explain the approach in developing and validating turbulence closure for flows with mechanical or thermochemical nonequilibrium. First, an overview of key hypersonic viscous flow challenges is presented. This is followed by a description of second-order turbulence transport theoretical treatment, with comparison to DNS and LES data from the literature. Experimental and additional numerical results are then described, which examine the role of mechanical and thermochemical nonequilibrium on the structure, statistics, and modeling of hypersonic turbulent flow. These data were acquired in the Texas A&M University National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory. The lecture will conclude with highlights from the recent AFOSR boundary-layer turbulence (BOLT II in Memory of Mike Holden) hypersonic flight experiment, which was successfully launched from NASA Wallops Flight Facility on 21 March 2022. The flight experiment has provided new data to quantify the transition mechanisms and subsequent evolution of turbulence for a geometry with concave curvature and highly swept leading edges.

For more information about the AIAA Honors and Awards program, contact Patricia A. Carr at [email protected].

Media Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, APR, [email protected], 804.397.5270 (cell)

2023 AIAA SciTech Forum to Ignite the Future

Registration Now Open for the World’s Largest Aerospace R&D Event

December 8, 2022 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced its five-day program for the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, 23–27 January, National Harbor, Maryland, and virtually. This year’s program features nearly 3,000 technical presentations and an extensive lineup of industry leaders as speakers, panelists, and presenters.

Registration for the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum is open now for the worldwide aerospace community to attend in person or online. Journalists who wish to cover this event can request a Press Pass.

“We are excited to welcome the aerospace community to the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum as we ignite the future and explore the frontiers of aerospace. There are important perspectives we will hear from across the generations working within the aerospace industry today that will move us boldly forward,” said AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher.

The speakers and panelists participating in the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum are proven leaders and innovators from industry, government, and academia. Attendees will hear their views on how aerospace is solving societal grand challenges, obtaining project funding, what happens at the intersection of science and engineering, how we are accelerating confidence in this digital world, and who is making Sci-Fi a reality. Some of the speakers confirmed thus far include:

Anousheh Ansari, Chief Executive Officer, XPRIZE Foundation
Johnathon Caldwell, Vice President & General Manager, Military Space, Lockheed Martin Space
Sabine Klauke, Chief Technical Officer, Airbus
Hitoshi Kuninaka, Director General, ISAS, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Bhavya Lal, Associate Administrator, Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy, NASA
Guillermo Jenaro Rabadan, Project Executive, Advanced Digital Design and Manufacturing, Acubed
William Roach, Chief Scientist, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Van Truskett, Executive Director, Texas Innovation Center, University of Texas at Austin
Margaret Weitekamp, Department Chair, Space History, and Curator, Cultural History of Spaceflight, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Jerry M. Wohletz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Draper

The 2023 event will cover 50+ research topics, including: fluid dynamics; applied aerodynamics; digital engineering; guidance, navigation, and control; human-machine teaming; intelligent systems; propellants and combustion; propulsion; and more. Some of the planned programming elements include:

A focus on developing the future workforce, featuring sessions addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, as well as activities for university students and young professionals to expand their knowledge of the industry and develop their professional network.
The fourth annual “Idea Challenge” with teams of young professionals pitching ideas or products that fit under “Applying Aerospace Technologies to Solve Societal Problems.”

Additional speakers and sessions will be announced in the coming weeks, as details are confirmed. For the most up-to-date program and registration information visit aiaa.org/SciTech.

Media Contact: Rebecca B. 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, and follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

2022 AIAA SciTech Forum to Focus on Sustainability

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Registration Now Open for the World’s Largest Aerospace R&D

October 13, 2021 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced its five-day program on sustainability for the 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum, 3–7 January 2022, San Diego, and virtually. This year’s program features over 3,000 technical presentations and an extensive lineup of industry leaders as speakers, panelists, and presenters. The focus on the timely topic of sustainability will reach beyond traditional environmental sustainability to address the challenges and opportunities in many aspects.

Registration for the 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum is open now for the worldwide aerospace community to attend in person or online. Journalists who wish to cover this event can request a Press Pass here.

“We are excited to welcome the aerospace community to the 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum as we explore the science, technologies, and policies that are shaping our industry’s future and enabling sustainability. There are important issues and perspectives we must share, discuss, and debate around sustainability to strengthen the aerospace industry and position it for continued success,” said AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher. “Following so many online-only events in the past year, we are energized around the chance to gather safely in person again.”

The speakers and panelists participating in the 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum are proven business leaders and innovators within the industry. Attendees will hear their perspectives on socioeconomic and workforce sustainability; operational futures for air and space; sustainability through diversification; and the environment. Some of the speakers confirmed thus far include:

Victoria Coleman, Chief Scientist, U.S. Air Force
The Honorable Steven J. Isakowitz, President and CEO, The Aerospace Corporation
Laura McGill, Deputy Laboratories Director and CTO for Nuclear Deterrence, Sandia National Laboratories
Pamela Melroy (Colonel, USAF, Ret.), Deputy Administrator, NASA
Steven N. Rader, Manager, NASA Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation
Brendan Reed, Director, Airport Planning & Environmental Affairs, San Diego Airport Authority
Óscar Rodríguez, President, Bajio Aerospace Cluster

The 2022 event will cover 50+ research topics, including: fluid dynamics; applied aerodynamics; digital engineering; guidance, navigation, and control; propulsion; and more. Some of the planned programming elements include:

Daily keynote addresses and panel sessions focusing on dimensions of sustainability, including human/socioeconomic, workforce, diversification, operations, and the environment.
The third annual “Idea Challenge” with teams of young professionals pitching ideas or products that fit under “Harvesting Adjacent Industry Technologies to Support Aerospace Sustainability.”

Additional speakers and sessions will be announced in the coming weeks, as details are confirmed. For the most up-to-date program and registration information visit aiaa.org/SciTech.

Media Contact: Rebecca B. 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.

Experience Two AIAA Forums in One Place

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Registration now open for 2021 AIAA AVIATION Forum and 2021 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum

April 26, 2021 – Reston, Va. –The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced that registration is open for two upcoming virtual forums: 2021 AIAA AVIATION Forum, 2–6 August, and 2021 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, 9–11 August. When attendees register for one forum, they will receive access to both.

For media interested in covering these events, please use these links to request credentials for 2021 AIAA AVIATION Forum and 2021 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum.

“We are excited to offer the aerospace and defense industry two distinctive events during consecutive weeks to meet the unique technical content needs of each forum community. Attendees will gain the added feature of access to both forums, with the same high quality virtual experience,” said Dan Dumbacher, AIAA Executive Director.

For the health and safety of AIAA members, forum attendees, and the AIAA staff, AIAA will be delivering high quality virtual-only experiences for these events.

Attendees can register for the forums now. Anyone who registers by 26 May will gain special access to the AIAA Pre-Forum Book Sale.

Learn more about each upcoming forum below. Speakers and sessions will be announced in the coming weeks, as details are confirmed.

2021 AIAA AVIATION Forum– Aerospace Leadership in a Transitioning World
Hear from high-profile industry leaders and experts on topics more relevant now than ever. Commercial air travel dropped to an unprecedented level in 2020, but innovation in mobility did not. Whether through digital transformation, decarbonization, or autonomous operations, the bold nature of aviation is not slowing. Discover how the aerospace community can maneuver and lead during uncertainty.

The agenda is being designed to actively build a better aviation future. Confirmed speakers include representatives of AeroDynamic Advisory, Dassault Systemes, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Spirit AeroSystems, Siemens, The Boeing Company, and University of Michigan. Speakers and sessions are being finalized for the program focused on daily themes, with several new topics this year:

	Monday, 2 August	Aviation Recovery, Transition, and New Horizons
	Tuesday, 3 August	Technologies to Reshape Aerospace
	Wednesday, 4 August	Digital Thread Lifecycle*
	Thursday, 5 August	Military Aviation: Delivering Performance at the Speed of Relevance*
	Friday, 6 August	Pervasive Information Systems*

*New this year

2021 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum – Expanding Aerospace Horizons Through Sustainable Propulsion and Energy Innovation
Leaders from industry, government, and academia will discuss advances in spacecraft electric propulsion, gas turbine engines, hybrid rockets, electric aircraft technologies, high-speed air-breathing propulsion, advanced energy technologies, and more. Attend the only conference that covers both aeronautics and space propulsion and energy technologies in a single event.

The agenda is being designed to explore how new paradigms in the propulsion field and operational efficiency are upon us. Confirmed speakers include:

Bran Ferren, Futurist; Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Applied Minds; former President, Research and Development, Walt Disney Imagineering

Additional speakers and sessions are being finalized for a program organized across these daily themes:

	Monday, 9 August	Air-Breathing Engines
	Tuesday, 10 August	Space Systems
	Wednesday, 11 August	Future of Energy

Featuring AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)
In addition, separate registration is open for the 2021 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS), 11–13 August. This unique symposium will bring together aerospace engineers and electrical engineers to look at progress over the past year and continue the discussion about the aerospace industry goals for future aircraft. To accommodate rapid growth in emerging markets and ensure sustainability of air travel, sessions will explore the challenges related to nontraditional aircraft propulsion: electric, turboelectric, or hybrid/electric powertrains. Discounted rates apply for symposium registration with the purchase of full conference or student registration for the 2021 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum or 2021 AIAA AVIATION Forum. Separate registration and fees apply.

AIAA 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, or LinkedIn.

2025 AIAA Durand Lectureship for Public Service Awarded to The Boeing Company’s Kevin G. Bowcutt

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Lecture Set for 6 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 Durand Lectureship for Public Service is awarded to Kevin G. Bowcutt, Principal Senior Technical Fellow and Chief Scientist of Hypersonics for The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif.

Bowcutt will deliver his lecture, “The Evolution of Hypersonic Flight Over Seven Decades and the Technical Breakthroughs that Got Us Here,” on Monday, 6 January, 3:30 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.

Bowcutt is a Principal Senior Technical Fellow & Chief Scientist of Hypersonics for Boeing with 42 years of experience. He is an AIAA Fellow, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2021 he was selected by Texas A&M to be a Fellow of the Hagler Institute of Advanced Study. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland. Bowcutt is an internationally recognized expert in hypersonic aerodynamics, propulsion integration, and vehicle design and optimization, and leads Boeing’s hypersonic vehicle advanced design and technology development efforts.

Bowcutt’s lecture will chronicle the major milestones that have enabled air-breathing hypersonic flight, bringing future promise to current capability, and leading to worldwide pursuit of hypersonic capabilities and leadership. Hypersonic flight has the potential to dramatically impact national defense, and significantly improve the speed of global travel and the frequency and cost of space access. For more than 50 years following the first hypersonic flight in 1949, expendable rocket propulsion was the only available means of accelerating vehicles to hypersonic speed, limiting applications to costly expendable spaceflight and military missiles. Although it took more than 40 years of dedicated R&D, the idea conceived in 1957 of a more efficient air-breathing engine employing supersonic combustion, the scramjet, was finally proven viable in 2004 by flying on NASA’s X-43A. Almost 10 years later, in 2013, hypersonic air-breathing propulsion was proven practical by flying a dual-mode ramjet on the USAF/DARPA X-51 Scramjet Engine Demonstrator. These achievements were enabled by continuous advancements in high-temperature materials; test facilities, test techniques, and test campaigns; scramjet technologies, such as air intakes, isolators, injectors, mixers, flame holders, combustion chemistry, and nozzles; fluid dynamic and thermostructural simulation; and multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization.

The Institute’s Public Policy Committee takes pride in selecting accomplished leaders in aeronautics and astronautics for this honor who can share their knowledge through the Durand Lecture for Public Service. For more information about the AIAA Honors and Awards program, contact Patricia A. Carr at [email protected].

Media Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, APR, [email protected], 804.397.5270 (cell)

Early-bird Registration for AIAA SciTech Forum Ends 16 December

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The 2025 forum will feature approximately 3,000 technical presentations spanning 60+ topics, including aerodynamic measurement technology, applied aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, guidance, navigation, and control, hypersonics, intelligent systems, propellants and combustions, spaceflight mechanics, and more. Professionals and students can save up to 25%.

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