Gala Will Also Recognize Newly Named AIAA Fellows and Honorary Fellows
February 3, 2014 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has announced the 2014 recipients of its most prestigious awards. Presentation of these awards, and the recognition of the newly elected Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the Institute, will take place on April 30 at the AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. This annual black-tie event recognizes the most influential and inspiring individuals in aerospace, whose outstanding contributions merit the highest accolades.
AEROSPACE SPOTLIGHT AWARDS
The honors to be conferred at the 2014 AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala include:
AIAA Foundation Award for Excellence: X-51A WaveRider Team
AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award: Glynn Lunney, NASA (retired)
AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award: Ben Zinn, Georgia Institute of Technology
AIAA International Cooperation Award: John LaGraff, Syracuse University
AIAA Distinguished Service Award: Michael Yarymovych, Sarasota Space Associates
AIAA Public Service Award: Kathie Olsen, ScienceWorks
Daniel Guggenheim Medal: Abraham Karem, Karem Aircraft. Inc.
2014 FELLOWS AND HONORARY FELLOWS
The highest distinction conferred by AIAA and its Board of Directors is that of Honorary Fellow, granted to preeminent individuals who have long and highly contributory careers in aerospace, and who embody the highest possible standards in aeronautics and astronautics. The 2014 Honorary Fellows are:
Edward Greitzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Kaminski, Technovation, Inc., Hughes Research Labs, Exostar, General Dynamics
George Muellner, U.S. Air Force, Boeing Defense Systems, University of Illinois
The distinction of Fellow is conferred by AIAA and its Board of Directors upon those members of the Institute who have made notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics. The 2014 AIAA Fellows are:
Joao Luiz Azevedo, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço
Neal Barlow, U.S. Air Force Academy
Steven Battel, Battel Engineering
John Blanton, GE Power & Water
John Brophy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tom Crouch, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Michael Delaney, The Boeing Company
Eugene Dionne, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Song Fu, Tsinghua University
John Kim, University of California Los Angeles
David King, Dynetics, Inc.
Roger Krone, The Boeing Company
Dimitris Lagoudas, Texas A&M University
Deborah Levin, Pennsylvania State University
Meng-Sing Liou, NASA Glenn Research Center
Robert Lucht, Purdue University
Jeffery Puschell, Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems
David Riley, The Boeing Company
Zamik Rosenwaks, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Daniel Scheeres, University of Colorado Boulder
Bob Schutz, University of Texas at Austin
Sergey Surzhikov, Russian Academy of Sciences – Institute for Problems in Mechanics
James Voss, University of Colorado Boulder
Richard Wahls, NASA Langley Research Center
Andres Zellweger, Aerospace Consultant
“The title of AIAA Fellow is among the highest honor that one can earn in the aerospace community. It represents the acknowledgement by peers that one’s work is truly outstanding, and that you have made lasting contributions to significantly advancing the state of the art of aerospace science and technology,” said AIAA President Mike Griffin. “Beyond that, the title of Honorary Fellow honors those whose work and contributions have placed each at the pinnacle of our profession. This year’s selection committee has done an outstanding job of identifying those who meet these standards. I congratulate each member of this year’s class of Fellows and Honorary Fellows.”
In 1933, Orville Wright became AIAA’s first Honorary Fellow, and AIAA Honorary Fellows and AIAA Fellows continue to be the most respected names in the aerospace industry.
For more information on the Aerospace Spotlight Award recipients, please contact Carol Stewart at 703.264.7623 or carols@aiaa.org. For more information on the Honorary Fellows or Fellows, please contact Patricia Carr at 703.264.7523 or patriciac@aiaa.org.
To purchase tables and/or individual seats at the AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala please contact Merrie Scott at 703.264.7530 or merries@aiaa.org.
AIAA is the largest aerospace professional society in the world, serving a diverse range of more than 35,000 individual members from 80 countries, and 100 corporate members. AIAA members help make the world safer, more connected, more accessible, and more prosperous. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org
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