March 4, 2010 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will honor three of its members at an awards luncheon at noon on April 14, in conjunction with the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/ AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, being held April 12 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. Each of the three awards is presented biennially, in even-numbered years.
- Charles Hall, associate professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., will receive the AIAA Aerospace Design Engineering Award for his outstanding teaching and research in the field of uninhabited aerial systems and for enabling many of his student teams to win first-place awards in AIAA design competitions. The AIAA Aerospace Design Engineering Award recognizes design engineers who have made outstanding technical, educational or creative achievements that exemplify the quality and elements of design engineering.
- Charbel Farhat, Vivian Church Hoff Professor and chairman of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., will receive the AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Award for pioneering research in fluid-structure interaction and its application to critical aeroelastic and engineering problems. The AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Award is presented to an individual who has been responsible for an outstanding sustained technical or scientific contribution to the field of aerospace structures, structural dynamics, or materials.
- Walter Dotseth, technical manager (retired), Northrop Grumman Corporation, Laguna Woods, Calif., will receive the AIAA Survivability Award for his exceptional contributions during a long career performing and promoting both nuclear and nonnuclear aircraft survivability design and enhancement. The AIAA Survivability Award is presented in recognition of outstanding achievement or contribution in design, analysis, implementation, and/or education of survivability in an aerospace system.
For more information about the AIAA Honors and Awards program, please contact Carol Stewart at carols@aiaa.org or 703.264.7623. For more information about the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, please contact Duane Hyland at duaneh@aiaa.org or 703.264.7558. Conference registration is complimentary for credentialed members of the press.
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