July 6, 2010 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will present aerospace awards at a noon luncheon on July 28 as part of the 46th AIAA/ASME/ASE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, to be held July 25 at the Nashville Convention Center and Renaissance Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. The awardees include:
- Bobby Berrier, aeronautical engineer, NASA Langley Research Center (retired), and Alliant Techsystems, Inc., who will receive the 2010 AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Award. The award is presented for meritorious accomplishments in the arts, sciences and technology of air breathing propulsion systems. Berrier is being recognized for extensive and sustained contributions to the understanding of propulsion airframe integration on a broad range of military and commercial aircraft as an individual contributor and technology leader.
- Russell A. Ellis, consultant (retired), Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, who will receive the 2010 AIAA Wyld Propulsion Award. The award is presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems. Ellis is being recognized for significant improvements to solid and liquid nozzle reliability and performance through introduction and demonstration of innovative design concepts incorporating new composite materials.
- David G. Lilley, professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University, who will receive the 2010 AIAA Propellants and Combustion Award. The award is presented for outstanding contributions to the study of unsteady combustion in chemical propulsion systems, including solid- and liquid-propellant rockets, hybrid rockets, ramjet/scramjet engines, gas turbine engines, pulse detonation engines, and solid- and liquid-propellant guns. Lilley is being recognized for outstanding pioneering contributions in the understanding of complex swirl flows with combustion for propulsion applications, and for enduring dedication as an educator, researcher, and consultant.
- T. Kent Pugmire, technical representative, Spincraft division of Standex International, who will receive an AIAA Sustained Service Award for his dedicated service.
- Shreekrishna Shreekrishna, Georgia Institute of Technology, who will receive the AIAA Foundation Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award for his research in propellants and combustion as part of his graduate studies.
- Collin Otis, University of Pittsburgh, who will receive the AIAA Foundation Gordon C. Oates Air Breathing Propulsion Graduate Award for his research in the field of air breathing propulsion.
For more information about the AIAA Honors and Award program, please contact Carol Stewart at carols@aiaa.org or 703.264.7623. For more information on the 46th AIAA/ASME/ASE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, please visit wwww.aiaa.org/events/jpc, or contact Duane Hyland at 703.264.7558 or duaneh@aiaa.org. Registration is free for credentialed members of the press.
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