AIAA is committed to ensuring that aerospace professionals are recognized and celebrated for their achievements, innovations, and discoveries that make the world safer, more connected, more accessible, and more prosperous. From the major missions that reimagine how our nation utilizes air and space to the inventive new applications that enhance everyday living, aerospace professionals leverage their knowledge for the benefit of society. AIAA continues to celebrate that pioneering spirit showcasing the very best in the aerospace industry.
Admission to the lectures does not require AIAA SciTech Forum registration.
2022 Durand Lecture for Public Service
Monday, 3 January 2022, 1230–1400 hrs
William H. Gerstenmaier
SpaceX
(Luncheon is provided to the first 100 attendees.)
Lecture will occur after luncheon; admission to this lecture does not require AIAA SciTech Forum registration.
2022 AIAA Dryden Lecture in Research
Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 1800 hrs
Anthony M. Waas
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Admission to this lecture does not require AIAA SciTech Forum registration.
Thursday, 6 January 2022 (ticketed event), 1230 – 1400 hrs, Seaport A-E, Hyatt
We honor our up-and-coming students, our technical innovators, and our seasoned practitioners. We meet to elevate their work and encourage our community. Proof of purchase for the luncheon is required and included in the registration fee where indicated. Admission for guests may be purchased onsite at the registration desk, as space is available. Please join us as we recognize the following winners:
Award winners will be announced at this luncheon.
2021 J. Leland Atwood Award
Saeed Farokhi
University of Kansas
For outstanding and consistent contributions to the aerospace profession especially in the areas of propulsion and high-speed aerodynamics, and a profound and long-lasting commitment to the education, mentorship, and professional development of both graduate and undergraduate aerospace engineering students.
2022 AIAA Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award
John M. Logsdon
Space Policy Institute, George Washington University
For his book: Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier
2022 AIAA Summerfield Book Award
Don L. Edberg
California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona
For their book: Design of Rockets and Space Launch Vehicles
2022 AIAA Summerfield Book Award
Willie Costa
VUONG Global
For their book: Design of Rockets and Space Launch Vehicles
2022 AIAA Diversity and Inclusion Award
Eric B. Holmes
NASA Headquarters
For sustained significant contributions to raise awareness on the value of diversity and inclusion in the aerospace workforce at large, an AIAA core value.
2022 AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award
Noel T. Clemens
University of Texas at Austin
For the development and application of innovative laser-based imaging techniques to bring new insight into the physics of complex turbulent flows.
2022 AIAA Aerospace Design Engineering Award
Michael Buonanno
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
For design innovation and engineering leadership in the development of X-59, the Quiet Supersonic Technology X-plane.
2022 AIAA Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control Award
Siva S. Banda
Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RQ (retired)
For outstanding and sustained contributions to advancing flight control theory and its applications.
2022 AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Award
Srinath V. Ekkad
North Carolina State University
For significant technical contributions to the development of pioneering detailed heat transfer measurements inside gas turbines and continued leadership in the aerospace community to develop new industry-university partnerships.
2022 AIAA de Florez Award for Flight Simulation
Sunjoo K. Advani
International Development of Technology B.V.
For his exceptional impacts on simulation science, particularly in the worldwide implementation of objective measures of the quality of flight simulation motion systems.
2022 AIAA Energy Systems Award
George Crabtree
University of Illinois Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory
For his seminal contributions to defining the next-generation energy system and innovative technological and workforce development pathways to achieve it.
2022 AIAA Intelligent Systems Award
Ella M. Atkins
University of Michigan
For outstanding, creative, interdisciplinary solutions in the theory and deployment of intelligent autonomous aerospace vehicles over the past two decades.
2022 AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight Award
Mark L. Psiaki
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
For the development of new nonlinear estimation algorithms and for their application to problems in satellite attitude and orbit determination and in GPS signal processing.
2022 AIAA Microgravity and Space Processes Award
Carlos Fernandez-Pello
University of California, Berkeley
For decades of microgravity research in smoldering, flame spread and spacecraft fire safety and for leadership in the microgravity research community.
2022 AIAA Propellants and Combustion Award
Tim C. Lieuwen
Georgia Institute of Technology
For outstanding leadership in research and development of high-performance, fuel-flexible power and propulsion combustion technologies.
2022 AIAA Survivability Award
Alex G. Kurtz
Survivability Assessment Flight, Aerospace Survivability and Safety Office, 704th Test Group, USAF (Retired)
For distinguished service and contributions to the aircraft/aerospace survivability/vulnerability community and discipline.
2022 AIAA Wyld Propulsion Award
Daniel J. Dorney
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
For his leadership, sustained contributions, and outstanding dedication to the design, development, testing, and operation of propulsion systems critical to our nation’s future in space.
Winners will also be announced at this awards luncheon.
Winners will also be announced at this awards luncheon.
These awards will be presented at the sponsoring committees.
