The AIAA Foundation supports the viability of the future aerospace professional, practicing aerospace professionals, and the organizations and institutions involved in aerospace by funding student programs including financial assistance, research opportunities, and professional contact; recognizing outstanding individual contributions; and providing other services to aerospace professionals. The AIAA Foundation funds a number of scholarships on both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
AIAA would like to congratulate all those that received an AIAA Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship or Graduate Award. The winners for the 2003–2004 academic year are:
AIAA Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships
Sophomores
Carrie Bobier – Stanford University
Kathleen Illk – Purdue University
Ryon Jones – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Michael McDonald – University of Michigan
Molly Schmidt – Colorado State University
Juniors
Lauren Fincher – Baylor University
Fernando Garcia Bermudez – Florida Institute of Technology
Jason Girven – Pennsylvania State University
Kyle Hiner – California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Charles Kowalchuk – The Ohio State University
Kara Kranzusch – Iowa State University
Jonathan Muse – University of Alabama
Sidharth Rupani – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Andrzej Stewart – University of Texas at Austin
Megan Struttmann – University of Missouri-Rolla
Karen Torres – University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Richard Uhlman – Georgia Institute of Technology
Seniors
Haley Bell – University of New Mexico
Sharlotte Bolyard – University of Virginia
John Christian – Georgia Institute of Technology
Joshua Clemens – Iowa State University
Anya Magana – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Alexander May – Iowa State University
Chaz Misiewicz – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Charles Mobley – University of Alabama
Algeria Morse Dillard – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Suzanne Oliason – University of Texas at Austin
Mario Santillo – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Schumaker – The Ohio State University
Tyler Summers – Texas Christian University
AIAA Foundation Graduate Awards
Carefree Maneuver Technology for Helicopters and Robotic Control Vehicles Graduate Award
Geoffrey Jeram – Georgia Institute of Technology
Cellular Dynamics and Growth in Space Graduate Award
Michael Benoit – University of Colorado
Gordan C. Oates Air Breathing Propulsion Graduate Award
Jessica Townsend – MIT
Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award
Suneel Sheikh – University of Maryland
John Leland Atwood Graduate Award
Jeffrey Jepson – North Carolina State University
Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award
Christopher Stone – Georgia Institute of Technology
Potential of Wave Devices in Gas Turbines Graduate Award
Pezhman Akbari – Michigan State University
Ultrasonic Physiological Measurement and Technology Graduate Award
Thomas Hatfield – University of Colorado
William T. Piper, Sr. General Aviation Systems Graduate Award
Katie Grantham – University of Missouri-Rolla
Willy Z. Sadeh Space Engineering and Space Sciences Graduate Award
Kathryn DeLaurentis – Rutgers University
AIAA Foundation Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Awards
Anubhav Datta – University of Maryland
Jonathan Liu – Stanford University
Tom Reynolds – MIT
Matthew Tarascio – University of Maryland
