AIAA members may submit nominations online by logging into www.aiaa.org, “MY AIAA” or downloading the nomination form from www.aiaa.org.

Premier Awards & Lectureships
Distinguished Service Award gives unique recognition to an individual member of AIAA who has distinguished himself or herself over a period of years by service to the Institute. (Current national officers and directors are ineligible for this award.)

Goddard Astronautics Award, named to honor Robert H. Goddard—rocket visionary, pioneer, bold experimentalist, and superb engineer— is the highest honor AIAA bestows for notable achievement in the field of astronautics.

International Cooperation Award is presented to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the initiation, organization, implementation, and/or management of activities with significant United States involvement that includes extensive international cooperative activities in space, aeronautics, or both.

Public Service Award honors a person outside the aerospace community who has shown consistent and visible support for national aviation and space goals.

Reed Aeronautics Award is the highest award an individual can receive for achievements in the field of aeronautical science and engineering. The award is named after Dr. Sylvanus A. Reed, the aeronautical engineer, designer, and founding member of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in 1932.

Dryden Lectureship in Research was named in honor of Dr. Hugh L. Dryden in 1967, succeeding the Research Award established in 1960. The lecture emphasizes the great importance of basic research to the advancement in aeronautics and astronautics and is a salute to research scientists and engineers.

Durand Lectureship for Public Service, named in honor of William F. Durand, is presented for notable achievements by a scientific or technical leader whose contributions have led directly to the understanding and application of the science and technology of aeronautics and astronautics for the betterment of mankind.

von Kármán Lectureship in Astronautics honors Theodore von Kármán, world famous authority on aerospace sciences. The award recognizes an individual who has performed notably and distinguished himself technically in the field of astronautics.

William Littlewood Memorial Lecture, named to honor William Littlewood who was the only person ever to be president of both SAE and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, highlights a broad phase of civil air transportation considered of current interest and major importance. The objective is to advance air transport engineering and to recognize those who make personal contributions to the field.

Technical Excellence Awards
Aeroacoustics Award is presented for an outstanding technical or scientific achievement resulting from an individual’s contribution to the field of aircraft community noise reduction.

Aerodynamics Award is presented for meritorious achievement in the field of applied aerodynamics, recognizing notable contributions in the development, application, and evaluation of aerodynamic concepts and methods.

Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award is presented for continued contributions and achievements toward the advancement of advanced aerodynamic flowfield and surface measurement techniques for research in flight and ground test applications.

Aerospace Communications Award is presented for an outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace communications.

Aerospace Design Engineering Award is presented to recognize design engineers who have made outstanding technical, educational or creative achievements that exemplifies the quality and elements of design engineering.

Aerospace Software Engineering Award is presented for outstanding technical and/or management contributions to aeronautical or astronautical software engineering.

Air Breathing Propulsion Award is presented for meritorious accomplishment in the science of air breathing propulsion, including turbomachinery or any other technical approach dependent on atmospheric air to develop thrust, or other aerodynamic forces for propulsion, or other purposes for aircraft or other vehicles in the atmosphere or on land or sea.

Chanute Flight Test Award is presented to recognize significant lifetime achievements in the advancement of the art, science, and technology of flight test engineering.

Engineer of the Year is presented “To an individual member of AIAA who has made a recent significant contribution that is worthy of national recognition.” Nominations should be submitted to the appropriate AIAA Regional Director.

Fluid Dynamics Award is presented for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the behavior of liquids and gases in motion as related to need in aeronautics and astronautics.

Ground Testing Award is presented for outstanding achievement in the development or effective utilization of technology, procedures, facilities, or modeling techniques or flight simulation, space simulation, propulsion testing, aerodynamic testing, or other ground testing associated with aeronautics and astronautics.

Information Systems Award is presented for technical and/or management contributions in space and aeronautics computer and sensing aspects of information technology and science.

Intelligent Systems Award is presented to recognize important fundamental
contributions to intelligent systems technologies and applications that advance the capabilities of aerospace systems.

Jeffries Aerospace Medicine & Life Sciences Research Award is presented for outstanding research accomplishments in aerospace medicine and space life sciences.

Theodor W. Knacke Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Award is presented to recognize significant contributions to the effectiveness and/or safety of aeronautical or aerospace systems through development or application of the art and science of aerodynamic decelerator technology.

Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award is presented for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the physical properties and dynamical behavior of matter in the plasma state and lasers as related to need in aeronautics and astronautics.

Propellants and Combustion Award is presented for outstanding technical contributions to aeronautical or astronautical combustion engineering.

Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award, established in 1983, is cosponsored by AIAA, the American Association of Airport Executives, and the Airport Consultants Council. It is presented to the person or persons judged to have contributed most outstandingly during the recent past toward achieving compatible relationships between airports and/or heliports and adjacent environments. The award consists of a certificate and a $10,000 honorarium.

Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Award is presented for an outstanding sustained technical or scientific contribution in aerospace structures, structural dynamics, or materials.

Survivability Award is presented to recognize outstanding achievement or contribution in design, analysis implementation, and/or education of survivability in an aerospace system.

Thermophysics Award is presented for an outstanding singular or sustained technical or scientific contribution by an individual in thermophysics, specifically as related to the study and application of the properties and mechanisms involved in thermal energy transfer and the study of environmental effects on such properties and mechanisms.

Wyld Propulsion Award is presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems.

Service Award
Sustained Service Award, approved by the Board of Directors in 1999, recognizes sustained, significant service and contributions to AIAA by members of the Institute. A maximum of 20 awards are presented each year.

A nomination form can be downloaded from www.aiaa.org, or AIAA members may submit nominations online after logging in with their user name and password.

Answers to frequently asked questions or guidelines on submitting nominations for AIAA awards may be found at http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=289

If you need further information, please contact Carol Stewart, Manager, AIAA Honors & Awards Program, at carols@aiaa.org or at 703/264-7623.