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PROPELLANTS AND COMBUSTION AWARD
The Propellants and Combustion Award is presented annually to individuals who have made
outstanding, career-spanning contributions to the development of combustion science and
its application to the development of fuels, propellants, and aerospace propulsion devices.
This award is generally presented at the AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference.
The deadline for nominations each year is October 1st.
Nomination information>
Past Award Winners:
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2008 |
Elaine Oran
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
For outstanding career-spanning contributions to the development of numerical techniques and their application to elucidate a variety of problems in combustion science
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2006 |
Herman Krier
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
For outstanding contributions to the study of propellants, energetic materials, solid-
and liquid-fuel rockets, shock hydrodynamics, viscous gas dynamics, and plasma dynamics
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2005 |
Ronald Hanson
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
For pioneering contributions to the development of quantitative laser-based combustion
diagnostics, and applications of these diagnostics to advanced propulsion research and
shock tube measurements of combustion chemical kinetics
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2004 |
Forman Williams
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
For immense contributions to the foundation of combustion theory
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2003 |
Melvyn Roquermore
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
For his many groundbreaking achievements in the fields of propellants and
combustion during a distinguished
38-year Air Force career
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2002 |
John Buckmaster
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL
For outstanding theoretical contributions to the physical understanding of fluid
mechanics in combustion processes, ranging from detonation physics to propellants
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2001 |
James Peters
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL
For his exceptional contributions as a teacher, mentor, and researcher in gas turbines
and internal combustion engines, and service to AIAA, ASME, the Combustion Institute, and ILASS
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2000 |
Dilip Ballal
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
For outstanding fundamental contributions to combustion science and jet fuel
technology relevant to gas turbine engines
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1999 |
Ashwani Gupta
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
For outstanding contributions in combustion technology, waste destruction,
pollution control, and advanced methods of energy conversion that have resulted
in significant reduction of fuel consumption and pollutant emission
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1998 |
Irvin Glassman
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
As a researcher, author, and editor whose research and educational skills
established a school of combustion and propulsion that inspired generations
of engineers and academicians
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1997 |
Hukam Mongia
GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, OH
For individual contributions and providing leadership in design and development
of numerous low-emission, high-performance demonstrator and product gas-turbine
combustors
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1996 |
Ben Zinn
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
For outstanding contributions to the understanding of rocket instabilities and
pulse combustion development, and being among the first to realize its full
potential in industrial processes
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1995 |
Kenneth Kuo
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
For outstanding contributions in theoretical and experimental research of
solid-propellant combustion processes, and active leadership promoting
combustion science
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1994 |
Chung Law
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
For technical contributions in the fields of spray combustion, propellant
formulation, and combustion chemistry, and for devotion as an educator and
mentor to the academic world
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1993 |
Gerard Faeth
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
In recognition of outstanding achievements as an educator and researcher
in the areas of propellants and combustion, especially in their applications
to rockets and aircraft engines
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1992 |
William Sirignano
University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
For pioneering and outstanding contributions in the areas of combustion
instability, spray vaporization and combustion, flame spreading, and modeling
of internal combustion engines
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1991 |
Frank Marble
Pasadena, CA
For significant contributions to a wide variety of combustion problems associated with aerospace propulsion systems
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1990 |
Arthur Lefebvre
Low Furrow, Great Britain
For distinguished contributions as a professor, teacher, researcher, and
industry consultant in the area of gas turbine combustor design and development
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MARTIN SUMMERFIELD GRADUATE AWARD
The Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award is presented annually to
students actively participating in research endeavors in propellants and combustion as part
of their graduate studies.
The award is presented at the AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference.
The deadline for nominations each year is January 31st.
Application information>
Past Award Winners:
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2008 |
Sadegh Dabiri
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
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2007 |
Andrej Grubisic
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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2006 |
Audrey Turley
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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2005 |
Patrick O'Connor
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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2004 |
Andrea Zambon
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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2003 |
Christopher Stone
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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2002 |
Oscar Hsu
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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2001 |
Eric Cardiff
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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2000 |
Lance Jacobsen
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
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1999 |
Brian Ritchie
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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