the HUB Schedule

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Discover how you can make the most of your first week at AIAA SciTech Forum while meeting fellow attendees. This orientation is ideal for first-time attendees, but all are welcome!

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Interested in learning more about the Technical Activities Division and AIAA’s Technical Committees? Join us for an interactive overview of TAD and the TCs and then network with TAD leaders and TC chairs. 

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This discussion highlights the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and sonic boom assessment of the X-59.

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This discussion highlights the successes of NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) and what the demonstration means for the future of green propellants.

Moderator

• Trudy Kortes
  Program Director of Technology Demonstrations, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA

Panelists

• Joe Cassady
  Executive Director for Space Programs, Washington Operations, Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Jeff Sheehy
  Chief Engineer, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
• Chris McLean
  GPIM Principal Investigator, Ball Aerospace
• Adam Brand
  Tech Advisor and Advanced Propellant Development Lead, Air Force Research Laboratory

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If we can’t bring 2021 AIAA SciTech to Nashville, we’ll bring a little of Nashville to you! Join us as we hear from two professional singer/songwriters, as they perform their hits, tell personal stories about the stars who recorded their songs, and share the details that inspired them to write them.

Session Participants

• Victoria Banks
  Country Music Artist
• Billy Kirsch
  Songwriter

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Learn about all the ways you can get engaged and connected as an AIAA student member to our amazing offering of programs just for students.

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AIAA is the leading aerospace publisher. Join our webinar on how to publish with AIAA meeting papers, journals, books, magazine or how to participate on an AIAA standards committee. Learn more about AIAA Publications.

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The benefits of using reliable and proven platforms to meet emerging objectives are numerous and multifaceted. 

Speakers

• Claudia Mowery
  Vice President – USAF Programs, Aircraft Systems, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

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Secondhand Hounds will join AIAA SciTech with some amazing puppies up for adoption, so take a break and join us for some puppy love! 

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Aerospace Cybersecurity Capture the Flag Preview, developed by Embry-Riddle, is a competitive learning lab for aerospace professionals of all skill and experience levels. Participants will solve general cybersecurity challenges and then move on to aerospace-specific challenges such as decrypting navigation data and finding bugs in satellite ground station systems.

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Leaders in the aerospace industry will take time to meet with Rising Leaders participants and share their experiences.

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Join us for casual conversation and networking.  Corporate Member Employee exclusive event.

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This beginner-friendly yoga practice* will get you connected to your breath, warm up your body, and introduce you to some of the foundational poses of a vinyasa style yoga practice. 

Speakers

• Erica Overfield
  HR Business Partner, SAP Concur

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The presentation illustrates the conceptual design of an aircraft from configuration definition, graphic geometric modeling of the fuselage and its compartments, selection of powerplant options to multi-level analysis and design space exploration of key design parameters.

 

Speakers

• Alexander Schneegans
  Managing Director, PACE Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology

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In this session, representatives from start-up materials companies will present their products, operations, and vision for future directions to enlighten and encourage the audience about potential future collaboration.

Panelists

• Kookai Chaimahawong
  Pangaea Ventures
• Jason Husk
  Mosaic Materials
• Brett Jones
  VU Venture Partners
• Emily Parisi
  Parisi Tech
• Evgenia Pekarskaya
  Supercool Metals
• Mark Rowland
  AFWERX
• Dan Xiang
  X-Wave Innovations, Inc.

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IFAR Virtual Exchange (IVX) is a series of web-based speaking engagements given by internationally recognized aerospace academics and industry members. Each series will invite dynamic and inspiring speakers connected to the IFAR community.  The purpose of the speaker series is to develop the career capabilities of researchers and employees of the IFAR member organizations and the greater aeronautical R&D community. The featured speaker for this talk is Parimal Kopardekar, Director of NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI). Format: Presentation followed by Audience Q&A.

Speakers

• Parimal "PK" Kopardekar
  Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)

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AIAA’s “Meet the Employers” event at the 2021 SciTech Forum offers attendees the opportunity to virtually meet and network with AIAA corporate member companies.    

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Bastion Technologies is a dynamic aerospace company with rapid growth in the coolest marketplace! Visit our ONLINE HUB to see our current job openings! 

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Connect with section officers, learn about activities in your region, and how to participate. This is a casual networking event. Students and professionals are encouraged to attend.

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NASA interns will present their outcomes on their fall 2020 projects.

Moderator

• Chris Clark
  Management and Program Analyst, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)
• Parimal "PK" Kopardekar
  Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)

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Join Gold Award Alums in STEM as they discuss how they built strong foundations in engineering through community problem-solving with a diversity, equity and inclusion lens.

Speakers

• Megan Loh
  2019 National Gold Award Girl Scout and a freshman at Stanford University
• Therese Malinowski
  2020 National Gold Award Girl Scout and first year engineering student at Purdue University
• Phoebe Wall
  2019 National Gold Award Girl Scout, Aero/Astro student at Stanford University

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Looking for a way to connect to other student and YP attendees at SciTech? Join AIAA and special guest commentators from NASA as we watch the Netflix documentary The Mars Generation using the RAVE app together! Our guest commentators will be Sarah Shull and Robert Howard.

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Meet Daniel P. Raymer, author of Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, at 2021 AIAA SciTech.

Speakers

• Daniel P. Raymer
  President, Conceptual Research Corporation

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Please join us for a virtual lunch hour with opportunities for 1-1 speed-networking and small group discussions. Come connect with your peers from academia, industry, and government.

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AIAA encourages you to step away from the computer before or after AIAA SciTech and get outside for a fun run and/or walk!

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This session describes the UAV Ground Control Station (or Segment) history at GA-ASI including the evolution from the early Predator days, to the current USAF & US Army configurations, as well as future initiatives, concepts, and paradigm shifts.

Speakers

• Ernest J. Serrano
  Senior Director of Engineering for MQ-1C Gray Eagle, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

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A place for new SciTech attendees (especially students!) to come and hear what SciTech is all about. In week two, we’ll recap the first week of the forum and look ahead to what the second week has in store.

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Kevin Michaels, Aerodynamic: Inside the High-Stakes Global Jetliner Ecosystem

Speakers

• Kevin Michaels
  Managing Director, AeroDynamic Advisory

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Join us on Tuesday, 19 January, to watch the first episode together of Challenger: The Final Flight on Netflix. Engineers, officials, and the crew members’ families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath. 

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Join the Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics (WoAA) for a fun night of Aerospace trivia for students! Get a team together and RSVP via this link (coming soon!). A game link will be sent to participants after RSVPs close. The first place team will win an AIAA prize pack, so be sure to register today!

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Did you miss the Idea Challenge yesterday? Do you have more questions for the winning team – The Notorious ENGs?? Join them and other young professional participants in the HUB for a recap of their “Design Cycle – Go Fast!” pitch.

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This a discussion panel and breakout discussion session with entrepreneurs in the aerospace industry where we discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship and how to build a successful business, from idea to execution. Attendees will have the chance to join a breakout discussion with panelists in the last part of the program. Please ensure you have the most up-to-date version of ZOOM video teleconferencing software in order to fully participate in this session.

Speakers

• Natalya Bailey
  CTO and co-founder, Accion Systems
• Parimal "PK" Kopardekar
  Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI)
• Kelly Larson
  Chief Executive Officer, Aquarian Space
• Garret Westlake
  Executive Director of the da Vinci Center for Innovation, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Join us for an interactive session to find out how you can participate in a pathway to AIAA leadership on a technical committee, local section, standing committee, and more.

Speakers

• Anjaney Kottapalli
  Research Science Manager, Lockheed Martin
• Jeff Laube
  Senior Project Engineer, Launch Systems Division, The Aerospace Corporation
• Peter Montgomery
  Chair, AIAA Talent and Leadership Development Committee; Director of Commercialization, Test & Operations Support Contract, Kennedy Space Center, Jacobs
• Jeff Puschell
  Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Technologies
• Kate Stambaugh
  AIAA Talent and Leadership Development Committee; Senior Principal Systems Engineer, Space Sector, Northrop Grumman
• Sarah Shull
  Artemis Surface Mission Planning Lead, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Phillip J. Ansell
  Assistant Professor and Allen Ormsbee Faculty Fellow , Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois
• John-Paul Clarke
  Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Universal Hydrogen; Professor and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

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GoFly’s $1,000,000 Grand Prize is waiting to be won, and teams around the world are working to create a safe, quiet, and compact personal flyer. Think you have what it takes to win? Join us to learn more about becoming an official GoFly Team, and meet some of our current teams.