Information & Organizers

AIAA SciTech Forum is the world's largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology. It connects the international community of academic, industry, and government professionals in the civil, commercial, and national security sectors, along with leaders from adjacent industries, to address challenges and technical opportunities. The forum also connects technical experts with business, government, and academic leaders to envision, test, build, and problem solve, together.

Guiding Coalition

Greg Zacharias, AIAA Aerospace R&D Domain Lead, AIAA SciTech Forum Executive Producer
Geoff Butler, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Thomas Cooley, Consultant
Taylor Fazzini, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Steve Frick, Lockheed Martin Space Advanced Technology Center
Bryan Kowalcyzk, University of Cincinnati
Sam Magill, NASA Langley Research Center
Charles Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Masami Onoda, JAXA
Pradeep Raj, Virginia Tech
Chris Rouw, Ball Aerospace
Venke Sankaran, Air Force Research Laboratory
Eszter Varga, Virginia Tech
Shawn Weil, Aptima
Marilee Wheaton, The Aerospace Corporation
Steve Yahata, The Boeing Company

Forum Technical Chairs

Alex Selvarathinam, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (Forum Technical Chair, Aerospace Design and Structures Group)
Zahra Sotoudeh, Cal Poly Pomona (Deputy Forum Technical Chair, Aerospace Design and Structures Group)
Chris Cotting, EpiSci (Forum Technical Chair, Aerospace Sciences Group)
Alaa Elmiligui, NASA Langley Research Center (Deputy Forum Technical Chair, Aerospace Sciences Group)
Michael Ferguson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (Forum Technical Chair, Integration and Outreach Division)
Liang Sun, New Mexico State University (Forum Technical Chair, Information Systems Group)
David Casbeer, Air Force Research Laboratory (Deputy Forum Technical Chair, Information Systems Group)
Brent Rankin, Air Force Research Laboratory (Forum Technical Chair, Propulsion and Energy Group)
Ramakanth Munipalli, Air Force Research Laboratory (Deputy Forum Technical Chair, Propulsion and Energy Group)