Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

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The AIAA Foundation’s scholarship program offers scholarships to college sophomores, juniors, and seniors each year, and recipients can apply to renew their scholarship annually until graduation. This scholarship is sponsored by the AIAA Digital Avionics Technical Committee. Basic Criteria and other information can be found at http://www.aiaa.org/Secondary.aspx?id=3199

Award Recipients

2023

  • Quintan Ajluni
    Student
    Awarded
    Award: Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

2018

  • Miguel Alejandro Recabarren Rodriguez
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

2017

  • Lorenzo Javier Novoa
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

2016

  • Ms Eylul Bilgin
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

2015

  • McKenzie I Kinzbach
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship
    AIAA Citation: McKenzie is a sophomore at the University of Cincinnati, studying aerospace engineering. She is the UC Rocketry Club Secretary, and the Secretary and Company Recruitment Chair for the Engineering and Applied Science Tribunal. She was an intern at NASA Glenn Research Center during the summers of 2013 and 2014. She will be an intern at SpaceX this fall. After college, her goal is to enable human space exploration to Mars and beyond.

2014

  • Mr Ashwin P Krishnan
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship
    AIAA Citation: I was born in Rochester, MN and have since moved to 6 cities in 2 countries around the world, finally ending up in Atlanta, GA to pursue a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Needless to say, air transportation has played a big role in my life. My passion for aerospace was seeded at an early age by my grandfather, who is an Aerospace Engineer himself. Along with my undergraduate degree, I am researching pioneering ways to control aircraft with flexible wing structures. I am also an active member of Georgia Tech’s award winning Design Build Fly Team. I intend to pursue a graduate degree in Aerospace engineering and I strive to help redefine what is possible with aircraft.

2013

  • Mr Miles Thomas Bengtson
    University of Colorado Boulder
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship
  • Christopher Nie
    Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

2012

  • Ms Chelsea Megan Welch
    Lockheed Martin Space Systems
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

2010

  • Mr Brent W Pomeroy
    Boeing Commercial Airplanes
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship

2008

  • Mr. Christopher J Han
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Dr. James Rankin Digital Avionics Scholarship