Meet the Members
In This Section
Claudine Phaire
Principal Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works; Chair, AIAA Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
Cynthia Calhoun
Deputy Director, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA Glenn Research Center
Durgesh Chandel
RET Research Scientist at Intel Corporation and Postdoctoral research affiliate at MIT Gas Turbine Lab and Hypersonics Research Lab.
Joseph Connolly, Ph.D.
Technical Lead, Hybrid Electric Thermally Efficient Core Project; Technical Integration Lead, Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration Project, NASA; Outreach Subcommittee Chair, AIAA Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
Nicholas Cramer
Technical Manager, NASA Ames Research Center
Shireen Datta
Aircraft Systems Engineer - Electric and Autonomous Aircraft, Boeing-Aurora Flight Sciences
Sylvie DeLaHunt
Future Weapon Concepts and Algorithms Section Supervisor, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Dianne J DeTurris, Ph.D.
Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
Lt Col. Bree Fram
United States Space Force
Pat Goulding II
Senior Staff Engineer
National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex - AEDC
Jay Greenberg
Systems Engineer, The Boeing Company
Robin Houston
Instructional Specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, Prince George's County Public Schools; Chair, AIAA K-12 Outreach Diversity Subcommittee
Therese Jones
Senior Director of Policy, Satellite Industry Association
Jason Lee
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Alexis Moreno
Manager Electronics Engineering II, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Ethan Och
Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman, Tactical Space Systems
Idahosa A. Osaretin, Ph.D.
Assistant Group Leader, Group 33, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Ann Over
Retired NASA and currently, Northern Ohio Section’s, DE&I Lead
LtCol Carlos Pinedo, Ph.D.
Director of Education, USAF Test Pilot School
Melissa Sampson
Strategic Development & Advanced Technology, Ball Aerospace
Sonya T. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Principal Investigator, Applied Fluids & Thermal Engineering Research Laboratory, Howard University; Honors and Awards Subcommittee Chair, AIAA Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
Joi C Spraggins, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO, Legacy Bridges STEM Academy, Inc.
Rachel Tillman
Founder/Director, The Viking Mars Missions Education & Preservation Project
Lawrence Ukeiley
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
Douglas Yazell
Math Teacher, Houston ISD Sterling Aviation Early College High School
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