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Best Papers in a specific Aircraft or atmospheric systems discipline are selected from papers presented at technical forums by the respective technical committee.

Award Recipients

2021

  • Prof Mykel J Kochenderfer
    Stanford University
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Air Transportation Systems Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: "Analysis of Fleet Management and Infrastructure Constraints in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operations" AIAA-2020-2907
  • Prof R John Hansman
    Massachusettes Institute of Technology
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Air Transportation Systems Best Student Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: "Modeling, Assessment, and Flight Demonstration of Delayed Deceleration Approaches for Community Noise Reduction" AIAA-2020-2874
  • Dr Imon Chakraborty
    Auburn University
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2021 AIAA Aircraft Design Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: "A Generalized Energy-Based Vehicle Sizing and Performance Analysis Methodology" AIAA-2021-1721

2020

  • Prof Luca Maddalena
    The University of Texas at Arlington
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2018 Hypersonic Best Paper
    AIAA Citation: “Turbulence Dynamics in the Merging Process of Supersonic Streamwise Vortices” (AIAA Paper 2018-5161)
  • Dr Fabrizio Vergine
    San Jose State University
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2018 Hypersonic Best Paper
    AIAA Citation: 2018 International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies
  • Dr Davide Viganò
    University of Texas, Arlington
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2018 Hypersonics Best Paper
    AIAA Citation: “Turbulence Dynamics in the Merging Process of Supersonic Streamwise Vortices” (AIAA Paper 2018-5161)
  • Prof R John Hansman
    Massachusettes Institute of Technology
    Awarded
    Award: 2019 AIAA Aircraft Operations Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Approach for Representing the Aircraft Noise Impacts of Concentrated Flight Tracks” (AIAA 2019-3186)
  • Alison Yu
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2019 AIAA Aircraft Operations Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Approach for Representing the Aircraft Noise Impacts of Concentrated Flight Tracks” (AIAA 2019-3186)
  • Mr Krishna Hoffman
    The Boeing Company
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Aircraft Design Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Development of an Efficient Mach=0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft” (AIAA 2020-0011)
  • Michael Beyar
    Boeing Research & Technology
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Aircraft Design Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Development of an Efficient Mach=0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft” (AIAA 2020-0011)
  • Mr Eric D Dickey
    Boeing
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Aircraft Design Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Development of an Efficient Mach=0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft” (AIAA 2020-0011)
  • Gregory M Gatlin
    NASA Langley Research Center
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Aircraft Design Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Development of an Efficient Mach=0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft” (AIAA 2020-0011)
  • Mr Neal A Harrison
    Boeing Engineering Operations & Technology
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Aircraft Design Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Development of an Efficient Mach=0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft” (AIAA 2020-0011)
  • Sally A Viken
    NASA Langley Research Center
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: 2020 AIAA Aircraft Design Best Paper Award
    AIAA Citation: “Development of an Efficient Mach=0.80 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft” (AIAA 2020-0011)

2018

  • Mr John V Foster
    NASA-Langley Research Center
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “High-Fidelity Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System Simulation Development for Trajectory Prediction Under Off-Nominal Flight Dynamics” (AIAA 2017-2371)
    AIAA Citation: Best Paper of 2017 Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations: “High-Fidelity Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System Simulation Development for Trajectory Prediction Under Off-Nominal Flight Dynamics” (AIAA 2017-2371)
  • Mr David Hartman
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “High-Fidelity Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System Simulation Development for Trajectory Prediction Under Off-Nominal Flight Dynamics” (AIAA 2017-2371)
    AIAA Citation: Best Paper of 2017 Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations: “High-Fidelity Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System Simulation Development for Trajectory Prediction Under Off-Nominal Flight Dynamics” (AIAA 2017-2371)
  • Dr Wei Yao
    Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Mechancis
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: A comparative study of elliptic and round scramjet combustors by Improved Detached Eddy Simulation (AIAA 2017-2190)
    AIAA Citation: A comparative study of elliptic and round scramjet combustors by Improved Detached Eddy Simulation (AIAA 2017-2190)

2017

  • Mr Alex M Stoll
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Design Studies of Thin-Haul Commuter Aircraft with Distributed Electric Propulsion
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3765
  • Dr Gregor Veble Mikic
    Joby Aero
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Design Studies of Thin-Haul Commuter Aircraft with Distributed Electric Propulsion
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-3765

2016

  • Mr James L Felder
    NASA Glenn Research Center
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Conceptual Design of a Single-Aisle Turboelectric Commercial Transport with Fuselage Boundary Layer Ingestion
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1027
  • Dr Jason R. Welstead
    Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Conceptual Design of a Single-Aisle Turboelectric Commercial Transport with Fuselage Boundary Layer Ingestion
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2016-1027

2015

  • Dr Imon Chakraborty
    Auburn University
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3012
  • Mr Mathias Emeneth
    PACE America Inc
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3012
  • Mr Alexander Schneegans
    PACE Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology GmbH
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3012
  • David R Trawick
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3012
  • Dr Dimitri N Mavris
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Microscale Simulations of Porous TPS Materials: Application to Permeability”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-3012
  • Mr William W Chung
    American System Corp
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Transfer of Training on the Vertical Motion Simulator
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2014-2006

2014

  • Mr Luke J Doherty
    The University of Queensland
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Design of an Airframe Integrated 3-D Scramjet and Experimental Results at a Mach 10 Flight Condition,”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5910
  • Prof David J Mee
    The University of Queensland
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Design of an Airframe Integrated 3-D Scramjet and Experimental Results at a Mach 10 Flight Condition,”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5910
  • Prof Michael K Smart
    The University of Queensland
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Design of an Airframe Integrated 3-D Scramjet and Experimental Results at a Mach 10 Flight Condition,”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2012-5910

2012

  • Dr J. Russell Carpenter
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Awarded
    Award: Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Collision Avoidance Maneuver Decisions Based on a Bank of Norm-Inequality-Constrained Epoch-State Filters
    AIAA Citation: AAS 11-437

2009

  • Terrence Abbott
    Booz Allen Hamilton
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “Simulation Results for Airborne Precision Spacing Along Continuous Descent Arrivals”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2008-8931
  • Brian T Baxley
    NASA Langley Research Center
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: “Simulation Results for Airborne Precision Spacing Along Continuous Descent Arrivals”
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2008-8931

2008

  • Richard A Coppenbarger
    NASA-Ames
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Field Evaluation of the Tailored Arrivals Concept for Datalink-Enabled Continuous Descent Approach
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2007-7778
  • Rob Mead
    Boeing Commercial Airplanes
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Field Evaluation of the Tailored Arrivals Concept for Datalink-Enabled Continuous Descent Approach
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2007-7778
  • Douglas N Sweet
    Architecture Technology Corporation
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Field Evaluation of the Tailored Arrivals Concept for Datalink-Enabled Continuous Descent Approach
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2007-7778

2007

  • Dr Sven A Brueckner
    Newvectors LLC
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Demonstration of Digital Pheromone Swarming Control of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2005-7046
  • Robert Matthews
    NewVectors LLC
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Demonstration of Digital Pheromone Swarming Control of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2005-7046
  • H Van Dyke Parunak
    NewVectors LLC
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Demonstration of Digital Pheromone Swarming Control of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2005-7046
  • John Sauter
    Newvectors LLC
    Awarded-CoRecipients
    Award: Demonstration of Digital Pheromone Swarming Control of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles
    AIAA Citation: AIAA 2005-7046