Aeroacoustics Award Open for Nominations 10 July 2024 – 1 October 2024

Award Recipients

2023

• Yueping Guo
  Awarded

  Award: 2023 AIAA Aeroacoustics Award

  AIAA Citation: For significant contributions to understanding airframe noise and acoustic scattering and application in development of state-of-the-art, system-level prediction methods enabling innovative noise reduction.

2022

• Prof Kenneth S Brentner
  Penn State University

  Awarded

  Award: 2022 AIAA Aeroacoustics Award

  AIAA Citation: "For fundamental contributions to aeroacoustics and rotorcraft noise prediction, including the introduction of the permeable surface formulations of the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings equation."

2021

• Prof Ephraim J Gutmark
  University of Cincinnati

  Awarded

  Award: 2021 AIAA Aeroacoustics Award

  AIAA Citation: For his pioneering and outstanding contributions to the application of aeroacoustics practice to achieve quiet aircraft engines and new understanding of voice production and treatments

2020

• Dr Robert P Dougherty
  OptiNav Inc

  Awarded

  Award: 2020 Aeroacoustics Award

  AIAA Citation: For seminal contributions to experimental aeroacoustics through development and use of phased array technology and for development and use of optimal nacelle design analytical tools

2019

• Dr William J Devenport
  Virginia Tech

  Awarded

  Award: 2019 Aeroacoustics Award

  AIAA Citation: For seminal and pioneering contributions in aeroacoustics, particularly in developing new experimental techniques and to the understanding of turbulence and surface roughness noise.

2018

• Prof Tim Colonius
  California Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  Award: Aeroacoustics Award 2018

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding contributions to theoretical and computational aeroacoustics for the prediction and control of noise and his absolute commitment to educating the next generation.

2017

• Prof Dimitri Papamoschou
  University of California Irvine

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: “For seminal contributions to understanding noise generations in multi-stream supersonic jets leading to one of the most promising noise reduction methods in current development."

2016

• Prof Sanjiva K Lele
  Stanford University

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For developing high-accuracy computational methods for direct and hybrid noise predictions and for advancing the understanding of noise generation mechanisms in high-speed jet flows.

2015

• Prof Nigel Peake
  University of Cambridge

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding and prediction of turbomachinery noise generation and scattering.

2014

• Dr Edward J Rice
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For seminal contributions to the theories of aircraft engine duct noise radiation and grazing flow liner optimization.

2011

• Dr Martin V Lowson
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For Significant and Innovative Contributions to the Understanding of the Mechanisms of the Generation and the Prediction of Helicopter Rotor, Compressor and Wind Turbine Noise.

2010

• Dr Dennis K McLaughlin
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For pioneering contributions in experimental aeroacoustics, particularly measurements of noise generated by large-scale structures in supersonic jets, and for leadership in aerospace engineering education.

2009

• Dr Ramani Mani
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For continued discoveries and advancements in jet and fan aeroacoustics, especially mean flow/acoustic shielding and prediction methods for high tip speed fans.

2008

• Walter Eversman
  Missouri University of Science and Technology

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For pioneering contributions in numerical methods in duct acoustics which have evolved into widely cited results and prediction codes and fundamental theoretical contributions in acoustic power and reciprocity in ducts.

2006

• Dr Roy K Amiet
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For significant contribution to the understanding and prediction of rotating blade broadband noise, trailing edge noise, and other aeroacoustic phenomena.

2005

• Dr Michael J. Fisher
  University of Southampton-Institute of Sound and Vibration

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding of jet noise and prediction of shock-associated noise, coaxial jet noise and turbofan buzz saw noise, and development of advanced measurement methods.

2004

• Dr Stewart A Glegg
  Florida Atlantic University

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding and reduction of fan noise in turbomachinery

2003

• Dr Thomas F Brooks
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding, prediction, and reduction of noise from rotors, airfoils, and other aerodynamics devices.

2002

• Prof Christopher L Morfey
  University of Southampton-Institute of Sound and Vibration

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For Deep and Penetrating Analysis of Difficult Problems of Turbomachinery and Jet Noise, and Nonlinear Acoustics

2001

• Prof Michael S Howe
  Boston University

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding theoretical contributions to the understanding of the fundamental physical processes of noise generation in aeroacoustics

2000

• Prof Hafiz M Atassi
  University of Notre Dame

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding and exceptional scientific achievement and leadership in theoretical and computational aeroacoustics

1999

• Dr Philip J Morris
  Pennsylvania State University

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding and exceptional scientific achievement and leadership in theoretical and computational aeroacoustics

1998

• Dr John M Seiner
  The University of Mississippi

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: In recognition of outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding, prediction, and control of subsonic and supersonic jet noise

1997

• Prof Albert R George
  Cornell University

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of aircrat and automovitve aerodynamic noise mechanisms and their analysis, measurement, and control.

1996

• Dr Feri Farassat
  NASA-Langley Research Center

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For pioneering devolopment of theoretical and computattional aeroacoustics in the time domain for propellers, rotors, and ducted fans.

1995

• Dr Donald B Hanson
  DBH Consulting

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding and reduction of noise generated by turbomachinery.

1993

• Krishan K Ahuja
  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding innovative contributions to the field of experimental aeroacoustics in the areas of jet noise, flow/acoustic interaction, aircraft propulsion system acoustics, and noise control.

1992

• Alfons Michalke
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: In recogtionion of contribution to the understanding of noise generation process in turbulent flows.

1990

• Philip E Doak
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: In recognition of major contributions in advancing the status of aeroacoustics through research and communication, and for his role as Founder and Editor of the “Journal of Sound Vibration” and Co-Founder of an International Institute for Acoustics and Vibration Research.

1988

• Krishnamurty Karamacheti
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For contributions to the understanding of discrete tone phenomena, the foundation and direction of the NASA (Ames) Stanford Joint Institute, thereby providing education in appreciation of the science of aeroacoustics

1987

• Dr Christopher K Tam
  Florida State Univeristy

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding technical contributions in the areas of receptivity, large-scale turbulence structures, propeller noise, and supersonic jet noise,

1986

• Prof David G Crighton
  The Master's Lodge

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For original contributions to the understanding of sound generation by instability waves and for his work on fundamental aerodynamics of sound generated by flow over lifting bodies and trailing edges.

1984

• Prof Geoffrey M Lilley
  Univ of Southampton

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For major contributions to to aeroacoustics research, including sonic boom and jet noise, and particularly for his theory of the generation and radiation of sound by turbulence and the practical suppression of jet noise

1983

• Dr Marvin E Goldstein
  NASA Glenn Research Center

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For important contributions to the theories of fan, jet and jet-surface interaction noise including his comprehensive treatise, "Aeroacoustics" that has become a standard reference in the field.

1981

• Thomas G Sofrin
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For his pioneering theoretical and experimental investigations of fan tone noise generation and propagation. His widely acknowledged contributions provided the fundamental design criteria for developing modern turbo-fan engines with significantly reduced community noise lev

1980

• Prof Alan Powell
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For pioneering the modern theory of vortex sound, and for outstanding theoretical and experimental contributions to the study of aerodynamic sound generation by boundary layers, subsonic, and supersonic turbulent jets and jet-edge interaction.

1979

• Mr. Harvey H Hubbard
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For outstanding scientific contributions to understanding and reducing the generation, propagation and effects of aircraft noise

1977

• Dr John E Fowcs Williams
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For creative research and stimulating leadership.

1976

• Dr Herbert S Ribner
  Univ of Toronto

  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For theoretical and experimental contributions to the understanding of jet noise

1975

• Michael James Lighthill
  Awarded

  AIAA Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of aerodynamic noise