AIAA Announces its Class of 2023 Associate Fellows Written 28 November 2022

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November 28, 2022 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its newly elected Class of 2023 Associate Fellows.

“Congratulations to each member of the Class of 2023 Associate Fellows,” said AIAA President Laura McGill. “This distinguished group of professionals has made significant and lasting contributions to the aerospace profession. They exemplify expertise, passion, and dedication to advancing their specific disciplines, and they are truly shaping the future of aerospace.” The Institute is hosting a Class of 2023 Associate Fellows Meet and Greet on Tuesday, 24 January, during the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, National Harbor, Maryland, 23–27 January.

The grade of Associate Fellow recognizes individuals “who have accomplished or been in charge of important engineering or scientific work, or who have done original work of outstanding merit, or who have otherwise made outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.” To be selected as an Associate Fellow an individual must be an AIAA Senior Member in good standing, with at least 12 years of professional experience, and be recommended by three current Associate Fellows.

“The AIAA Associate Fellows personify the innovation that drives our industry forward,” said Dan Dumbacher, AIAA executive director. “The members of the Class of 2023 Associate Fellows embody the ingenuity and commitment that are crucial for developing solutions to the complex questions raised across the aerospace community. On behalf of the Institute, we recognize the families, friends, and colleagues who support the Associate Fellows as they contribute in such a meaningful way to the aerospace community.

For more information on the AIAA Honors Program or AIAA Associate Fellows, contact Patricia A. Carr at patriciac@aiaa.org.

Class of 2023 AIAA Associate Fellows

• Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University
• Vishal Acharya, Georgia Institute of Technology
• W. Nathan Alexander, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Eric Andrews, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
• Selin Aradag, TED University
• Emily Arnold, University of Kansas
• H. Pat Artis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Turaj Ashuri, Kennesaw State University
• Mario Asselin, Asselin Inc.
• Benjamin L. Austin Jr., IN Space LLC
• Steven Barrett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Steven Beard, NASA/ARC-AFS Aerospace Simulation R&D
• Stuart Benton, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Samuel Case Bradford, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
• Justin Bradley, University of Nebraska
• Luca Carlone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Imon Chakraborty, Auburn University
• Jeffrey T. Chambers, Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company
• Haiyang Chao, University of Kansas
• Melissa Choi, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Tammy L. Choy, The Aerospace Corporation
• Clinton Church, Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company
• Joshua W. Clemens, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Jean-François Clervoy, Novespace SA
• James G. Coder, Pennsylvania State University
• Ran Dai, Purdue University
• Juan M. de Bedout, Raytheon Technologies
• Shailen Desai, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
• Michael Drews, Lockheed Martin Space
• Kiran D'Souza, Ohio State University
• Aaron Dufrene, CUBRC
• Alexander Edsall, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
• Kivanc Ekici, University of Tennessee
• Dean Eklund, Air Force Research Laboratory
• John A.N. Farnsworth, University of Colorado Boulder
• Edward J. Feltrop, Textron Aviation
• Kent Gee, Brigham Young University
• Andrew Gibson, Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero)
• Kandyce Goodliff, NASA Langley Research Center
• Michael Grieves, Digital Twin Institute
• Daniel Guildenbecher, Sandia National Laboratories
• Veeraraghava Raju Hasti, Purdue University
• JT Heineck, NASA Ames Research Center
• Neal Herring, Raytheon Technologies
• Richard Hibbs, Jacobs Critical Mission Solutions
• Joshua Hopkins, Lockheed Martin Space
• Brent C. Houchens, Sandia National Laboratories
• Mary K. Hudson, Dartmouth College and National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Rohit Jain, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center
• Mark Jefferies, Rolls-Royce PLC
• Timothy R. Jorris, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Krishna M. Kalyanam, NASA Ames Research Center
• Bryan Kelchner, Teknicare, Inc.
• Graeme Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Bhupendra Khandelwal, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• Steve Klausmeyer, Textron Aviation
• Ashley Korzun, NASA Langley Research Center
• Scott Kowalchuk, Sandia National Laboratories
• Seth Lacy, U.S. Air Force
• Vaios Lappas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens/Cranfield University
• Jonathan Latall, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
• Bret Leonhardt, Northrop Grumman (Retired)
• Yiannis A. Levendis, Northeastern University
• Richard Linares, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Yu Liu, Southern University of Science and Technology
• David N. Loomis, DNL Consulting
• Adrien Loseille, INRIA
• Bernadette Luna, NASA Ames Research Center
• Raymond C. Maple, Textron Aviation
• Marcias Martinez, Clarkson University
• Marcus McWaters, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Zohaib T. Mian, Astra Space, Inc.
• Robert Moehlenkamp, Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Stéphane Moreau, Université de Sherbrooke
• Matthew Munson, U.S. Air Force Academy
• Kelly Murphy, NASA Langley Research Center
• Venkateswaran Narayanaswamy, North Carolina State University
• Fernando Manuel da Silva Pereira das Neves, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
• Joseph Nichols, Raytheon Missiles & Defense
• Andrew C. Nix, West Virginia University
• Scott Nowlin, BAE Systems Inc.
• Kui Ou, Honda Aircraft Company
• Keith Owens, Moog, Inc.
• Jose Palacios, Pennsylvania State University
• Binfeng Pan, Northwestern Polytechnical University
• Francesco Panerai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Marco Panesi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Nick Parziale, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Soumya S. Patnaik, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Evan Pineda, NASA Glenn Research Center
• Daan Marinus Pool, Delft University of Technology
• Amir R. Rahmani, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
• Brent A. Rankin, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Juergen Rauleder, Georgia Institute of Technology
• John Rhoads, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
• Matthew Ringuette, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
• Katherine Rink, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Wes Ryan, NASA Ames Research Center
• Srikanth Saripalli, Texas A&M University
• Christopher Schrock, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Alessandro Scotti, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
• Thomas Sebastian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Daniel Selva, Texas A&M University
• Alexey Shashurin, Purdue University
• Steven P. Shepard, Lockheed Martin Space
• Jay Sitaraman, U.S. Army DEVCOM AvMC
• Carson Slabaugh, Purdue University
• Peter M. Struk, NASA Glenn Research Center
• Haithem Taha, University of California, Irvine
• Spilios Theodoulis, Delft University of Technology
• Stephanie J. Thomas, Princeton Satellite Systems
• Nathan R. Tichenor, Texas A&M University
• Massimiliano Vasile, University of Strathclyde
• Felipe Viana, University of Central Florida
• Yan Wan, University of Texas at Arlington
• Peng Wei, George Washington University
• Glen Whitehouse, Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
• Julian Winkler, Raytheon Technologies Research Center
• Lesley Wright, Texas A&M University
• Vanessa Wyche, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Tansel Yucelen, University of South Florida
• Brian Yutko, The Boeing Company

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