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Partnering to Accelerate Innovation
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The role of aerospace industry partnerships with non-profit organizations to advance diversity in STEM disciplines and foster innovation will be discussed.Speakers
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Eileen Drake
CEO and President, Aerojet Rocketdyne
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SciTech 101
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Discover how you can make the most of your first week at AIAA SciTech Forum while meeting fellow attendees. This orientation is ideal for first-time attendees, but all are welcome!
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Forum 360: Empowering Innovation
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A distinguished panel of senior female leaders will share their insights on the business case for diversity along with how they have championed diversity and inclusion as executives and colleagues. Specific attention will be paid to the connections between diversity, innovation, and the future of work and the business imperative of advancing diversity initiatives within organizations.Moderator
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Andrea G. Tatum
Senior Director, Corporate Engagement, Catalyst
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Lisa Callahan
Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Civil Space, Lockheed Martin -
Christine Fox
Assistant Director, Policy and Analysis, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory -
Jody Singer
Center Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center -
Janis Terpenny
Dean, Wayne T. Davis Dean’s Chair, Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville -
Vanessa E. Wyche
Deputy Center Director, NASA Johnson Space Center
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TC Showcase
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Interested in learning more about the Technical Activities Division and AIAA’s Technical Committees? Join us for an interactive overview of TAD and the TCs and then network with TAD leaders and TC chairs.
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Sonic Boom and the X-59
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The Future of Green Propellants
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This discussion highlights the successes of NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) and what the demonstration means for the future of green propellants.Moderator
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Trudy Kortes
Program Director of Technology Demonstrations, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
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Joe Cassady
Executive Director for Space Programs, Washington Operations, Aerojet Rocketdyne -
Jeff Sheehy
Chief Engineer, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA -
Chris McLean
GPIM Principal Investigator, Ball Aerospace -
Adam Brand
Tech Advisor and Advanced Propellant Development Lead, Air Force Research Laboratory
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Autonomy for Aerospace: Challenges, Solutions, and Research Directions
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This talk will overview existing technology, outstanding challenges, required capabilities, and recently developed solutions that integrate planning and perception to provide robust decision-making for real-world autonomy.Speakers
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Jonathan P. How
Richard C. Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Technical Sessions
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Forum 360: A Complex World Demands Smart Teams
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Moderator
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Michael Gazarik
Vice President, Engineering, Ball Aerospace
Panelists
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Samuel “Keith” Hargrove
Dean, College of Engineering, Tennessee State University -
Linda O’Brien
Director and Deputy of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Unmanned Aerial Systems in Advanced Development Programs , Lockheed Martin -
LaRachelle Samuel-Smith
Managing Director, Table SALT Group -
Matthew T. Wallace
Deputy Project Manager, Mars 2020, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory -
Julie A. Williams-Byrd
Chief Technologist, NASA Langley Research Center
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Technical Sessions
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Nashville Singer/Songwriters
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If we can’t bring 2021 AIAA SciTech to Nashville, we’ll bring a little of Nashville to you! Join us as we hear from two professional singer/songwriters, as they perform their hits, tell personal stories about the stars who recorded their songs, and share the details that inspired them to write them.Session Participants
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Victoria Banks
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Billy Kirsch
Songwriter
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Student Programs Roundup
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Learn about all the ways you can get engaged and connected as an AIAA student member to our amazing offering of programs just for students.
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Advances in Wind Technology
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The cost of Wind Energy has been reduced by more than 50% in the last decade reaching all time lows. Key drivers of this trend have included increased manufacturing scale and improved efficiency of the turbine system. As the industry continues to advance, technology will become even more critical to progress. This talk will share a vision for the future of wind energy and explore key technology advances that will help drive continued cost reductions and improved performance.Speakers
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Danielle W. Merfeld
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GE Renewable Energy
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Technical Sessions
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How to Get Published with AIAA
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AIAA is the leading aerospace publisher. Join our webinar on how to publish with AIAA meeting papers, journals, books, magazine or how to participate on an AIAA standards committee. Learn more about AIAA Publications. -
Transforming the Role of the UAV
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The benefits of using reliable and proven platforms to meet emerging objectives are numerous and multifaceted.Speakers
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Claudia Mowery
Vice President – USAF Programs, Aircraft Systems, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
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Meet and Greet with Puppies!
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Secondhand Hounds will join AIAA SciTech with some amazing puppies up for adoption, so take a break and join us for some puppy love! -
Aerospace Cybersecurity Capture the Flag Preview
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Aerospace Cybersecurity Capture the Flag Preview, developed by Embry-Riddle, is a competitive learning lab for aerospace professionals of all skill and experience levels. Participants will solve general cybersecurity challenges and then move on to aerospace-specific challenges such as decrypting navigation data and finding bugs in satellite ground station systems. -
Durand Lecture for Public Service
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Topic: “The History and Prospects of Commercial Space Activity”Keynote
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David W. Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Orbital ATK, Inc.
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Technical Sessions
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Rising Leaders in Aerospace: Speed Mentoring
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Forum 360: The Pandemic: A Catalyst for Innovation
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Accelerating change is challenging, especially in an industry steeped with regulations and layers of processes, and with a propensity to minimize risk to the 10-9. But the pandemic has given the industry an opportunity to highlight the collaborative spirit that is at the core of aerospace. The unprecedented response to the pandemic has removed departmental and organizational silos to develop and produce innovative and advanced products needed to flatten the curve. Hear from leaders in government, academia, and industry on how aerospace has reacted to combat this global crisis.Moderator
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David S. Stargel
Deputy Chief Scientist, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory
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Stacey Boland
Principal Systems Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory -
Keoki Jackson
Vice President, Supply Chain & Program Performance, Lockheed Martin -
Sezin A. Palmer
National Health Mission Area Executive, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory -
Darryll J. Pines
President, University of Maryland -
Brian West
Team Lead, Additive Manufacturing and Digital Solutions, Advanced Manufacturing Branch, EM42, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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Technical Sessions
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Corporate Member Drop-In Social Hour
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Join us for casual conversation and networking. Corporate Member Employee exclusive event.
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Breathe & Restore: Slow Flow Yoga to Ease Stress in Your Mind & Body
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This beginner-friendly yoga practice* will get you connected to your breath, warm up your body, and introduce you to some of the foundational poses of a vinyasa style yoga practice.Speakers
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Erica Overfield
HR Business Partner, SAP Concur
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Plenary Session: Accelerating Innovation, Safely and Sustainably
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Christopher Raymond
Chief Sustainability Officer, The Boeing Company
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From Initial Concept to Fully Parametric Product Model in Under 30 Minutes – A Brisk Walkthrough of Model-Based Aircraft Design Environment Pacelab APD
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The presentation illustrates the conceptual design of an aircraft from configuration definition, graphic geometric modeling of the fuselage and its compartments, selection of powerplant options to multi-level analysis and design space exploration of key design parameters.Speakers
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Alexander Schneegans
Managing Director, PACE Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology
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Forum 360: Embracing Emerging Markets
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The number of new entrants into the aerospace community are many. The experience of the leaders, the business models, the driving technologies, and markets are a few variables represented on this panel. Hear about who these new entrants are, why aerospace, why now, and how the traditional community can foster these new entrants thus enabling a more robust and inclusive industry that can support solutions for the complex problems facing society.
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Bruce Holmes
Chief Technology Officer, Alakai Technologies Corporation
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Larry Wirsing
Vice President, Commercial Programs, Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company -
David Bowles
Executive Director, Virginia Institute for Spaceflight and Autonomy, Old Dominion University -
Pamela E. Cohn
COO, Urban Air Mobility Division, Hyundai Motor Group -
Richard French
Director of Business Development and Strategy, Space Systems Division, Rocket Lab -
Glenn Gonzales
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Jet It
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Materials Start-Up Panel
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In this session, representatives from start-up materials companies will present their products, operations, and vision for future directions to enlighten and encourage the audience about potential future collaboration.Panelists
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Kookai Chaimahawong
Pangaea Ventures -
Jason Husk
Mosaic Materials -
Brett Jones
VU Venture Partners -
Emily Parisi
Parisi Tech -
Evgenia Pekarskaya
Supercool Metals -
Mark Rowland
AFWERX -
Dan Xiang
X-Wave Innovations, Inc.
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AIAA YPG/IFAR Virtual Exchange IVX Talk: Cultivating the Spirit of Innovation
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IFAR Virtual Exchange (IVX) is a series of web-based speaking engagements given by internationally recognized aerospace academics and industry members. Each series will invite dynamic and inspiring speakers connected to the IFAR community. The purpose of the speaker series is to develop the career capabilities of researchers and employees of the IFAR member organizations and the greater aeronautical R&D community. The featured speaker for this talk is Parimal Kopardekar, Director of NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI). Format: Presentation followed by Audience Q&A.Speakers
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Parimal "PK" Kopardekar
Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI), NASA Ames Research Center
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Technical Sessions
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Meet the Employers
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AIAA’s “Meet the Employers” event at the 2021 SciTech Forum offers attendees the opportunity to virtually meet and network with AIAA corporate member companies.
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Forum 360: Survive and Thrive: Resiliency Enables
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Moderator
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Parimal "PK" Kopardekar
Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI), NASA Ames Research Center
Panelists
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Tino Belli
Director, Aerodynamic Development, INDYCAR, NTT IndyCar Series -
Melissa L. Flagg
Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University -
Jose Enrique Roman
Acting Vice President, Global Technology & ET&T Supply Chain Management, Managing Director, Boeing Research & Technology Europe, The Boeing Company -
Clayton Turner
Center Director, NASA Langley Research Center -
Zoe Walters
1st Lt, Program Manager, SBIR Phase I, U.S. Air Force
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Technical Sessions
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Bastion Technologies
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Bastion Technologies is a dynamic aerospace company with rapid growth in the coolest marketplace! Visit our ONLINE HUB to see our current job openings!
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Technical Sessions
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Meet AIAA Regions & Sections
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Connect with section officers, learn about activities in your region, and how to participate. This is a casual networking event. Students and professionals are encouraged to attend. -
Women@SciTech - Bringing Your Authentic Self To The Table
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This panel will provide insights and advice on the importance of individuality in professional success and bringing your authentic self into everything you do. This will be a free-flowing discussion on intersectionality, imposter syndrome, and dispelling powerful myths within STEM and aerospace.Moderator
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Melissa Sampson
Senior Manager, Advanced Systems, Ball Aerospace -
Harshini Sivakumar
Undergraduate Student at Georgia Tech; Expansion Subcommittee Chair, Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics (WoAA)
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Aprille Ericsson
New Business Lead for Instrument Systems and Technology Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -
Negar Feher
Vice President of Business Development, MOMENTUS -
Shikha Redhal
Aerospace Engineering, PhD candidate, University of Maryland, College Park -
Sarah Scoles
Freelance Science Journalist
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Fall 2020 NASA Intern Projects
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NASA interns will present their outcomes on their fall 2020 projects.Moderator
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Chris Clark
Management and Program Analyst, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) -
Parimal "PK" Kopardekar
Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI), NASA Ames Research Center
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Technical Sessions
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Gold Award Girl Scouts—Engineering for Your Community
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Join Gold Award Alums in STEM as they discuss how they built strong foundations in engineering through community problem-solving with a diversity, equity and inclusion lens.Speakers
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Megan Loh
2019 National Gold Award Girl Scout and a freshman at Stanford University -
Therese Malinowski
2020 National Gold Award Girl Scout and first year engineering student at Purdue University -
Phoebe Wall
2019 National Gold Award Girl Scout, Aero/Astro student at Stanford University
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Technical Sessions
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SciTech Student & YP Movie Night – Mars Generation
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Looking for a way to connect to other student and YP attendees at SciTech? Join AIAA and special guest commentators from NASA as we watch the Netflix documentary The Mars Generation using the RAVE app together! Our guest commentators will be Sarah Shull and Robert Howard.
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Emerging Technologies that Will Change Our World
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Speakers
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Pamela Melroy (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Member, National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group; former NASA astronaut/Space Shuttle Commander -
Steven H. Walker
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Forum 360: The Interdisciplinary Revolution: Evolving a New Mindset for Solving Real-World Problems
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Moderator
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Ram Ramachandran
Tech Fellow at the Propulsion Fluids & Design, Jacobs Space Exploration Group, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Panelists
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Allison Paige Anderson
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder -
Shawn Phillips
Chief, Rocket Propulsion Division, Air Force Research Laboratory -
James L. Reuter
Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA -
Jody Singer
Center Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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Meet the Author
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Meet Daniel P. Raymer, author of Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, at 2021 AIAA SciTech.Speakers
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Daniel P. Raymer
President, Conceptual Research Corporation
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Connecting With Your Peers
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Please join us for a virtual lunch hour with opportunities for 1-1 speed-networking and small group discussions. Come connect with your peers from academia, industry, and government. -
Technical Sessions
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ASCEND Rewind: Space Exploration
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Forum 360: Machine Intelligence & Autonomy Meet Aviation: Toward Safer & More Accessible Skies
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A cross-domain topic that focuses on AI/autonomy for both unmanned systems and general aviation (GA), especially within today’s context and the post COVID-19 world. Aviation is still in infancy on integrating machine learning/AI and autonomy. Over a number of years there have been ongoing efforts on robotic co-pilots, fully autonomous cargo planes, ground collision avoidance (auto GCAS), automated landing of GA aircraft, etc. This provides an excellent backdrop for a discussion of the acceleration of machine intelligence integration in the mainstream aerospace world.
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Zohaib Mian
Head of Systems Engineering, Alphabet/Loon -
Eric Spero
Lead, Systems Engineering for Autonomous Robotics Integration, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Army Research Laboratory
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Natalia Alexandrov
Principal Investigator, NASA Langley Research Center -
David Hansell
Global Head, Aviation Regulation and Policy, Loon, LLC -
Andrew Lacher
Senior Principal, Aerospace Research and Autonomous Systems, Noblis -
Sanjiv Singh
Chief Executive Officer, Near Earth Autonomy; Consulting Professor, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University -
Arne Stoschek
Project Executive, Machine Learning and Autonomy, @ Acubed, an Airbus Innovation Center
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Technical Sessions
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Focus on Community: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C.
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Ben’s Chili Bowl has been a mainstay of the Black community in Washington, D.C., for nearly 62 years. It stands as a historic example of how a business can serve as a driver of economic development during good times and provide hope and solidarity to a community during hard times.
MLK Day: A Tribute to Service program and registration
Virginia Ali, cofounder of Ben’s Chili Bowl with her late husband, Ben, will share stories about sitting with Dr. King and later with the first Black President of the United States, Barack Obama, and share how her restaurant has served as a gathering place for everyone, whether you are homeless or the President of the United States.
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Focus on Humanity: Fireside Chat on Diversity and Inspiration
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Hear from two accomplished Black aerospace and defense leaders, Charles Bolden and Lester Lyles, about their challenges to rise to leadership positions and their personal inspirations. These accomplished public servants will chat with moderator Lindani Johnson, Chief Engineer for NSBE Aerospace SIG. The panelists will share their thoughts on why diversity is essential in today’s workforce, as well as their outlook on the future. Attendees will be invited to interact with these leaders and ask them questions.Moderator
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Lindani Johnson
Chief Engineer, NSBE Aerospace SIG
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Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr., USMC (Ret.)
12th NASA Administrator, Founder & CEO Emeritus, The Charles F. Bolden Group -
General Lester L. Lyles, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
former Vice Chief of Staff; Commander, Air Force Materiel Command
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Focus on Country: Airing the Documentary, “Red Tail Angels – The Story & Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen”
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Watch the second episode in the documentary series, “Red Tail Angels – The Story & Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen.” This series showcases the hardships, struggles and ultimately the successes of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black men given the opportunity to serve as military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps that became the U.S. Air Force.
The film will be hosted by Joi C. Spraggins, PhD, founder of Legacy Bridges, a NASA-Related Career and Technical STEM Education, Workplace and Workforce Development Innovation Center. Dr. Spraggins also is an AIAA Member.
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Focus on Country: Conversation with one of the Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA), hosted by Joi C. Spraggins, PhD (Dr. Joi®)
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Meet DOTA George E. Hardy, Lt. Col USAF (Retired) who in September 1943 was assigned to the 320th College Training Detachment at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. His group was scheduled to take college-level courses, at Tuskegee Institute, for a period of five months. This training was cut short in the beginning of December, as his group was transferred to Tuskegee Army Air Field (TAAF) for Aviation Cadet training, as part of Class 44-H. In September 1944, DOTA George E. Hardy graduated as a single-engine pilot and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
Meet, Richard A. Baugh, the Son of DOTA Howard Lee Baugh, Lt. Col., USAF (Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Lonely Eagle). DOTA Baugh was born in Petersburg, VA on January 20, 1920. He attended public schools in Petersburg and Brooklyn, NY and graduated from Virginia State College (University) in 1941. DOTA Baugh entered the U.S. Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet in March 1942. He completed pilot training at Tuskegee Army AirField in November 1942 (Class 42-J-SE) and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. DOTA Howard Baugh, Lt. Col., USAF flew P-51C Mustang Red Tale and had 134 combat missions in WWII.
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Joi C. Spraggins
CEO, Legacy Bridges STEM Academy, Inc.; AAIA Member, NSBE Life-Time Member 325 and NSBE Aerospace SIG Ambassador for the State of Pennsylvania
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Richard A. Baugh
Son, DOTA Howard Baugh, Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. -
DOTA George E. Hardy
WWII Red Tail Pilot, Lt Col USAF (Retired) -
Jillian Patricia Pirtle
Marion Anderson Society Opera Scholar, The Marian Anderson History Society
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Take a Break
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Focus on Service: Girls Can Fly! Meet Trailblazers in Aerospace and Aviation
Description
Dr. King believed in the opportunity to provide service. He said, “Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve.” These panelists exemplify King’s call to service. Join the conversation with three Black female panelists who will share their dreams, discuss their service, and look ahead toward their next feats. This industry panel discussion will be moderated by Enanga Daisy Fale, Executive Director of the NSBE Aerospace SIG and the newly appointed Regional Deputy Director of Membership within AIAA. Attendees will be invited to interact with the panel and submit questions.Moderator
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Enanga Daisy Fale
Director, Aerospace Special Interest Group, National Society of Black Engineers
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Carole Hopson
Author, First Officer, United Airlines -
Marion Johnson
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Stephanie D. Wilson
NASA Astronaut
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Closing Remarks for the MLK Day Tribute
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The concluding finale to the day’s tribute will be presented by Dexter Johnson, PhD – Engineer, Educator, Entrepreneur, and Minister. Dr. Johnson is the NASA Technical Fellow for Loads and Dynamics, supporting the NASA Engineering and Safety Center. Johnson also is an AIAA Associate Fellow and this year’s recipient of the AIAA Diversity and Inclusion Award, recognizing his significant contributions to advancing diversity and inclusion within the aerospace and astronautics community through his AIAA collaborations with students and industry partners. He extends his expertise through his service as the NSBE Aerospace SIG Aerospace Partnership Director.
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Dexter Johnson
Ph.D., NASA Technical Fellow - Loads and Dynamics, AIAA Associate Fellow/Structural Dynamics TC Chair, NSBE Aerospace Special Interest Group/Aerospace Partnership Director
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Fun Run/Walk
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AIAA encourages you to step away from the computer before or after AIAA SciTech and get outside for a fun run and/or walk!
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Aerospace Design in the Age of Big Data and Big Compute
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From data analytics and machine learning to digital twins, aerospace design is becoming increasingly data centric. Yet in our excitement to define a new generation of data-centric approaches, we must be careful not to chart our course based entirely on the successes of data science and machine learning in the lucrative but vastly different domains of social media, online entertainment, online retail, image recognition, machine translation, and natural language processing — domains for which data are plentiful and physics-based models do not exist.Keynote
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Karen E. Willcox
AIAA Board of Trustees; Director, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
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SciTech 101 – Week 1 Recap/Week 2 Outlook
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A place for new SciTech attendees (especially students!) to come and hear what SciTech is all about. In week two, we’ll recap the first week of the forum and look ahead to what the second week has in store. -
UAV Ground Control Segment – Past, Present, & Future
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This session describes the UAV Ground Control Station (or Segment) history at GA-ASI including the evolution from the early Predator days, to the current USAF & US Army configurations, as well as future initiatives, concepts, and paradigm shifts.
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Ernest J. Serrano
Senior Director of Engineering for MQ-1C Gray Eagle, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
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Forum 360: Design Faster?
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To thrive in an ever-changing, hyper-connected, globally competitive, technology-enabled world, we are seeing huge potential in embracing “model-based everything” to help us better manage/understand complexity, increase speed, and improve agility/flexibility in dealing with uncertainty and pivots – but what’s the Holy Grail for digital models to enable us to “Design Faster?”Moderator
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Teresa Kline
Program Manager, Office of the Engineer, NASA
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Garth Coleman
Vice President, Marketing, ENOVIA, Dassault Systèmes -
Olivia Pinon Fischer
Chief, Digital Engineering Division, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL), Georgia Institute of Technology -
Jaret Matthews
Founder and CEO, Venturi Astrolab, Inc. -
Thomas J. Trodden
Deputy Director, Advanced Systems and Transformation, Sandia National Laboratories -
Philomena Zimmerman
Deputy Director, Engineering Tools and Environments, OUSD(R&E)/Advanced Capabilities, United States Department of Defense
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Meet the Author
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Kevin Michaels, Aerodynamic: Inside the High-Stakes Global Jetliner Ecosystem
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Kevin Michaels
Managing Director, AeroDynamic Advisory
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ASCEND Rewind: Entrepreneurship in Space
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Forum 360: Idea Challenge: Design Cycle - Go Fast!
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Hear from 5 teams of young professionals from across the aerospace industry on how they feel the design cycle is adapting and what it means to design quickly. Computational innovation and a diversity in mindset are tools that could hasten the cycle yet still meet the stringent performance criteria and risk tolerance of the aerospace industry.Moderator
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Michele Miller
Director, Missions and Systems Engineering, Ball Aerospace
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Challenger: The Final Flight – Episode 1 Netflix Watch Party
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Join us on Tuesday, 19 January, to watch the first episode together of Challenger: The Final Flight on Netflix. Engineers, officials, and the crew members’ families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath. -
Aerospace Trivia Night Hosted by WoAA
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Join the Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics (WoAA) for a fun night of Aerospace trivia for students! Get a team together and RSVP via this link (coming soon!). A game link will be sent to participants after RSVPs close. The first place team will win an AIAA prize pack, so be sure to register today!
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Technical Sessions
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Idea Challenge Recap
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Did you miss the Idea Challenge yesterday? Do you have more questions for the winning team – The Notorious ENGs?? Join them and other young professional participants in the HUB for a recap of their “Design Cycle – Go Fast!” pitch. -
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Rising Leaders in Aerospace: How to be an (Aero)preneur Discussion Panel and Breakout Discussion
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This a discussion panel and breakout discussion session with entrepreneurs in the aerospace industry where we discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship and how to build a successful business, from idea to execution. Attendees will have the chance to join a breakout discussion with panelists in the last part of the program. Please ensure you have the most up-to-date version of ZOOM video teleconferencing software in order to fully participate in this session.Speakers
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Natalya Bailey
CTO and co-founder, Accion Systems -
Parimal "PK" Kopardekar
Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI), NASA Ames Research Center -
Kelly Larson
Chief Executive Officer, Aquarian Space -
Garret Westlake
Executive Director of the da Vinci Center for Innovation, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Pathways to AIAA Leadership
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Join us for an interactive session to find out how you can participate in a pathway to AIAA leadership on a technical committee, local section, standing committee, and more.
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Anjaney Kottapalli
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Jeff Laube
Senior Project Engineer, Launch Systems Division, The Aerospace Corporation -
Peter Montgomery
Chair, AIAA Talent and Leadership Development Committee; Director of Commercialization, Test & Operations Support Contract, Kennedy Space Center, Jacobs -
Jeff Puschell
Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Technologies -
Kate Stambaugh
AIAA Talent and Leadership Development Committee; Senior Principal Systems Engineer, Space Sector, Northrop Grumman -
Sarah Shull
Artemis Surface Mission Planning Lead, NASA Johnson Space Center -
Phillip J. Ansell
Assistant Professor and Allen Ormsbee Faculty Fellow , Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois -
John-Paul Clarke
Professor, Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin
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Forum 360: Perspectives, Inspiration, & Lessons Learned: 2021 SciTech Townhall
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How can we capture the knowledge, messaging, vision, and inspiration that have transpired during the 2021 AIAA SciTech Forum and understand the impact for the future of aerospace? How do we create continuity and continue the conversation? Join the 2021 AIAA SciTech Executive Steering Committee in a townhall format Forum 360 to explore where we have been these last two weeks and where we are going.Moderator
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Thomas Irvine
Consultant , TBI Aerospace Consulting LLC
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Laurette Lahey
Sr. Director of Flight and Vehicle Technology, Boeing Research and Technology; Forum General Chair -
Michael D. Cawood
Vice President, Program Performance, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics -
Michele Miller
Director, Missions and Systems Engineering, Ball Aerospace -
Scott Palo
Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University Colorado Boulder -
Tom Pieronek
Chief Technology Officer & Vice President, Research and Technology, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems -
H. Kevin Rivers
Associate Director, Technical, NASA Langley Research Center; Forum 360 Co-chair -
Rickey Shyne
Director, Research and Engineering, NASA Glenn Research Center -
John Tylko
Chief Innovation Officer, Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company
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GoFly’s $1,000,000 Grand Prize is Waiting for You
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GoFly’s $1,000,000 Grand Prize is waiting to be won, and teams around the world are working to create a safe, quiet, and compact personal flyer. Think you have what it takes to win? Join us to learn more about becoming an official GoFly Team, and meet some of our current teams.
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Public Policy - Aerospace 2020: Where Have We Been and What to Expect
Description
2020 has been an interesting year to say the least. Hear from aerospace veteran journalists, Graham Warwick and Guy Norris, on the A&D industry's highlights and setbacks in 2020, and as the dust begins to settle, hear what they think will be worth watching in 2021.Moderator
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Timothy Dominick
Chair, AIAA Public Policy Committee, and Staff Engineer, Northrop Grumman
Speakers
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Guy Norris
Senior Editor, Aviation Week Space & Technology -
Graham Warwick
Executive Editor, Technology, Aviation Week
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Technical Sessions
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Plenary Session: Building on the Shuttle Legacy
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Forty years ago NASA’s Space Shuttle Program began. NASA’s fourth program for human spaceflight had a mission to provide routine transportation to low Earth orbit with a reusable vehicle. Thirty years and only 133 missions later, shuttle Discovery concluded the program, arguably without completing the original vision. Or did it? Over the 30 years there were successes and failures, but the technological advancement and inspiration were to be the foundation for the next generation of commercial spaceflight.
Keynote
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Steve Jurczyk
Acting Administrator, NASA
Moderator
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Miles O'Brien
Independent Journalist
Panelists
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Anousheh Ansari
CEO, XPRIZE Foundation; Private Space Explorer -
Steve Lindsey
Senior Vice President, Strategy Space Systems, Sierra Nevada Corp. -
Beth Moses
Astronaut and Chief Astronaut Instructor, Virgin Galactic -
June Scobee Rodgers
Founding Chair, Challenger Center -
Brewster H. Shaw
Vice President and General Manager, Space Exploration, for Integrated Defense Systems, The Boeing Company (retired)
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