Nick Lappos, AE '73, receives Prestigious Sir Barnes Wallis Medal
Alumnus Nick Lappos, a Senior Tech Fellow at Sikorsky, has been awarded
the Sir Barnes Wallis Medal from the UK Guild of Air Pilots and
Navigators (GAPAN). GAPAN, established in 1929 in London, is a Royalty
Chartered Guild with an international membership of professional and
private pilots.
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AE School welcomes Prof. Graeme Kennedy
Prof. Graeme Kennedy has joined our faculty in November 2013. His
research involves the development and application of numerical
optimization techniques to structural and multidisciplinary design
problems, with a primary focus on the analysis and design of fixed-wing
aircraft. Dr. Kennedy received his PhD from the University of Toronto
Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) in 2012.
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Kenneth Hart and Dan Prosser selected for Aviation Week's Twenty20's Award
Graduate students Kenneth Hart and Daniel Prosser have been selected for
Aviation Week & Space Technology's Twenty20's Award, in
recognition of their campus activities and contributions to the
aerospace industry.
This prestigious award, produced in partnership with Raytheon
Corporation, recognizes top 20 engineering, math, science and
technology students.
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PhD Student Matthew Gross awarded Best Student Paper
Matthew Gross, a doctoral student in AE working under the supervision of
Prof. Mark Costello, was the winner of the Best Student Paper Award for
the 2013 Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference held August 19-22 in
Boston, MA for his paper titled "Impact Point Model Predictive Control
of a Spin-Stabilized Projectile with Instability Protection."
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Letter from the Chair
Dear AE alumni and friends:
On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of our School, I am
delighted to share with you the accomplishments of our faculty, alumni,
and students. This is our last newsletter for the calendar year 2013.
Our next issue will be published on February 1, 2014. In the meanwhile,
please stay in touch with us through our web site, and the LinkedIn,
FaceBook, and Twitter sites.
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season,
Vigor Yang
Chair, School of AE
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Prof. Grant, AE '12, wins Outstanding Teaching Award at Purdue
Our congratulations to Prof. Mike Grant, the winner of the prestigious
2013 W.A. Gustafson Award for Outstanding Teaching in the School of
Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue! The recipient is selected by the
School's juniors and seniors.
Dr. Grant received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 2012 and joined Purdue.
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Selected AE Seminars and Publications available online
A number of recent AE seminars are available in streaming video format. Please visit SmarTech to see a list of available videos.
The research efforts of the staff have resulted in numerous publications
as NACA, NASA, DoD and other government agency notes and reports, in
papers published in recognized professional archival journals, in PhD
dissertations, and in reports made to symposia and congresses throughout
the United States, Europe and the Far East. Some of these publications
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AE Scholars win the Best Student Paper Award
Congratulations to graduate students Christopher Jones, Patrick Chai,
and Sean Currey!! They received the best Space History, Society, and
Policy Student Paper Award at the AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference &
Exposition, San Diego, CA Sept 10 - 12, 2013 for the paper "Review of
Recent U.S. Human Space Exploration Plans Beyond Low Earth Orbit."
Prof. Alan Wilhite is their faculty advisor.
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Upcoming Events
Gebhardt Distinguished Seminar
Thu, Feb 06, 2014, 3:30-4:30pm
Mr. Robert Crippen, Retired U.S. Navy Captain and former NASA Astronaut
Gebhardt Distinguished Seminar
Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Meyer Benzakein, Wright Brothers Institute Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University
For more information on these events, please contact:
Margaret Ojala; 404-894-3002; margaret.ojala@ae.gatech.edu |
Investing in America's Future
Investments in technology and innovation enable new space missions,
stimulate the economy, contribute to the nation’s global
competitiveness, and inspire America’s next generation of scientists,
engineers and astronauts.
On November 4, 2013, Space Technology Mission Directorate Associate
Administrator Michael Gazarik (GT Alumnus, PhD in ECE, 1997) provided an
overview of NASA’s technology development efforts and the agency’s
contributions. He discussed Space Technology’s current portfolio,
collaborative partnerships for current students and researchers, as well
as future projects and opportunities.
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Prof. Friedmann presents 2013 Nikolsky Lecture
On Nov 15, Prof. Peretz Friedmann of the University of Michigan, a
distinguished member of our Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence
(VLRCOE), presented a review of the evolution of active control
approaches for helicopter vibration and noise reduction. His talk,
ocused on actively controlled flap, active twist rotor, active tip, and
dynamically deployed micro-flaps.
Our VLRCOE faculty have been selected Nikolsky Lecturers for the past
two years in a row. Professors Loewy, Schrage, Peters, and Hodges have
all been selected to give these lectures.
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