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Member e-Newsletter October 2011 AIAA News Honors & Awards AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & AIAA Congratulates David Exposition a Great Success Thompson on Receiving the 2011 Livestreaming Sessions Now Available International von Kármán Wings Online Award Honored for His Leadership of Orbital The AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Sciences Corporation Exposition, which took place 27–29 September at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, AIAA congratulates David Thompson, co- California, was a great success, and the Institute founder, chairman, and CEO of Orbital would like to thank the Executive Chairs, Charles Sciences Corporation, AIAA Fellow, and Elachi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lt Gen former president of AIAA, on being awarded Ellen Pawlikowski, U.S. Air Force Space and the International von Kármán Wings Award Missile Systems Center, Roger Krone, The from the Aerospace Historical Society and the Boeing Company, Jeff Grant, Northrop Grumman Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the Corporation, and Joanne Maguire, Lockheed California Institute of Technology. Thompson Martin Corporation. The conference theme of this received the award at a dinner on 29 year’s event was: Enhancing Today, Inspiring September at the Athenaeum, California Tomorrow. Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom provided the keynote address Tuesday, 27 September. Full Story > Newsom touched upon the need for the state of California to get back in the business of building things once again, stating, “I support innovation.” He enthusiastically provided his support for the aerospace industry, saying, “You are about pushing the limits, not about what is, but what can be,” while also declaring the state of California open for business, stating, “You are the future business, and this state is AIAA Honorary Fellow Yvonne C. about the future.” Brill to Receive the National Medal U.S. Congressman Ken Calvert, representing California's 44th district, addressed attendees on of Technology and Innovation Wednesday, 28 September, noting with dismay that the U.S. is no longer equipped to put man into space, Honored for Her Contributions to and emphasizing the need to work together so that the U.S. maintains its leadership position. He said that Satellite Propulsion Systems Congress, the administration, and industry each have a role to play and all must ask, “Is this best for the country?” as we move forward, noting that, “Our forefathers pushed the bounds of exploration, the torch is ours to carry on.” AIAA congratulates AIAA Honorary Fellow Yvonne C. Brill on her selection by President Other keynote speakers included Bob Burke, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Craig R. Cooning, The Obama to receive the National Medal of Boeing Company, Douglas L. Loverro, Director, U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Technology and Innovation. Brill will receive Joanne Maguire, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lt Gen Eugene Tattini, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the medal at a White House ceremony later Tim Frei, Northrop Grumman Corporation, James Green, NASA, G. Scott Hubbard, Stanford University, this year. and Steven Squyres, Cornell University, among others. Full Story > Videos of these keynote addresses, as well as many others from SPACE 2011, are now available on AIAA.org. (Pictured: Joanne Maguire and Lt Gen Eugene Tattini) AIAA Announces Section Award View Videos from SPACE 2011. Winners Awards Honor Outstanding Section View Presentations from SPACE 2011. Programming in a Variety of View Photos from SPACE 2011. Categories AIAA has announced its 2010–2011 Section STS-135 Crew from Space Shuttle Atlantis Meets with Award winners. The Section Awards annually honor particularly notable achievements made Media at AIAA SPACE 2011 by member sections in offering activities that fulfill the Institute’s mission in a wide range of fields. The Institute believes that vital, active Socks, orbital debris, runway lengths, the thoughts of America’s last space sections are essential to the Institute’s health shuttle crew on the shuttle’s legacy, and much more were all discussed at and mission. a media roundtable with the crew of STS-135, the final space shuttle mission, on 28 September at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Full Story > Beach, California. Held in conjunction with the AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, the event brought together three members of the STS-135 crew: Chris Ferguson, Commander; Sandra Magnus, Mission Specialist 1; and Rex Walheim, Mission Specialist 2, with AIAA Presents Awards at SPACE ten reporters for a roundtable moderated by AIAA’s Executive Director Bob Dickman. 2011 Conference (Click image for larger version. Pictured {left to right}: Chris Ferguson, Commander; Sandra Technical Achievement, Program Magnus, Mission Specialist 1; Rex Walheim, Mission Specialist 2.) Management and Sustained Service Full Story > Honored AIAA presented awards recognizing key AIAA Welcomes Attendees to the AIAA Centennial of achievements in space science and Naval Aviation Forum technology, space program management, and sustained service to the Institute, at an awards luncheon on 28 September as part of the AIAA welcomed hundreds of attendees to the Centennial of Naval Aviation AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, Forum and New Horizons in Aviation Forum, which took place 21–23 which took place 27–29 September, at the September in Virginia Beach, VA. The panel sessions kicked off on the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, morning of the 21st with “Naval Aviation Enterprise,” featuring VADM CA. Walter B. Massenburg, USN (Ret.), VADM James M. Zortman, USN (Ret.), RADM Michael E. Finley, USN (Ret.), and Daniel Nega, Director, Aviation Full Story > Readiness and Resource Analysis Department, Naval Air Systems Command, as panelists (this session, as well as all of the others, can be viewed in its entirety via the CoNA videos posted on AIAA.org). Following the morning session, a “TOPGUN Fightertown USA” panel was featured, in which TOPGUN Featured Products officers from various times during the Navy Fighter Weapons School’s 40-plus year history discussed Hot Off the Press developments, challenges, and accomplishments during their tenures at the school. The Top Gun Fightertown USA panel included, CDR Alex “Rattler” Rucker, an F-8 Pilot (Vietnam), TOPGUN instructor (1973–76), and an F-14 Pilot (in the early 80’s), CDR Dave “Poof” Harris, F-14 and F/A-18F Pilot, TOPGUN Instructor 1997–2000 and 2003–2007, CDR Dave “Bio” Baranek, F-14 RIO (Radar Intercept Officer), TOPGUN Instructor 1984–1987, Commanding Officer of VF-211 1997–1998, and author of “TOPGUN Days,” and CDR Will “Toast” Burney, F-14 RIO, F/A-18 WSO (Weapon Systems Officer), Introduction to TOPGUN Instructor 1999–2002, and TOPGUN Commanding Officer 2009–2011. Theoretical Aerodynamics and (Pictured: Rear Admiral Patrick E. McGrath, Deputy Commander, Naval Air Forces, and Director, Hydrodynamics Centennial of Naval Aviation Task Force) Full Story > William R. Sears View Videos from CoNA/NHAF. AIAA Education Series View Presentations from CoNA/NHAF. Formally published for the first time, Professor William R. 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