December 3, 2009 – Reston, Virginia – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will present a number of prestigious awards during the 48th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exposition, January 4, 2010, at the Orlando World Center Marriott, in Orlando, Fla. The recipients will be honored in a public ceremony hosted by AIAA President David Thompson on January 5. The awards being conferred include the following:
In addition, the 2010 AIAA Associate Fellows will be honored in a special evening ceremony on January 4. AIAA Associate Fellows are members who have accomplished important engineering or scientific work; have done original work of outstanding merit; or who have made outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.
For more information about the AIAA Honors and Awards program, please contact Carol Stewart at carols@aiaa.org or 703.264.7623. For more information on the 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exposition, please contact Duane Hyland at 703.264.7558 or duaneh@aiaa.org . Registration for the conference is free for credentialed members of the press.
AIAA is the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members worldwide, and 90 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org .