RESTON, Va., Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AIAA is pleased to announce its newly elected Class of 2027 Associate Fellows. The Institute will formally honor the class at the AIAA Associate Fellows Induction Ceremony and Dinner, Wednesday, 13 January 2027, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando during AIAA SciTech Forum 2027, 11–15 January 2027, Orlando, Florida.
“Congratulations to each member of the Class of 2027 Associate Fellows,” said AIAA President Keoki Jackson. “This distinguished group has advanced the state of science and technology in aeronautics and astronautics, breaking some of our industry’s most challenging barriers along the way. Their sustained excellence and technical leadership reflect the caliber of talent shaping the future of aerospace. We are proud to recognize their achievements and their impact on aerospace.”
The Class of 2027 AIAA Associate Fellows represent 50 AIAA sections in all seven AIAA regions. They come from 7 countries and 42 U.S. states.
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.” Only 17% of AIAA members are ever selected for this grade. To be selected, an individual must be an AIAA Senior Member in good standing, with at least 12 years of professional experience, and be recommended by three AIAA members.
For more information on the AIAA Honors Program or AIAA Associate Fellows, contact Patricia A. Carr at patriciac@aiaa.org.
Class of 2027 AIAA Associate Fellows
Pinar Acar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Vivek Ahuja, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Daniil Andrienko, University of Colorado
Elias J. G. Arcondoulis, University of Southampton
Eldad J. Avital, Queen Mary University of London
Sally P. M. Bane, Purdue University
Lance V. Bays, Vortex Control Technologies
Michael J. Belisle, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Elizabeth Katherine Benitez, Air Force Research Laboratory
Neal Bitter, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Eleonora M. Botta, University at Buffalo
Christoph Brehm, University of Maryland, College Park
Brian S. Burgess, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Stefano Campagnola, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Yongcan Cao, University of Texas at San Antonio
Jesse Capecelatro, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Anirban Chaudhuri, University of Texas, Austin
Bradley W. Cheetham, Advanced Space, LLC
Yin Chen, U.S. Army T2COM - AC
James Chou, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Brandon Charles Chynoweth, Purdue University
Gökçin Çınar, University of Michigan
Steve Clark, The Boeing Company
Raghvendra V. Cowlagi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Chloe E. Dedic, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mary Engola, Rocketdyne
Brian E. Est, Boeing Defense, Space & Security (retired)
Imraan A. Faruque, Oklahoma State University; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Ola Fasehun, The Boeing Company
Ian J. Fialho, The Boeing Company
Wilhelm Alexander Friess, University of Maine
Dustin E. Gamble, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Ebenezer P. Gnanamanickam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Patrick W. Goulding II, National Full-Scale Aerodynamcs Complex (AEDC)
Carmen Guerra-Garcia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patrick R. Hammer, Air Force Research Laboratory
Frank D. Han, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Svetlana Hanson, Metecs
Matthew E. Harvazinski, Air Force Research Laboratory
John T. Hays, Hays Research, LLC / General Dynamics Mission Systems (Retired)
Matthew A. Hitt, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Linton K. Honda, The Aerospace Corporation
James F. Horton, Rocketdyne
Jason C. Howison, CFD Research Corporation
Zhen Hu, University of Michigan–Dearborn
Wade W. Huebsch, West Virginia University
Milos Ilak, RTX Technology Research Center
Prahladh S. Iyer, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.
Devin P. Jack, Adaptive Aerospace Group, Inc.
Steven A. Jacobson, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Lulin Jiang, Baylor University
Kursat Kara, Oklahoma State University
Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University
Syed J. Khalid, GE Aerospace
Donghoon Kim, University of Cincinnati
Andrew J. Knoedler, DARPA
Timothy Kokan, Rocketdyne
Zhaodan Kong, University of California, Davis
Boris Kramer, University of California, San Diego
Steven E. Lamberson Jr., Bowhead Total Enterprise Solutions LLC
Gaël Le Bris, WSP
Lt Col Robert L. MacDermott, Air Force Institute of Technology
L. Greg Magone, The Boeing Company
Victor Maldonado, Texas Tech University
Scott M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Mark T. Maybury, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Jacob A. McFarland, Texas A&M University / University of Wisconsin—Madison
Jeremiah S. McNatt, NASA Glenn Research Center
Erik Mellquist, The Aerospace Corporation
John Metcalf, The MITRE Corporation
David A. Mills, Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation
James M. Myers, The Aerospace Corporation (retired)
Mostafa R A Nabawy, University of Manchester
Adrian F. Nagle IV, BAE Systems, Inc.
Navid Nakhjiri, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Shreyas Narsipur, Mississippi State University
Nikhil Nigam, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Ryan A. Noguchi, The Aerospace Corporation
Cheryl O'Keefe, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Gustavo Luiz Olichevis Halila, Embraer
Jeffrey S. Parker, Advanced Space, LLC
Pat L. Patterson, Space Dynamics Laboratory/Utah State University
Antoni Perez-Poch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Claudine Phaire, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
William J. Pomerantz, Patti Grace Smith Fellowship
Ashok Kumar Prajapati, NASA Headquarters/Science Mission Directorate
George H. Prueger, Rocketdyne
Ashley Purkey, Boeing Engineering & Technology Innovation
Kiran Ramesh, Arizona State University
Sivakumar Rathinam, Texas A&M University, College Station
Ali K. Raz, George Mason University
Thomas G. Recchia, U.S. Army, Armament Graduate School
Ashwin Renganathan, Pennsylvania State University
George “Geo” Richards, Grove City College
Mark A. Ricklick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Beth Rieken, Muon Space
Cristina Riso, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gregory L. Roth, Air Force Research Laboratory
Keun Ryu, Hanyang University
Unnikrishnan Sasidharan-Nair, Florida State University
John A. Schaefer, The Boeing Company
Oliver Schmidt, University of California, San Diego
P. Chase Schulze, Systems Technology, Inc.
Andrea Scouras, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Gregory Luke Semrau, Moog Space & Defense
Nima Shamsaei, Auburn University
Randy L. Spicer, Northrop Grumman
Stephen Michael Spottswood, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Shannon M. Statham, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University
James D. Thorne, Institute for Defense Analyses
John S. Tomblin, Wichita State University
Aaron Towne, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Michael Tsay, Busek Co., Inc.
Valerio Viti, Ansys, part of Synopsys
Manan A. Vyas, NASA Glenn Research Center
Jian-Ping Wang, Peking University
Xingjian Wang, Tsinghua University
Doug Wells, NASA Langley Research Center
Michael T. Wolff, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Yuying Xia, Swansea University
Suo Yang, University of Minnesota
CDR Jacob Yates, USN (Ret.), Mariner Space Institute
Jaiick (Jack) Yoh, Seoul National University
Pavlos K. Zachos, Cranfield University
Matthew J. Zahr, University of Notre Dame
Yu Yu April Zhang, University of South Florida
Beckett Y. Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology
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