The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The AIAA – It’s Your Institute!
A Presentation to AIAA Students at Mississippi State University
14 October 2013
Who We Are
• The world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global
aerospace profession
• The Mission: to address the professional needs and interests
of the past, current, and future aerospace workforce and to
advance the state of aerospace science, engineering,
technology, operations, and policy to benefit our global
society
• The Institute is the principal voice, information resource, and
publisher for aerospace engineers, scientists, managers,
policymakers, students, and educators
Almost Every Major Advancement in the Aerospace Sciences and
Engineering Has Been Made by an AIAA Member
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Our Past and TODAY
• Established in 1963 by merging two great aerospace societies
 The American Rocket Society (founded in 1930 as the American
Interplanetary Society)
– Science fiction writers and editors; performed own experiments
 The Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (founded in 1933 as the
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences)
– Scholars and professionals; amazing library/collection
• Today, the AIAA is:
 Over 30,000 professional members in 85 countries; over 7,000
student members in over 150 student branches worldwide
– 20 technical conferences, 8000 papers per year
– 7 technical journals, hundreds of books, and an electronic library of
all papers and journal articles since 1963 (some back to 1930)
– Short courses, standards, public policy
– The AIAA Foundation
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Our Purpose and Promise
• Purpose: To ignite and celebrate aerospace ingenuity and
collaboration, and its importance to our way of life
 This is a visionary profession
 AIAA celebrates and shares our community’s great
accomplishments – from small yet brilliantly simple innovations
that affect everyday lives to great discoveries and missions that
fuel our collective human drive to explore and accomplish the
amazing
• Promise: To be your vital lifelong link to the aerospace
community and a champion for its achievements
 This is a constant, vital community
 In a world where most of us change jobs, organizations, and
career paths more than ever before, AIAA is a constant –
providing continuity as an ongoing source for learning, lasting
community, professional connections, and career development
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In This Organization…
• We:
 Cover a diverse breadth of workforce that is part of the coolest,
most interesting, most essential profession on earth
 Offer a unique multi-disciplinary community not found elsewhere
 Invite the community into discussion with each other, prospective
partners or thought leaders/innovators
 Publish content not available anywhere else
 Work to get the profession recognized for making the world safer,
more connected, more accessible and more prosperous
 Work to protect jobs, and create more opportunities for current
aerospace professionals, and a pipeline of future professionals
 Focus on the future and build excitement for new frontiers
 Encourage people inside/outside profession to get inspired,
enthusiastic and energized
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In This Organization…
• Our Members:
 Have made nearly every modern discovery or significant
advancement in aerospace
 Meet/talk to people who’ve made the discoveries, written the
books, published the research, completed the missions
 Find a lifelong home for professionals who want to develop
career paths and have more career mobility; find mentors;
transfer skills from technical to managerial roles; learn how to
work in team-based environments
 Get in on ground floor of new thinking, best practices, stimulating
idea exchanges (sparks that can lead to the next brilliantly simple
innovation or amazing major discovery)
 Are offered opportunities to give back (through leadership,
mentoring, telling the aerospace story, sharing ideas)
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Career Advantages of Membership
• Jump starting career advancement
 Meet people you might never encounter—your next employer,
boss, mentor or important colleague:
• Building skills for the future
 Get in on the latest technical knowledge to help you in your
current job and learn the softer skills that position you for
promotion
• Exchanging ideas that matter
 Dialog with like-minded peers, thought leaders with unique
expertise, innovators making the breakthroughs
• Giving back
 Help shape the profession; be a mentor; promote STEM
education; tell the aerospace story to others; share ideas/
contribute to next big idea
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Career Advantages of Membership (Cont’)
• Aerospace News and Events: AIAA Daily Launch, Momentum
• Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Flickr
 e.g. Region II Student Conference
– On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/AIAA-Region-IIStudent-Conference/123499517724276
– Homepage at: https://region2.aiaastudentconference.org/
 Networking: Section, Region, National, International
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Advocacy for Aerospace Issues: Public Policy
Conferences / Technical Committees / Publications
Career Services: Career Center, Workshops
Affinity Partner Programs (Master Card, Group Insurance,
Travel Discounts)
http://www.aiaa.org/AIAA-PROMO.aspx?id=18351
Homepage > Membership & Communities > Individual Membership
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Institute Board of Directors Positions
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President
• Directors, Technical (7)
 Aerospace Sciences
President-elect
 Aircraft & Atmospheric Systems
Immediate Past President
 Engineering & Technical Management
Vice Presidents (8)
 Education
 Information Systems
 Member Services
 Propulsion & Energy
 Public Policy
 Space & Missiles
 Publications
 Aerospace Design & Structures
 Standards
 Standards
 Technical Activities
 International
 Finance
• Directors, Regional (7)
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Directors, International (3)
Directors At-Large (3)
Student Liaison
Young Professional Liaison
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2013 AIAA Board of Directors
VP – MEMBER
SERVICES
Merri Sanchez
(RSAC)
DIRECTOR REGION 1
Ferdinand Grosveld
DIRECTOR REGION 2
G. Alan Lowrey
DIRECTOR REGION 3
Sivaram Gogineni
DIRECTOR REGION 4
Jayant Ramakrishnan
DIRECTOR REGION 5
Laura Richard
DIRECTOR REGION 6
Jane Hansen
DIRECTOR REGION 7
Luisella Giulicchi
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jim Albaugh
*VP ELECTMEMBER
SERVICES
Annalisa Weigel
VP - EDUCATION
Steven Gorrell
VP – TECHNICAL
ACTIVITIES
Basil Hassan
PRESIDENT
Mike Griffin
VP PUBLICATIONS
Vigor Yang
VP - PUBLIC
POLICY
Mary Snitch
VP INTERNATIONAL
Susan Ying
VP - FINANCE
Robert C. “Bob”
Winn
*VP - ELECT
TECHNICAL
ACTIVITIES
David Riley
VP - STANDARDS
Laura McGill
(Staff/Corporate Officers)
(TAC)
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
James A. Keenan
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
Neal Pfeiffer
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
Allen Arrington
DIRECTOR-ATLARGE
J Stephen Rottler
DIRECTOR-ATLarge, INT’L
Shamim Rahman
DIRECTOR-ATLARGE
Bob Lindberg
DIRECTOR - INT’L
In Lee
*DEPUTY E. D.
Klaus Dannenberg
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
Sanjay Garg
DIRECTOR-ATLARGE
Neal Barlow
DIRECTOR - INT’L
Kevin Massey
*SEC/TREASURER
Bill Seymore
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
Jeffrey Hamstra
*STUDENT LIAISON
Cheryl Blomberg
*Chief Operations Officer
Angelo Iasiello
*YP LIAISON
Ryan Rudy
* This is a non-voting position
*EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sandra Magnus
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
Trevor Sorensen
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL
Kathleen Atkins
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AIAA Standing Committees
INSTITUTE
DEVELOPMENT
PRESIDENT
Mike Griffin
INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
VPINTERNATIONAL
Susan Ying
EDUCATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
VP-EDUCATION
Neal Barlow
EXECUTIVE
PRESIDENT
Mike Griffin
PUBLIC POLICY
VP-PUBLIC
POLICY
Carol Cash
ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS
CHAIRMAN
Aaron Byerly
AEROSPACE
AMERICA
STEERING
CHAIRMAN
Vigor Yang
STANDARDS
EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL
VP-STANDARDS
Laura McGill
STUDENT
ACTIVITIES
CHAIRMAN
Co-chairs
CORPORATE
MEMBER
CHAIRMAN
James Maser
TECHNICAL
ACTIVITIES
VP-TECHNICAL
Basil Hassan
STEM K-12
OUTREACH
CHAIRMAN
Edgar Bering
PRESIDENT’S
ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE PAST
PRESIDENT
Brian Dailey
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES
CHAIRMAN
Dan Jensen
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBER
EDUCATION
CHAIRMAN
David Mitchell
ELECTION
CHAIRMAN
Carol Cash
FINANCE
VP-FINANCE
Bob Winn
AUDIT
CHAIRMAN
Wayne Schroeder
COMPENSATION
VP-FINANCE
Bob Winn
HONORS AND
AWARDS
CHAIRMAN
Mike Yarymovych
ETHICAL
CONDUCT
PANEL
CHAIRMAN
John Whitesides
PUBLICATIONS
VPPUBLICATIONS
Vigor Yang
YOUNG
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP
REGION &
SECTION
ACTIVITIES
CAREER AND
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
CHAIRMAN
Kimberley Hicks
CHAIRMAN
Alexander Pechloff
VP-MEMBER
SVCS
Merri Sanchez
CHAIRMAN
Karen Copper
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Regions and Sections
United States: 82%
Europe: 9%
Asia & Pacific: 6%
Global Membership
Canada & Mexico: 2%
Middle East & North Africa: 1%
Central & South America: < 1%
Africa: < 1%
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Regional Organization
Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)
AIAA HQ
Board of
Directors
RSAC
Regional Director
(RAC Chair)
Individual
Sections
Individual
Sections
Section
Representatives
Section
Chair
Regional Deputy Directors
Career &
Workforce Dev
C&WD
Officer
Education
Finance
Education
Officer
Section
Treasurer
Honors &
Awards
Standing
Committees
Membership
Honors &
Awards
Officer
Membership
Officer
STEM K-12
STEM K-12
Public
Policy
Officer
Public Policy
Technical
Young
Professionals
Technical
Officer
Young
Professionals
Officer
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In Summary…..
• AIAA is a great organization!
• There is a lot going on!
• There are a lot of opportunities!
Primary Professional Member Interests
So Remember …
STAY ENGAGED!!
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We Exist to Ignite and
Celebrate Aerospace
Ingenuity and
Collaboration
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We Create an
Atmosphere that Inspires
Innovation and Applauds
our Member’s
Discoveries
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We are a Launching Pad for
Emerging Professionals and a
Lifelong Home for the Industry’s
Most Successful
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We never lose sight of our capacity to amaze and be amazed.
NEED AARON TO CREATE VISUAL
And We Never Lose Sight of Our Capacity
to Amaze and Be Amazed
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