The AIAA – Its Your Institute! A Presentation to AIAA Students at Mississippi State University 14 October 2013 The American Institute of Aeronautics and.

The AIAA – It’s Your Institute!A Presentation to AIAA Students at Mississippi State University14 October 2013

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

• 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

Who We Are

Almost Every Major Advancement in the Aerospace Sciences and Engineering Has Been Made by an AIAA Member

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• 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

Our Past and TODAY

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• 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

Our Purpose and Promise

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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,

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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-II-Student-Conference/123499517724276

– Homepage at: https://region2.aiaastudentconference.org/

Networking: Section, Region, National, International

• 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=18351Homepage > Membership & Communities > Individual Membership

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Institute Board of Directors Positions

• President

• President-elect

• Immediate Past President

• Vice Presidents (8) Education Member Services Public Policy Publications Standards Technical Activities International Finance

• Directors, Regional (7)

• Directors, Technical (7) Aerospace Sciences Aircraft & Atmospheric Systems Engineering & Technical Management Information Systems Propulsion & Energy Space & Missiles Aerospace Design & Structures Standards

• Directors, International (3)

• Directors At-Large (3)

• Student Liaison

• Young Professional Liaison

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(Staff/Corporate Officers)

(RSAC)

2013 AIAA Board of DirectorsPRESIDENTMike Griffin

*VP ELECT- MEMBER

SERVICESAnnalisa Weigel

VP - EDUCATIONSteven Gorrell

VP - PUBLIC POLICY

Mary Snitch

VP - STANDARDSLaura McGill

VP - PUBLICATIONS

Vigor Yang

*VP - ELECT TECHNICAL ACTIVITIESDavid Riley

VP - FINANCERobert C. “Bob”

Winn

VP - INTERNATIONAL

Susan Ying

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

J Stephen Rottler

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

Bob Lindberg

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

Neal Barlow

DIRECTOR-AT-Large, INT’L

Shamim Rahman

DIRECTOR - INT’LIn Lee

DIRECTOR - INT’LKevin Massey

(TAC)

DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL

James A. Keenan

DIRECTOR - TECHNICALNeal Pfeiffer

DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL

Allen Arrington

DIRECTOR - TECHNICALSanjay Garg

DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL

Jeffrey Hamstra

DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL

Trevor Sorensen

DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL

Kathleen Atkins

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

*YP LIAISONRyan Rudy

*STUDENT LIAISONCheryl Blomberg

*EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSandra Magnus

*DEPUTY E. D.Klaus Dannenberg

*SEC/TREASURERBill Seymore

PRESIDENT-ELECTJim Albaugh

* This is a non-voting position

*Chief Operations OfficerAngelo Iasiello

VP – TECHNICAL ACTIVITIESBasil Hassan

VP – MEMBER SERVICES

Merri Sanchez

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AIAA Standing Committees

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTBrian Dailey

CHAIRMANVigor Yang

AEROSPACE AMERICASTEERING

CHAIRMANJames Maser

CORPORATE MEMBER

CHAIRMANMike Yarymovych

HONORS AND AWARDS

PRESIDENTMike Griffin

INSTITUTE DEVELOPMENT

PRESIDENTMike Griffin

EXECUTIVE

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY

CHAIRMANCarol Cash

ELECTION

CHAIRMANJohn Whitesides

ETHICAL CONDUCT PANEL

VP-PUBLICATIONS

Vigor YangPUBLICATIONS

VP-INTERNATIONAL

Susan Ying

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

VP-PUBLIC POLICY

Carol Cash

PUBLIC POLICY

VP-STANDARDSLaura McGill

STANDARDS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

VP-TECHNICALBasil Hassan

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

CHAIRMANDan Jensen

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

VP-MEMBER SVCS

Merri Sanchez

REGION & SECTION

ACTIVITIES

CHAIRMANAlexander Pechloff

MEMBERSHIP

CHAIRMANKimberley Hicks

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL

CHAIRMANKaren Copper

CAREER AND WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT

CHAIRMANCo-chairs

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

CHAIRMANEdgar Bering

STEM K-12 OUTREACH

CHAIRMANDavid Mitchell

PROFESSIONAL MEMBER

EDUCATION

CHAIRMANAaron Byerly

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

VP-EDUCATIONNeal Barlow

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

VP-FINANCE Bob Winn

COMPENSATION

VP-FINANCEBob Winn

FINANCE

CHAIRMANWayne Schroeder

AUDIT

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Regions and SectionsUnited States: 82%

Europe: 9%

Asia & Pacific: 6%

Canada & Mexico: 2%

Middle East & North Africa: 1%

Central & South America: < 1%

Africa: < 1%

Global Membership

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Regional Organization

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MembershipOfficer

STEM K-12

Young Professionals

Officer

Honors & AwardsOfficer

EducationOfficer

Section Treasurer

TechnicalOfficer

C&WDOfficer

Public PolicyOfficer

AIAA HQ

Board of Directors

RSAC

StandingCommittees

Section Chair

Individual SectionsRegional Director

(RAC Chair)

Regional Deputy Directors

Education

Finance

Membership

Public Policy

Technical

Section Representatives

Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)Individual Sections

Career & Workforce Dev

Young Professionals

STEM K-12

Honors & Awards

In Summary…..

• AIAA is a great organization!

• There is a lot going on!

• There are a lot of opportunities!

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STAY ENGAGED!!

Primary Professional Member Interests So Remember …

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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

We never lose sight of our capacity to amaze and be amazed.

NEED AARON TO CREATE VISUAL

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And We Never Lose Sight of Our Capacityto Amaze and Be Amazed

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