Ephraim Gutmark, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati distinguished professor of aerospace engineering, Ephraim Gutmark, Ph.D., was named winner of the 2021 Aeroacoustics Award by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
The Aeroacoustics Award is presented for outstanding technical or scientific achievement resulting from an individual s contribution to the field of aircraft community noise reduction.
Gutmark will receive the award for his pioneering and outstanding contributions to the application of aeroacoustics practice to achieve quiet aircraft engines and new understanding of voice production and treatments.
The award demonstrate UC s commitment to research as part of its strategic direction called Next Lives Here.
When it comes to the future of space exploration, it is only fitting that the next generation of engineers and scientists play a vital role in imagining that future. A team of undergraduate students from 10 colleges and universities across the United States â members of the Artemis Generation â are turning their creative ideas into reality. They designed a reusable landing pad that could be 3D printed from materials found on the Moon.
The novel concept â called the Lunar Plume Alleviation Device, or Lunar PAD â focuses on solving the problems caused when the force of an engineâs powerful exhaust meets the dusty lunar surface. The design features a series of petal-like channels that send exhaust upward and outward, minimizing the amount of dust lofted during launch and landing. The student team presented a paper on the Lunar PAD concept Jan. 12 at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauticsâ 2021 SciTech Forum.
John Mankins
John C. Mankins, President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC is an internationally recognized leader in space systems and technology innovation, and as a highly effective manager of large-scale technology R&D programs.
Mr. Mankins 25-year career at NASA and CalTech s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ranged from flight projects and space mission operations, to systems level innovation and advanced technology research & development management. He is also well known as an innovator in R&D management. For example, building on the original NASA technology readiness level (TRL) scale for technology assessment (defined first with 6 or 7 levels in the 1970s), he extended the scale to flight systems and operations in the late 1980s (TRLs 8 and 9), published the first detailed definitions of the TRLs in 1995, and promoted the use of the scale by the US Department of Defense in the late 1990s.
Xeriant Appoints Former Key Boeing Eco-Aviation and Innovation Executive
New Senior Advisor Brings Over 30 Years of Experience in Sustainability and Accelerating New Technologies
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Xeriant, Inc. (OTC PINK: XERI), a new aerospace technology holding company, announced today that Jeanne Yu, most recently the Product Development Director of Technology Integration for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2020, has agreed to join Xeriant as Senior Advisor on its Board of Advisors.
“We are honored to have Jeanne Yu as part of our team. Jeanne is truly a visionary and an icon in the aerospace industry, with a resume and record of accomplishments that are unsurpassed. Jeanne’s enthusiasm for advancing disruptive and green technologies fits perfectly with our goals,” stated Keith Duffy, Xeriant CEO.
John Vickers has been appointed to the senior level position of senior leader for Advanced and In-Space Manufacturing Capabilities in the Materials and Processes Laboratory at Marshall Space Flight Center.
Vickers will be responsible for stewardship of the centerâs and NASAâs crucial crosscutting capabilities for advanced and in-space manufacturing and will lead NASAâs advanced manufacturing strategic technology development planning.Â
He joined Marshall in 1989 as a senior engineer in the Materials and Processes Laboratory. He has since served in positions of increasing scope and technical authority. In 2003, Vickers was named assistant manager of the Materials and Processes Laboratory and manager of the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing at NASAâs Michoud Assembly Facility.