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Laureates Awards
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
1301 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, D.C.

6:30 p.m.  Reception with dinner to follow
Black Tie
nominees
 

2008 NOMINEES

Click here to view photos of the winners and nominees, plus photos from the 2007 event.

Aeronautics/Propulsion

  • Louis B. Gratzer, PhD, Chief Aerodynamicist, Aviation Partners Inc.
  • Pulse Detonation Engine/Combustor Concept Team:
    • Thomas Bussing, PhD, Program Manager, Tactical Technology, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
    • Anthony J. Dean, Propulsion Systems Lab Leader, G.E. Global Research Center
    • Gary L. Lidstone, Division Manager, Research Engineering, Pratt & Whitney Seattle Aerosciences Center
    • Fred R. Schauer, PhD, Program Manager, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
  • NASA/Gulfstream Quiet Spike Flight Test Team:
    • Robert Cowart, Project Engineer, Gulfstream Aerospace
    • Donald Howe, Staff Scientist, Technical Fellow, Gulfstream Aerospace
    • Leslie Molzahn, Flight Test Operations Engineer, NASA Dryden Research Center
    • Frank Simmons III, PhD, P.E., Gulfstream Aerospace
    • James Smolka, Research Test Pilot, NASA Dryden Research Center
  • Wright-Patterson AFB Fuels Branch Team:
    • John Datko, Senior Aerospace Engineer, Fuels Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory
    • James Edwards, PhD, Principal Chemical Engineer, Fuels Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory
    • William E. Harrison III, Chief, Fuels Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense
  • Satoshi Yokota, Executive V.P., Technology Development and Advanced Design, Embraer

Business/General Aviation

  • Stephan A. Hanvey, President & CEO, SATSair
  • Gary Burrell, Chairman Emeritus, Garmin International and Min Kao, PhD, Chairman and CEO
  • Jack Pelton, Chairman, CEO and President, Cessna Aircraft Company


Commercial Air Transport

  • Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  • Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Development and Test Team:
    • Glen M. Bunney, Director of Global Logistics
    • Mike Doellefeld, Systems Leader
    • Andy Hammer, Chief Engineer of Flight Test Engineering, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
    • Kurt Kraft, Chief Project Engineer
    • Jess Lockmon, Engineering Leader
  • Montie Brewer, President and CEO, Air Canada
  • John Byerly, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation Affairs and Daniel Calleja, Director, Air Transport Directorate, European Commission
  • Gerald Grinstein, Former CEO, Delta Air Lines

IT/Electronics

  • Representative Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI)
  • Capt. Donald Gaddis, Program Manager for Presidential Helicopters, U.S. Navy
  • Paul Fontaine, Program Manager, Safe Flight 21, Federal Aviation Administration (1999 to 2005); Capt. Robert C. Hilb, Advanced Flight Systems Manager, UPS Airlines; Capt. Karen D. Lee, Director of Flight Operations, UPS Airlines
  • Thales Joint Software Defined Radio Program Team:
    • Lewis Johnston, V.P, Advanced Programs, Thales Communications Unit, Thales Land & Joint Division
    • Christian Serra, Chief Engineer, Software Radio Architecture and Technologies, Thales Land & Joint Division, Chairman of the Software Defined Radio Forum



Military

  • Capt. Randy Mahr, E-2D Program Manager, U.S. Navy
  • James M. Smith, President, Chairman and CEO, EDO Corp.
  • Capt. Mat Winter, Precision Strike Weapons Program Manager (PMA-201), U.S. Navy


Operations

  • Wing Commander Anil Kumar, Fighter Pilot, Indian Air Force and Wing Commander Rahul Monga, Helicopter Pilot, Indian Air Force
  • John Shannon, Chairman, STS-118 Mission Management
  • STS-120/10A ISS Assembly Mission Team:
    • Sarmad Aziz, Robotics Officer
    • Dina Contella, STS-120 Lead Spacewalk Officer
    • Derek Hassmann, Orbit 1 ISS Flight Director
    • Scott E. Parazynski, PhD, NASA Astronaut
  • United Airlines Flight 1015 Crew:
    • First Officer Brad Loper
    • Captain Scott Stoop

Space

  • Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, Commander Space and Missile Systems Center and Col. Teresa Djuric, 50th Space Wing Commander; Col. David Madden, Commander, GPS Wing; Lt.Col. Janet Grondin, Program Manager, Next Generation GPS Control Segment
  • Yoshisada Takizawa, Selene Project Manager, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Sunita Williams, Astronaut

The Philip J. Klass Award for lifetime Achievement

 

The Breitling Award for Aviation Heroism

 

Recognition of “Tomorrow’s Leaders”

 

 
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