News AIAA Atlanta Hosts Trivia Bowl During E-Week at KSU (article by Cameron Coates) The Trivia event, held on Thursday, February 22, 2024, went quite well! We ran out…Aaron HarcrowMarch 11, 2024
LatestNews AIAA Atlanta Holds Rocketry Summit Atlanta 2024 On the evening of January 23, 2024, AIAA Atlanta hosted Rocketry Summit Atlanta 2024, the…Aaron HarcrowJanuary 25, 2024
News Delta TechOps Veteran’s Day Celebration Joined By AIAA Students 11/02/2023 Reported By Neil Sutherland An excited and inquisitive group of 22 KSU and GT Students…Aaron HarcrowDecember 7, 2023
News AIAA Atlanta October 5, 2023, Dinner Meeting With Nick Alley Chair Cameron Coates Opens Meeting Q & A With Nick Alley Dr. Nick Alley Talks…Aaron HarcrowOctober 9, 2023
News AIAA Atlanta Supports Aerospace Engineering at University of Georgia For many years, Dr. Ramana Pidaparti was the only AIAA Member at the University of…Aaron HarcrowApril 12, 2023
News AIAA Atlanta Presents Special Awards At Georgia Science & Engineering Fair On March 30, 2023, longtime AIAA Atlanta activists Gene Fleeman and Aaron Harcrow attended the…Aaron HarcrowApril 9, 2023
News Rocketry Teams Represented At Rocketry Summit Atlanta AIAA Atlanta held its annual "Rocketry Summit Atlanta" and fund raising event on Tuesday, March…Aaron HarcrowApril 9, 2023
LatestMember Meeting AIAA Atlanta Presents Rocketry Summit Atlanta, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 AIAA Atlanta is holding its annual "Rocketry Summit Atlanta" and fund raising event for Tuesday,…Aaron HarcrowMarch 14, 2023
LatestNews September 15, 2022, AIAA Atlanta Dinner Meeting With Dr. Sandy Magnus: NASA Astronaut, Executive Director Of AIAA, Helluva Engineer You're invited to join AIAA Atlanta on Thursday, September 15, 2022, to hear Dr. Sandy…Aaron HarcrowSeptember 2, 2022
LatestNews Creekview High School Prepares For TARC Competition With Help From AIAA Atlanta I love the smell of black powder burning in the morning ... it smells like…Aaron HarcrowMarch 16, 2022
LatestNews AIAA ATLANTA STATISTICS & DEMOGRAPHICS Have you ever wondered how many people are in AIAA Atlanta? I have!! And as…Aaron HarcrowFebruary 6, 2022
LatestNews And A Wonderful Picnic Was Had By All!! On Thursday, June 24, 2021, AIAA Atlanta returned to nearly normal ops and held a…Aaron HarcrowJune 28, 2021
LatestNews Five AIAA Distinguished Speakers in July Mark your Calendars! Online (Zoom Meeting) Schedule: Jim Cavera - Future Propulsion: Nuclear Fission, Fusion,…AIAA ATLJune 21, 2021
LatestNews AIAA-Atlanta – Picnic on Thursday, June 24, 2021 ---AIAA Atlanta June 24th Picnic --- In-Person, Outdoors, Among Aircraft!!! Thursday (6/24) from 6pm - 8pm Marietta…AIAA ATLJune 21, 2021
News May 24, 2021, Texas Raiders, a fully restored B-17, lands at Cobb County International Airport (McCollum Field, RYY, Kennesaw) along with other vintage aircraft for a four-day event (From the Marietta Daily Journal) On May 24, 2021, Texas Raiders, a fully restored B-17…Aaron HarcrowMay 16, 2021
Council MeetingLatestNews AIAA-Atlanta March Council Meeting – Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 PM The AIAA-Atlanta Council will meet virtually by Zoom at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, March 10.…AIAA ATLMarch 10, 2021
News Huntsville Engineering, Technology & Security Clearance Virtual Career Fair Chat One-On-One With Huntsville Area's Top Engineering And Technology Recruiters From Anywhere, With Any Device.March…Aaron HarcrowMarch 5, 2021
LatestMember MeetingNews Upcoming Virtual Speaker: Viasat (February 16, 2021, 12:00 PM EST) AIAA Atlanta – February 16th Speaker: John Williams and Kent Leka (Viasat) – 12:00pm Tuesday,…AIAA ATLJanuary 27, 2021
Council MeetingLatestNews AIAA-Atlanta January Council Meeting – Tuesday, January 19, 7:30 PM The AIAA-Atlanta Council will meet virtually by Zoom at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, January 19.…AIAA ATLJanuary 15, 2021
LatestMember MeetingNews Dr. Michael Smayda: An Introduction to Atlanta’s Hermeus Corp (October 2020 Virtual Section Meeting) Hermeus is a venture-backed company based in Atlanta, GA, with the long-term vision of transforming…Aaron HarcrowOctober 12, 2020
LatestNews AIAA-Atlanta Mourns the Passing of Former Program Chairman Bob Greene Bob Greene. Credit: Greene Family Bob Greene, a self-taught computer and aerospace engineer who…AIAA ATLOctober 11, 2020
LatestNews Lose your job because of Corona? – Here are some job postings that might interest you We have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. And we have adjusted graciously to…Aaron HarcrowJuly 23, 2020
Member MeetingNews AIAA Atlanta – June 30th Speaker: Lt Col Jeff Newcamp AIAA Atlanta - June 30th Speaker: Lt Col Jeff Newcamp - 7:00pm Tuesday, 6/30/20 on…AIAA ATLJune 29, 2020
Member MeetingNews AIAA Atlanta – June 24th Speaker: Dr. Satadru Roy AIAA Atlanta - June 24th Speaker: Dr. Satadru Roy - 7:00pm This Wednesday, 6/24/20 on…AIAA ATLJune 22, 2020
Member MeetingNews AIAA Atlanta – June 17th Speaker: Dr. Aimee Williams AIAA Atlanta - June 17th Speaker: Dr. Aimee Williams - 12:00pm This Wednesday, 6/17/20 on…AIAA ATLJune 15, 2020
Member MeetingNews January 2020 Dinner Meeting with David Piotrowski, Senior Principal Engineer, Delta Air Lines TechOps January 2020 Dinner Meeting with David Piotrowski, Senior Principal Engineer, Delta Air Lines TechOps Tuesday,…AIAA ATLJanuary 17, 2020
NewsSocial Event Hops & Props Beer Fest 2019 Saturday, October 19, 2019 — 6:00 pm Hi, you AIAA Atlanta prop heads!! Are you also hop heads? Just saw this event…Aaron HarcrowOctober 10, 2019
Member MeetingNews Success In STEM Leads To Success In Rocketry On September 17, 2019, AIAA Atlanta hosted a dinner meeting at the Delray Diner in…Aaron HarcrowOctober 2, 2019
News AIAA Atlanta Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Quietly and Privately Hi, Everybody!! You must all be aware by now of the widespread celebratory mood that…Aaron HarcrowJuly 17, 2019
Council MeetingNews All Hands Council Meeting, June 11, 2019, Cinco Cantina Hi, Everybody in the Atlanta Section of AIAA!! You are ALL invited to attend the…Aaron HarcrowJune 9, 2019
News AIAA Atlanta Supports Creekview High School Rocketry Team Creekview High School (Canton, Ga) rocketry team bested 799 rocketry teams represented the U.S. in…Aaron HarcrowMay 21, 2019
News Photos From April 2019 BBQ Night At The Museum Here are photos from the April 16, 2019, AIAA Atlanta BBQ Night At The Museum.…Aaron HarcrowApril 22, 2019
News Richard Hogan: The Dream Endures When The Dreamer Doesn’t You may recall that AIAA Atlanta had the honor of hosting Richard Hogan,…Aaron HarcrowApril 16, 2019
News Challenge From The Chair: Part Quattro – Altruism Plus Compensation Is AIAA Atlanta worthy of your attention? -> Does AIAA Atlanta arrange charismatic speakers delivering…Aaron HarcrowApril 10, 2019
NewsSocial Event AIAA Atlanta BBQ Night At The Museum Almost FREE BBQ and tour of the Aviation Wing of the Marietta History Museum theaviationwing.com…Aaron HarcrowApril 10, 2019
News Link to Photo Gallery Click on the link below to view exciting photos of AIAA Atlanta activities: https://drive.google.com/open?id=180z85cts3ZQ6tlga_UcOo7Xiiy6Ae4Do…Aaron HarcrowMarch 16, 2019
News Challenge From The Chair: Georgia Aerospace Day February 28, 2019 Here's the next challenge for AIAA Atlanta. After all, we are one of the supporting…Aaron HarcrowFebruary 12, 2019
News Challenge From The Chair Happy New Year, AIAA Atlanta and thank you Mr. Groundhog for the early Spring!! The…Aaron HarcrowFebruary 4, 2019
Member MeetingNews January 2019 Dinner Meeting Lt. Col. Hamilton receives a plaque from AIAA-Atlanta Section Chair Aaron Harcrow. In spite…Jolie ElderJanuary 30, 2019
News Congratulations to Greene, Holzinger, and Steinberg – Selected as AIAA Associate Fellows The AIAA Atlanta Section congratulates our members who were recently selected to the 2019…Neil SutherlandDecember 5, 2018
News 2018-2019 Council Election Results Congratulations to the following newly elected AIAA Atlanta Section Council Members for 2018-2019!!! Mr. Aaron…Neil SutherlandNovember 20, 2018
Member MeetingNews October 2018 Dinner Meeting Mr. Carson Brial, recent Georgia Tech AE Graduate (Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering), spoke to the…Neil SutherlandNovember 19, 2018
News Oshkosh 2018 Or, by its full name, International Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-In Convention. Held at Wittman Field,…Aaron HarcrowAugust 7, 2018
News Much Thanks to the AIAA Atlanta Members who staffed the Booth at Aviation Forum My personal thanks to the dedicated few who gave of their valuable time to staff…Aaron HarcrowJuly 12, 2018
News Air Show, Car Show, EAA Young Eagle Flights at Calhoun Airport May 26, 2018 This past Saturday, May 26, 2018, an impressive display of military and civilian aircraft and…Aaron HarcrowMay 29, 2018
Member MeetingNews April 2018 Dinner Meeting Blink Astro CEO Dr. John Olds & AIAA Atlanta Chair Bob Greene holding a cubesat…Jolie ElderMay 16, 2018
News Update from the Internet Here are just a few links from around the internet. First up, the Tribune &…Jolie ElderMarch 8, 2018
Member MeetingNews February 2018 Dinner Meeting — Dan Kuehme of Area-I Our February dinner meeting started out as our January dinner meeting. Mother Nature had other…Jolie ElderFebruary 28, 2018
News January 2018 Outing to iFLY So, you are an aerospace engineer. You know how to design airplanes. You know how…Jolie ElderJanuary 9, 2018
Member MeetingNews November 2017 Dinner Meeting Our dinner meeting on 14 November 2017 featured two speakers. AIAA-Atlanta Secretary Neil Sutherland presents…Jolie ElderNovember 15, 2017
Member MeetingNews October 2017 Dinner Meeting UAV test bed for Commuter Craft Innovator™. Our speaker for October was Commuter Craft…Jolie ElderNovember 12, 2017
News 2017-2018 Atlanta Section Council Announcement We are pleased to announce the new Section Council for the 2017-2018 year. Thank you…Aaron HarcrowSeptember 29, 2017
News AIAA Propulsion & Energy Tomorrow is the beginning of three days of networking and cutting-edge learning at the annual…Jolie ElderJuly 9, 2017
Member MeetingNews April 2017 Dinner Meeting Our speaker for the April dinner meeting was Doug Ellis. Mr. Ellis is a volunteer…Jolie ElderApril 26, 2017
NewsSocial Event Delta Air Lines Block Party, Atlanta, Saturday, May 6, 2017 The annual Delta Air Lines Block Party in Atlanta is scheduled for Saturday, May 6,…Aaron HarcrowApril 13, 2017
News Congressional Visits Day 2017 Possibly due to the heightened interest in politics, we had six Atlanta participants at the…Jolie ElderApril 11, 2017
News Of Interest — Georgia Legislature passes UAV bill According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, House Bill 481 is designed to prevent local governments from…Jolie ElderApril 7, 2017
Member MeetingNews March 2017 Dinner Meeting with Laura Forczyk Founder of Astralytical, Laura Forczyk receives a plaque from programs chair Bob Greene. At…Jolie ElderApril 2, 2017
NewsOutreach Event STEAM at the High Museum This Sunday 12 March from 1 to 4 PM our local High Museum of Art…Jolie ElderMarch 6, 2017
News Women, NASA, and Lego bricks Thank you to NPR for this story with pictures about Lego's upcoming Women of NASA…Jolie ElderMarch 4, 2017
News Want to Go To Mars? The folks over at fivethirtyeight.com have put together a series of posts called "Earth to…Jolie ElderMarch 3, 2017
News C-141B Restoration Some years back, we had a dinner speaker talk about the aviation museum in Marietta.…Jolie ElderFebruary 24, 2017
News Think Big. Dream Big. A new IMAX film produced in partnership with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)…Aaron HarcrowFebruary 24, 2017
News VOTE FOR ATLANTA SECTION’S OWN DR. VIGOR YANG AND DR. DIMITRI MAVRIS Hi, Everbody!! AIAA Atlanta enjoyed an outstanding dinner meeting on January 31, 2017. We had…Aaron HarcrowFebruary 12, 2017
Member MeetingNews January 2017 Dinner Meeting with Dr. John Bradford of SpaceWorks Photograph: Dr. John Bradford & Bob Greene Thank you to our January dinner meeting speaker…Jolie ElderFebruary 1, 2017
News Support Your Neighbor Section Last Monday, two AIAA Atlanta section members attended a speaker luncheon hosted by the Greater…Jolie ElderJanuary 29, 2017
News Dream Big for Engineers Week 2017, 19–25 February Every project, great or small, starts with a dream. A dream to create and build.…Aaron HarcrowJanuary 22, 2017
News Vote for the Future of Your Institute—Polls Open 6 February 2017 Your Institute, YOUR VOTE As a voting AIAA Member, be a vital part of shaping…Aaron HarcrowJanuary 22, 2017
News Are you eligible for Membership upgrade in 2018? Nominate an Outstanding Peer for Member Advancement Bolster the reputation and respect of an outstanding…Aaron HarcrowJanuary 22, 2017
News Space in the Media It has been a good week for space themes in popular media. This week's episode…Jolie ElderDecember 2, 2016
Member MeetingNews November 2016 Dinner Meeting Our featured speaker at the November dinner meeting was Ron Alexander, founder of the Candler…Jolie ElderNovember 20, 2016
Member MeetingNews October 2016 Dinner Meeting Our October dinner meeting guest was AIAA distinguished lecturer Dr. Richard Hallion. Dr. Hallion is…Jolie ElderOctober 21, 2016
Member MeetingNews September 2016 Dinner Meeting Mr. Alvord receives a thank-you plaque from programs chair Bob Greene. UAV and ray dome…Jolie ElderOctober 3, 2016
News 2016 Dinner Speakers AIAA Atlanta Membership: Although we are working on enhancements to our website, I do not wish…Aaron HarcrowSeptember 14, 2016
News Russell Elementary School Running Space Simulations Unfortunately, the article from the Marietta Daily Journal is behind a paywall. But, if you…Jolie ElderSeptember 6, 2016
News Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian Talks to NPR Marketplace Host Kai Ryssdal of National Public Radio's "Marketplace" interviewed Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian. If…Jolie ElderAugust 31, 2016
News A Little NASA Humor The website The Onion had maybe a bit too pointed article on Thursday 25 August…Jolie ElderAugust 30, 2016
News 2016-2017 Atlanta Section Council Announced We are pleased to announce the new Section Council for the 2016-2017 year. In particular,…Aaron HarcrowAugust 26, 2016
News Cultural History of CH3CH2OH and Aerospace Ars Technica recently posted an article about the intersection of alcohol and aerospace. There was…Jolie ElderAugust 24, 2016
News Start Planning Now There will be a total solar eclipse next year on Monday afternoon, 21 August 2017.…Jolie ElderAugust 22, 2016
News Georgia Tech’s Juno Connection If you listen to local NPR station WABE, you may have heard an interview with…Jolie ElderAugust 5, 2016
News Launch Observations Local section members Bob Greene and Jolie Elder traveled down to Florida's space coast for…Jolie ElderJuly 20, 2016
News Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness Rankings PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released this year's list of aerospace manufacturing attractiveness rankings. Georgia is fourth,…Jolie ElderJuly 15, 2016
News Harmonic Motion At least some of us learned Kepler's law in school. While we may understand that…Jolie ElderJuly 13, 2016
News Computer Code from the 1960s If you read the AIAA daily update, then you'll already know that the Apollo 11…Jolie ElderJuly 12, 2016
News World Asteroid Day Coming Up! On 30 June 1908, an asteroid exploded over Tunguska, Siberia. Asteroids are common. Large asteroids…Jolie ElderJune 28, 2016
News AIAA Board of Directors Election Results Thank you to all the AIAA members who participated in the most recent national election!…Jolie ElderJune 27, 2016
News Marietta Museum Pop in for Space Race Cobb County being what it is, we have a history museum with an aviation wing.…Jolie ElderJune 24, 2016
News FAA Issues UAV Rules These rules have been in the works for several years. Congratulations to the Federal Aviation…Jolie ElderJune 22, 2016
News More Proof Women + Math = Brilliant The Association for Computing Machinery elected an all-female board this year. Story here. This is…Jolie ElderJune 15, 2016
News P-3 Orion on NBC Nightly News Since some of our members have worked on this fine Lockheed product, I thought folks…Jolie ElderMay 23, 2016
News AIAA Robotics Gift The newspaper clipping covers most of the information. Our section gave a generous donation this…Jolie ElderMay 20, 2016
News May 2016 Dinner Meeting Recap Bob Greene presents award plaque to Michelle Evans We ended the section year with…Jolie ElderMay 19, 2016
News Russell Elementary Ready for Launch On Thursday 12 May and Friday 13 May, Russell Elementary School in Smyrna will conduct…Jolie ElderMay 11, 2016
News United Parcel Service and Zipline Drones Partnering in Rwanda Our local Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting about a partnership between UPS and Zipline to deliver…Jolie ElderMay 10, 2016
News Is the Camden Spaceport Compatible with Cumberland Island? An article in the Brunswick News talks about the National Park Service, Cumberland Island National…Jolie ElderMay 9, 2016
News Generation Orbit Works with NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Some of you may remember that Generation Orbit is an Atlanta-based company. They have signed…Jolie ElderMay 8, 2016
News Georgia UAVs in the News In the current 24-hour news cycle you may have heard about Governor Deal vetoing the…Jolie ElderMay 4, 2016
News Space Daily Writes about Camden Spaceport and NASA For those of you following the efforts to create a spaceport in Georgia, this link…Jolie ElderMay 3, 2016
News STEM Wars On Saturday 23 April 2016, the second annual STEM Wars event was held on the…Jolie ElderApril 27, 2016
News Complex System Design with Dr. Wilson Felder Corey Spiegel (left) presents a plaque to Dr. Wilson Felder. Our April dinner meeting speaker…Jolie ElderApril 21, 2016
News This Week’s Links Two places to visit on the internet that are related to previous posts. First, Tiffany…Jolie ElderApril 17, 2016
News Yuri’s Day & Night A reminder to our group that Tuesday 12 April is the annual Yuri's night celebration.…Jolie ElderApril 11, 2016
News A Link to Make You Smile The Westboro Baptist Church staged an anti-NASA protest earlier this week. Fortunately, two science-loving women…Jolie ElderMarch 26, 2016
News Story Hour with Pat Epps and Richard Taylor The speakers for our March dinner meeting were Pat Epps of Epps Aviation and his…Jolie ElderMarch 24, 2016
News STEM Best Practices Atlanta section's own Dr. Thomas Mensah participated on 11 March 2016 in a STEM (science,…Jolie ElderMarch 18, 2016
News Congressional Visits Day 2016 Despite the shutdown of the entire METRO train system in our nation's capital, three intrepid…Jolie ElderMarch 17, 2016
News Women Engineers Yesterday was International Women's Day 2016. Microsoft Philanthropies has a page with video devoted to…Jolie ElderMarch 9, 2016
News “Aiming for Perfection — Aviation Safety” Photo left to right: Dan Lane, Kit Darby, Steve Justice, Mario Evans, Mike Mullaney Our…Jolie ElderMarch 2, 2016
News This is What Outer Space Does to Your Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A2GqwzbKf4 Great Big storyteller Leland Melvin is back in another installment of “The Astronaut Life.”…Aaron HarcrowDecember 21, 2015
News Aerospace Internship Opportunities and Experiences Our 10 November meeting on the topic of “Aerospace Internship Opportunities and Experiences” at the…Jolie ElderNovember 23, 2015
News Atlantic Bold Bets in Atlanta On Thursday 8 October 2015, The Atlantic magazine hosted another in their Bold Bets series…Jolie ElderNovember 4, 2015
News What Did You Miss? http://youtu.be/Q29vMrOCh7U In June of 2014, Atlanta hosted the AIAA AVIATION 2014 Forum. Here is what…Aaron HarcrowAugust 21, 2015
News In Search of the Next Impossible Thing http://youtu.be/rWPeV6g6BRQ "As aerospace professionals, we have devoted our lives to understanding what many people believe is…Aaron HarcrowAugust 21, 2015
News Wake Recat now in Atlanta https://youtu.be/3rJjs1lIc4c As part of the NextGEN updates, wake recategorization is now yielding benefits in one…Aaron HarcrowAugust 19, 2015
News Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II in Operation https://youtu.be/_fbHMRBJ0aE Video of Lockheed's now operational F-35 Lightning II at Luke AFB, ArizonaAaron HarcrowAugust 10, 2015
News EPPS Aviation Celebrates Fifty Years On Thursday, May 28th 2015, Pat Epps, founder of EPPS Aviation celebrated fifty years in…Aaron HarcrowJuly 8, 2015
News Post Office Issues $2 “inverted Jenny” Stamp On May 14, 1918 to commemorate the start of the first regularly scheduled airmail service,…Aaron HarcrowJuly 8, 2015
News Meet the New 2015-2016 Section Council Ballot results are in for the 2015 - 2016 election: Section Chair: Edward Hutchings with…Aaron HarcrowJuly 8, 2015