{"422431":{"#nid":"422431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE Students, Faculty and Alumni Recognized at AHS 2013 Annual Awards Event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMay 22, 2013 was a great day for the AE School. Students, faculty and distinguished alumni received numerous awards at the American Helicopter Society (AHS) Annual Awards Event held in Phoenix, AZ.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAwards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAHS Atlanta Chapter was awarded the Chapter with the greatest percentage increase in membership (\u003Cstrong\u003EProf. Marilyn Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E, Faculty Advisor,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESylvester Ashok\u003C\/strong\u003E, President)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVertical Flight Foundation (VFF) Fellowships:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJoachim Hodara\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Charles Crawford Scholarship),\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Mayo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;(John Zuk Scholarship),\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERajiv Shenoy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Charles Crawford Scholarship)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHarry T. Jensen Award given to AH-64E Composite Tail Boom Development Team.\u0026nbsp; Team includes\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. William Lewis\u003C\/strong\u003E, AMRDEC (\u003Cstrong\u003EGT Alumnus\u003C\/strong\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHoward Hughes Award given to Sikorsky Aircraft Active Ground Resonance Stability Augmentation Design and Test Team:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Hong Xin (Alumnus), Dr. James Rigby (Alumnus)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;Paul E. Hauter Award given for outstanding technical contributions to VTOL Aircraft Development:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Spivey\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(Director of Army AMDD, retired,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAlumnus\u003C\/strong\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAHS Honorary Fellow, granted to distinguished society members wtih exceptional leadership and innovative technical contributions:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ENick Lappos\u003C\/strong\u003E, Senior Technical Fellow, Sikorsky (\u003Cstrong\u003EAlumnus\u003C\/strong\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAE undergraduate design team presented their Award winning Helicopter Design Concept, in partnership with students of Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAE Team members: Juan Pablo Afman, Michael Avera, Michael Burn,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher Cofelice, Peter Johnson,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Lee, Ian Moore,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Travis Smith, Eliya Wing - Faculty Advisor: Dr. Daniel Schrage\u003C\/strong\u003E. Middle East Technical U Team Members: G\u00f6k\u00e7in \u00c7inar, Yakut Cansev K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fckosman\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u00d6zge Sinem \u00d6z\u00e7akmak\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eand their faculty advisor: Dr. Ilkay Yavrucuk.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EPapers Presented\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1.\u0026nbsp; Alexander Nikolsky Honorary Lecture:\u0026nbsp; \u0022On Blade Control of Rotor Vibration, Noise and Performance -- Just Around the Corner?\u0022\u0026nbsp; Prof. Peretz Friedmann, University of Michigan\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E2.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Design Space Exploration for Future Rotorcraft Applications\u0022\u0026nbsp; Michael Roberts, Sylvestor Ashok, Apinut Sirirojvisuth, Daniel Schrage, Georgia Insitute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E3.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Efficient Modeling of Dynamic Blockage Effects for Unsteady Wind Tunnel Testing\u0022 Sumant Sharma, Vrishank Raghav, Narayanan Komerath and Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E4.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Analysis of the Diving Turn Maneuver for the UH-60A Rotor\u0022 Ritu Marpu and Lakshmi Sankar, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E5.\u0026nbsp; Student Design Competition Undergraduate Winner: BADGER.\u0026nbsp; Pablo Afman, Georgia Institute of Technology\/Middle East Technical University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E6.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Safety Metrics for Obstacle Avoidance Trajectories of an Autonomous Helicopter\u0022\u0026nbsp; Remi Coisnon and JVR Prasad (Presenter), Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E7.\u0026nbsp; \u0022A Novel Computational Approach to High Fidelity Wind Turbine Flow Simulation\u0022\u0026nbsp; Eliot Quon and Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology and Glen Whitehouse, Continuum Dynmaics, Inc.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E8.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Oscillating Iced Airfoil Pressure Measurement and Computation\u0022\u0026nbsp; Peter Lorber, Robert Flemming, John O\u0027Neill, Robert Narducci and Tonja Reinert, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and Lakshmi Sankar and Jee Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E9.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Optimization Techniques for Gear Train Design\u0022\u0026nbsp; Sylvester Ashok and Daniel Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E10.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Development of a Rotorcraft Lifecycle Cost Model Incorporating Reliability and Maintainability with Application to Rotorcraft Preliminary Design\u0022\u0026nbsp; Robert Scott, US Army AFDD and Daniel Schrage and Apinut Sirirojvisuth, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E11.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Fidelity of Reduced Order Time Invariant Linear (LTI) Models for Integrated Flight and Rotor Control Apllications\u0022\u0026nbsp; Mark Lopez and J.V.R. Prasad, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E12.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Improved Prediction of Complex Rotorcraft Aerodynamics\u0022\u0026nbsp; Marilyn Smith, James Cook, Martin Sanchez-Rocha, Rajiv Shenoy and Suresh Menon, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E13.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Rotor Loads Prediction: A Matched-Harmonic Confluence Approach, with Application to 600+ UH-60A Flight Counters\u0022\u0026nbsp; Chance McColl, Technical Data Analysis, Inc. and Massimo Ruzzene, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E14.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Retrospective Cost Adaptive Control for Helicopter Vibration Reduction\u0022\u0026nbsp; Ashwani Padthe, Peretz Friedmann, Dennis Bernstein, University of Michigan\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E15.\u0026nbsp; \u0022New Strategy for Design of Composite Rotor Blade with Active Flaps\u0022\u0026nbsp; Devesh Kumar and Carlos Cesnik, University of Michigan\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E16.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Extreme Ground Effect Characterization Testing for Human-Powered Helicopter Application\u0022 Matthew Misiorowski, Ben Rothacker and Carlos Cesnick, University of Michigan\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E17.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Performance Enhancement and Vibration Reduction in Dynamic Stall Condition using Active Camber Deformation\u0022\u0026nbsp; Devash Kumar and Carlos Cesnick, University of Michigan\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E18.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Optimum Performance of an Actuator Disk by a Compact Momentum Theory Including Swirl\u0022\u0026nbsp; Ramin Modarres, David Peters, Washington University in St. Louis\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E19.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Applications of Generalized Dynamic Wake Theory to the Flow in a Rotor Wake\u0022\u0026nbsp; Zhongyang Fei and David Peters, Washington University in St. Louis\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E20.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Optimization Study of the Wind-Turbine Power Coefficient Using Collective and Cyclic Pitch in Yawed Flow (108)\u0022\u0026nbsp; Robert Liebschutz and David Peters, Washington University in St. Louis\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E21.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Dynamic Wake Solutions for Rotors that are Powered, Braking or in Transition\u0022\u0026nbsp; David Peters and Jesse Chugani, Washington University in St. Louis\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about the 2013 AHS Forum \u003Ca title=\u0022here\u0022 href=\u0022\/\/www.vtol.org\/news\/ahs-international-prevailing-in-demanding-environments\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AE Students, Faculty and Alumni Recognized at AHS 2013 Annual Awards Event"}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-09 10:36:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:56","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"129781","name":"AHS"},{"id":"132861","name":"Christopher Cofelice"},{"id":"132511","name":"Daniel Schrage"},{"id":"132591","name":"Eliya Wing"},{"id":"132891","name":"Ian Moore"},{"id":"132581","name":"Juan Pablo Afman"},{"id":"129861","name":"Marilyn Smith"},{"id":"132841","name":"Michael Avera"},{"id":"132851","name":"Michael Burn"},{"id":"132741","name":"Michael Mayo"},{"id":"132831","name":"Nick Lappos"},{"id":"132871","name":"Peter Johnson"},{"id":"132731","name":"Rajiv Shenoy"},{"id":"132821","name":"Richard Spivey"},{"id":"132881","name":"Robert Lee"},{"id":"171451","name":"Sylvester Ashok"},{"id":"132901","name":"Travis Smith"},{"id":"132811","name":"William Lewis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}