AIAA Student Member Benefits

Do you know about the numerous benefits that are provided by the AIAA to college level students who are members of AIAA (membership is only $20/year)? In addition to receiving Aerospace America, the students can attend many of the nationally sponsored conferences for a significantly reduced price. Additionally, the AIAA provides competitive scholarship funding at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as the Abe Zarem Award for Distinguished Achievement. There are more details about each of the scholarships below and this year’s winners (2007) are listed in the attached press releases. Finally, there are eight different design competitions where there are monetary prizes ($2,500 win, $1,500 place, and $1,000 show) as well as bragging rights. Students can find the details of the competitions at

http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=210

Please take a moment to look over these scholarships, awards, and design competitions as well as the listings of this year’s winners.

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
AIAA provides yearly undergraduate scholarship awards that enable worthy students to further their education in fields compatible with the AIAA objective. The program awards $2,000 each to a total of 30 students in each of three undergraduate categories of sophomores, juniors and seniors. The deadline for the 2008/2009 academic year scholarship applications is 31 January 2008. For more details and an application form, contact AIAA Customer Service at 1-800-639-AIAA or complete the form from the AIAA web site at http://www.aiaa.org. In 2007, 5 Sophomores, 12 Juniors, and 13 Seniors received the award, yet only 2 appear to be from Region VI-western United States (although several were from Embry-Riddle and the exact campus was not mentioned so it could have been Prescott, AZ.).

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
The AIAA also provides annual scholarships awards to Master and PhD students studying topics encapsulated by the AIAA Technical Committees. Some of the awards are for very specific areas of study while others are open to students studying any topic to AIAA’s interests. The Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Awards are valued at $10,000 US and are available to any student in the world studying at an accredited university. The Guidance, Navigation, and Control Graduate Award and the Willy Z. Sadeh Graduate Student Award in Space Engineering and Space Sciences are also available to students throughout the world and are valued at $5,000 US. All other awards are valued at $5,000 US and are limited to students that are studying at an accredited school within the US. This year 14 awards were made and again, only 2 were from Region VI-western United States.

ABE ZAREM AWARD
Finally, there is the Abe Zarem Award for Distinguished Achievement, given to two mater’s students: one for aeronautics and one for astronautics. The award winners are given a distinctive bronze medals and a certificate as recognition of their technical excellence at the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (ASM). Additionally, the student will receive a travel stipend to present his/her work at the established biennial International Conference of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) or the annual International Astronautical Congress. The technical work of the winners will also be submitted for publication in the professional media of aeronautics and astronautics, as well as announced in the media of all other professional societies. In addition to the student's award, the research advisor of the winning student is also recognized for his/her role in guiding the student.


L. Jane Hansen
AIAA Deputy Director, Education
Region VI - Western United States

AIAA Announces 2008 Associate Fellows

Reston, VA, 24 September 2007 - The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is proud to announce the 2008 Associate Fellows.

The 2008 Associate Fellow Grade Committee met in August 2007 and selected 172 members for upgrade to Associate Fellow. The Membership Committee approved all selectees.

The requirements for Associate Fellow as stated in the bylaws are as follows: Associate Fellows may be nominated by any AIAA member in good standing and shall be approved by the Membership Committee; a maximum of one Associate Fellow per every 150 voting members may be upgraded annually; nominees must be AIAA Senior Members and have at least 12 years professional experience; nominees must be recommended by three members in good standing of Associate Fellow grade or higher.

The 2008 Associate Fellows will be honored at the AIAA Associate Fellows Dinner on Monday, 7 January 2008. The dinner will be held at the Grand Sierra Resort (formerly the Reno Hilton Resort), 2500 East Second Street, Reno, NV 89595, in conjunction with the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit.

Adjunct Profs Needed, CSU Fresno / LUC

Electrical Engineering (Course descriptions shown below)

1. ECE 136L (1 unit) (Laboratory - Spring 2007)
2. ECE 138L (1 unit) (Laboratory - Spring 2007)
3. ECE 186B (3 units) (2nd Part Senior Design Class – Spring 2007)

Design projects in electrical and computer engineering – involves problem solving, critical thinking, and oral and written communication.

4. ECE 128L (1 unit) (Laboratory – Fall 2008)

A sample syllabus for each of the classes 1, 2, & 4 is attached to the accompanying e-mail.

5. ECE 173 (3 units) – Robotics Fundamentals

Introduction to industrial robotics, forward and inverse kinematics, trajectory planning, sensors, microcontrollers, and laboratory experiments.

6. ECE 162 (3 units) – Analog Integrated Circuits and Applications

Analysis of monolithic operational amplifiers; case studies, Wilder and Wilson current sources, linear and nonlinear applications, multipliers, phase-lock loops, phase detectors, higher order active filters, all-pass equalizers, D/A and A/D converters, oscillators, function generators, mixers, modulators, regulators, and system design.

7. EE 259 (3 units) – Graduate Radar Design Class, Ph.D. preferred.

The nature and history of radar, the radar equation, PRF and range considerations, CW and FM radars, MYI and pulse-Doppler radars, tracking radars, radar power generation, antenna types and design considerations, receivers, detection of signals, propagation of radar waves, the effects of clutter, weather, and interference, and examples of radar system engineering and design.

Classes 5, 6, and 7 are potential offerings that will be based on student interest and instructor availability.

Laboratory and Senior Design classes are held at the Lancaster University Center (LUC) at 45356 Division Street in Lancaster, CA 93535 and are open to Antelope Valley students only.

Lecture classes are delivered via Interactive Television to students at the main campus in Fresno as well as to Antelope Valley students. Instruction is delivered using state-of-the-art Distance Learning class rooms at the LUC.

Please provide resumes via e-mail to:

ksantarelli@csufresno.edu

asteele@csufresno.edu

Resumes will be immediately submitted to the Department Chair for review.