SECTION ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012 Outstanding Section Award Outstanding Activity Award

Section Name: __National Capitol Section__________ Section Size Category: ___Very Large________ The AIAA-NCS had an outstanding year by maintaining the existing programs, increasing STEM activities, revitalizing the council, adding YP mixers, rewards for special focus areas, worked to add another student chapter and addressing the student member retention issue. The centerpiece of the NCS activities is the luncheons that have high profile government speakers. This keeps our professional and corporate members active and engaged. We expanded and increased the quality of our stem activities by managing the Science Fair outreach via a committee, participating in the US Science and Engineering festival and adding a student member to the Council. The student member was added to address student retention prior to the direction from AIAA HQ. The council was revitalized by adding members from corporations and agencies previously underserved, increasing diversity and eliminating volunteers in name only. This produced a council that worked more as a team, represented a larger cross section of our membership and increased the quality of our activities. This year we recruited a YP and added the YP mixer series to increase YP membership and retention. In this case we recruited the volunteer and she then became a member of AIAA. We added awards to support our strategic initiatives providing an additional Marvin Demler award for outstanding support of a Chapter and certificates and AIAA coins for those specifically supporting STEM, YP activities and College outreach. These and other activities have allowed the NCS leadership to maintain and improve our outstanding activities. Section Organization Section Organization

1. List the names of the Section Officers and any additional members of the section council. NCS Officers 2011-2012 Chairperson: Bruce Milam, NASA Vice Chair, Operations: Supriya Banerjee, Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc. Vice Chair, Programs: Martin Frederick, Northrop Grumman Corporation Vice Chair, Strategic Initiatives: Jacqueline M. Rybacki Treasurer: Michel Santos, Intelligent Automation Inc. Secretary: Kimberly A. Harris, Booz Allen Hamilton NCS Administrator: Michele McMurrer Council Members 2011-2012 Kate Becker, NOAA Arthur William (Bill) Beckman, The Boeing Company George Blaha, Raytheon David Brandt, Lockheed Martin John D. Campbell, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Bruce Cranford. Consultant Antoine Deux, Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation David Eakman, Jackson & Tull J.R. Edwards, Lockheed Martin Corporation Harry Elmendorf, Ball Aerospace Edward Goldstein, Orbital Sciences Corp. Mr. Lynn W. Heninger, KSCW, Inc. Terrence (Terry) Hertz, Riot Systems David Johnson, Honeywell International Michael Jordan, Kirmic LLC John (Jack) William Koletty, Northrop Grumman Technical Services Stephen Moran, Raytheon Company Suzanne Musgrave, AIAA, Educator Associate Natalia Sizov, Federal Aviation Administration Reginald Smith, RCS Associates Robert Thomas

Prof. Norman M. Wereley, University of Maryland Daniel Whorton, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Mike Wooster, Sanborn Ed Yarbrough , Honeywell International

2. Number of council/officer meetings held during the year: 10 Average attendance: 12 3. Percentage of membership voting in last election of Section Officers: 5%

List any activities targeted at officer training or development including attendance at the Regional Leadership Conference: The chairperson attended the leadership conference in Portland Or. A CD from the training was circulated RLC for every Council officer, Committee Chair, and Member at Large, and used early

Council leadership meetings for training and reviewing the AIAA HQs defined responsibilities and resources available. We revisited these details throughout the year as ideas for activities and securing appropriate resources arose in discussions. This included reminders on how to use the AIAA web and publications pertinent to job responsibilities.

The treasurer participated in the financial report and audit training.

4. Estimated membership located within 1 hour of the meetings: 50% 5. Number of Chapters within the Section: 4

Chapter Names: Southern Maryland Chapter George Washington University Student Chapter (re-initiated in 2010-2011) University of Virginia Student Chapter University of Maryland Student Chapter

6. Describe how your section supports members outside the local area (if any): (1)We support the Southern Maryland Chapter by assisting with speakers and utilize our network. They participate in each meeting. We also changed our awards structure to provide more awards to active members in the chapters. They are great supporters of AIAA. . (2) We supported our Student Chapter at UVA by providing an excellent speaker for their Annual Dinner at no cost to the Student Chapter.(3) We participated in several joint activities with WIA, Mid Atlantic Section, NDIA, ISU Ulumni Association and the RAS.(4)We provide judges and awards for science fairs in fringe areas around the section. (5)We located a mentor for a multi-year science fair award winner in a rural area.(6)We supported the Region I Rocket Competition. Included in this competition was a mini competition by the winning team who had schools design their logo. As a reward they flew a flag with the winning students names on their rocket. At our Honors and Awards banquet we had the Goldwater award winner Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, former astronaut and first American Woman to perform a spacewalk autograph the students flag.

7. Meetings, Programs and Events

1. Describe the Section’s general meetings. Include date, meeting type (e.g. dinner meeting, field trip, lunch and learn, etc.), speaker, organization, topic, location, and attendance. You may further break down your attendance if you would like (AIAA members, nonmembers, students, etc). Also include the focus (young professional, public policy, technical, workforce development, STEM K-12, etc. or just general), any publicity used for the event, and if it was jointly sponsored and if so, by whom.

9/15/11 Luncheon at Pier 7, Washington, DC. Guest speaker Gil Klinger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Intelligence within the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics where he is responsible for acquisition oversight of all space and intelligence programs executed by the Department of Defense. Total attendance 65.

10/27/11 SSTC Dinner Meeting at GSFC. Guest speakers GSFC Deputy Director Rick Obenschain and George Blaha, Raytheon, AIAA NCS 2011 Young Engineer of the Year. Focus was STEM and young professionals. Total attendance 22.

10/27/11 Luncheon at Pier 7, Washington, DC. Guest speaker Lt. Col. Lindley Johnson (Ret.), NASA executive for the Discovery Program of Solar System exploration missions, and the Near Earth Object Observations Program. Total attendees 31.

11/14/12 Luncheon at Pier 7. Guest speaker Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction and Deputy Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Also serving as NOAA’s acting chief scientist. Total attendance 59.

11/30/11 Aerospace Career Fair, at the University of Maryland. Co-hosted with WIA, MSBR, GSFC, and U of MD. STEM focus. Guest Speaker arranged by NCS Former Astronaut Paul Lockhart Total attendance 150.

3/5/12 Luncheon at Pier 7. Guest speaker Dr. John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Mission Directorate. Total attendance 90.

3/12/13 Luncheon at Pier 7. Guest speaker William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, NASA. Total attendance 59.

4/4/12 Catered evening reception and lecture: Virgin Galactic and the Future of Commercial Space Transportation. Held at the Boeing Auditorium, Arlington, VA. Guest speaker George Whitesides. Hosted jointly with the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). Total attendance 150.

4/10/12 Space Café, Young Professionals Mixer at the Science Club, Washington, DC. Joint event with the DC chapter of the International Space University – US Alumni Association. Guest speaker Andreas Diekmann, European Space Agency, Washington, DC. Total attendance approx. 20.

5/8/12 Space Café, Young Professionals Mixer at the Science Club, Washington, DC. Joint event with the DC chapter of the International Space University – US Alumni Association. Guest speaker Compton Tucker, GSFC Senior Earth Scientist. Topic: Satellites and Climate. Total attendance 20.

5/10/12 Joint luncheon with the National Defense Industries Association at the Lockheed Martin Global Vision Center, Arlington, VA. Guest speaker Brig. General James K. McLaughlin, Director, Space Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Total attendance 46.

6/6/12 Luncheon at Pier 7. Guest speaker Chris Scolese, Director, GSFC. Total attendance 85.

6/8/12 NCS Honors and Awards Banquet. Army Navy Country Club, Arlington VA. Guest Speaker Dr. Katherine Sullivan. STEM focused event. Total attendance 115.

Membership Activities

1. Describe any membership recruitment/retention activities (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Membership Award Form). At our meetings we recruit members with flyers and AIAA information and event data. When we solicit volunteers tor our activities we often find nonmembers then they join AIAA and volunteer to assist with our events. We led or participated in joint Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

(STEM) activities with Joint Societies; continued support for National Engineers Week with our Future Cities Competition participation; supported the Young Professional Rocketry Challenge; and conducted a joint luncheon with NDIA featuring Gen McLaughlin;

Education List the student branches within the section and describe any section activities related to these branches. George Washington University Student Chapter (re-initiated in 2010-2011) We planned a Town Hall event that failed to materialize due to loss of the moderator and a speaker. University of Virginia Student Chapter We provided a great speaker, Bill Wrobel the director of NASA Wallops Flight Facility for their annual dinner. University of Maryland Student Chapter We planned jointly Aerospace Careers 2011 with Women in Aerospace, NASA GSFC Woman’s Advisory Committee and the Mid Atlantic Section.

1. Describe actions taken to establish new student branches. This year we were very proactive in targeting Capitol College as a potential new student chapter. We assigned a committee member, Robert Thomas, to work with the school and coordinate with AIAA. We met with their faculty and gave a presentation at Aerospace Fun Day at the school. Currently the decision to go forward is in their hands.

2. Describe involvement of the section with the Region Student Conference. We provided some judges for the event.

3. Describe any professional continuing education programs (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Career and Workforce Development Award Form). None

4. Describe any precollege outreach programs instituted/continued this year (this section may be copied as needed for use in the STEM-K12 Award Form). We continued support for National Engineers Week, Future Cities

Competition participation providing We improved our science fair activities by employing a committee rather than placing the full burden on one person This worked very well. It lightened the load and allowed more volunteers to participate in one of our most satisfying activities. We provide judges and awards for 8 county and regional science fairs throughout our chapter area. The prize is a Space Camp Scholarship for first place, $150 for second place and $75 for third place. The winners participated in our Honor and Awards banquet by bringing their projects for AIAA members to see and receiving their awards. This year we chose a Friday night for the event rather than a weekday and had much better student and parent participation. When the winners gathered for their group photograph in front of the AIAA logo the parents came forward with cameras flashing. In addition we participated in the Science and Engineering Festival by providing members to meet and greet students and share their career highlights. Both the students and volunteers found this a very rewarding experience.

5. Does your section have a scholarship fund? No Public Policy (This section may be copied as needed for use in the Public Policy Award Form)

1. Describe activities that inform the public and section members about public policy. The speakers at our luncheons and events and the topics are timely and current keeping our members up to date with current events in aerospace.

2. Describe activities that provided interaction with government officials. The luncheons at Pier 7 are almost exclusively government speakers. We have several congressional staffers and senior officials from other agencies attend these meetings. The Vice Chair for Programs Marty Fredrick works hard to find speakers with current topics that will yield good attendance. This year we had great speakers including speaker Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction and Deputy Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, NASA and speaker Dr. John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Mission Directorate. The speakers at our events are typically world class decision makers and giants in their respective fields. (see highlighted names

3. Did your section participate in Congressional Visits Day or August is for Aerospace? If so, describe. We participated in both Congressional Visits Day and August is for Aerospace.

Honors and Awards

1. Describe any local section awards given to members and supporters. Please note if award is new this year. NCS has an extensive range of professional, technical, education, and volunteerism awards that now provide a full spectrum of recognition for our members for every aspect of education, technical excellence and volunteer service in NCS (NCS web Honors page). For technical excellence we have two awards: (1) the Hal Andrews Memorial Young Scientist and Engineer Award for our outstanding Young Professionals, and (2) the Outstanding NCS Scientist/Engineer designed for experienced professionals. Our educational awards support the fundamental theme of aerospace educational outreach at all levels (K through post-college young engineers and adult educators who promote their development): (1) The Barry Goldwater Educator Award--now a AIAA National Award administered by NCS for presentation at the AIAA National Awards Gala (NCS is honored to be unique among Sections having that privilege) (2) STEM Educators of the Year Awards (elementary, middle, high school) went. In 2012 these awards went to: Charles Sabatier, Mount Vernon High School Elibabeth Butler, MLK Jr. Middle School Kareen Lazarre, J.C. Nalle Elementary The schools' Principals were also honored for their mentoring of the educators with a monetary award presented to their school. Teachers are presented with a check along with a plaque, and are also offered AIAA Educator Associate memberships as part of their recognition; (3) Science Fair Awards (1st, 2nd, 3rd at each of 8 DC area metro science fairs) went to 26 high school and middle school students for their innovative aerospace-related science fair projects. Students bring their winning projects to our annual Honors and Awards Banquet to share with guests during the reception portion of the evening. Winners this year were: Jeffrey Alvarado Adrianna Gorsky Juliana Butler

Calvin Pollard Marshall Wilkins Jong Seok (Parker) Won Leah Surratt Piper Sigrest Brandon Sananikone Andrew Bishop Rachel Vogler Burak Ocak Shubham Patil Julia Guidry Alistair Andrulis Marquis Gregg Andrew Lent Trishul Nagenalli Alex Wilson Luca Garcia Kevan Thomas Cayley Dymond Nick Rawson Jay Tracy Robert Vandegrift Sonia Lee

Twenty-six NCS volunteer judges selected the best projects in the region, including Maryland, Virginia

and Washington, DC. Support from sponsors – Honeywell International and Lockheed Martin – made it

possible for AIAA to cover all of the fairs, and to award tangible prizes to the first, second and third

place winners (Certificates are awarded, as well as scholarships to Space Camp for first place winners

and monetary awards to second and third place winners)

https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/National_Capital/default.aspx

Additionally, Honorable Mention certificates were presented to other fair participants that were worthy

of special recognition. Our Marvin C. Demler Outstanding Volunteer Service Award recognizes the

hard work volunteers put into the success of the Section. This year there were two recipients of this

award: Supriya Banerjee (for outstanding initiatives in implementing events such as our joint luncheon

with the NDIA), and Monty Wright (for his tenacious work in the Southern Maryland Chapter). The Hal

Andrews Young Scientist award went to Dr. Moble Benedict of the University of Maryland and the

Engineer award went to Kai Harth of Aurora Flight Sciences. He will make a presentation on his

achievements to the Section members along with high school and college students at the Annual Young

Scientist and Engineer Dinner next year. New awards in the form of certificates of recognition were

presented to five Council members this year by the Chairman, Bruce Milam, for outstanding

contributions: Kate Becker, our first student participating on the Council, for her outstanding work on

the science fair team, Daphne Dador for her initiative and leadership in implementing the Capitol Hill

Young Professional Mixer program, Dr. Natalia Sizov for her stellar leadership of the Science Fair

Committee, Dr. Nils Jespersen for his many years of service to NCS STEM programs, and to Michele

McMurrer for outstanding administrative support and stewardship of Section business. The Goldwater

Educator Award went to Dr. Kathryn Sullivan. On May 2, 2011, Dr. Sullivan was appointed by

President Obama as assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction and

deputy administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Sullivan, who

also currently serves as NOAA’s acting chief scientist, is a distinguished scientist, renowned astronaut

and intrepid explorer The Goldwater award was provided “for outstanding performance in designing and

promoting STEM activities that inspire students to achieve from the depths of the ocean to the heights of

outer space.” The award was presented at the AIAA Gala by Section Chair Bruce Milam. Section

Chairperson Bruce Milam received this year's Chairperson Award in recognition of his leadership and

service as Section Chair, presented by Vice Chair Supriya Banerjee and Dr. Sullivan, on behalf of the

Council.

The recipient of ASTEC’s prestigious Van Allen Award was Professor Mary Hudson, of the

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College. She was nominated by Supriya Bannerjee.

Technical Activities

How many local members are members of an AIAA Technical Committee? Desribe how they interacted

with the local section or local technical committee(s). How many local members are members of an AIAA

Technical Committee? Describe how they interacted with the local section or local technical committee(s).

1. Acoutics Natalia Sizov 2. Aerospace Traffic Management Terry Hertz

3. Space Systems Jack Koletty 4. ASETC. Supriya Bannerjee

5. Communications (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Communications Award form)

1. Number of newsletters published this year: What article received the most attention or interest this year? NCS energy is focused on other means of communications via community events, email and website notifications, including social networking via Facebook and LinkedIn. This form is necessary due to the large number of members and the extensive geographical area of coverage (Atlantic Ocean to parts of West Virginia). The NCS also communicates with local chapters, sections adjacent to the NCS, and AIAA HQ. Our on-line newsletter is constantly updated event-by-event soon after the event is held, so there are not distinct monthly issues (24 is an approximate number since updates are continuous after events or notices are released). Previous articles are archived for historical significance. The article receiving the most attention this year was the summary of the 8 Science Fairs Aerospace Awards we sponsor across DC. The other articles that generally draw the most download request are the PowerPoint charts from our government speakers used at the luncheons or other events. https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/National_Capital/default.aspx

2. Describe any section publications other than a newsletter, including content, frequency and distribution.

All upcoming events' informational fliers that are distributed via NCS Section emails are posted to the website in advance. We use the calendar function which gives us the ability to show events forward and events back. They are cross-connected to specific web pages arranged by subject areas. Registration forms that are needed for events are posted also with pertinent times, costs, locations. Following the event, we turn the notice into a feature on the website complete with photos and names. Whenever a speaker brings slides that are publicly releasable, we attached those as well. We also support requests for email distribution across our full membership. Because some members of the Section prefer not to use electronic communications, we provide a monthly US mail list for about 450 members (about 16% of our membership) who prefer communications in that manner are maintained. Meeting notices/registrations and election ballots constitute most of the mailings.

3. How does the section utilize electronic communication, such as email notification, social media (such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter), etc?

NCS web site is linked to the new AIAA HQs IT system and have Facebook and LinkedIn capabilities. The key NCS web site features: Advertising Policy, Announcements, Blog, Calendar (most popular feature that links to more detailed event information and photos), Committees, Consultants Corner (continued this year for NCS members who want to post their services on line), Embassy Events, Employment Opportunities (a very active area), Engineers Week Family Day, Engineers Future City Competition Award, Friends of AIAA NCS, Honors/Awards, Links, Lists, Meeting Minutes, Member News (tied to AIAA Hqs membership news), NCS Supporters, NCS Vision, Newsletters, Officers, Pictures, Site Images, This Week in Pictures, Science Fairs, Scientist/Engineer of the Year, SSTC Town Meeting, University Relations, Vision / Goals, Young Scientist/Engineer Award, Web Pages. The most utilized part of the web site is the new Calendar function, which links with a more detailed announcement of the activity and who to contact to attend. A very important feature of the new calendar is that the "open" period for nominations for AIAA NCS Awards (Young Scientist/Engineer for example) shows as a band across the calendar for the weeks nominations are open and then directly links you to the nomination process. The next most popular page is Employment Opportunities that has high value jobs being posted by industry and government on a regular basis. We also developed a process for automatically notifying Members when an item is placed on the calendar, including sister section changes and updates. We also initiated NCS Press Releases on activities and associations with key figures in the community.

The following questions are for those sections with active websites. 4. Do you use the AIAA SharePoint site to host your section’s homepage? If not, do you host a website elsewhere?

The NCS uses both the AIAA Share Point site as well as the NCS own web site. 5. How often is the site updated, and do you have a webmaster? It is updated at least bi-weekly to monthly basis and as often as plans, activities, events, and important notification of partnerships and newsworthy events occur, including calendar updates routinely. The web master is Bruce Cranford, with assistance by Michele McMurrer. For urgent matters Michele and Bruce can post notices, etc for the Council overnight.

6. What is the most utilized feature of the website?

The main page, calendar and photographs are the most utilized feature of the website. 7. Do you use it to promote upcoming section activities? All upcoming events' informational fliers that are distributed via NCS Section emails are posted to the website about 1 month (or more for bigger events) in advance (some event fliers attached as examples). We use the calendar function which gives us the ability to show events forward as events back and are cross connected to specific web pages arranged by subject areas. Registration forms that are needed for events are posted also with pertinent times, costs, locations. Following the event, we turn the notice into a newsletter article complete with event summary and photos (Engineer and Scientist articles, fliers attached) if available. Whenever a speaker brings slides that are publicly releasable, we attached those as well.

8. Describe any new or unique features added this year. No new features were added this year.

Financial Summary

* Beginning balance on June 1, 2011: Total: $27,681 Checking account: $11,886 Savings Account: $15,797 * Income and Expenses Section Rebate: $20,434 Other Income: $48,218 Expenses (including outstanding checks): $65,771

* Estimated ending balance as of May 31, 2012: Total: $30,940 What corporate donations were received? $4,100 Were any meetings or functions underwritten or financially supported? Yes, Aerospace Jobs 2012 Educator of the year awards and the Science Fair awards. This year, due to the economy and election corporate, donations were much more difficult to acquire. We are in the process of generating marketing materials that describe our events and activities and provide these materials to corporate decision makers prior to the start of the fiscal year. This will provide an opportunity for them to budget for NCS activities in advance.

Outstanding Section Award

(Limit to two pages.)

1. Statement of the mission and goals of the section. How is your section functioning within the mission

and goals of the AIAA?

The AIAA-NCS had an outstanding year by maintaining the existing programs, increasing STEM

activities, revitalizing the council, adding YP mixers, rewards for special focus areas, worked to add

another student chapter and addressing the student member retention issue. The centerpiece of the

NCS activities is the luncheons that have high profile government speakers. This keeps our

professional and corporate members active and engaged. We expanded and increased the quality of

our stem activities by managing the Science Fair outreach via a committee, participating in the US

Science and Engineering festival and adding a student member to the Council. The student member

was added to address student retention prior to the direction from AIAA HQ. The council was

revitalized by adding members from corporations and agencies previously underserved, increasing

diversity and eliminating volunteers in name only. This produced a council that worked more as a

team, represented a larger cross section of our membership and increased the quality of our activities.

This year we recruited a YP and added the YP mixer series to increase YP membership and retention.

In this case we recruited the volunteer and she then became a member of AIAA. We added awards to

support our strategic initiatives providing an additional Marvin Demler award for outstanding support

of a Chapter and certificates and AIAA coins for those specifically supporting STEM, YP activities and

College outreach. These and other activities have allowed the NCS leadership to maintain and improve

our outstanding activities.

2. Statement of philosophy of use of funds (both through rebates and other means). How are financial

resources used by the section? How do you think the funds are best utilized? Our funds are used to

support STEM outreach, increase YP activities and maintain existing programs. The luncheons are

primarily self-supporting if the speakers are excellent. The past few years we have had excellent

speakers and this year was not an exception. Any extra funding from the luncheons are used for the

STEM activities primarily the Science Fair and Outstanding educator awards ($8,000). Our philosophy

is to stay healthy with good carryover to the next year and use the extra for STEM activities. We strive

to remain financially positive for all professional events but will operate high yield STEM activities at a

loss.

3. Please describe any challenges or problems that arose during the year (or that are ongoing) and how

the section dealt with them. This year we planned three large events that did not materialize due to

management changes at partnering agencies. This was a big loss but we maintained our relationships

and started working on the programs for next year. Donations are limited in an election year. We

experienced this last election and learned from our experience by using caution when planning events

and activities to avoid large financial losses.

4. Please describe how your section is responding to its unique circumstances and how it is making a

difference. In other words, why should this be an Outstanding Section?

The AIAA NCS has responded to the call from HQ direction to work on student member and YP

retention. By revitalizing the council, adding a student council member, working on creating new

college chapters and revising the NCS awards structure to support these initiatives. We created the YP

mixer series and recruited a new AIAA member to lead the effort in the process. We provided support

to all student sections in 2011-12. Finally we maintained our financial carry over in an election year in

this down economy. This was quite an accomplishment while expanding in other areas.

Outstanding Activity Award

Date of Event: June 8, 2012 Name of Event: AIAA NCS Honors and

Awards

Speaker:Dr Kathryn Sullivan Speaker Affiliation: Dr. Sullivan was

appointed by President Obama as assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and

prediction and deputy administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Sullivan, who also currently serves as NOAA’s acting chief scientist

Meeting type: Meet and greet for members to make contact with our Science Fair Winners. Personal contact

is very importand at this stage in aspiring engineers and scientists. Section Awards and Educator of the Year

award presentations. Attendance:115

Description of Event:

NCS has an extensive range of professional, technical, education, and volunteerism awards that now provide a

full spectrum of recognition for our members for every aspect of education, technical excellence and

volunteer service in NCS (NCS web Honors page). For technical excellence we have two awards: (1) the Hal

Andrews Memorial Young Scientist and Engineer Award for our outstanding Young Professionals, and (2) the

Outstanding NCS Scientist/Engineer designed for experienced professionals. Our educational awards support

the fundamental theme of aerospace educational outreach at all levels (K through post-college young

engineers and adult educators who promote their development): (1) The Barry Goldwater Educator Award--

now a AIAA National Award administered by NCS for presentation at the AIAA National Awards Gala (NCS is

honored to be unique among Sections having that privilege) (2) STEM Educators of the Year Awards

(elementary, middle, high school) went. In 2012 these awards went to:

Charles Sabatier, Mount Vernon High School

Elibabeth Butler, MLK Jr. Middle School

Kareen Lazarre, J.C. Nalle Elementary

The schools' Principals were also honored for their mentoring of the educators with a monetary award

presented to their school. Teachers are presented with a check along with a plaque, and are also offered AIAA

Educator Associate memberships as part of their recognition; (3) Science Fair Awards (1st, 2nd, 3rd at each of

8 DC area metro science fairs) went to 26 high school and middle school students for their innovative

aerospace-related science fair projects. Students bring their winning projects to our annual Honors and

Awards Banquet to share with guests during the reception portion of the evening. Winners this year were:

Jeffrey Alvarado, Adrianna Gorsky, Juliana Butler, Calvin Pollard, Marshall Wilkins, Jong Seok (Parker) Won,

Leah Surratt ,Piper Sigrest, Brandon Sananikone, Andrew Bishop, Rachel Vogler, Burak Ocak, Shubham Patil,

Julia Guidry, Alistair Andrulis ,Marquis Gregg, Andrew Lent, Trishul Nagenalli, Alex Wilson, Luca Garcia, Kevan

Thomas, Cayley Dymond, Nick Rawson, Jay Tracy, Robert Vandegrift, Sonia Lee

Twenty-six NCS volunteer judges selected the best projects in the region, including Maryland, Virginia and

Washington, DC. Support from sponsors – Honeywell International and Lockheed Martin – made it possible

for AIAA to cover all of the fairs, and to award tangible prizes to the first, second and third place winners

(Certificates are awarded, as well as scholarships to Space Camp for first place winners and monetary awards

to second and third place winners) https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/National_Capital/default.aspx

Additionally, Honorable Mention certificates were presented to other fair participants that were worthy of

special recognition. Our Marvin C. Demler Outstanding Volunteer Service Award recognizes the hard work

volunteers put into the success of the Section. This year there were two recipients of this award: Supriya

Banerjee (for outstanding initiatives in implementing events such as our joint luncheon with the NDIA), and

Monty Wright (for his tenacious work in the Southern Maryland Chapter). The Hal Andrews Young Scientist

award went to Dr. Moble Benedict of the University of Maryland and the Engineer award went to Kai Harth of

Aurora Flight Sciences. He will make a presentation on his achievements to the Section members along with

high school and college students at the Annual Young Scientist and Engineer Dinner next year. New awards in

the form of certificates of recognition were presented to five Council members this year by the Chairman,

Bruce Milam, for outstanding contributions: Kate Becker, our first student participating on the Council, for her

outstanding work on the science fair team, Daphne Dador for her initiative and leadership in implementing the

Capitol Hill Young Professional Mixer program, Dr. Natalia Sizov for her stellar leadership of the Science Fair

Committee, Dr. Nils Jespersen for his many years of service to NCS STEM programs, and to Michele McMurrer

for outstanding administrative support and stewardship of Section business. The Goldwater Educator Award

went to Dr. Kathryn Sullivan. On May 2, 2011, Dr. Sullivan was appointed by President Obama as assistant

secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction and deputy administrator for the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Sullivan, who also currently serves as NOAA’s

acting chief scientist, is a distinguished scientist, renowned astronaut and intrepid explorer The Goldwater

award was provided “for outstanding performance in designing and promoting STEM activities that inspire

students to achieve from the depths of the ocean to the heights of outer space.” The award was presented at

the AIAA Gala by Section Chair Bruce Milam. Section Chairperson Bruce Milam received this year's Chairperson

Award in recognition of his leadership and service as Section Chair, presented by Vice Chair Supriya Banerjee

and Dr. Sullivan, on behalf of the Council. Describe any publicity for the event:

What makes this event an outstanding activity? This event is an outstanding event the embodies all that AIAA

stands for and our current strategic initiatives. Great volunteers and educators were thanked for their efforts.

Students were provided opportunities to make contact with high profile aerospace professionals, awarded for

their work on their projects. This is incredibly important as highlighted by Burt Rutan and the AIAA Awards

Gala by making reference to his AIAA student design award as the one he was most proud of and his time

spent with Warner Von Braun as a result of the award. We moved the event to Friday to increase student and

parent participation and directed Dr. Sullivan’s talk to her perspectives and choices when she was a student.

From the perspective of a student how could it be better, win a scholarship to space camp and have an

opportunity to meet Dr. Sullivan the first American woman to perform a space walk.