2017 Archives

December 2017

For the first time ever, AIAA Greater Huntsville served as the volunteer organization running the Galaxy of Lights for the evening

December 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section announced the winner of its First Flight Commemoration Contest on December 17

December 2017

When the Greater Huntsville Section discovered that one of the section’s military members would be deployed for the holiday season, it sprang into action to help brighten his holidays.

December 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section participated in the 2017 Huntsville and Madison County Chamber of Commerce Holiday Open House

November 2017

Two Greater Huntsville Section members were recently recognized with prestigious awards from the Jacobs ESSSA contract group

November 2017

On November 10th the Greater Huntsville Section toured the United Launch Alliance rocket manufacturing facility

October 2017

The Second Annual AIAA Greater Huntsville Section’s Young Professionals Symposium was held on October 23-24

September 2017

This year Huntsville’s annual Pumpkin Blast was held at Tate Farms on September 30

September 2017

Members of the Greater Huntsville Section joined Tennessee Valley Chapter 335 of the Air Force Association to celebrate the US Air Force’s birthday

September 2017

Several Section members jumped at the opportunity to tour, photograph and fly in the venerable bomber

September 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section participated in the Annual Grass Field Fly-In at Moontown Airport

September 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section participated in the Huntsville Executive Airport Open House on September 9

August 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section supported the 5th Annual Amy Herdy Texas Hold ‘Em Cancer Cure Tournament

August 2017

Members of the Greater Huntsville Section continued the Section’s Dinner & a Movie series by gathering to watch the movie Dunkirk, an historical thriller about the evacuation of the British Army from Dunkirk during the early days of World War II

July 2017

Dr. Thomas V. Giel was awarded the AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee Sustained Service Award on July 12, 2017

June 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section participated in the 2017 Armed Forces Celebration Luncheon at the Von Braun Center on June 28

May 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section was named the 2017 Society of the Year (SOY) by the Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS)

May 2017

The Greater Huntsville AIAA Section held its 65th Annual Awards Dinner on May 12, 2017 at the Jackson Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The event was conducted by Dr. Naveen Vetcha, the Section’s 2016-2017 Vice-Chairman and the 2017-2018 Chairman-Elect

April 2017

Ms. Chris Jesse, the Greater Huntsville Section’s AIAA Staff Liaison, retired in April after many years of faithful service to the Institute

April 2017

On March 31st and April 1st, AIAA Greater Huntsville Section supported NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge.

March 2017

On 24 March 2017 approximately 20 Section members, friends, and family participated in tours of the University of Tennessee Space Institute and the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.

February 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section commemorated Black History Month 2017 throughout February with a full slate of activities to honor the contributions of African-American citizens to our nation and profession.

February 2017

Five members of the Greater Huntsville Section were part of a 9-person team that received the 2016 Space & Missile Defense Team Technical Achievement Award sponsored by the ASMD

February 2017

Greater Huntsville fielded a team in the 2nd Annual Carts4Hearts 5K race to raise money and solicit donations for the Downtown Rescue Mission

January 2017

The Section celebrated the 54th anniversary of the founding of the AIAA at a birthday social on January 31. AIAA was created on January 31, 1963 through the merger of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and the American Rocket Society

January 2017

AIAA Greater Huntsville Section supported Alabama’s Regional Future City Competition on January 14th, 2017. The section sponsored a $150 award

January 2017

The Greater Huntsville Section attended the State of the County Address by Madison County Commission Chairman Dale W. Strong