2025-26 AIAA North Texas Section “Texy” Awards
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Who Will Win? Awards to be Announced at Event
Scholarships announced ahead of time but will be awarded during event|
21 May 2026
UT Arlington Library 6th Floor
702 Planetarium Pl, Arlington, TX 76019|
6pm
Dinner & Awards Program - $25 per person
Business Casual attire
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Event Registration due 19 May – Late Registration still open
Keynote: Lt. Gen. (ret.) Charles “CR” Davis
Lessons still to be Learned, X-1 to F-47 and the Apollo Lunar Module to Artemis 4--More Questions than Answers
“CR” Davis (AF) is an experimental test pilot with L3Harris with 250+ test hours in the AT-802 and OA-1K Skyraider. Conducting envelope expansion, engine airstarts, handling qualities and mission systems testing as L3Harris converts AT-802 into USAF’s OA-1K. Among other notable achievements, he was formerly the F-35 JSF Program Executive Officer.
2026 Award Categories
$500 High School Senior Scholarship Nominees
Aswin Saravanan, Coppell High School
Awab Badawi, Trinity High school
$500 College Undergraduate Student Scholarship Nominees
Deeva Khanuja, UTA
Sharan Sathish, UNT, UT
Dr. Don Seath Award for Outstanding University Faculty
Dr. Liang Sun, Baylor University
Outstanding High School Educator Nominees
Mr. Bryan Harston, HEB Technology Center
Mr. Mark Kirk, Granbury High School
High School Student of the Year Nominees
Saanvika Gandhari, Coppell High School
Eugenia Jin, Grapevine High School
College Student of the Year Nominees
Nisrine Jawhari, Collin College
Sharan Sathish, UNT/UT
Saarang Sivakumar, Embry Riddle Univ.
Austen Smith, UTA
Dr. Jack Fairchild Award for Best AIAA North Texas College Event Nominees
UTA AIAA Student Branch - Southwest Aerospace Symposium co-host
UTD AIAA Student Branch - Annual Technical Presentation
Dr. Don Wilson Award for AIAA North Texas Young Professional of the Year Nominees
Angela Buccio, Bell Textron
Alex Doriski, L3 Harris
Outstanding Aerospace Achievement by a North Texas Individual Nominees
Jim Acree, DER Test Pilot
Project Test Pilot for AT-1002
Stephen Atkins, UTA
1st Place 2026 AIAA Region IV Student Paper Conference, Graduate Division
Outstanding Aerospace Achievement by a North Texas Team Nominees
UT Dallas Design-Build-Fly Team
23rd out of 93 teams
FIRST Tech Challenge Team 18270 (Irving K-12)
Robotics World Championship Runner Up (out of the 366 teams)
Tarleton State University
1st Place AIAA Region IV Student Paper, Undergraduate Team
Outstanding AIAA Support Awards
AIAA North Texas Student Member
Mi Vo, UTD Student Branch President – Student Branch Leadership
North Texas Young Professional Member
Yen Pham - Luft Org App Team
North Texas Professional Member
Michael Filippidis, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control - AIAA HQ coordination
North Texas Company or Organization
SETP Southwest Section - Southwest Aerospace Symposium co-host
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