The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

1. The AIAA – It’s Your Institute!A Presentation to AIAA Students at Mississippi State University14 October 2013 The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2. Who We Are • The world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession • The Mission: to address the professional needs and interests of the past, current, and future aerospace workforce and to advance the state of aerospace science, engineering, technology, operations, and policy to benefit our global society • The Institute is the principal voice, information resource, and publisher for aerospace engineers, scientists, managers, policymakers, students, and educators Almost Every Major Advancement in the Aerospace Sciences and Engineering Has Been Made by an AIAA Member

3. Our Past and TODAY • Established in 1963 by merging two great aerospace societies • The American Rocket Society (founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society) • Science fiction writers and editors; performed own experiments • The Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (founded in 1933 as the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences) • Scholars and professionals; amazing library/collection • Today, the AIAA is: • Over 30,000 professional members in 85 countries; over 7,000 student members in over 150 student branches worldwide • 20 technical conferences, 8000 papers per year • 7 technical journals, hundreds of books, and an electronic library of all papers and journal articles since 1963 (some back to 1930) • Short courses, standards, public policy • The AIAA Foundation

4. Our Purpose and Promise • Purpose: To ignite and celebrate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration, and its importance to our way of life • This is a visionary profession • AIAA celebrates and shares our community’s great accomplishments – from small yet brilliantly simple innovations that affect everyday lives to great discoveries and missions that fuel our collective human drive to explore and accomplish the amazing • Promise: To be your vital lifelong link to the aerospace community and a champion for its achievements • This is a constant, vital community • In a world where most of us change jobs, organizations, and career paths more than ever before, AIAA is a constant – providing continuity as an ongoing source for learning, lasting community, professional connections, and career development

5. In This Organization… • We: • Cover a diverse breadth of workforce that is part of the coolest, most interesting, most essential profession on earth • Offer a unique multi-disciplinary community not found elsewhere • Invite the community into discussion with each other, prospective partners or thought leaders/innovators • Publish content not available anywhere else • Work to get the profession recognized for making the world safer, more connected, more accessible and more prosperous • Work to protect jobs, and create more opportunities for current aerospace professionals, and a pipeline of future professionals • Focus on the future and build excitement for new frontiers • Encourage people inside/outside profession to get inspired, enthusiastic and energized

6. In This Organization… • Our Members: • Have made nearly every modern discovery or significant advancement in aerospace • Meet/talk to people who’ve made the discoveries, written the books, published the research, completed the missions • Find a lifelong home for professionals who want to develop career paths and have more career mobility; find mentors; transfer skills from technical to managerial roles; learn how to work in team-based environments • Get in on ground floor of new thinking, best practices, stimulating idea exchanges (sparks that can lead to the next brilliantly simple innovation or amazing major discovery) • Are offered opportunities to give back (through leadership, mentoring, telling the aerospace story, sharing ideas)

7. Career Advantages of Membership • Jump starting career advancement • Meet people you might never encounter—your next employer, boss, mentor or important colleague: • Building skills for the future • Get in on the latest technical knowledge to help you in your current job and learn the softer skills that position you for promotion • Exchanging ideas that matter • Dialog with like-minded peers, thought leaders with unique expertise, innovators making the breakthroughs • Giving back • Help shape the profession; be a mentor; promote STEM education; tell the aerospace story to others; share ideas/ contribute to next big idea

8. Career Advantages of Membership (Cont’) • Aerospace News and Events: AIAA Daily Launch, Momentum • Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Flickr • e.g. Region II Student Conference • On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/AIAA-Region-II-Student-Conference/123499517724276 • Homepage at: https://region2.aiaastudentconference.org/ • Networking: Section, Region, National, International • Advocacy for Aerospace Issues: Public Policy • Conferences / Technical Committees / Publications • Career Services: Career Center, Workshops • Affinity Partner Programs (Master Card, Group Insurance, Travel Discounts) http://www.aiaa.org/AIAA-PROMO.aspx?id=18351 Homepage > Membership & Communities > Individual Membership

9. Institute Board of Directors Positions • Directors, Technical (7) • Aerospace Sciences • Aircraft & Atmospheric Systems • Engineering & Technical Management • Information Systems • Propulsion & Energy • Space & Missiles • Aerospace Design & Structures • Standards • Directors, International (3) • Directors At-Large (3) • Student Liaison • Young Professional Liaison • President • President-elect • Immediate Past President • Vice Presidents (8) • Education • Member Services • Public Policy • Publications • Standards • Technical Activities • International • Finance • Directors, Regional (7)

10. 2013 AIAA Board of Directors PRESIDENT-ELECT Jim Albaugh PRESIDENT Mike Griffin VP – MEMBER SERVICES Merri Sanchez VP – TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Basil Hassan (RSAC) (TAC) *VP ELECT- MEMBER SERVICES Annalisa Weigel VP - PUBLICATIONS Vigor Yang VP - PUBLIC POLICY Mary Snitch *VP - ELECT TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES David Riley DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL James A. Keenan DIRECTOR - REGION 1 Ferdinand Grosveld VP - INTERNATIONAL Susan Ying VP - FINANCE Robert C. “Bob” Winn VP - EDUCATION Steven Gorrell VP - STANDARDS Laura McGill DIRECTOR - REGION 2 G. Alan Lowrey DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL Neal Pfeiffer DIRECTOR - REGION 3 Sivaram Gogineni (Staff/Corporate Officers) DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL Allen Arrington DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE J Stephen Rottler DIRECTOR-AT-Large, INT’L Shamim Rahman *EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sandra Magnus DIRECTOR - REGION 4 Jayant Ramakrishnan DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL Sanjay Garg DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Bob Lindberg DIRECTOR - INT’L In Lee *DEPUTY E. D. Klaus Dannenberg DIRECTOR - REGION 5 Laura Richard DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Neal Barlow DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL Jeffrey Hamstra DIRECTOR - INT’L Kevin Massey *SEC/TREASURER Bill Seymore DIRECTOR - REGION 6 Jane Hansen *STUDENT LIAISON Cheryl Blomberg *Chief Operations Officer Angelo Iasiello *YP LIAISON Ryan Rudy DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL Trevor Sorensen DIRECTOR - REGION 7 Luisella Giulicchi DIRECTOR - TECHNICAL Kathleen Atkins * This is a non-voting position

11. AIAA Standing Committees PRESIDENT Mike Griffin VP-INTERNATIONAL Susan Ying INSTITUTE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES VP-EDUCATION Neal Barlow EXECUTIVE PUBLIC POLICY PRESIDENT Mike Griffin VP-PUBLIC POLICY Carol Cash CHAIRMAN Aaron Byerly ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AEROSPACE AMERICA STEERING STANDARDS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN Vigor Yang VP-STANDARDS Laura McGill STUDENT ACTIVITIES CHAIRMAN Co-chairs VP-TECHNICAL Basil Hassan TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES STEM K-12 OUTREACH CHAIRMAN Edgar Bering CHAIRMAN James Maser CORPORATE MEMBER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CHAIRMAN Dan Jensen IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Brian Dailey PROFESSIONAL MEMBER EDUCATION PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY CHAIRMAN David Mitchell YOUNG PROFESSIONAL CHAIRMAN Kimberley Hicks ELECTION CHAIRMAN Carol Cash FINANCE VP-FINANCE Bob Winn MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Alexander Pechloff HONORS AND AWARDS CHAIRMAN Mike Yarymovych AUDIT CHAIRMAN Wayne Schroeder REGION & SECTION ACTIVITIES VP-MEMBER SVCS Merri Sanchez ETHICAL CONDUCT PANEL CHAIRMAN John Whitesides VP-FINANCE Bob Winn COMPENSATION CAREER AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CHAIRMAN Karen Copper VP-PUBLICATIONS Vigor Yang PUBLICATIONS

12. Regions and Sections Global Membership

13. Individual Sections AIAA HQ Board of Directors RSAC Section Chair C&WD Officer Education Officer Section Treasurer Standing Committees Honors & Awards Officer Membership Officer STEM K-12 Public Policy Officer Technical Officer Young Professionals Officer Regional Organization Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) Individual Sections Regional Director (RAC Chair) Section Representatives Regional Deputy Directors Career & Workforce Dev Education Finance Honors & Awards Membership STEM K-12 Public Policy Technical Young Professionals

14. In Summary….. • AIAA is a great organization! • There is a lot going on! • There are a lot of opportunities! So Remember … Primary Professional Member Interests STAY ENGAGED!!

15. We Exist to Ignite and Celebrate Aerospace Ingenuity and Collaboration

16. We Create an Atmosphere that Inspires Innovation and Applauds our Member’s Discoveries

17. We are a Launching Pad for Emerging Professionals and a Lifelong Home for the Industry’s Most Successful

18. We never lose sight of our capacity to amaze and be amazed. NEED AARON TO CREATE VISUAL And We Never Lose Sight of Our Capacity to Amaze and Be Amazed