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2008 HRS Section Service Award Winners
Allan H. Taylor Memorial Award Dr. Thomas S. Gates
The Allan Taylor Award is our Section’s highest service honor. It is given to members who are not currently on the council
"in recognition of many years of sustained and significant volunteer contributions to the AIAA Hampton Roads Section."
Section Awards
Melissa B. Carter “for dedicated service to the Hampton Roads Section by providing outstanding events and
opportunities for Young Professionals.”
Bradley L. Crawford “for significant and sustained volunteer efforts in support of Hampton Roads Section events
throughout the year.”
Dr. John C. Lin “for exemplary service and dedication to the Hampton Roads Section as Newsletter Chairperson
and PEC Representative.”
Lee R. Rich “for providing outstanding public policy programs to the Hampton Roads Section, in collaboration
with Virginia Air and Space Center.”
Certificate of Appreciation
Steven X. S. Bauer “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section as RAC Representative and LEGO
Tournament volunteer.”
Jan-Renee Carlson “for dedicated service to the Hampton Roads Section as Chief Judge of the Laurence J. Bement
Young Professionals Paper Competition.”
Dr. J. Philip Drummond “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section by facilitating nominations to
AIAA Technical Committees.”
Jeffrey D. Flamm “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section as organizer of the annual Oyster
Roast.”
Dr. Sungwan Kim “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section as Honors and Awards Chairperson.”
John W. Paulson “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section as organizer of the annual golf
tournament.”
A. Gary Price “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section as HRS delegate to Congressional Visits
Day.”
David E. Reubush “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section as Chairman of the Virginia AIAA
delegation for Congressional Visits Day.”
Dr. Christopher L. Rumsey “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section as Career Enhancement
Chairperson.”
David A. Throckmorton “for outstanding service to the Hampton Roads Section by organizing Associate Fellow
nominations.”
NIA Student Chapter “for significant and sustained volunteer efforts in support of Hampton Roads Section events.”
Young Professionals Paper Competition Winners
Winner: Dr. Jeremy T. Pinier, for paper titled “Proportional Closed-Loop Feedback Control of Flow
Separation"
1 st Runner-up: Dr. Eric J. Nielsen, for paper titled “Using an Adjoint Approach to Eliminate Mesh
Sensitivities in Computational Design”
2 nd Runner-up: Dr. Adam Przekop, for paper titled “Dynamic Snap-Through of Thin-Walled Structures
by a Reduced-Order Method”
“Futures in Aerospace” Scholarship Winners
Tina A. Wang of York High School, Yorktown, VA
Sydney A. Giblin of Jamestown High School, Jamestown, VA
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