{"427411":{"#nid":"427411","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Zinn, Lieuwen, and Lightsey honored by AIAA","body":[{"value":"\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDr. Ben T. Zinn is one of three AE\u0026nbsp;faculty honored by AIAA\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree School of Aerospace Engineering faculty members were recently honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with selection to the 2015 Class of AIAA Fellows and Honorary Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBenn T. Zinn, Regents\u0027 Professor and David S. Lewis, Jr. Chair, was given the status of AIAA Honorary Fellow, while Timothy Lieuwen, and E. Glenn Lightsey, were conferred with the Fellow distinction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHonorary Fellow is the highest distinction conferred by AIAA, and recognizes preeminent individuals who have had long and highly contributory careers in aerospace and who embody the highest possible standards in aeronautics and astronautics. Zinn was one of four selected for this honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIAA confers the distinction of Fellow upon individuals in recognition of their notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics and astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We couldn\u0027t be happier, but we are not surprised by this honor,\u0022 said GT-AE Chair Dr. Vigor Yang.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022All three of these faculty bring rigor and insight to their work in our School, and the results continue to strengthen our legacy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDr, Timothy Lieuwen was named AIAA\u0026nbsp;Fellow.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Ben Zinn joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1965 and attained the rank of Regents\u0027 Professor in 1973. His fields of research include: control of combustion processes, combustion instabilities in rocket motors, ramjets, jet engine and gas turbines, oscillatory flame phenomena, reacting flows, acoustics and pulse combustion. He has published 117 refereed papers and 213 reports and unrefereed papers, edited two AIAA Progress Series books on combustion diagnostics, wrote the section on \u0022Pulsating Combustion\u0022 for a book entitled Advanced Combustion Methods, which was published by Academic Press, and he has given 354 seminars\/lectures at various universities and conferences throughout the world. He is also a co-holder of seven patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Timothy Lieuwen is active in both instruction and research programs. His interests lie in the areas of acoustics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and signal processing. He is responsible for teaching several courses in the areas of fluid mechanics, aeroacoustics and combustion. His research activities involve both theoretical and experimental work in combustion, flame-acoustic wave interactions, combustion noise, and development of ultrasonic diagnostic techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProfessor E. Glenn Lightsey was bestowed the distinction of AIAA \u0026nbsp;Fellow.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor E. Glenn Lightsey came to Tech just this month from the University of Texas-Austin where is was the founder and director of the Texas Spacecraft Lab. His research focuses on the technology of satellites, including: guidance, navigation, and control systems; attitude determination and control; proximity operations and spacecraft rendezvous; cooperative control; space based Global Positioning System receivers; radionavigation; visual navigation; propulsion; satellite operations; formation flying, satellite swarms and satellite networks; and space systems engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This year, as in every year, each of the nominees for AIAA Fellow stands at the top of our aerospace community in terms of their contributions to our profession, and that makes our selection process a particularly difficult one,\u201d said George Muellner, chair of the AIAA Fellows Selection Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the end, we picked 22 individuals whose work has been truly outstanding. We congratulate our Class of 2015 AIAA Fellows and we look forward to their continued roles in shaping the future of aerospace.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIAA is the largest aerospace professional society in the world, serving a diverse range of more than 30,000 individual members from 88 countries, and 95 corporate members.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three School of Aerospace Engineering faculty members were recently honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with selection to the 2015 Class of AIAA Fellows and Honorary Fellows."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-22 10:20:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:15","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"2576","name":"AIAA"},{"id":"2135","name":"Ben Zinn"},{"id":"136281","name":"Glenn Lightsey"},{"id":"36441","name":"Tim Lieuwen"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}