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Each paper then competed in the Technical Directorate comprising of 3-4 technical areas.\u0026nbsp; Seven\u0026nbsp; finalists were chosen to compete for the Gessow Best Forum Paper Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This year, Georgia Tech and Bell Helicopter each had three papers selected in the top 20,\u0022 said Smith, an AHS Technical Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That represents the highest number of papers in an organization selected for best paper.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGT-AE\u0026nbsp;alumnus Dr. Troy Schank and his Bell Helicopter colleague Dr. Kynn Schulte were recognizedfor their work, \u0022\u003Cem\u003ECollaborative Investigation of the Aerodynamics Behavior of Airfoils in Reverse Flow\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022 which received three much-coveted awards: Gessow Best Paper of the AHS Forum, Best Paper for the HUMS\/CBM, and Best Paper in the Systems Engineering Technical Directorate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProsser and Smith took home the Best Paper in the Modeling and Simulation Technical Area and Best Paper in the Systems Integration Technical Directorate for their work, \u0022\u003Cem\u003EPhysics-Based Aerodynamic Simulation Models Suitable for Dynamic Behavior of Complex Bluff Body Configurations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProsser, who received his doctorate in May,\u0026nbsp; 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