American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Houston Section

PO Box 57524
Webster, Texas 77598
Welcome to the AIAA - Houston Section Website

 Members

  • - Sheikh Ahsan, NASA Chair
  • - Guy Thibodaux, NASA (retired)
  • - Norm Chaffee, NASA (retired)
  • - Hugh Brasseaux
  • - Henry Pohl
  • - Bill Boyd
  • - Chester Vaughan
  • - Ralph Taeuber
  • - Don Prevette

If you are interested in joining the work of the committee, contact any member or Douglas Yazell at 281-244-3925. We are always looking for qualified professional and student members.

Charter
To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and information regarding the history, state of the art, and future of aerospace propulsion and power systems. To stimulate education, professional development, and accomplishment by fostering communication and by providing resources.

Goals

  • Recruit members for the technical committee and AIAA
  • Recruit one technical committee member from each 'propulsion' or 'power systems' organization in the Clear Lake Area
  • Encourage lectures from government, industry, and universities
  • Monitor and contribute to the mirror propulsion and power systems AIAA committees on the national level
  • Organize lunch-and-learn sessions in the the Houston Clear Lake area (2 or more per year)
  • Focus on the technical challenges of the next 3-5 years
  • Meet 3-4 times/year, sometimes with national committee, to plan the work of the committee
  • Interact with other AIAA technical committees, other professional societies, and universities




    May
    18
    Conference
    ATS 2012
    Annual Technical Symposium
    Location:
    Gilruth Center, NASA/JSC

    Time:
    8:00 am - 8:00 pm



    For Further Details, Please Contact:
    chair@aiaa-houston.org or programs@aiaa-houston.org
    or call 281-244-3925


    Jan 24
    College Readiness/The Role of Physics in Career Aspirations

    Jan 31
    Marie Curie: Nobel Prize Physicist, Chemist and Pioneer Scholar

    Feb 7
    Space WeatherFeb 14 Pyroelectric Materials

    Feb 21
    Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Characterize Dispersion, Strain, and Alignment of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Nanocomposites

    Feb 28
    Planetary Dynamos

    Mar 6
    Ideal Hall Magnetohydrodynamics

    Mar 20
    Orbital Debris Overview

    Mar 27
    SETI - The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

    Apr 3
    Dealing with Rare and Extreme Space Weather Events

    Apr 10
    Gamma Ray Burst Pulse Analysis

    Apr 17
    Biological molecules: their order and disorder

    These lectures are open to the public, free of charge. All will be held at UHCL, in the Bayou Building, Rm 251, from 7-8:30pm.

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