James Stack wins 1st place in AIAA student
paper competition

 

ME student James Stack has won First Place in the AIAA 49th Annual Region VI student paper competition hosted by the University of Washington, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His paper, "Experimental Investigation of Rotor Vortex Wakes in Descent," was evaluated by professional AIAA members serving as judges. Papers are evaluated for both technical content and presentation delivery. First place regional winners are invited to the AIAA Foundation National Student Conference competition, which is held during the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting each January in Reno, Nevada. AIAA provides travel expenses and hotel accommodations, and presenters compete for cash prizes for one graduate award (master's level only) and one undergraduate award.