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Our lunch keynote speaker Erik
Lindbergh, Executive Chairman of
VerdeGo Aero, talked about the birth of
long distance aviation, to the creation
of the personal spacefl ight industry and
an ambitious vision to jump-start a new
short distance air travel industry with
advances in distributed electric propul-
sion. Despite challenges that came along
his journey, Erik advised our attendees
to keep on going and to never give up.
Other afternoon lectures educated
attendees on the Spalart-Allmaras
turbulence model and our role in
sustainability. A student poster session
was held with contributions from the
following schools and teams: Everett
Community College Aviation Main-
tenance Program, Bellevue College,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,
Portland State University, University of
Washington undergraduate, and Uni-
versity of Washington Design, Build, F l y.
Symposium attendees were encouraged
to vote for their favorite and the winners
were recognized later in the afternoon.
In the RL session young professionals
had a chance to interact with industry
experts and ask questions regarding
their career choices, experiences, and
anything else they were curious about.
A highlight of the symposium was
the engineering design challenge, which
provided a fun and interactive way to
connect with others in teams. The goal
was to construct a foam rocket designed
to hit a designated target with the
resources provided by satisfying a set
of requirements. It also introduced our
youngest attendees to the engineering
design process.
The closing keynote speaker was Dr.
Paul Bevilaqua, who played a leading
role in creating the Joint Strike Fighter.
He discussed how small engineering
teams and rapid prototyping can achieve
quick, quiet, quality products.
Refl ecting back on another successful
symposium we have already startedpreparations for next year’s symposium
to be held on Saturday, 7 November 2020,
at the Green River College in Auburn, WA.
We could not have done all this
without a fantastic team of volunteers, as
well as our sponsors who year after year
continue to show their commitment to
the section membership: Ed Wells Part-
nership, The Boeing Company, Aerojet
Rocketdyne Foundation, AeroTec, Klinger
IGI, Inc., Tecplot, Base2 Solutions, Crane
Aerospace and Electronics, Jetoptera,
Paine Field Snohomish County Airport,
Blue Origin, Verdego Aero, LineUpr, and
Echodyne.
Every year we try to build on the past
year’s successes and expand the program
with new items for variety, resulting in
increased interest for the symposium.
We would like to invite anyone inter-
ested in presenting, sponsoring, or con-
tributing in any other way to take a look
at http://pnwaiaa.org/ts2019 or contact
the symposium chair at symposium@
pnwaiaa.org.