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AIAA BULLETIN | AIAA NEWS AND EVENTS
News
Young Professionals,
Students, and Educator
Conference
The AIAA Region I Young Professionals,
Students, and Educator (YPSE) Confer-
ence was held for the fi rst time in four
years by the AIAA Mid-Atlantic Section
on 15 November 2019 at the Kossiakoff
Center at the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel,
MD. More than 160 young professionals
(under age 35), graduate, undergraduate,
and high school students were in atten-
dance. Students came from 16 different
universities and nearly 50 technical pre-
sentations were given on aerospace-re-
lated topics, including machine learning,
robotics, aerodynamics, and navigation.
The event gave young professionals
and students the opportunity to learn
from each other about a large breadth
of topics in the aerospace community,
gaining knowledge in areas they maynot have yet been exposed to. The
keynote address featured former NASA
astronaut and test pilot Pierre Thuot,
who spoke about the three spacewalks
he performed aboard the Endeavour
shuttle in 1992. The conference also had
several networking events, including an
expo hall, networking activity, and happy
hour, as well as an awards presentation.
The AIAA Mid-Atlantic Section will
be hosting the 2020 YPSE Conference
on 16 October, at the Kossiakoff Center
again. Please email aiaa.midatlantic@
gmail.com for more details and check
https://engage.aiaa.org/midatlantic for
upcoming events.Annual Business
Meeting NoticeNotice is hereby given that
the Annual Business Meeting
of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) will be held at the Hil-
ton Crystal City at Washing-
ton Reagan National Airport,
Arlington, VA on Monday, 18
May 2020, at 1:00 PM.Christopher Horton, AIAA
Governance Secretary