A reminder about the upcoming Masters' Lectures for the month of October. Register now!
Thursday, October 11, 3PM ET
Dr. Marilyn Smith is Associate Director of the Vertical Lift Center of Excellence at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Smith received her PhD from Georgia Tech in 1994 while working in industry from 1982 to 1997. She joined the School of Aerospace Engineering in 1997, and is currently a full professor and Associate Director of the Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE). Dr. Smith performs research in the areas of non-linear computational aeroelasticity (using CFD) and the integrated multidisciplinary areas of unsteady aerodynamics and acoustic/fluid/structure interactions across rotating and fixed wing vehicles and systems.
Mike Hirschberg is Executive Director of AHS International; he assumed the duties of the AHS Executive Director on June 1, 2011, after 20 years in the aerospace industry, primarily in vertical flight. He is responsible for the execution of the strategic direction set by the AHS Board of Directors. He was previously a principal aerospace engineer with CENTRA Technology, Inc., providing technical and program management support for over 10 years to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) on advanced aircraft and rotorcraft concepts. Prior to this, Mr. Hirschberg worked from 1994 to 2001 in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Office, supporting the development of the X-32 and X-35 vertical flight propulsion systems.
In this session, Dr. Marilyn Smith and Mike Hirschberg will be lecturing about Vertical Flight Technical Resources and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N7ouhQGRRkeMee6HFtuDLQ
Wednesday, October 17, 2PM ET
Bob Parks is a Boeing Technical Fellow with Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, A Boeing Company. He mainly works on the design of non-traditional aircraft, including subscale and full scale prototyping. He has been working on VTOL aircraft professionally for 20 years, but has also worked on Mars aircraft, solar aircraft, submersible aircraft and even a few conventional aircraft. Prior to his present job, he was a Senior Engineer at zee.aero (now called KittyHawk and Cora), working on manned electric VTOL aircraft. Prior to that he was Chief Aircraft Designer for Aurora Flight Sciences. He has also worked as a designer on the Lockheed F-117 and as a consultant. He was a principal designer on the MIT Chrysalis, Light Eagle and Daedalus human powered aircraft.
In this session, Bob will lecture about Ducted Fans for Hover and Cruise and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hefN5WgTQba2hVLLiC02IA
Wednesday, October 24, 12PM ET
Carl Dietrich, Co-Founder and CTO of Terrefugia, received his BS, MS and Ph.D. from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shortly after receiving the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Innovation in 2006. Carl was also recognized by the Aero/Astro Department at MIT as one of sixteen exceptional graduates under the age of 35. In addition, Carl has received "40 Under 40" awards from the Boston Business Journal and Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine. Carl has spoken internationally and is generally regarded as the leader of the emerging modern flying car industry. He has been a private pilot since the age of seventeen.
In this session, Carl will share the story of Terrefugia and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nj7eUzvETlWM0zn78OCd-g
Wednesday, October 31, 12PM ET
Tess Hatch is an investor in Bessemer Venture Partners' Silicon Valley office. She is focused on frontier tech, specifically commercial space, cyber security, and drones. She currently serves as board observer for Iris Automation, Rocket Lab, Spire, Auth0, Endgame, Distil Networks, Team8, Virtru, Claroty, CyberGRX, and Illusive Networks. She holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan (go blue!) and a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics engineering from Stanford (go trees!). She was a mission manager at SpaceX where she worked with the government on integrating their payloads with the Falcon9 rocket. She also worked at Fictiv, a startup using 3D printing and CNC machining to democratize access to manufacturing.
In this session, Tess will be lecturing about pitching to VC's and will include a question-and-answer session.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_US63Xs7yR227vm6cgzT4Hw
