15 May, Washington, D.C.

🥂 Raising a Toast to the 2024 Premier Awards Winners

The 2024 AIAA Awards Gala will be here before you know it. Join us in Washington, D.C., at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as we honor the 2024 Premier Awards Winners and celebrate their remarkable achievements.

At the AIAA Awards Gala, you will have every opportunity to network with industry leaders and government officials and reconnect with friends and colleagues, all while enjoying delicious cocktails and dinner and dessert stations.

Date: 15 May 2024

Location: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

Attire: Formal (Black-Tie Optional) or Military Equivalent

Meet the Premier Awards Winners

AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award

Michelle N. Banchy, NASA Langley Research Center

AIAA/ASME/SAE/VFS Daniel Guggenheim Medal

Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft Company

AIAA International

Cooperation Award

Jean-Yves Le Gall, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales; European Space Agency; International Astronautical Federation

AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award

Michael Hawes, Lockheed Martin Space (retired)

AIAA Public Service Award

Leland D. Melvin, Former NASA Astronaut; Leland Melvin LLC

AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award

Mark S. Miller, Leidos, Dynetics Group

AIAA Distinguished Service Award

Paul D. Nielsen, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

AIAA Engineer of the Year Award

Kurt Polzin, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

AIAA Award for Aerospace Excellence

U.S. Air Force Combat Artificial Intelligence

Technology Demonstration Team

Program

Reception and Dinner Stations

Nations Gallery

5:30–7:30 p.m. ET

Awards Ceremony

Terrace Theater

7:45–9 p.m. ET

Dessert Reception

Nations Gallery

9–10 p.m. ET

Celebrate With Your Group

Group packages are an excellent way to showcase your organization to the community of high-profile and influential attendees from government, industry, and academia. Group packages include:

• 10 seats to attend the AIAA Awards Gala

• Reserved space at the event, including 1 high-top table and 2 low-round tables with 4 seats each

AIAA Corporate Members receive a discount on group packages.

Please note that this event is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.