AIAA Pacific Northwest Section Presents
18th Annual
Tech Symposium
Morning & Afternoon Schedule
DateApril 18, 2026
LocationMuseum of Flight
CitySeattle, WA
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Track 1 — Skyline Room
Track 2 — View Lounge
April 18, 2026
Morning Sessions
Time
Skyline Room
View Lounge
08:00–08:55
Opening Keynote
Dr. Dimitri Mavris
Georgia Institute of Technology
“Value of Systems of Systems in Today’s Engineering Environment”
(Virtual)
09:00–09:25
Ron Hobbs
Museum of Flight Selected Presenter
“The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be”
Jonathan Sauder
Amazon Leo
“Prototyping to Fail Forward: Rapid Development of Small Spacecraft Deployable Structures”
09:30–09:55
Neno Novakovic, P.E.
Collins Aerospace
“Power Transfer Protocol for Variable Frequency Aircraft Electrical Power Systems”
Melissa Roth
Off Planet Research
“Challenges and Benefits of Operating in Lunar Regolith”
10:00–10:25
☕ Coffee Break — Visit Olympia HS students supporting NASA projects at the table in the Skyline Room
10:30–10:55
Kuang-Ying “Eddie” Ting
University of Washington
“Supersonic Configuration at Low Speeds (SCALOS)”
Dr. Jim Hermanson
University of Washington
“Experience a Flight Last Summer with the US Navy Blue Angels”
11:00–11:25
Dr. Takao Suzuki
Boeing
“Advancement of Propeller-Driven Air Vehicles and the Evolution of Their Noise Characteristics”
Student Event
Student Networking & Mentor Event
Intro by Lindsay Mitchell, AIAA Director
Led by Scott and Stan
11:30–11:55
Dr. Andrei Evulet
Jetoptera
“Progress on the Fluidic Propulsive System and the J-500 VTOL Cargo UAV”
Student Networking Continued
12:00–12:25
Christina Sarieddine
University of Washington
“EdgeVision-Detect and Avoid: Ultra-Low-SWaP Detection on RPAS”
Karl Weaver
Newport Technologies
“Global Satellite IoT Ecosystem & Multi-Orbit D2D/D2C Services”
After Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
Time
Skyline Room
View Lounge
12:30–13:00
🍽 Lunch — Skyline Room
13:00–13:55
Awards + Keynote
Gaudy Bezos-O’Connor
NASA
“Aerospace Electrification: Progress and Challenges”
14:00–14:25
Upekesha Ngugi
RTX
“Industry Impact, Career Growth: What Standards Committees Offer”
Lars Osborne
Agile Space Industries
“Making Friends in High Places: Rocket Engines for Human Spaceflight”
14:30–14:55
Shawn Chan
University of Washington
“Satellite Level GNSS Signal Integrity for Urban Air Mobility Systems”
Manny Rivas
Blue Origin
“Resiliency Is Not a Reaction, It’s a Design Principle”
15:00–15:25
Ayush Goyal
ServiceNow
“A Systems Framework for Synthetic Data at Scale in Aerospace AI Environments”
Adam Hendricksen
Independent Software Developer
“GAIA+LEO: A Business Case for Orbital Compute”
15:30–16:15
Closing Keynote
Jaydee Dyess
Agile Space Industries
“Make Fire and Measure Fire: From Atmosphere to Vacuum”
16:15–17:30
Made Possible By
Our Sponsors
Ed Wells Partnership
Seattle Chapter
Agile Space Industries
Raisbeck EngineeringIndividual Sponsors
John Somerville · Richard Wendt
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Tickets are limited. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn, make contacts, and be a part of the conversation about the future of aerospace in the Pacific Northwest.
Museum of Flight · April 18, 2026