Established to provide an incentive to VFS members, who have not previously presented the results of their work at a technical forum, to begin presenting their work at local and regional VFS meetings.
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2022
- Timothy Schmidt
- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company
“Automated Optical Rotor Blade Tip Clearance Tracking Using Artificial Intelligence Algorithms”
2021
- Andrew Lavoie
- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co.
2020
- Chloe Johnson
- University of Texas at Austin
2019
- Benjamin Leon
- Georgia Institute of Technology
2017
- Carolyn Walther
- Texas A&M University
2015
2014
- Raymond Beale
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
2013
- Brent Pafford
- University of Texas, Austin
2011
- Gregory M. Neiswander
- US Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate
2010
- Mohammad Ali Rafiee
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2009
- Laura Buck
- The Boeing Company
2008
- Yvonne T. Fuchs
- NASA Langley Research Center
2007
- Jonathan Mitchell
- Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
2006
- J. S. Wilson
- Research Scientist
- UARC - University of California, Santa Cruz, Ames Research Center
2005
- Jonathan K. Garhart
- Senior Project Engineer
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
2004
- Jongmin Kim
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2003
- Cheng-Ho Tho
- Bell Helicopters Textron Inc.
2002
- Geoffrey J. Jeram
- Georgia Institute of Technology
2001
- Marc Gervais
- University of Maryland
2000
- Craig P. Fuehne
- Washington University of St. Louis
"Application of Generalized Floquet Theory to Ground Resonance Data"
1999
- LCDR, Robert L. King
- US Navy
1998
- Joseph F. Horn
- Georgia Institute of Technology
1997
- Bryan S. Cotton
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
"Autonomous Flight of the Cypher UAV"
1996
- Andreas P.F. Bernhard
- University of Maryland
1995
- Jeffrey Keller
- Princeton University
"An Investigation of Helicopter Dynamic Coupling Using an Analytical Model"
1994
- Jeffrey T. Evernham
- Boeing Defense & Space Group, Heli. Division
1993
- Carl Bauer
- The Boeing Company
"A Landing and Takeoff Control Law for Unique-Trim, Fly-by-Wire Rotorcraft Flight Control Systems"
Carl Bauer, right accepts the Lichten Award from the Society's Technical Director, Dr. John Shaw.
1992
- Hieu T. Ngo
1991
- D. Dale Davis
- US Army Aerostructures Directorate
1990
- Joshua Gordis
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"A Frequency Domain Theory for Structural Identification"
1989
- Earl P.N. Duque
- Research Scientist
- US Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate - AVSCOM
1988
- Brian Hamilton
- McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co.
1987
- Dwayne Kimball
- Bell Helicopter Textron
"Recent Tilt Rotor Flight Control Law Innovations"
1986
- Barbara Townsend
- NASA Ames
"The Application of Quadratic Optimal Cooperative Control Synthesis to a CH-47 Helicopter"
In the photo, Zincone, left and VFS (then AHS) Technical Director David S. Jenney, right, recognized Lichten Award winner Barbara Townsend, NASA Ames.
1985
- Michael S. Lewis
- AVSCOM Aeromechanics Laboratory
1984
- Mark Davis
- United Technologies Research Center
1983
- Todd R. Quackenbush
"Testing and Evaluation of a Stall Flutter Suppression System Based On Individual Blade Control"
1982
- Raymond S. Hansen and Jon P. Rogers
- NASA Ames Research Center, and Washington University
Hansen's Paper: "Toward A Better Understanding of Helicopter Stability Derivatives", and
Rogers' Paper: "Application of an Analytical Stall Model to Rotor Dynamics Analysis"
1981
- Shyi-Yaung Chen
- Washington University
"Stability and Vibration of Two-Bladed Aeroelastic Rotors on Flexible Supports"
1980
- Kenneth P. Leighton
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Research on Model Helicopter Rotor Blade Slap at Moderate Tip Speeds"
1979
- Ivo Zvolanek
1978
- David P. Chappell
- Aeromechanics Laboratory, U. S. Army AVRADCOM
"Monitoring of Fatigue Loading on Prop-Rotor Systems and Related Components During Tests of the XV-15 Research Aircraft"
1977
- Debashis Banerjee
- Washington University in St. Louis
For the best technical paper presented in AHS regional meeting.
1976
- Thomas W. Sheehy
- Aerodynamicist
- Sikorsky Aircraft, Aeromechanics Branch
"A General Review of Helicopter Hub Drag"
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