Historian/Engineer David Mindell named 2015 Associate Fellow AIAA
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
“David’s research has spanned the arts, sciences,
and technology — showing how they are inseparable
in the history of flight and space exploration.”
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected historian David A. Mindell as a 2015 AIAA Associate Fellow.
Honoring the humanistic perspective in science and technology
“It is great honor to be selected,” said Mindell, the Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing in the MIT SHASS Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics. “As aerospace engineering grapples with the critical importance of human beings in robotic and unmanned systems, it is heartening to see that the profession values humanistic perspectives.”
Research across several domains
The AIAA selects individuals who have accomplished important engineering or scientific research; created original works of outstanding merit; or have made notable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.
“David’s research has spanned all three areas — arts, sciences, and technology — showing how they are inseparable in the history of flight and space exploration,” said Rosalind Williams, Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Head of MIT STS. “His election as an AIAA fellow brings honor to STS, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and to MIT, fittingly on the eve of the Institute’s centennial celebration of the nation’s most distinguished aerospace program.”
Mindell will receive the award on January 5, 2015 at a ceremony held in conjunction with the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition in Kissimmee, Florida.
Suggested Links
David Mindell STS website
David Mindell Aero-Astro website
David Mindell | News Office article
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