Mission
The primary goal of the Aerospace Division of the ASEE is to improve aerospace engineering education and fostering better communications with the institutions involved. One of the major activities of the division is to sponsor joint education sessions at the AIAA conferences.
2025-2026 ASEE Aerospace Division Officers |
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Division Chair | Dr. Waterloo Tsutsui | Purdue University |
Senior Research Associate | School of Aeronautics and Astronautics | |
wtsutsui@purdue.edu | ||
Division Chair-Elect | Dr. Mary Johnson | Purdue University |
Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Education and Research | Aeronautical Engineering Technology | |
mejohnson@purdue.edu | ||
Secretary/Treasurer | Dr. Brian Ritchie | The Ohio State University |
Clinical Assistant Professor | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | |
ritchie.11@osu.edu | ||
Program Chair | Dr. Yilin Feng | California State University, Los Angeles |
Assistant Professor | College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology | |
yfeng22@calstatela.edu | ||
Program Chair-Elect | Dr. Zach Taillefer | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Assistant Professor of Teaching | Aerospace Engineering | |
ztaillefer@wpi.edu | ||
Auxiliary Members |
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Past Chair | Dr. Tracy Yother | Purdue University |
Assistant Professor | Aeronautical Engineering Technology | |
tyother@purdue.edu | ||
Webmaster | Dr. Karen Martinez Soto | Syracuse University |
Assistant Teaching Professor | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | |
kmarti87@syr.edu | ||
CP-12 Delegate | Dr. Matt Kuester | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor |
Assistant Professor | College of Humanities and Sciences | |
mkuester@umhb.edu | ||
At-Large Members | Dr. Jennifer Tsai | University of Calgary |
Assistant Professor (Teaching) | Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | |
peiying.tsai@ucalgary.ca | ||
Dr. Leigh McCue-Weil | George Mason University | |
Professor and Department Chair | Mechanical Engineering | |
lmccuewe@gmu.edu | ||
Dr. Leonardo Bueno-Benitez | Embry-Riddle | |
Associate Professor | College of Engineering | |
leonardo.bueno@erau.edu | ||
Dr. Mark Fleming | Milwaukee School of Engineering | |
Assistant Professor | Mechanical Engineering | |
fleming@msoe.edu | ||
Dr. Robert Deters | Embry-Riddle | |
Associate Professor | College of Aviation | |
detersr1@erau.edu | ||
Dr. Russell Mailen | Auburn University | |
Associate Professor | Aerospace Engineering | |
rwm0028@auburn.edu | ||
Dr. Shantanu Gupta | Bowling Green State University | |
Assistant Professor | School of Aviation | |
shantag@bgsu.edu | ||
Student Members | Adi Nagarajan | Penn State |
abn5401@psu.edu | ||
Huy Huong | University of Maryland | |
huyhuong@umd.edu | ||
Past Chairs
2025-2026: Dr. Waterloo Tsutsui, Incumbent
2024-2025: Dr. Tracy Yother, Purdue University
2023-2024: Dr. Michael Hatfield, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2022-2023: Dr. Nadir Yilmaz, Howard University
2021-2022: Dr. Srikanth Gururajan, St. Louis University
2020-2021: Dr. Sharana Asundi, Old Dominion University
2019-2020: Dr. Masoud Rais-Rohani, University of Maine
2018-2019: Dr. Masoud Rais-Rohani, University of Maine
2017-2018: Dr. Jamie Canino, Purdue University
2016-2017: Dr. Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University
2015-2016: Dr. Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University
2014-2015: Dr. Pradip Sagdeo, Iowa State University
2013-2014: Dr. Raymond Thompson, Western Michigan University
2012-2013: Dr. Ben Latigo, University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland
2011-2012: Dr. Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University
2010-2011: Dr. Scott Eberhardt, University of Bristol
2009-2010: Dr. Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis
2008-2009: Dr. Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology
2007-2008: Dr. Ronald Lisowski, US Air Force
2006-2007: Dr. Raymond Thompson, Purdue University
2005-2006: Dr. Krishnaswamy Ravindra, Saint Louis University
2004-2005: Dr. Eric Sheppard, Hampton University
2003-2004: Dr. Charles Eastlake, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2002-2003: Dr. James McBrayer, University of Central Florida
2001-2002: Dr. Gary Slater, University of Cincinnati
2000-2001: Dr. Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma
1999-2000: Dr. Dolores Krausche, Florida Center for Engineering Education
1998-1999: Dr. James Strozier, University of Utah