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

 
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

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