RTCA 2023 Award Winners
William E. Jackson Award
The William E. Jackson Award is presented to an outstanding graduate student in the field of aviation electronics and telecommunications. This award is a memorial to William E. Jackson, a pioneer in the development and implementation of the nation’s air traffic control system and an enthusiastic supporter of student engineers.
This year’s William E. Jackson Award has been presented to Dr. Timothy Needham for his Thesis entitled “Gravity Modeling in High-Integrity GNSS-Aided Inertial Navigation Systems.” Tim served on SC-159 Working Group 2C and coauthored Appendix O of DO-384. He holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Ohio University.
Click here to see previous winners of the William E. Jackson Award.
Outstanding Leaders
The Outstanding Leader Award recognizes the added demands placed on RTCA Special Committee Chairs and/or other Committee participants who serve in leadership roles.
2023 Outstanding Leaders
| Outstanding Leader | Company |
|---|---|
| Mike Airey | LSA Electromagnetics |
| David Baker | The MITRE Corporation |
| Bryan Barmore | NASA |
| Michael Cramer | Consultant |
| Mike Deer | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. |
| Randal Guendel | MIT LIncoln Laboratory |
| Michael Hooper | Iridium Satellite LLC. |
| Yasuo Ishihara | Honeywell International, Inc. |
| Randy Jacobson | Collins Aerospace |
| Sai Kalyanaraman | Collins Aerospace |
| Varun Khanna | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Fabrice Kunzi | The Boeing Company |
| Christophe Macabiau | Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile |
| Sam Masri | Honeywell International, Inc. |
| Dave Nakamura | The MITRE Corporation |
| Siobvan Nyikos | The Boeing Company |
| Ted Patmore | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| David Redman | Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute |
| Armin Schlereth | DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH |
| Uwe Schwark | Airbus |
| Sam Smearcheck | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Timothy Steiner | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Rob Strain | The MITRE Corporation |
| Don Walker | A3 by Airbus Group |
| Joel Wichgers | Collins Aerospace |
Significant Contributors
The Significant Contributor award recognizes individuals for very important and noteworthy contributions to Special Committees and their products.
2023 Significant Contributors
| Significant Contributor | Company |
|---|---|
| Darrell Andregg | Collins Aerospace |
| Paul Campbell | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Deepak Chauhan | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Greg Comstock | The Belmont Group |
| Stephen Darr | Dynamic Aerospace, Inc. |
| Mike Deer | Bell helicopter Textron, Inc. |
| Swen Ericson | ZETA Associates |
| Robert Erlandson | Consultant |
| Matt Harris | The Boeing Company |
| Matt Haskin | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Ben Huang | Iridium Satellite LLC. |
| Devin Jack | Adaptive Aerospace Group |
| Robert Kebel | Airbus |
| Bob Lee | GXA Consulting LLC. |
| Jamie Lutkus | Astronics Corporation |
| David McGhee | Ross & Baruzzini |
| Jeff Meyers | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Tom Pagano | Regulus Group |
| Dave Pierce | GE Aviation |
| Alan Sigman | FAA NextGen ANG-C31 |
| Siva Sivananthan | ARCON Corporation |
| Rick Timms | National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency |
| Michael Trope | Garmin Ltd. |
| Andrew Videmsek | Reliable Robotics |
| Valeriu Vitan | EUROCONTROL |
| Lesley Weitz | The MITRE Corporation |
| Jared Wikle | MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| Sebastian Zanlongo | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Dongsong Zeng | The MITRE Corporation |
For more information:
Significant Contributors Award, please contact contact James Venslauskas
Outstanding Leaders Award, please contact contact James Venslauskas
William E. Jackson Award, please contact contact Karan Hofmann