Aviation Applications Dissertation Prize Application Process

Doctoral dissertations meeting the following criteria are eligible for consideration:

• The dissertation must be completed and submitted after June 1, 2011 of the previous year and before May 31, 2012 of the current year.
• The dissertation must be in an area relevant to aviation research or practice.

Submit the following documents in portable document format (PDF) via email to Rajesh Ganesan (rganesan@gmu.edu), the committee chair, before midnight on July 16, 2012:

• the completed dissertation;
• an extended abstract (4 to 5 pages) describing the work and its relevance;
• a letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor supporting the submission and highlighting the importance of the research;
• a short paper (20 to 25 pages, double spaced) that is based on the dissertation (if such a paper is available).

2012 Committee Chair:

Rajesh Ganesan, George Mason University

Committee Members:

Terry Thompson, Metron Aviation

Sharon M. Jones, NASA

William A. Crossley, Purdue University