Section Council (2004-2005)

We invite your questions, comments, and interest in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Listed below are the names and contact emails for the Executive Council of the San Francisco Section of AIAA for the 2004-2005 council year. AIAA members can find more detailed contact information in the AIAA member directory.

What's a Section? What's the Council?

In addition to the many services which AIAA offers its members nationally (including technical conferences, publications, and committees), it also encourages regional activity in each of the many sections (or chapters) located across the nation. Each section is governed by a council of officers (elected by the section membership) and directors (appointed by the section chairman).

The San Francisco Section has over 1,400 members located throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area, primarily in Silicon Valley. A dinner meeting featuring a timely speaker is held each month. The council meets regularly on the first Tuesday of the month.

Active participation in the local council provides members with outstanding opportunities to network with colleagues, enhance leadership skills, further their personal careers, and have a positive influence on the aerospace field.

A note about e-mail addresses: Internet users are now acutely aware of unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam), viruses, and other attacks on the infrastructure of the Internet. To minimize the automatic harvesting of council e-mail addresses for those purposes, the addresses below use the string ' (at) ' in place of the standard commercial-at ('@') symbol. When sending mail to a council member, please modify the address accordingly.

Officers: AIAA San Francisco Section

Section Chair
Prasada Rao Gogineni
E-mail: chair (at) aiaa-sf.org

Section Vice Chair
Richard J. Kwan
E-mail: vicechair (at) aiaa-sf.org

Section Secretary
Eric R. Mueller
E-mail: secretary (at) aiaa-sf.org

Section Treasurer
Todd C. Farley
E-mail: treasurer (at) aiaa-sf.org

Directors: AIAA San Francisco Section

Program Director
Prasada Rao Gogineni
E-mail: programs (at) aiaa-sf.org
Check the Section Calendar for program schedule.

Education Director
Eric R. Mueller
E-mail: education (at) aiaa-sf.org

Membership Director
Stephanie Gregg
E-mail: membership (at) aiaa-sf.org

Newsletter Director
Rick Kwan
E-mail: newsletter (at) aiaa-sf.org

Honors & Awards Director
Fanny Allison Zuniga
E-mail: honors (at) aiaa-sf.org

Public Policy Director
Todd Farley
E-mail: pubpol (at) aiaa-sf.org

Young Professional Director
Eric Mueller
E-mail: youngprof (at) aiaa-sf.org

Career Enhancement Director
Bruno Geoffrion
E-mail: career (at) aiaa-sf.org

Pre-College Outreach Director
Juanita Ryan
E-mail: precollege (at) aiaa-sf.org

Technical Activities Director
vacant
E-mail: technical (at) aiaa-sf.org

Evolution of Flight Director
Gano Chatterji
E-mail: flight100 (at) aiaa-sf.org

Online System Administrator
Rick Kwan
E-mail: sysadmin (at) aiaa-sf.org

Web Staff
Corwin Lakin
Rick Kwan
Bruno Geoffrion

RAC Representative
Prasada Rao Gogineni
E-mail: chair (at) aiaa-sf.org

Local Student Branches

Stanford University
Advisor: Steve Rock
E-mail: Eric Allison, AIAA Student Chapter Chairman
Stanford University, Aero/Astro Dept., Stanford, CA 94305 USA
E-mail: eric.allison (at) stanford.edu

Santa Clara University
Advisor: Dr. Mark Ardema
Phone: (408) 554-4173
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (408) 554-4937
Fax: (408) 554-5474

San Jose State University
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos
Phone: (408) 924-7168
E-mail: ppapado1 (at) email.sjsu.edu
Chairman: Gerardo Vazquez (2003-2004)
E-mail: jerry_vazquez1999 (at) yahoo.com

University of California - Berkeley
Advisor: Professor Omar Savas
Chairman: Suparn Vats
E-mail: suparn (at) uclink4.berekeley.edu

University of California - Davis
Advisor: Professor Ron Hess
Phone: (530) 752-1513
E-mail: rahess (at) ucdavis.edu
Chairman: Albert Dato
E-mail: amdato (at) ucdavis.edu
Branch Web Page: http://mae.ucdavis.edu/~aiaa/

Some AIAA Region VI Connections

Director
Joe Morano
E-mail: joe.morano (at) boeing.com

Assistant Director
Mike Lazar
E-mail: mlazar (at) tdryan.com

Deputy Director-at-Large
Norman Bergrun
E-mail: ddatlarge (at) aiaa-sf.org

Some AIAA National Connections

AIAA Western Region Office
Elizabeth Carter
2221 Rosecrans Ave., #227
El Segundo, CA 90425
Phone: (310) 643-7515
Fax: (310) 643-7509
E-mail: elizabethc (at) aiaa.org

National AIAA Membership Liaison
Mary Ellen Shook
Phone: (703) 264-3848
E-mail: maryellens (at) aiaa.org

National AIAA Honors and Awards Liaison
Carol Stewart
Phone: (703) 264-7623
E-mail: carols (at) aiaa.org