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x "Safety, Standards, and Regula-

tions for Electrified Aircraft,"
prompted by Phil Krein
x "Electrified Propulsion Technologies for Emerging Small Aircraft
Markets," led by Starr Ginn
x "Progress in Energy Storage and
Conversion for Aeropropulsion,"
guided by Kaushik Rajashekara.
Keynote speakers included
x Andreas Klöckner (German Aerospace Center), "Electric Aircraft
Technologies Symposium Keynote: Electric Flight-Challenges
and Opportunities"
x Paul Eremenko (chief technology
officer, United Technologies Corporation), "The Many Possible
Futures of Electric Flight"
x Alexander Walan (program director at DARPA), who shared the
lessons learned from DARPA's
Lightning Strike Project.
Overall, the symposium was successful in bringing together technical experts and thought leaders to
help chart the future of this rapidly
growing area. We are also proud to

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announce the following presentation
awards given out at the symposium:
x Best Student Presentation and Best
Presentation Award Topic Area 3:
Electric-Power Enabled Aircraft Configurations and System Requirements: Or Dantsker (University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), for
"Electric Propulsion System Optimization for a Long-Endurance
Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft," coauthored with S. Imtiaz
and M. Caccamo.
x Best Presentation Award Topic
Area 1: Electric-Power Enabled Aircraft Configurations and System
Requirements: Todd Spierling (Collins Aerospace), for "Parallel
Hybrid Propulsion System for a
Regional Turboprop: Conceptual
Design and Benefits Analysis,"
coauthored with P. Bertrand and
C. Lents.
x Best Presentation Award Topic Area
2: Enabling Technologies for Electric
Aircraft Propulsion: Dave Avanesian (NASA Glenn Research
Center), for "Development of an

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11-kW Lightweight, High Efficiency Motor Controller for NASA
X-57 Distributed Electric Propulsion Using SiC MOSFET Switches" coauthored with M. Garrett,
M. Granger, S. Kowalewski, J.
Maroli, and W. Miller.
x Best Presentation for Saturday
Closing Technical Session: Justin
Littell (NASA Langley Research
Center), for "Challenges in Vehicle Safety and Occupant Protection for Autonomous Electric
Vertical Take-Off and Landing
(eVTOL) Vehicles."
Plans for the third AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium
are currently underway. EATS 2020 is
scheduled for 26-28 August 2020 in
New Orleans, Louisiana. Be sure to
hold the date. Kiruba Haran (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) will
be serving as the general chair. For
information visit: https://www.aiaa
.org/eats.

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