AIAA Welcomes Missoum as Associate Fellow

Associate professor Samy Missoum has been named a 2017 associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 

This grade recognizes individuals "who have accomplished ... important engineering or scientific work, or who have done original work of outstanding merit." Missoum is principal investigator of the Computational Optimal Design of Engineering Systems laboratory, which develops methodologies for the design optimization of complex structural or mechanical problems. 

He and his fellowship cohort will be formally honored in a ceremony on Jan. 9, in Grapevine, Texas.