AHS Technical Council

The Technical Staff, Council and committees of the Society work toward establishing and maintaining the Society's reputation as an organization the industry, government, and the general public can look to for assistance and direction in the field of vertical flight technology. The Technical Committees provide the membership with up-to-date, high quality technical information through papers and summaries of various state-of-the-art technologies.

Technical Director Mr. Charles W. Hughes, Jr. Director, Engineering The Boeing Company Phone: 480-891-6363 Fax: 480-891-6830	Journal Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth S. Brentner Professor Penn State University Phone: 814-865-6433 Fax:  814-865-7092
Deputy Director, Aeromechanics Dr. Wayne Johnson Aerospace Engineer NASA Ames Research Center Phone: 650-604-2242 Fax: 650-604-6717	Forum Technical Chair Dr. Farhan Gandhi Professor of Aerospace Engineering Penn State University Phone: 814-865-1164 Fax: 814-865-7092
Deputy Director, Operations / Product Support Mr. Larry F. Plaster Manager, Apache Modernization Programs The Boeing Company Phone: 480-891-5788 Fax: 480-891-6922	Deputy Forum Technical Chair Dr. Ashish Begai Senior Aerodynamicist / Tech Lead — Rotors Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Phone: 203-386-5193 Fax: 203-386-5925
Deputy Director, System Engineering Mr. David Matuska Manager, Engineering System Safety Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Phone: 203-386-6065 Fax: 860-998-6686	Deputy Director - Systems Integration Mr. Dale Johnson Aerospace Engineer U.S. Army, AATD Phone: 757-878-0123 Fax: 757-878-2053
Deputy Director - Vehicle Design Mr. Daniel I. Newman Program Manager DARPA Phone: 703-577-6812	Deputy Director - Vehicle Integrity Dr. Catherine H. Ferrie Chief, Advanced Sciences and Materials Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Phone: 817-280-7689 Fax: 817-278-7689
Appointed Members
Mr. Joseph Carbonaro Technical Director, HX-21 (former Rotary Wing) NAVAIR Phone: 301-342-1776 Fax: 301-341-1764	Mr. Yves A. Favennec V.P. Research Eurocopter Phone: (33)0-442-856274 Fax: (33)0-442-858605
Ms. Susan Gorton Principal Investigator, NASA Rotary Wing NASA Langley Research Center Phone: 757-864-5059 Fax: 757-864-8192	Mr. Michael J. Hirschberg Aerospace Engineer CENTRA Technology, Inc. Phone: 571-218-4417 Fax: 703-741-7807
Ms. Sandra Hoff Deputy Commander AATD Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, RDECOM Phone: 757-878-3507 Fax: 757-878-1323	Mr. Doug Isleib Program Manager NAVAIR SYSCOM Phone: 301-481-7974
Dr. John W. Leverton V. P. Infrastructure Dev. AHS International Phone: 703-684-6777 Fax: 703-739-9279	Mr. Rodney Makoske Vice President, Technical Operations Lockheed Martin Corp. Phone: 607-751-2656 Fax: 607-751-5807
Mr. Wayne R. Mantay Chief Aerospace Performance Div. U.S. Army Phone: 757-864-3953 Fax: 757-864-3970	Mr. Giuseppe Pagnano Research & Technology Innovation AgustaWestland Phone: (39) 0331-229174 Fax: (39) 0331-711511
Dr. Shigeru Saito Manager of Helicopter Technology Section Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Phone: (81)422-40-3227 Fax: (81)422-40-3235
Special Appointment Mr. John McKeown Consultant Phone: 540-373-0911	Human Powered Helicopter Coordinator Mr. Matthew J. Tarascio Technical Lead Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Phone: 203-386-7818
Educational Representative Professor Ed Smith Associate Professor Penn State University Phone: 814-863-0966 Fax: 814-865-7092	History Chair Mr. Roger D. Connor Museum Specialist Smithsonian Institution Phone: 202-633-2634 Fax: 202-786-2447
Student Representative To Be Determined
Ex-Officio
Mr. Andrew W. Kerr Retired U.S. Army (Ret.) Phone: 650-604-5837	Mr. Marc W. Sheffler Senior Manager, Engineering The Boeing Company Phone: 610-591-3585 Fax: 610-591-7015
Mr. John M. Davis Chief, Aviation Advanced Design Office U.S. Army Phone: 650-604-5375 Fax: 650-604-5564	Dr. Michael S. Torok Chief Engineer, Heavy Lift / H-53 Programs Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Phone: 203-386-6407 Fax: 860-998-6838