<div dir="ltr"><font color="#0b5394" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b> Hello College of Engineering Faculty & Staff,</b></font><div><font color="#0b5394" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br clear="all"></font><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><font color="#0b5394" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="">Please see Dr. Xiaofeng Liu's invitation to the Aerospace Department's event below. Flyer is also attached for your convenience.</b></span></font></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14pt"><strong style="margin-bottom:0px">The SDSU Department of Aerospace Engineering,</strong></span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14pt"><strong style="margin-bottom:0px">the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SDSU Student Branch and</strong></span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14pt"><strong>the SDSU Aztec Council on Systems Engineering</strong><strong style="margin-bottom:0px"> </strong></span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><em style="margin-bottom:0px"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14pt">jointly present </span></em></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:18pt"><strong style="margin-bottom:0px"><font color="#990000">AIAA Distinguished Lecture:</font></strong></span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:18pt"><strong style="margin-bottom:0px"><font color="#990000">Inventing the Joint Strike Fighter</font></strong></span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><font color="#990000"><span style="font-size:14pt"><em style="margin-bottom:0px">by</em></span><em style="margin-bottom:0px"> </em></font></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:18pt"><strong style="margin-bottom:0px"><font color="#990000">Dr. Paul Bevilaqua</font></strong></span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14pt">Chief Aeronautical Scientist, Lockheed Martin and Chief Engineer of the Skunk Works (Retired)</span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14pt"><strong>Date & Time</strong>: Friday, <span style="margin-bottom:0px;text-decoration-line:underline"><strong style="margin-bottom:0px">April 8, 2022, 2:00 – 3:00 pm</strong></span> PT</span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14pt"><strong>Location</strong>: <span style="margin-bottom:0px;text-decoration-line:underline"><strong style="margin-bottom:0px">Little Theater 161</strong></span>, SDSU</span></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><i><strong style="margin-bottom:0px">[Abstract]</strong> The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was developed to meet the multirole fighter requirements of the US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and our allies. The Air Force variant is a supersonic, single engine stealth fighter.  The Navy variant has a larger wing and more robust structure in order to operate from aircraft carriers, while the Marine Corps variant incorporates an innovative propulsion system that can be switched from a turbofan cycle to a turbo shaft cycle for vertical takeoff and landing.  Lockheed Martin won the Joint Strike Fighter competition when the X-35 demonstrator aircraft made a short takeoff, went supersonic, and then landed vertically, the first time any aircraft had accomplished this feat.  This presentation will describe the technical and program challenges involved in developing the Joint Strike Fighter and show how an innovative idea became an international program with engineers from half a dozen countries developing a single replacement aircraft for multiple aircraft types.</i></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><i><strong style="margin-bottom:0px">[Biography of the Speaker] </strong>Dr. Paul Bevilaqua joined Lockheed Martin as the Chief Aeronautical Scientist and became Chief Engineer of the Skunk Works, where he played a leading role in creating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  He invented the dual cycle propulsion system that made it possible to build a stealthy supersonic VSTOL Strike Fighter, and suggested that conventional and Naval variants of this aircraft could be developed to create a common, affordable aircraft for all three services.  He subsequently led the engineering team that demonstrated the feasibility of building this aircraft.</i></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><i>Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, he was Manager of Advanced Programs at Rockwell International’s Navy aircraft plant, where he led the design of VSTOL interceptor and transport aircraft. He began his career as an Air Force officer at Wright Patterson AFB, where he developed an ejector lift system for an Air Force Search and Rescue Aircraft.</i></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><i>He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was voted Engineer of the Year by the readers of Design News Magazine.  He was also awarded the Guggenheim Medal, a USAF Scientific Achievement Award, AIAA and SAE Aircraft Design Awards, AIAA and VFS VSTOL Awards, and Lockheed Martin AeroStar and Nova Awards.</i></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><i>He earned a BSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Cranfield in Britain.</i></p><p style="margin:12px 0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"Lato Extended",Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">Best,</p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif">Ollin Balderas</font></span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Lexend,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lexend,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#666666">(<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/996319297/gender-identity-pronouns-expression-guide-lgbtq" target="_blank">she/her/ellá</a>)</font></span><br></div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif">Administrative Support Coordinator</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://engineering.sdsu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">College of Engineering</span></a><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">| Dean's Office</font></span></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#444444">p: 619-594-6061 | office hours: 8am-430pm</font></span></p></span><span></span><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1XAO7-3obdOnpDftni3XsLHUxVQcToqHi&revid=0B7fTtTt3taUxKytzeXJDSUdJWkJseU1DVlZPRUEzTmEvc3Q4PQ" width="200" height="29"><br></div><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