Two UTA MAE Students Take Home Awards at AIAA Regional Student Conference

Undergraduate student Richard Otano and graduate student Stephen Atkins were recognized for their outstanding research.

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026

Two UTA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students recently won awards at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) North Texas Regional Student Conference.

Richard Otano took home third place in the Undergraduate Category for his research entitled, “Image Processing and Time of Flight Analysis of Propagating Shocks.”

Stephan Atkins won first place for his research entitled, “Configuration Aerodynamics Methodology for Conceptual Design of Hypersonic Vehicles.”

Congratulations to both Richard and Stephen and to the MAE faculty supervising their research, Dr. Frank Lu and Dr. Bernd Chudoba.

The full list of winners is available online on AIAA's website. 

Student Richard Otano posing in front of Power Point presentation 

 

MAE Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering student Richard Otano presents at AIAA Student Conference