NSBE Aerospace SIG Recognition

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Aerospace Special Interest Group (SIG) has a mission to equip NSBE members of all generations with tools to support innovating aerospace solutions throughout their lifetime.

The goals are to

• Provide a sustainable pipeline of Aerospace Professionals that are the catalyst for fulfilling NSBE's mission and
• Service the NSBE Aerospace pipeline through distinctive value-added technical programming and advocacy deemed critical to navigating the industry.

Within NSBE, the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are programmatic divisions NSBE chartered to link the Society with technology and policy and to promote technical excellence among members in specific industries.

The Aerospace SIG promotes internal and external technical excellence within a defined framework that includes: Research, Outreach, Advocacy, and Development.

In Photo: Jaylen Wilson , Dexter Johnson , Vanessa Webb , Jacqueline LONG , Enanga Daisy F. , Brittany Pink , Javia Shaw, Ernest Levert Sr.

NSBE Research and Innovation Program of the Year Award: This award highlights the SIG that provides society-wide opportunities for research and innovation.?The Aerospace SIG regularly hosts programs that encourage members to (1)?develop?technology and knowledge?using an engaged subject matter expert (SME) network, and (2)?build technical excellence and industry notoriety via Research, Scholarship, and Education. The SIG's Research and Innovation programming stems from the Technical Focus Matrix and Aerospace Technical Forums.

NSBE Advocacy Program of the Year Award: This award highlights a SIG program that (1) supports driving?the?Community’s Technical Trajectory via increased awareness of public policy, the legislative?process, and intellectual property rights and (2) ignites?professional upward mobility via technical priority awareness, awards, and recognition. This fiscal year?Space Workforce Development, OTSP Workforce Development Round Tables, NSBE Global Aerospace Outreach,?Women in Aerospace, Various?AIAA – NSBE Partnership?Programs,?Aurelia Gateway Program, and responding to government RFIs on technical and technology priorities, like the US government's future priorities on microgravity research were a catalyst for this award.

NSBE Technical Outreach Program of the Year Award: This award highlights a SIG supporting the NSBE pipeline starting with our NSBE Jr members. Meeting our members' developmental needs starting with pre-college students and NSBE Jr members through collegiates is critical to securing NSBE's future in aerospace. The SIG has previously secured key partnerships and collaborations with MIT BWSI, AIA's American Rocketry Challenge, and supporting our NSBE Jr Chapters (NSBE FIRE and NSBE BLASS) focused on expanding our members' and allies' access to aerospace careers!