The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 92 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org. AIAA has 57 sections throughout the United States and overseas organized into seven AIAA Regions. AIAA Melbourne Section is part of the AIAA Region VII - International, serving the aerospace community in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. We work closely with two other Sections in Australia - Adelaide and Sydney.