American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA ^{Universities & Research Centres}

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a technical society dedicated to improving the global aerospace profession. It serves a diverse range of over 35,000 individual and corporate members from 80 countries. Its purpose is to ignite and celebrate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration, and its importance to its way of life. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is based in Reston, V.A.