e Associate Fellows Group is pleased to announce the win-ner of the 2020 Ellingson Award for scholarly articles pub-

lished during 2019 in AerospaceMedicine and Human Performance(AMHP). e Ellingson is awardedto Dr. Douglas D. Boyd for his re-search article “Occupant InjurySeverity in General Aviation Acci-dents Involving Excessive LandingAirspeed,” published in the April2019 edition of AMHP [AerospMed Hum Perform. 2019; 90(4):355–361]. e award will be pre-sented during the AFG Breakfast at

the 2021 AsMA Annual Scientific Meeting in Reno, NV.Dr. Boyd earned a B.Sc., in Pharmacology at Leeds Uni-

versity, Leeds, UK, in 1982 and then his Ph.D. at EdinburghUniversity, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1985. He was AssistantProfessor at the University of Texas in Houston from 1991 to1996, then became Associate Professor. In 2001, he was madea full Professor, which is his current position. He has re-viewed for 30+ journals, including AMHP, and several fund-ing agencies, including the NIH. He has mentored 29 gradu-ate students/fellows, including a resident in aerospace medi-cine. He serves on both the Aerospace Medical Association’sSafety Committee as a member, the Resolution Committee asChair, and on the Scientific Program Committee as a mem-ber. He is also a FAA Safety Team representative co-organiz-ing (and presenting) safety seminars for Houston-area gen-eral aviation pilots. Additionally, he received the Arnold D.Tuttle Award in 2018 from the Aerospace Medical Associa-tion for his role as author of “In-flight decision-making bygeneral aviation pilots operating in areas of extreme thunder-storms” [Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2017; 88(12):1066–1072].

e runners-up for the Ellingson were the research articleby Dr. William D. Porter (co-authors: Nicole Powell-Dun-ford; Grant D. Wilde; Alaistair J. R. Bushby) for “Asthma andRotary-Wing Military Aircrew Selection,” which appeared inthe July 2019 edition [Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2019;90(7):606–612], and the technical note by Dr. David L. Lerner

(co-authors: Ranjit S. Chima; Kirang Patel; Allen J. Parmet),“Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Puncture and Remote Guidancefor Potential In-Flight Evaluation of VIIP/SANS,” publishedin the January 2019 edition [Aerosp Med Hum Perform.2019; 90(1):58–62]. e AFG congratulations all of these au-thors for their scholarly achievements.

e Ellingson Award was created in the memory of the lateColonel Harold V. Ellingson, who served as a military flightsurgeon between 1942 and 1966 with the U.S. Army and AirForce, and who was recognized for his outstanding accomplish-ments with numerous awards, including the Army Commen-dation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, the Legion ofMerit with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal. During histenure as Commander of the USAF School of Aerospace Medi-cine at Brooks Air Force Base between 1963 and 1966, he pro-vided academic training in all aspects of specialized aeromedi-cal practice for physicians and nurses of the Air Force, Army,Navy and allied nations. He also oversaw training in bioastro-nautics for aerospace research pilots. Following his USAF re-tirement, he held the position of chairman in the Departmentof Preventive Medicine at Ohio State University. Dr. Ellingsonalso served in the roles of president of the American College ofPreventive Medicine and chairman of preventive medicine sec-tion for the American Medical Association (AMA).

e Ellingson is a prestigious award given annually by theAsMA Associate Fellows Group (AFG) in recognition of the sci-entific achievements of an AFG member who has had an arti-cle published in AMHP during the previous year. e recipientis competitively selected from among AFG member first au-thors published during the prior year via a peer-review process.

Ingenta has generated the full text download data for all thetitles on Ingenta Connect, and AsMA’s publications rank inthe top 20 out of more than 11,000 titles for number of full-text downloads.

For the period August 1-31, 2020:• Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance ranks 8th

with 2,479 downloads; and• Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine ranks 16th

with 1,625 downloads.

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Space Health Symposium

To celebrate World Space Week 2020, the ad astra vitaproject and Mars Society Australia have joined forces topresent an inaugural Australian virtual Space HealthSymposium (including Human Rights in the SpaceEnvironment) to be held via Zoom (free registration).The symposium, entitled "How to thrive, not just sur-vive," will be held Oct. 5-6, 2020. The program will run12 hours a day in order to cover all major time zones.Please visit https://adastravita.com/space-health-symposium/ for more information, or contact Dr.Rowena Christiansen.

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The AsMA, Member, & Industry News are updated as weget news. Visit AsMA’s website to see what’s new!Members: check the Job Fair each month.

AsMA welcomes 27 new members in October.Bailey, Valentino; Miami, FL, United StatesBerg, Geir Ingvar; Hafrsord, NorwayBevelacqua, Joseph; Richland, WA, United StatesCampbell, Zachery; Indianapolis, IN, United StatesClemente Fuentes, Roselyn; Niceville, FL, United StatesField, Robert; San Diego, CA, United StatesHicks, Aaron; Pensacola, FL, United StatesJuby, Michael; Norfolk, VA, United StatesKelts, Eric; Broomfield, CO, United StatesKhan, Ursel; Fort Smith, AR, United StatesKumar, Ajay; Bangalore, IndiaLugo Ranal, Joezer; San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesMaruska, Anna; Centerville, GA, United StatesNagpurkar, Ashish; Amravati, IndiaPetrelli, Michael; Portsmouth, VA, United StatesPietila, Diane; Iwakuni, AP, United StatesRajput, Siddharth; North Sydney, New South Wales,

AustraliaRispens, Jared; Mobile, AL, United StatesRouse, Christopher; Auburn, NH, United StatesSamelson, Daniel; Castle Rock, CO, United StatesShirur, Akshay; Bangaluru, IndiaSindkar, Anushka; Lawrenceville, NJ, United StatesSkipper, Andrew; Charlottesville, VA, United StatesSmith, Sean; Durham, NC, United StatesSmith, Ford; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Szulman, Silvina; Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

akur, Yujvender; Bengaluru, IndiaAsMA welcomes back the following members:Curtin, Richard; Anniston, AL, United StatesHyatt, Andrew; Cape Girardeau, MO, United StatesMcBride, Dennis; Falls Church, VA, United StatesMohapatra, Sudhanshu; Bangalore, India

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New Members

SAVE THE DATES: GLEX 2021 and GLOC 2022

e International Astronautical Federation (IAF) has an-nounced the IAF Global Conferences for the years 2021and 2022. You are invited to save the following dates: #GLEX2021; 14–18 June 2021; St. Petersburg, Russia.e third Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX),co-organized by the IAF and ROSCOSMOS, will bringtogether leaders and decision-makers within the scienceand human exploration community discuss recent re-sults, current challenges, and innovative solutions. #GLOC2022; 31 May–2 June 2022; Oslo, Norway. eIAF and its member the Norwegian Space Agency arepleased to announce GLOC 2022, which will contributeto understanding and battling climate change and willaddress topics in relation to space and climate change. For more information, visit www.iafastro.org.

Nearly 4,400 individual Aircra Owners and Pilots Associa-tion (AOPA) Foundation donors gave more than 2.7 millionto support You Can Fly initiatives. ey also secured amatching grant from the Ray Foundation. e You Can Flyprogram is funded by these donations to the AOPA Founda-tion and is directly growing aviation through its four initia-tives: High School, Flight Training, Flying Clubs, and RustyPilots. e donors this year have helped AOPA and You CanFly progress toward the long-term goals of reaching 10,000high school students a year with the High School AviationSTEM Curriculum, reducing the student pilot dropout rate,and reaching 10,000 flight training students through theAOPA Flight Training Advantage app, growing the numberof pilots in the AOPA Flying Club Network to more than10,000, and getting 15,000 lapsed pilots back in the air. Withthe second half of the year in full swing, those involved inand passionate about General Aviation are encouraged tokeep the AOPA Foundation and You Can Fly in mind. —Please visit https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/september/03/rising-to-the-challenge-with-flying-colors to read more.

e Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), demonstratedits investment in the airline industry by launching a new pub-lic awareness campaign to reassure passengers that when theyare ready to take to the skies, airline pilots are ready for take-off. ALPA’s “Ready for Takeoff” paid advertising campaign isthe Association’s latest effort aimed at reminding the flyingpublic that pilots are on the job, ready to fly, and taking pre-cautions for COVID-19 in order to get them safely to theirdestinations. ALPA’s initiative builds on work the union hasaccomplished since the start of the current public health cri-sis—reassuring the flying public, advocating for payroll sup-port for aviation workers, and calling for mandatory compli-ance with Centers for Disease Control and Preventionguidelines. “Ready for Takeoff” will use a mix of print, digital,and social ads to drive home the message that when travelersare ready to take to the skies again, they can feel confidentknowing pilots are ready to get them there safely. —Please see http://www.alpa.org/news-and-events/news-room/2020-09-17-ready-for-takeoff for more.

e U.S.-based Engineering News Record (ENR) Global BestProjects Awards focus on the challenges, risks, and rewardsof designing and constructing around the world and recog-nize the project teams behind outstanding design and con-struction efforts each year. e KBR, Mott MacDonald, andSMEC design joint venture (JV) team’s contribution to theSydney Metro Northwest project has earned the 2020 ENRGlobal Best Rail Project award. e JV delivered the detaileddesign for eight new metro stations which included three un-derground stations, three new open-cut suburban stations,and two new elevated stations. It was also responsible fortrain stabling maintenance facilities, 36 km of new metrotrack, overhead power systems, and precinct civil works andcar parks. Building information modelling (BIM) was suc-cessfully applied to this major transport infrastructure projectand, by adopting BIM, the JV minimized cost and schedulerisk and enhanced constructability. e innovative design de-veloped by the JV reduced the use of raw construction mate-rial. Reducing the use of raw construction materials and laboron-site in favor of prefabricated elements increased the effi-ciency and sustainability of the project both in constructionand in future maintenance operations. e JV were amongthe winners of ENR’s Global Best Project Awards who werecelebrated at a virtual ceremony in September. —Please visit https://www.kbr.com/en/insights-events/stories/kbr-mott-macdonald-and-smec-jv-wins-top-global-award-sydney-metro-northwest to read more.

Researchers at the Pittsburgh Mining Research Division(PMRD) of the National Institute for Occupational Safetyand Health (NIOSH) are offering a more accessible program(MFIRE) to simulate fires underground, giving mining engi-neers a valuable tool to conduct fire emergency planning andto test if ventilation controls can contain a fire. Using theMFIRE computer modeling program, users can perform nor-mal ventilation network planning and dynamic undergroundmine fire and contaminant spread simulation. e program isused for mine fire emergency training and planning and firerisk assessment. Originally released in 1977 as a DOS-basedprogram by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the soware has beencompletely rewritten in the C++ operating language andpackaged into a dynamic link library—meaning it containscode and data that can be used by other programs, making iteasy for all mining engineers to adopt. Using MFIRE, engi-neers can understand where in a mine that smoke and toxicgases could spread, whether designated mine escapewayscould be compromised by smoke and toxic gases from thefire, and what ventilation control methods could be used toreduce the fire damage in the event of a mine fire. To accessthe simulation portion of the soware, users can construct

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ALPA Launches Public Awareness Campaign

NEWS OF CORPORATE MEMBERS

NIOSH Releases Updated MFIRE Software

Corporate News BitesMartin-Baker: Last year Martin-Baker was awarded acontract by the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) for the sup-ply and retrofit of ejection seats into the F-7/FT-7 and K-8W aircra. One reason for this was a commitment toconstruct a new Centre of Excellence for Aircrew safety,which will carry out the MRO for the new seats and theseats from future programs like the new primary trainerand fighter aircra competitions. Please visit https://mar-tin-baker.com/2020/09/04/martin-baker-constructs-new-bangladeshi-centre-of-excellence-for-aircrew-safety/ forphotos and to learn more.

See ‘Corporate News,’ p. N60

KBR and Partners Win Top Global AwardAOPA Supports You Can Fly Program

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discounts. If your company is not a member, become aone! Visit www.asma.org/for-corporations to learn moreabout membership and its benefits.

the ventilation network (layout of the airways), then enterventilation parameters (such as resistances, fan curves, andelevations), and thermal properties for heat transfer. e usercan then specify any size of fire at any location of the mine tosimulate spread and contamination. —Please visit https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-09-21-20.html to read more.

ETC announced the final acceptance by the U.S. Air Force ofa suite of four research altitude chambers delivered to the711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson AirForce Base in Dayton, OH, USA. e suite of research alti-tude chambers will allow maximum flexibility in the configu-ration of unique test scenarios under a wide range of envi-ronmental conditions. ree of the four chambers are “man-rated,” allowing human occupancy for future initiatives. efourth chamber can be used for equipment and various re-search testing scenarios. ETC’s suite of chambers will supportactivities for the U.S. Government’s aeromedical researchmission, which include: human performance assessment inmoderate and high altitude conditions; aircrew equipmentdevelopment, qualification and man rating; operationally fo-cused aeromedical research; and non-medical engineeringtest work for aircra/weapons programs. Among otherthings, the final contract resolution incorporated into thecontract the technical provisions of an engineering change

proposal that made minor modifications to the device specifi-cation to conform it to the as-delivered suite of research alti-tude chambers, provided for the U.S. Air Force’s final accep-tance, resulted in an addition to the contract base price, andresolved all potential claims regarding contract changes andprogram delay. —Please see https://www.etcusa.com/etc-announces-the-final-acceptance-by-the-u-s-air-force-of-a-suite-of-four-research-altitude-chambers/ for more.

Mayo Clinic announced a significant achievement of thenewly formed Clinical Data Analytics Platform: completionof the deidentification of structured portions of 10 millionMayo Clinic patient records, along with 2.5 million unstruc-tured portions. Structured portions of data include laboratoryvalues, diagnosis codes, vital signs, and medications, whileunstructured portions of data contain clinical notes. Withoutthe data leaving Mayo Clinic’s possession or providing pa-tient-identifying information, the Clinical Data AnalyticsPlatform enables researchers and clinicians to extract theknowledge and insights within the deidentified dataset to ad-vance medical research and clinical outcomes. e ClinicalData Analytics Platform is a venture under the Mayo ClinicPlatform, a strategic initiative to improve health care throughinsights and knowledge derived from data. e Clinical DataAnalytics Platform applies advanced data analytics on dei-dentified data from Mayo Clinic and other organizations, aswell as vast information in scientific literature, to advancemedicine and improve patient health, like identifying targetsand biomarkers for new drugs and matching patients withtherapies. —Please see https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-completes-deidentification-of-expansive-medical-dataset/ for more.

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MEETINGS CALENDARDue to the coronavirus, please check the websites of meet-ings listed here to see if they have been postponed/cancelled.

Oct. 5-6, 2020; Space Health Symposium: "How tothrive, not just survive." The ad astra vita project and MarsSociety Australia present an inaugural Australian virtualsymposium to be held via Zoom (free registration). Theprogram will run 12 hours a day in order to cover all majortime zones. For more, please see https://adastravita.com/space-health-symposium/.

Oct. 12-14, 2020; CyberSpace IAC 2020 (71stInternational Astronautical Congress); to be held ONLINE.For more info, please visit http://www.iafastro.org/.

Oct.-Nov. 2020; 73rd Annual International Air SafetySummit (IASS 2020); to be held ONLINE. For more infor-mation, please visit https://flightsafety.org/flight-safety-foundation-virtual-iass-2020/.

Nov. 11-15, 2020; International Congress on HyperbaricMedicine; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. MEETING POSTPONED.For more info, contact angela.mesquita@ amsbn.com.br orichm@ichm2020.rio.br.

Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2020; SAFE Association 58th AnnualSymposium; to be held ONLINE. For more information,please visit https://www.safeassociation.com/index.cfm/page/SAFE-Association-58th-Symposium-2020-is-going-virtual.

Dec. 6-10 2020; 129th AMSUS Annual Meeting; to beheld ONLINE. For more information, please visithttps://www.amsus.org/events/annual-meeting-2/.

Mayo Clinic Completes Deidentification of Dataset

ETC Announces Acceptance by USAF of 4 Altitude Chambers

IAF GNF Space Conversations SeriesThe International Astronautical Federation (IAF) presentsthe IAF Global Networking Forum (GNF) Space Conver-sations Series, fortnightly, free-of-charge registration, liveonline webinars. An ongoing Call for Proposals is nowopen. The series will take place on a bi-weekly basis everyWednesday prior and following the IAC 2020–TheCyberSpace Edition, will start at 14:00 Paris time, and willnot exceed the 60-minute timeframe. For more informa-tion, please visit https://www.iafastro.org/events/iaf-gnf-space-conversations-series.html.

From ‘Corporate News,’ p. N59

Save the Date!The Academy of the European Society of AerospaceMedicine is presenting an online workshop on the effectsof the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation communityand on aircrew in particular to be held via Zoom on 15Oct. 2020 from 17:00-19:30 Central European time.Presentations will cover: COVID-19 consequences for avia-tion; long-term effects on pilots and cabin crew; and themental health impact on aviation personnel. For moreinfo, see https://www.esam.aero/esam-activities/press-releases/esam-academy-webinar-save-the-date/261.