Tue, Dec 22, 2009
Presented For "Substantial Scholarly Contributions" To
Aviation
Kurt Barnhart, professor and head of Kansas State University's
Department of Aviation, was awarded the Frank E. Sorenson Award for
2009 by the University Aviation Association.
The Sorenson Award was presented at the UAA Fall Education
Conference Awards Banquet in Wichita, KS. The Sorenson Professional
Educator Award is presented to professional educators who have made
substantial scholarly contributions to the field of aviation,
comparable to achievements of Frank E. Sorenson, a pioneer in the
field of aviation education and a prolific writer. Sorenson wrote
aviation education texts, served as a consultant and innovator, and
was Director of the University of Nebraska Aviation Education
Research Group.
Barnhart's background in aviation includes having worked as a
flight instructor, an A & P mechanic, a charter pilot, an R
& D Engineering Test Inspector for Allison Engine Company, an
Aircraft Systems Instructor for American Trans Air, and prior to
coming to Kansas State University, he was an associate professor in
the Aviation Program at Indiana State. Since arriving at K-State,
he has worked to establish the K-State at Salina Applied Aviation
Research Center, which he now directs. This center has attracted
many grants to date, including a $380,240 grant from the U.S. Air
Force Office of Scientific Research focused on mission planning for
unmanned aerial vehicles.
Barnhart, president-elect of the UAA, has published extensively
in refereed aviation journals such as the Collegiate Aviation
Review, the Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research,
the Journal of Air Transportation and others, and serves as a
consulting editor of the Journal of Air Transportation and the
International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies.
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