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Dr. Marilyn Smith is the David S. Lewis Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Director of the Georgia Tech Army/Navy/NASA Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence. Her research encompasses computational unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity for complex configurations, including rotorcraft. 

In 2022, Smith presented the Vertical Flight Society Nikolsky Award Lecture honoring a lifetime achievement of research and development in Vertical Flight. She is also the recipient of the 2022 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Applied Aerodynamics Award, and the 61st Royal Aeronautical Society Lanchester Memorial Lecture in 2023.  She recently delivered the joint American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and National Academy of Engineering 2026 Yvonne C Brill lecture in Aerospace Engineering.

Smith is both a Technical and Honorary Fellow of the Vertical Flight Society, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She is a Vertical Flight Society Technical Director Emeritus, and member emeritus of the Board of Directors for the Vertical Flight Society and the Vertical Lift Consortium.