International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
The International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences or ICAS is a worldwide institution, established as an international forum for individual national aeronautical professional associations.
History
It was formed on 29 January 1957 at a conference in the USA at a Sheraton Hotel.[1] The first ICAS Congress was held in Spain in 1958. Frank Wattendorf, of AGARD, was the first Director.
A second meeting was held in Paris, with Hugh Latimer Dryden of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and representatives from ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales), the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), the WGL (now the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt), the Association Française des Ingénieurs et Techniciens de l'Aéronautique (now the Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France), and the Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden.
Congress
It holds a biennial international congress in September. The 2018 Congress is being held by Associação Brasileira de Engenharia e Ciências Mecânicas (ABCM) in Brazil. In 2000 the congress was held in North Yorkshire, and in 1986 it was held in London.
Presidents
- Raymond Bisplinghoff 1978
- Boris Laschka 1986
- Paolo Santini 1990
- Brian Souter 2017
Structure
The secretariat of ICAS is at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DGLR) in Bonn. It was first headquartered at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the DGLR from 1978, the RAeS in 1986, the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Luchtvaarttechniek from 1990, the AAAF (Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France) from 1997, then Sweden from 2002, and Germany from January 2011.
See also
- Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS)
- Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)
- International Astronautical Federation
- International Energy Forum
- International Forum for Aviation Research (IFAR)
- International Society for Air Breathing Engines (ISABE)
References
External links
- ICAS
- ICAS 2018 (31st ICAS Congress held at Expominas in Belo Horizonte in Brazil)
- ICAS 2016