ASDL graduate student Lin Al Atik and recently graduated MSAE Manmeet “Shabri” Pelia have been named to the 2025 Aviation Week Network’s 20 Twenties class. Every year, Aviation Week Network honors 20 students in their twenties who are on the course to change the face of aviation, aerospace, or the defense industry. Winers are selected by judging panel composed of hiring managers and engineers who evaluated and scored nominees based on academic performance, civic contribution, personal challenges, and the value of each student’s research or design project.

“I am excited that both Lin and Manmeet were selected for the 2025 class of 20 Twenties. Both are excellent students and have contributed to the research and activities of the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL),” commented Prof. Dimitri Mavris, ASDL director. “They have both exhibited commitment to their studies, initiative in their research activities, and leadership in their team projects, and as a result have gained the respect of their fellow students and research faculty.”

The winners are invited to the 20 Twenties Awards Luncheon on March 6 and then honored that same day during Aviation Week Network’s 67th Annual Laureate Awards and Dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

More information can be found here.

	Lin Al Atik
	Manmeet “Shabri” Pelia