Otto Hamberg Award
Established in 1997, the award is named after Mr. Otto Hamberg (1923 -1991), who was test technology section manager at The Aerospace Corporation. Mr. Hamberg pioneered and led studies in space vehicle failures during ground testing and on orbit. His early recognition of the need and importance of systems engineering information for test effectiveness studies has evolved into the Space Systems Engineering Database (SSED) at The Aerospace Corporation.
Each year the Hamberg Award recognizes the author or authors of the paper presented at the seminar that most clearly attains the high standards for technical excellence and valued contribution to the aerospace testing community set by Otto Hamberg.
| Seminar | Authors | Title |
| 17th ATS | William Tosney, Andrew Quintero | Orbital Experience From an Integration and Test Perspective |
| 18th ATS | Thomas Ferguson, Robert McGlynn | Validation of Turbomachinery Computational Fluid Dynamic Models Using Laser Velocimetry |
| 19th ATS | Barbara Sande | Avoidance of Unverified Failures |
| 20th ATS | Charles Wright, Bruce Arnheim | Insight into the Value of System Level Thermal Vacuum Testing |
| 21st ATS | Paul Larkin, David Smallwood | Control of an Acoustical Speaker System in a Reverberant Chamber |
| 22nd ATS | Kenneth Gwinn, Wei-Yang Lu, Bonnie Antoun, Kurt Metzinger, John Korellis |
Analytical Impact Models and Experimental Test Validation for the Columbia Shuttle Wing Leading Edge Panels |
| 23rd ATS | Sarah Brennan, Reem Hejal, Mike Ryan, Stepan Simonian, Chad Stimson, David Velasco |
Scanning Laser Vibrometer: Evaluation of an Alternative Modal Survey Tool |
| 24th ATS | Jafar Parian, Alessandro Cozzani, Matteo Appolloni, Gianluca Casarosa | Validation of a Strategy for Deformation Monitoring of the Herschel Spacecraft Under Ambient Conditions by Photogrammetry |
| 25th ATS | Charles P. Wright (winner) Randy L. Mayes, Daniel Bridgers (honorable mention) |
Effective Data Validation Methodology for Pyrotechnic Shock Testing Extracting Fixed Base Modal Models from Vibration Tests on Flexible Tables |
