Sikorsky Colloquium Series

Thursday, November 20, 2014
5:00 p.m.
Kim Lecture Hall 1110 Kim Bldg.
Rebecca Sarni
rsarni@umd.edu

Sikorsky Colloquium Series
Co-sponsored by the American Helicopter Society (AHS)

Innovations at Sikorsky

Speaker: Chris Van Buiten
Vice President
Technology and Innovation
Research & Engineering

Bio:
Chris Van Buiten is the Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Sikorsky Aircraft, where he runs the Sikorsky Innovations group responsible for maturing next-generation technologies including X2 technology™, active rotor, and autonomy, as well as defining next-generation products.

Mr. Van Buiten joined Sikorsky in 1989 where he has been engaged in the conceptual and preliminary design of Sikorsky products including the S-92® commercial transport, the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter, and the UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter, as well as several advanced concepts.

He has served as Chief of Preliminary Design and Manager of Advanced Design and has led Sikorsky’s Strategic Planning group. Chris led Sikorsky’s acquisition of the PZL Mielec Aircraft Company in Mielec, Poland . He has also served as a Technical Fellow for Advanced System Design.

Mr. Van Buiten was a Glenn L. Martin Aerospace Scholar at the University of Maryland, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace degree in 1989. He received a Master of Science in System Design and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sloan School of Business in 1999.

Link to the Flyer [pdf]

About the Series

The Sikorsky Aircraft Colloquium Series began in 2011. There are two events per semester featuring Sikorsky’s technology leaders on a variety of topics.

Sikorsky Coloquium Webpage

Audience: Campus  Clark School  Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff 

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