Bristol Who’s Who Recognizes Susan Ying
A major contributor in aerospace industry, academia, and government labs for the past 30 years, Susan Ying is Chief Integration Officer for the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, also known as COMAC. She specializes in large-scale integration of aerospace programs, especially in international collaboration in design, development, manufacturing, test, and regulatory issues.
Susan is passionate about the Aerospace industry. She attributes her success to having great mentors and opportunities. Throughout her career Susan has been a leader, engineer, and professor in the industry. Susan has received many awards throughout her career outlining her accomplishments, and has recently been featured in the following article:
http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2002874516_susanying.html.
Prior to her current position, Ying retired from the Boeing Company as Director of the Boeing Research and Technology organization. Ying’s other roles at Boeing included Director of Engineering and Information Technology, Enabling Technology Program Manager, Executive Program Integration for Phantom Works, leadership positions in the C-17 Extended Range Program, Systems Engineering and Integration, Aerodynamics, and Flight Performance for Advanced Transport Technologies. Before joining Boeing, Ying taught at universities and directed research in the DOE Research Labs and NASA Ames Research Center.
Dr. Ying is a Fellow of the AIAA. She serves as the VP-International leading the AIAA International Activities Committee and as a member on the Board of Directors. She also serves in ICAS as an Executive Committee member. Ying has co-chaired the only joint AIAA–China Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference in Xian, China. She also represented US university professors as the Aerospace Education Ambassador to Russia. Ying holds a commercial pilot license and is a FAA-Certified Flight Instructor. She received her PHD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, and took executive education training from the Kellogg School of Business Administration, Wharton Business School, and Brookings Institute in Brussels.
During her distinguished career she has demonstrated success both at individual and team levels, and has been recognized as the following: Women of Color Technology, Professional Achievement Award, 2009; Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY), 2006 Professional Excellence Award, Boeing Chief Technology Office, 2003 Women of High Potential Award, Boeing Amelia Earhart Society, 2003; Boeing C-17 Engineer of the Month, July 2000; Boeing C-17 Silver Eagle Team Award: Extended Range Design Development, April 2000; Boeing Amelia Earhart Society Women of High Potential Award, November ’00 Jan. ’99; AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award, June ’98 NASA Group Achievement Award for Advanced Subsonic High-Lift CFD Development, May ’98; US Astronauts Candidate Class ‘95 (one of the 120 finalists), Outstanding Young Women of America, ‘87; Balhaus Award, and First-Place Ph.D. Thesis, Aero/Astro, Stanford University, ‘86.
Susan earned her BA in Mechanical Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University, and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford. In addition to her immense passion for flying, Susan also enjoys dancing and music. She resides in Sammamish, WA, USA and Shanghai, China.
Bristol Who’s Who member Susan Ying, PhD can be found on the Who’s Who Directory where she is looking forward to networking with you.
