ICAS is an international, non-government, non-profit scientific organization with the mission to advance knowledge and facilitate collaboration in aeronautics. ICAS is the only international support organization to representative aeronautical engineering professional societies and their members in 30 countries. ICAS organizes every two years an International Congress covering all aspects of aeronautical science and technology and their application to both military and civil aviation. A short summary description about ICAS can be downloaded.
A short summary description about ICAS
ICAS History
A history booklet "ICAS - The First Fifty Years" edited by F. J. Sterk and finalised in 2008, when ICAS celebrated its 50 year anniversery, can be downloaded.
A short summary about the history of ICAS, as included in the ICAS 2008 Congress Programme, can be downloaded.
The first Guggenheim Lecture in 1958 was held by T. von Karman and he provides, as an introduction, some interesting background on how it all started. His lecture can be downloaded.
The lecture "ICAS - THE FIRST 50 YEARS" presented at ICAS 2008 by Dr John E. Green can be downloaded.
The locations of the ICAS Congresses over the past decades are listed below.
Congress | location | Congress | location | Congress | location | |||
1st | 1958 | Spain – Madrid | 11th | 1978 | Portugal – Lisbon | 21st | 1998 | Australia – Melbourne |
2nd | 1960 | Switzerland – Zurich | 12th | 1980 | Germany – Munich | 22nd | 2000 | UK – Harrogate |
3rd | 1962 | Sweden – Stockholm | 13th | 1982 | USA – Seattle | 23rd | 2002 | Canada – Toronto |
4th | 1964 | France – Paris | 14th | 1984 | France – Toulouse | 24th | 2004 | Japan – Yokohama |
5th | 1966 | UK – London | 15th | 1986 | UK – London | 25th | 2006 | Germany – Hamburg |
6th | 1968 | Germany – Munich | 16th | 1988 | Israel – Jerusalem | 26th | 2008 | USA – Anchorage |
7th | 1970 | Italy – Rome | 17th | 1990 | Sweden – Stockholm | 27th | 2010 | France – Nice |
8th | 1972 | The Netherlands – Amsterdam | 18th | 1992 | China – Beijing | 28th | 2012 | Australia – Brisbane |
9th | 1974 | Israel – Haifa | 19th | 1994 | USA – Anaheim | 29th | 2014 | Russia – St Petersburg |
10th | 1976 | Canada – Ottawa | 20th | 1996 | Italy – Sorrento | 30th | 2016 | Korea – Daejeon |
History Booklet "ICAS - The First 50 Years" |
History of ICAS | The First Guggenheim Lecture (by T. von Karman) |
The Lecture "ICAS - The First 50 Years" (by Dr John E. Green) |
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