The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) named Thomas Horvath, MS ’87, Engineer of the Year for 2006. Horvath, a 19-year veteran of the NASA Langley Research Center, was honored for his exemplary contributions to the understanding of Space Shuttle orbiter aerothermodynamic phenomena. Horvath’s findings were critical to the Columbia accident investigation and to the safe entry of Discovery on the Return-to-Flight mission. “I am very humbled to have received this award,” said Horvath, who will be honored on June 6, during the 36th AIAA Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference in San Francisco.