Logo: Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW)

Title: Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW)

Designer: Terence K. Condrich, Glenn Research Center (GRC)

Contributors: Othmane Benafan (GRC) & Matthew Moholt, Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC)

Year it was designed: 2017

Explanation or story behind the logo: logo shows upward and downward articulation of the outer wing section of an aircraft using shape memory alloys. The shape memory alloys are represented by the classical “hysteresis lines” above and below the wing tips. Contributors are: NASA AFRC, GRC and LaRC, The Boeing Company and Area-I.