Michael Niedzinski

In his role as Director of Standardization and Product Development Mgr., Michael is responsible for introduction of aerospace and defense related products and technologies, developed by Constellium Group to industry and government agencies such as MMPDS, SAE, AA and Air Force. Michael is involved with Space programs such as Space Shuttle, Space Launch System, SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULA, Ariane 6 and Orion. Michael received his BS and MS from University of Illinois and an MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology. He holds three patents related to development of Aluminum-Lithium alloys used for the new generation of F-16 interceptor and Armor plate for Armored Personnel Carriers. In 1999 as a member of three-person team he received R&D 100 Award for development and industrialization of alloy 2098 considered one of 100 most technologically significant products introduced during the previous year. In 1996 he received NASA's "Sustained Effort" award for his work on Space Shuttle while in 2017 Department of Defense Honored him with distinguished award for his work on Metallic Armor solutions which provide extra security for soldiers riding into battle in Armored Personnel Carriers. He is a past Chair of ISG section of MMPDS (two separate tenures 2005-2006 and 2013-2014) which is FAA and Air Force sponsored Industrial Think Tank, past vice chair of SCATR of Aluminum Association, Vice Chair of ASTM B-07 Light Metals section of ASTM. In 2017 Michael was elected to a position of the President of Polish American Congress Illinois Division, an umbrella entity which coordinates activity of forty plus member organization each with hundreds of members. He was reelected in 2019 for a second two-year term. Prior to that he was, for a number of years, President of Polish American Engineers Association, a professional Engineering and Architectural group promoting Polish professionals.