Kiddy Family Fund

Hi Everyone,

My name is Darryll Pines and I am fundraising for the family of Jason S. Kiddy. Jason was my first PhD student in the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center of the Aerospace Engineering Dept. at the University of Maryland, and I am deeply indebted to him for his willingness to partner with me on research topics related to smart materials and structures, sensors and actuators, and structural health monitoring. He was not only a very smart and innovative student, he literally launched my entire research group with a focus on structural health monitoring at Maryland. He set the standard for excellence and for how others could work together to develop solutions that would help to detect the emergence of failures in a variety of aerospace systems.

After earning his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Maryland, Jason had an outstanding engineering career working at SPA, Aither Engineering, Weatherford and Beacon where he worked and a variety of projects and programs. He was an outstanding manager and technical leader.

He is survived by his wife and two kids and I am creating this Kiddy Family Fund to help with additional expenses for the family and to save for future educational expenses for the children.

Thanks for contributing!