OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man who began his career as a student assistant at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Aviation Institute has been named its director.

Scott Vlasek has been interim director the past eight months, taking over when Scott Tarry left to become director of the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland.

Vlasek earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNO and began his work at the Aviation Institute in 1995.

He will continue as faculty adviser for UNO’s competitive aviation team, the Flying Mavs.