Hypersonic Vehicle Analyses: The Needs and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Simulations

Welcome to the AIA journal, Similar Theories. I am Tom Xi, Professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue University and the editor in chief of the AIA journal. The AIA journal Similar Theories series was established to thank our authors, readers, reviewers, and editors. It has two tracks: author seminars and keynote speeches. Author seminars involve talks linked to articles published in the AIA journal to connect authors and readers. Keynote speeches cover emerging topics in our field by leaders to inspire research. Today, we are excited to have Professor Ian Boyd from the University of Colorado as our keynote speaker.

I want to thank the AIA journal Similar Theories committee, chaired by Professor Paul Tucker of the University of Cambridge and co-chaired by Professor Earl DAO of Duke University, for organizing the seminars. I also want to thank AAA and the AIA publications committee for their support. Now, I invite Dr. Kevin Boco to introduce today's keynote speaker.

Dr. Kevin Boco is a senior tech fellow and chief scientist of Hypersonics at the B company. He is well-known in the Hypersonics community and has made significant contributions. Dr. Boco will introduce Professor Boyd, who is the HT Sears Memorial Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has a PhD in aeronautics and astronautics and has authored numerous publications. Dr. Boyd's research focuses on nonequilibrium gas and plasma dynamics processes in aerospace systems. He is a Fellow of several prestigious organizations and leads research projects in hypersonic entry systems.

I will now turn it over to Professor Boyd for his presentation on Hypersonic Vehicle Analysis. Thank you for the opportunity to share our research on this topic.