Hypersonic Vehicle Analyses: The Needs and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Simulations - presented by Prof. Iain Boyd

Hypersonic Vehicle Analyses: The Needs and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Simulations

Prof. Iain Boyd

Prof. Iain Boyd
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CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NSI Hypersonics Portfolio INITIATIVES Partners Customers Raytheon Technologies LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE JOHNS HOPKINS APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY DEFENSE Naval Lawrence Sandia NAWC Livermore National Los Alamos BUSINESS National NATIONAL LABORATORY Science Technology Aircraft Division Laboratory Laboratories NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER BlazeTech CORVID DARPA NASA CANOPY National Nuclear Security Administration DOD Multidisciplinary University Research Funding 5 years, $7.5M, 4 universities $28M in external awards Plasma formation around hypersonic vehicles Staffing 6 NSI researchers NASA Space Technology Research Institute 11 PhD students 5 years, $15M, 5 universities 6 national fellowships Reliability of hypersonic entry systems 1 Air Force Major University of Colorado Boulder Be Boulder.
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The CENTER for National Security Initiatives focuses on Applied Research, with Hypersonics being a main research area. The CENTER develops partnerships with various organizations, including large aerospace companies, non-profit organizations, research labs, and small companies, to address customer needs in Hypersonics. Customers include the US Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of Energy. Projects range in size, with a research staff of people with PhDs and talented doctoral students. The activities presented are just a subset of the overall work being done.