Cutting-edge hypersonics research for Highly Reliable Reusable Launch Systems will enable sustained hypersonic flight through the atmosphere and can help the Department of Defense achieve its goal of reaching targets from the air with global reach, quick reaction, persistence, and significant payload. The research focused on High Mass Mars Entry Systems will result in the development of technologies and concepts that can enable the safe and accurate delivery of large payloads to the surface of Mars. This effort will facilitate the EDL phase of both human and robotic planetary missions and is closely aligned with the long-term goals of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration.

The project will focus its research on solving some of the hardest challenges in hypersonics such as the development of materials for airframe and propulsion applications that can withstand severe temperatures; the development of predictive models for compressible flow, turbulence, heating, ablation, and combustion; the creation of advanced control techniques for vehicles that fly in the hypersonic flow regime; and the generation of new experimental techniques that can be used to validate our theoretical and computational models. In addition, the project will work towards realizable propulsion systems that integrate high-speed turbine engines and scramjets, and will tie together all of the interactions among the airframe, inlet, nozzle, and propulsion systems using a Physics-Based MDAO approach.

The following are ROA-2007 NRA awards for the Hypersonics Project, with the most recent listed first.

+ ROA-2007 Hypersonics Project NRA Awards (click to open and close panel)

PI Last Name Title Organization State Award Date Year 1 Amount McCormick Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation Methods and Tools for System Level Analysis The Boeing Company CA 07/03/2008 $205,000 Wakayama System-Level Optimization with Uncertainty The Boeing Company CA 07/03/2008 $237,000 Vogel Development of a Control-Relevant Hypersonic Vehicle Modeling, Analysis, and Design Environment Vibroacoustics Solutions, Inc. IA 05/30/2008 $495,293 Donohue Dual-Mode Scramjet Flameholding Operability Measurements UTRC CT 05/08/2008 $272,220 Collier Analysis Methods for Durable, All Weather, Multifunctional and Modular Light Weight Structure/TPS Collier Research and Development Corporation VA 04/17/2008 $244,000 Morscher Assessment of SiC-Based Composites and Thermal Protection System (TPS) Materials and Systems Ohio Aerospace Institute OH 04/04/2008 $141,478 Spradley Multidisciplinary Modeling Software for Analysis, Design and Optimization of HRRLS Vehicles ResearchSouth, Inc. AL 04/03/2008 $200,000 Bradley Flowpath Integration for TBCC and RBCC Propulsion Systems The Boeing Company CA 03/12/2008 $384,088 Gamble Turbine-Based Combined Cycle Dynamic Simulation Model Development Program SPIRITECH Advanced Products, Inc. FL 02/09/2008 $364,703 Charania Activity-Based Simulation of Hypersonic System Operability and Affordability SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI) GA 01/30/2008 $275,000 Coon Durability Variation of Ceramic Matrix Composites using a Stochastic, Hierarchical Topology Model University of Wyoming WY 01/25/2008 $65,000 Tiliakos MEMS Ablation Recession Rate Sensor (MARRS) for Real-Time, In-Situ TPS Recession Measurements and Surface Temperature Alliant Techsystems Inc. NY 01/17/2008 $194,000 Luo Development of a regional structured and unstructured grid simulation methodology for propulsion system analysis North Carolina State University NC 12/21/2007 $118,000 Papadopoulos Optically-coupled Shear Sensing Elements for Hypersonic Environment Alliant Techsystems Inc. NY 12/21/2007 $200,000 DeJarnette Rapid Method for Computing Heating Rates on Hypersonic Vehicles Using Unstructured Grids North Carolina State University NC 12/18/2007 $159,212 Lele Multi-fidelity Simulations of Shock Wave Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flows Stanford University CA 12/18/2007 $298,268 Givi Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Combustion via the Filtered Density Function University of Pittsburgh PA 12/18/2007 $266,881 Sanders Mode Transitioning for a Dual-Flow Turbine-Based Combined Cycle Hypersonic Propulsion System TechLand Research, Inc. OH 12/18/2007 $215,000 Sayir Multifunctional High Temperature Thermoelectric Power Generator for Hypersonic Vehicle Case Western Reserve University OH 12/18/2007 $200,000 Singh Design and Development of Advanced Gas-Impermeable High-Temperature Tubing for CMC Heat Exchanger Applications by Ion Assisted, High Energy Electron Beam-Physical Vapor Deposition Pennsylvania State University PA 12/16/2007 $337,868 Cutler Dual-pump CARS - Interferometric Rayleigh Scattering Measurements in Supersonic Combusting Flows George Washington University DC 12/16/2007 $193,429 McNamara Aero-Servo-Thermo-Elastic-Propulsion Modeling and Uncertainty Characterization for the Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Highly Reliable Reusable Launch Systems Ohio State University OH 12/16/2007 $426,000 Goldstein Modeling Non-equilibrium Flow Around Small Surface Irregularities Below a Hypersonic Boundary Layer University of Texas TX 12/15/2007 $91,620 Yungster Analysis of Unsteady Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle Propulsion Concepts Ohio Aerospace Institute OH 12/15/2007 $181,441 Miller Demonstration of a 3000F Composite Structure TPS Steve Miller & Associates Research VA 12/15/2007 Perepezko Synthesis and Design of Compatible Structures and Coatings for Robust TPS Applications in Hypersonics University of Wisconsin WI 12/14/2007 $231,000 Candler Advanced Simulation Tools for Hypersonic Flows University of Minnesota MN 12/11/2007 $434,000 Tolson Statistical Methods for Intelligent Data Integration (SMIDI) North Carolina State University NC 12/11/2007 $172,000 Hyers A Comprehensive Review of High-Temperature Sensing for Hypersonic Vehicles University of Massachusetts MA 12/11/2007 $97,000 Kim A Numerical Study of Turbulence Physics in Hypersonic Boundary Layers University of California, Los Angeles CA 12/11/2007 $207,000 Raman A Joint Computational/Experimental Program to Develop Predictive Turbulent Combustion Models for High-Speed Flows University of Texas TX 12/10/2007 $287,466 Mahadevan Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation Using Variable Fidelity Multidisciplinary and Probabilistic Analyses Vanderbilt University TN 12/04/2007 $294,000 Girimaji Development and Validation of High Fidelity RANS and Multi-Resolution Turbulence Models for Hypersonic Turbulent Combustion Texas A&M University TX 12/04/2007 $204,435 Haftka Uncertainty Propagation in the Analysis and Design of Integrated Thermal Protection System University of Florida FL 11/30/2007 $165,845 Smits Experiments on Impulses in Roughness, Transpiration and Heat Transfer in Supersonic and Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers Princeton University NJ 11/30/2007 $262,000

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The following are ROA-2006 NRA awards for the Hypersonics Project, with the most recent listed first.

+ ROA-2006 Hypersonics Project Awards (click to open and close panel)

PI Last Name Title Organization State Award Date Year 1 Amount Magaldi NDE and Damage Characterization of CMC Materials Hyper-Therm High Temperature Composites, Inc. CA 02/28/2007 $149,000 Cuneo Test Method Development for Use in the Analysis of Ceramic Matrix Composites in Advanced Structural and Thermal Protection System Hypersonic Applications Southern Research Institute AL 02/27/2007 $174,000 Vogel FADS-based Reconfigurable Control and Health Monitoring for Hypersonic Vehicles Vibroacoustics Solutions Inc. IA 01/31/2007 $201,000 Hamner Adaptation of Temperature and Pressure Sensitive Paint Technology for Basic Hypersonic Research LeaTech, LLC MA 01/31/2007 $92,000 Sullivan Integrated Durability Model for Ceramic Matrix Composite Components Materials Research & Design Inc. PA 01/31/2007 $150,000 Adamovich Nonequilibrium ignition and flame holding in high speed reacting flows Ohio State University OH 01/30/2007 $170,000 Lempert Development of MHz frame rate optical diagnostics for hypersonic ground test facilities Ohio State University OH 01/30/2007 $244,000 Przekop Probabilistic Analysis and Design Tools for High-Cycle Fatigue Resistant Hypersonic Vehicle Structures National Institute Of Aerospace Associates VA 01/30/2007 $98,000 Levin Coupled nonequilibrium flow, energy and radiation transport of hyper planetary entry Penn State University PA 01/29/2007 $198,000 Cutler Simultaneous Dual-broadband CARS and Interferometric Rayleigh Scattering The George Washington University DC 01/26/2007 $256,000 MacLean Measuring Wake Flows on Capsule Bodies CALSPAN-UB Research Center, Inc. NY 01/26/2007 $171,000 Santoro Performance Studies of the Ejector Mode of an Unsteady Pulse Detonation RBCC Engine Penn State University PA 01/26/2007 $220,000 Zhigilei Multiscale Computational Model for Multifunctional Nanocomposite Ablator Materials University of Virginia VA 01/26/2007 $208,000 Shaqfeh High Fidelity Simulations Tools for Space Exploration Vehicles Leland Stanford Junior University CA 01/25/2007 $200,000 Huo Chemical reaction and electron-impact excitation rates for direct numerical simulations and radiation transport modeling in the hypersonic regime HUO Consulting LLC CA 01/25/2007 $114,000 Hanson Hypersonic Mass-flux Sensing with Fiber-Coupled Tunable Diode Lasers for Ground Test Applications and Flight Evaluation Leland Stanford Junior University CA 01/25/2007 $150,000 Schneider Towards Mechanism-Based Models for Laminar-Turbulent Transition on a Representative Airbreathing Forebody: Mach-6 Quiet-Tunnel Experiments Purdue University ID 01/25/2007 $100,000 Jaberi A high fidelity model for numerical simulation of complex combustion and propulsion systems Michigan State University MI 01/25/2007 $155,000 Rodriguez Robust Hierarchical Control (Hi-C) for Future Hypersonic Vehicles with Aero-Thermo-Elastic-Propulsion Interaction Arizona State University AZ 01/23/2007 $189,000 Lind Multi-Loop Adaptive Control of Aerothermoelastic Dynamics University of Florida FL 01/23/2007 $205,000 Powers Advanced Multi-Scale Computational Methods for Hypersonic Propulsion University of Notre Dame DU LAC ID 01/23/2007 $116,000 Annaswamy Adaptive Robust Control for Hyp Vehicles (ARCH) Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 01/23/2007 $177,000 Wu Reconfigurable robust gain-scheduled control for air-breathing hypersonic vehicles North Carolina State University NC 01/23/2007 $157,000 McDaniel Combustion Efficiency Measurement for Ground Test and Basic Hypersonic Research University of Virginia VA 01/23/2007 $199,000 Holton Protected, High Temperature Optical Fiber Sensors, Gauge Elements and Systems Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA 01/23/2007 $157,000 Chelliah Reduced Reaction Models for Hypersonic Reacting Flow Simulations: Model Development and Validation Study University of Virginia VA 01/23/2007 $144,000 Goyne Test Media Effects on DMSJ Mode-Transition University of Virginia VA 01/20/2007 $225,000 Eldredge Numerical Investigations of Transitional and Turbulent Flow Physics in Hypersonic Boundary Layers University of California CA 01/19/2007 $150,000 Yang Low-Cost Manufacturing of C/ZrC Composites using Melt Infiltration/Reaction Approach for Ultrahigh Temperature TPS Applications University of California CA 01/19/2007 $150,000 Candler Advanced Aerothermodynamics Simulation Tools for HMMES Design and Optimization University of Minnesota MN 01/19/2007 $170,000 Xu Adaptive Identification and Control for Nonlinear Aerospace Systems by Multi-Parameter Regularization Syracuse University NY 01/19/2007 $103,000 Bhattacharya Robust Adaptive Guidance for High Mass Entry, Descent and Landing at Mars Texas Engineering Experiment Station TX 01/19/2007 $175,000 Mavriplis High Order Spatial and Temporal Methods for Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of High-Speed Flows University of Wyoming WY 01/19/2007 $150,000 Edwards Development of Hybrid Large-Eddy / Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Methods for High-Speed Internal Flows North Carolina State University NC 01/17/2007 $170,000 Mangalam High-Sensitivity Heat Flux Gage for Calibrated Heat Transfer Measurements TAO Systems Integration, Inc. VA 01/17/2007 $198,000 Legzdina Optimization of Creep and Fatigue Resistance of Near Alpha Titanium alloys by Utilizing Beta Processing Route Honeywell International, Inc. AZ 01/09/2007 $120,000 Dunfey Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Load-Bearing TPS Materials Research & Design PA 12/27/2006 $150,000

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+ Subsonic Fixed Wing Project
+ Subsonic Rotary Wing Project
+ Supersonics Project
+ Hypersonics Project
+ Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) (Joint Hypersonics/Supersonics)