The project is organized along the following major technical challenges that have been identified for the two vehicle classes: efficiency (supersonic cruise, light weight and durability at high temperature); environmental challenges (airport noise, sonic boom, high altitude emissions); performance challenges (aero-propulso-servo-elastic analysis and design); entry descent and landing challenges (supersonic deceleration); and multidisciplinary design, analysis and optimization challenges.

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

PI Last Name Title Organization State Award Date Year 1 Amount Baldelli CFD-Based Aeroservoelastic Methodology for Supersonic Aircraft Flutter Suppression Gust Loads Alleviation, and Ride Quality Augmentation Zona Technology, Inc AZ 09/27/2007 $199,721 Baker Simultaneous Flutter Suppression, Gust Load Alleviation, and Ride Quality Augmentation for Supersonic Aircraft at Transonic Conditions M4 Engineering Inc CA 09/25/2007 $250,000 Burdisso Development of a Model for Predicting the Transmission of Sonic Booms into Buildings Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA 08/30/2007 $185,469 Sizov Modeling of Rattle and Other Contact Induced Noise Wyle Laboratories, Inc. VA 08/21/2007 $197,920 Sizov Transmission of sonic boom into building structures Wyle Laboratories, Inc. VA 08/21/2007 $140,029 Page Atmospheric Sonic Boom Prediction Model Wyle Laboratories, Inc. VA 08/16/2007 $219,687 Sparrow Low-Boom Sonic Boom Coupled Diffraction Around And Transmission Through Individual And Aggregated Building Structures Pennsylvania State University PA 07/10/2007 $99000 Kroo Multifidelity Analysis and Design Methods for Supersonic Aircraft Stanford University CA 02/27/2007 $302,000 Ameri Development of a High Fidelity Multi-Disciplinary Conjugate Heat Transfer Module for Incorporation into a NASA Computer Code. Ohio State University OH 02/27/2007 $220,000 Yamaleev Adjoint-based Methodology for Time-dependent Optimal Control (AMTOC) National Institute of Aerospace VA 02/12/2007 $283000 Karman A Generalized Framework for Constrained Design Optimization of General Supersonic Configurations Using Adjoint Based Sensitivity Derivatives The University Of Tennessee TN 01/31/2007 $205,000 Collier A Multiscale, Validated, Physics-Based Progressive Failure Modeling Tool For Advanced Composite Structures Collier Research And Development Corporation VA 01/31/2007 $236,000 Samimy Supersonic Jet Noise Suppression Using Plasma Actuators: Coupled Experiments, Les And Adjoint-Based Optimization The Ohio State University Research Foundation OH 01/29/2007 $281,000 Fasel Transition in High-Speed Boundary Layers: Numerical Investigations using DNS and LES University Of Arizona AZ 01/27/2007 $199,000 Lele Prediction And Modeling Of Supersonic Jet Noise Using Large-Eddy Simulation Leland Stanford Junior University CA 01/27/2007 $326,000 Tewari Strain-Tolerant Self-Sensing Environmental Barrier Coatings For SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites And Si3N4 Ceramics Cleveland State University OH 01/27/2007 $205,000 Fotache Validated Computational Tools For Low Emissions Injector Design Using Superheated/Supercritical Fuels United Technologies Research Center CT 01/26/2007 $294,000 Lucht Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) For Quantitative Temperature And Concentration Measurements In A High-Pressure Gas Turbine Combustion Test Rig Purdue University ID 01/25/2007 $273,000 Loos Modeling The Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process For Fabrication Of Fiber/Metal Hybrid Laminates Michigan State University MI 01/25/2007 $116,000 Pitsch Emissions Prediction And Modeling Of Supersonic Vehicle Combustion Systems Leland Stanford Junior University CA 01/20/2007 $343,000 Loth SBLI Flow Control With Micro-VG'S Using LES University Of Illinois IL 01/20/2007 $84,000 Kojima Time-Resolved Laser Raman Spectroscopy For Scalar Measurements Of Swirl-Stabilized Liquid-Fueled Combustion At Elevated Pressures And Temperatures: Toward Combustion Code Validation Ohio Aerospace Institute OH 01/20/2007 $141,000 Santavicca Active Combustion Control For Supersonic Low Emission Combustors The Pennsylvania State University PA 01/20/2007 $320,000 Morris A Comprehensive Model For The Prediction Of Supersonic Jet Noise The Pennsylvania State University PA 01/20/2007 $232,000 Bogard Experimental Measurements And Computational Predictions Of Conjugate Heat Transfer In A Stationary Cooled Turbine Vane University Of Texas At Austin TX 01/20/2007 $264,000 Papamoschou Supersonic Jet Noise Reduction Via Reshaping Of The Exhaust Plume University Of California (Irvine Campus) CA 01/16/2007 $213,000 Seitzman Detection And Control Of Instabilities And Blowoff For Low Emissions Combustors Georgia Tech Research Corp GA 01/16/2007 $256,000 Roy Life Prediction Of Composite Materials Subjected To Long-Term Mechanical/Environmental Loading Conditions The University Of Alabama AL 01/05/2007 $141,000 Darmofal Development And Application Of A Higher-Order, Adaptive Method For Aerodynamic And Sonic-Boom Design Of Supersonic Aircraft Massachusetts Institute Of Technology MA 12/22/2006 $296,000 Tippur Investigation Of Strain-Rate Effects On Crack Growth In Graphite-Epoxy Composites With Stiffeners Auburn University AL 12/21/2006 $174,000