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-2007 NRA awards for the Supersonics Project, with the most recent listed first.

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

PI Last Name Title Organization State Award Date Year 1 Amount Bobbitt The Measurement of Free-Stream Mach Number, Pressure, Temperature, Density and Angle-of-Attack at Supersonic Speeds Using a Conical and Wedge Probes Eagle Aeronautics Inc VA 06/18/2008 $130,000 Madenci Peridynamic Modelling of Three-Dimensional Damage Growth in Metallic and Composite Aerospace Structures University of Arizona AZ 05/07/2008 $317,000 Loth Development of a Large-Scale Low-Boom Supersonic Inlet for Investigating Micro-Array Flow Control University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL 03/26/2008 $459,504 Mortlock Subtopic A.4.7.4 System Level Experimental Validations The Boeing Company CA 03/26/2008 $784,235 Welge Supersonic Concept Development and System Studies The Boeing Company CA 03/26/2008 $1,271,085 Marshall 3D Fiber Architectures for Thin-walled Ceramic Composite Turbine Airfoil Components Teledyne Scientific Company CA 02/01/2008 $201,000 Sharp 3-D Braided Ceramic Fiber Vane Preforms 3TEX NC 01/17/2008 $190,314 McLaughlin Multipoint Flow and Acoustic Diagnostic Experiments for Source Modeling in Supersonic Jets Pennsylvania State University PA 01/10/2008 $211,902 Hamed Computational Bleed Model for Supersonic Inlets University of Cincinnati OH 01/10/2008 $195,593 Jimerson High Fidelity Supersonic Exhaust System Design and Validation Model Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. IN 12/21/2007 $197,129 Clark Laminar Flow Technology for Supersonic Transport Aircraft The Boeing Company CA 12/21/2007 $245,358 Plotkin Low Boom Supersonic Vehicle Shaping Tools Wyle Laboratories VA 12/21/2007 $180,246 Gilat Temperature and Strain Rate effects on the Deformation and Failure of Advanced High-Temperature Polymer Resins and 3-D Fiber Preform Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs) Ohio State University OH 11/27/2007 $336,000 Ned Fully Integrated Miniature, High Frequency Flow Probe Utilizing Advanced MEMS, Leadless SOI Technology Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. NJ 11/27/2007 $292,150 Vaidyanathan Development and Characterization of High-Temperature Shape Memory Alloys with in situ Neutron Diffraction Measurements at Temperature and Stress University of Central Florida FL 11/20/2007 $194,000 Annen High Speed Temperature Analysis Software and Support for Temporally-Resolved Laser Raman Temperature Measurements in a Supersonic Jet Aerodyne Ressearch, Inc MA 11/14/2007 $196,415 Mills A Microstructure-Based Approach to Develop New High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys Ohio State University OH 11/13/2007 $256,572 Corke Plasma Bumps for Cross-Flow Turbulent Transition Prediction and Control University of Notre Dame IN 11/13/2007 $175,000 Weir Design and Fabrication of Modifications to a Mach 2.5 Supersonic Mixed-Compression Inlet Model for Validation of Micro-Ramp Flow Control Devices in the NASA GRC 10x10 SWT TechLand Research, Inc. OH 10/31/2007 $305,077

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

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

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 $99,000 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

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