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Introducing Plasmatron X
The only hypersonics facility of its kind in the United States, facilitating research in high-temperature materials and structures, plasma modeling, and diagnostics for materials, plasma and hypersonic flows.
WHO WE ARE
The Center for Hypersonics and Entry Systems Studies (CHESS) is a multidisciplinary team of researchers in The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
WHAT WE DO
We draw from expertise in high performance computing and state-of-the-art experimental facilities to support fundamental advances in hypersonics and entry system technologies.
Graduate Certificate in Hypersonics
Hypersonics flight systems are at the forefront of modern national security, transportation and space exploration. This certificate is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of this multidisciplinary subject area, with attention to emerging topics and advances in hypersonic science and technology.
Press Releases
Growing demand for flight data and plasma wind tunnels in Europe, U.S. to study reentry conditions
The Thermophysics Technical Committee promotes the study and application of mechanisms involved in thermal energy transfer and storage in gases, liquids and solids.
News | December 1, 2023
Hypersonics manufacturing scales up and international allies engage
The Hypersonic Technologies and Aerospace Planes Technical Committee works to expand the hypersonic knowledge base and promote continued hypersonic technology progress through ground and flight testing.
News | December 1, 2023
Sreevishnu Oruganti has been awarded the 2022 - Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program Fellowship
Sreevishnu Oruganti has been awarded the 2022 - Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program Fellowship
News | April 1, 2023
Two AE professors named AIAA Associate Fellows
This week the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics announced its list of newly elected Class of 2023 Associate Fellows. The list includes Marco Panesi and Francesco Panerai, both faculty members in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
News | December 7, 2022
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