Research

The Aerospace Research Laboratory (ARL) was established at the University of Virginia in 1986 to conduct basic and applied research in advanced aerospace technologies. Research interests have expanded to include high-speed mixing and combustion, low speed combustion, optical techniques, microgravity research, biological system research, and computational modeling.

Past Projects

• NSF-AFOSR center on high speed combustion
• PISTL Shock Tunnel recommission
• Aerobreakup of Liquids With Complex Rheology
• Hypersonic rarefied gas jet interactions
• National Center for Hypersonic Combined Cycle Propulsion
• Flapping Wing Aerodynamics
• Hy-V Program
• NASA's Hyper-X Program
• Atmospheric Re-Entry using RCS
• Microgravity
• Optical Detectors
• Low Speed Combustion
• Flow in Blood Pumps