Virginia Hypersonics in the News

University of Virginia’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Chris Goyne has been appointed air-breathing propulsion technical area collaboration co-lead for the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH). The project is part of a $100 million U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)...

Research into Hypersonic Travel is Soaring Again in the United States, and UVA Engineering is Contributing Historic Expertise

With renewed interest nationally in hypersonic research, UVA Engineering has formed the UVA Hypersonic Research Complex, a collaboration of 17 faculty and their labs across...

UVA Engineering's focus on recruiting excellent faculty is paying big dividends in achieving the school's mission to make the world a better place by creating and disseminating...

Rising star and mechanical engineer Chloe Dedic is measuring the elusive qualities of flame to inform hypersonic engine design

Studying combustion is a way to start solving the problem of intense heat that destroys a hypersonic engine after one use.

UVA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is working with Mitre Corp MITRE Corporation and four other universities to use space-based satellites to tackle real-world problems on earth.

UVA’s Aerospace Lab director and associate professor Chris Goyne answers questions about Mars.

UVA’s Aerospace Lab director and professor Chris Goyne weighs in with other experts about new rocket tech.

The University of Virginia School of Engineering is a founding partner of a new national research center that is addressing these urgent challenges. The Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust, known as CHEST, earned a prestigious designation as a National Science Foundation...

UVA's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of associate professor Christoper P. Goyne to the Aerospace Advisory Council...

Patrick Hopkins, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, has been selected for the U.S. Defense Science Study Group, a program bringing together top American scientists and engineers to address national security challenges.