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Technical Area Collaboration Leads

Technical Area (TA) Chair

Wes Harris

Wes Harris

Materials, Structures, and Thermal Protection Systems

Alexandre Martin

Alexandre Martin
University of Kentucky

Kelly Stephani

Kelly Stephani
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Guidance, Navigation, and Control

John Valasek

John Valasek
Texas A&M University

Demoz Gebre Egziabher

Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
University of Minnesota

Air-breathing Propulsion

Davesh Ranjan

Devesh Ranjan
Georgia Institute of Technology

Christopher P. Goyne

Chris Goyne
University of Virginia

Hypersonic Environments and Phenomenology

Iani Boyd

Iain Boyd
University of Colorado

Marco Panesi

Marco Panesi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Applied Aerodynamics and Hypersonic Systems

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Russ Cummings
United States Air Force Academy

Steven Schneider

Steven P. Schneider
Purdue University

Lethality and Energetics

Robert Frederick

Robert Frederick
University of Alabama in Huntsville

Eric Petersen

Eric Petersen
Texas A&M University

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