Soaring five times the speed of sound or more in the near future, our nation’s military and aerospace industries are looking to bring hypersonic-capable vehicles into their fold. However, the research road to Mach 5 and beyond is long and arduous.

“This is not an incremental difference. It’s a massive gap,” says Andrey Voevodin, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering. “You cannot use the same materials, the same alloys or even the same instrumentation.”

UNT can help lessen that gap thanks to its team of engineering experts and top-rate facilities across the university.

Professors Andrey Voevodin and Samir Aouadi are working alongside Associate Professor Marcus Young to research ceramic and alloy materials capable of withstanding hypersonic conditions. As leaders of the Center for Agile and Adaptive Manufacturing (CAAAM) and Materials Research Facility (MRF) respectively, Regents Professors Narendra Dahotre and Rajarshi Banerjee take the research a step further focusing on the manufacturing of these new materials into final components.

To learn more about this research, please read the UNT Research Magazine article.