{"682866":{"#nid":"682866","#data":{"type":"news","title":"To Mach 5 and Beyond","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine boarding a jet in Atlanta and arriving in Japan in about the time it takes now to fly to Miami or Chicago.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s just one of the possibilities of research in an area of ultrafast flight called hypersonics. The term refers to traveling at roughly a mile a second, or about five times the speed of sound and faster.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterest in hypersonics is growing, with early notions of high-speed passenger travel alongside defense and space applications driving questions about meeting the demands of Mach 5+ flight.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuch speeds introduce a host of new challenges for aerodynamics, thermal management, and rapid decision-making that Georgia Tech engineers are working to solve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mazumdar\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnirban Mazumdar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, aerospace questions have always been fascinating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHypersonics is an area where those questions are tough. Uncovering answers can have real impact on unlocking new capabilities for travel across the globe or to space, in addition to national security implications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s very challenging. We are trying to deal with very extreme scenarios, and we\u2019re trying to do it, not just to advance science, but primarily because it matters to our country,\u201d Mazumdar said. \u201cThat combination is incredible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/magazine\/2025\/spring\/mach-5-and-beyond\u0022\u003ERead Full Story on the CoE Webpage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine boarding a jet in Atlanta and arriving in Japan in about the time it takes now to fly to Miami or Chicago.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s just one of the possibilities of research in an area of ultrafast flight called hypersonics. The term refers to traveling at roughly a mile a second, or about five times the speed of sound and faster.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterest in hypersonics is growing, with early notions of high-speed passenger travel alongside defense and space applications driving questions about meeting the demands of Mach 5+ flight.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuch speeds introduce a host of new challenges for aerodynamics, thermal management, and rapid decision-making that Georgia Tech engineers are working to solve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mazumdar\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnirban Mazumdar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, aerospace questions have always been fascinating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mechanical engineer Anirban Mazumdar and his team are developing the control systems and intelligent algorithms to enable safe flight at incredible speeds for uncrewed \u2014 and maybe one day passenger-carrying \u2014 hypersonic aircraft."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2025-06-24 13:41:56","changed_gmt":"2025-06-24 13:44:38","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677267":{"id":"677267","type":"image","title":"Anirban-Mazumdar-by-Candler-Hobbs-portrait.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAnirban Mazumdar (Photo: Candler Hobbs)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1750772585","gmt_created":"2025-06-24 13:43:05","changed":"1750772585","gmt_changed":"2025-06-24 13:43:05","alt":"Anirban Mazumdar (Photo: Candler Hobbs)","file":{"fid":"261150","name":"Anirban-Mazumdar-by-Candler-Hobbs-portrait.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/06\/24\/Anirban-Mazumdar-by-Candler-Hobbs-portrait_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/06\/24\/Anirban-Mazumdar-by-Candler-Hobbs-portrait_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":400086,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/06\/24\/Anirban-Mazumdar-by-Candler-Hobbs-portrait_0.jpg?itok=DCcmxbQk"}}},"media_ids":["677267"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/magazine\/2025\/spring\/mach-5-and-beyond","title":"Read Story on CoE Newspage"}],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy: Joshua Stewart (jstewart@gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}