For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated
with the idea of going farther and faster
than ever before.
So, it was no surprise that I dedicated my
academic career to hypersonics - to the next
frontier of aerospace research.
Imagine being able to travel six, even ten
times, the speed of sound.
Going from LA to Tokyo in two hours or Denver
to D.C. in fifteen minutes.
The University of Notre Dame gave me the opportunity
to work directly with Professor Juliano to
make those dreams a reality within our lifetime.
In 2018, the University of Notre Dame completed
the construction of the largest quiet Mach
6 wind tunnel in the western world for the
express purpose of solving complex issues
in high-speed travel.
One of the greatest challenges to hypersonic
flight is high heating due to turbulent flow
after boundary layer transition.
The studies we're conducting will help us
predict in-flight heating and design vehicles
to survive that environment.
This research will have a huge impact on national
defense, commercial travel and even space
exploration.
Aerospace engineering has a long and storied
history at the University of Notre Dame where
in 1882 Professor Albert Zahm built what might
have been the first wind tunnel in the United
States.
What we're doing now is the modern version
of that fundamental research.
Our advances will contribute to real applications
in the future of flight.
The University of Notre Dame asks, "What would
you fight for?"
Fighting to go faster and father than ever
thought possible.
We are the Fighting Irish
