Experts on spacecraft

Nikolaos A. Gatsonis
  • Professor & Department Head Aerospace Engineering
Professor Gatsonis’ research entails the development of continuum, atomistic and hybrid models, and computational methods for fluids, gases and plasmas in regimes that range from nanoscale to macroscale and low- speed to hypersonic. He applies these
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William Connor McCarthy
  • Assistant Professor Physics
William McCarthy is an expert on plasma physics, fusion energy, and medical imaging. His research is focused on how to improve fusion reactors, with implications for the development of clean energy and even powering spacecraft. He also studies nuclear