ABOUT HISST

Objectives/ Committees

International Technical Committee

Australia

Prof. Vincent Wheatley (University of Queensland)

Deputy – Prof. Adrian Pudsey (RMIT University)

Brazil

Dr Marco A.S. Minucci (Institute for Advanced Studies)

Deputy – Lucas Galembek (Institute for Advanced Studies)

China

Prof. Xisheng Luo (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Deputy – Dr Huan Lian (Institute of Mechanics)

Europe

Prof. Johan Steelant, Host of HiSST2022 (European Space Agency)

Deputy – Dr Jeroen van den Eynde (ESA)

France

François Falempin (3AF – former MBDA)

Deputy – Cedric Monjaret (ONERA)

Germany

Dr Jan Martinez Schramm (DLR, German Aerospace Center)

Deputy – Dr Moritz Ertl (DLR)

India

Dr Mohammed Ibrahim Sugarno (IIT Kanpur)

Deputy – Dr Desikan. S. L. N (ISRO)

Italy

Dr Gennaro Russo (DAC, Campania Aerospace District)

Deputy – Dr Marco Marini (CIRA)

Japan

Prof. Masataka Maita (International Aerospace Consulting)

Deputy – Dr Tanno Hideyuki (JAXA)

Korea

Prof. Dr Jeong-Yeol Choi, Host of HiSST2024 (Pusan National University)

Deputy – To be defined

UK

Prof. Matthew McGilvray (University of Oxford)

Deputy – Dr Luke Doherty (University of Oxford)

USA

Dr Adam Siebenhaar, Chair of International Technical Committee (Mach 7H Consulting)

Deputy – Dr David Glass (NASA)

Host

Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Local Organization Committee

Jialing Le

Xisheng Luo

Heji Huang

Conference Topics

1、High-Speed Missions and Vehicles including:

  •  • Planned and ongoing national and international high-speed vehicle programs and missions
  •  • Advanced space launcher concepts and high-speed atmospheric flight vehicle concepts
  •  • Design, development and manufacturing of related technologies and components, both for reusable and expendable applications
  •  • Design methodologies and engineering models
  •  • Overall system design and/or performance optimization

2、Propulsion Systems and Components including rocket, ramjet, dual mode ramjet, scramjet, rocket and turbine combined cycles, detonation engines, electric propulsion and other advanced propulsion systems addressing:

  •   • Advanced cycles & concepts
  •   • System & component performance, development & manufacturing: air inlets, isolators, combustors, injectors, ignition, flameholding, nozzles…
  •   • Combustion and mixing processes including ignition, flame-out, instabilities, plasma assistance…
  •   • Airframe interaction and integration
  •   • Conventional, cryogenic & alternative fuels, additives, catalysis
  •   • Fuel systems: feed-lines, pumps, tanks…
  •   • Advanced computational techniques, CFD & engineering models

3、Thermal, Energy and Management Systems for vehicle, subsystems, and payload, including sources, conversion and distribution systems addressing:

  •   • Thermal protection, heat exchangers, cooling, coating & ablative systems
  •   • Active and Passive systems
  •   • System & component performance, development & manufacturing
  •   • On-board power generation and environmental control
  •   • Design methodologies, CFD & engineering models and advanced computational techniques (multiphysics)

4、Guidance & Control Systems including flight mechanics, guidance, navigation, routing, trajectory optimization, operations research, sensors, actuators, controllers and algorithms, and health monitoring addressing:

  •   • Flight control design and in-flight adaptation
  •   • On-ground and in-flight trajectory optimization techniques
  •   • Health monitoring and management, fault detection isolation and recovery, health and usage monitoring systems
  •   • System & component performance, development & manufacturing
  •   • Advanced computational techniques, CFD & engineering models

5、Materials and Structures for vehicle and all subsystems covering:

  •   • Metallic & non-metallic materials for hot and cooled structures and thermal protection systems
  •   • Active/functional materials
  •   • Hot, cold and integrated structural architectures including conformal layouts
  •   • Quality control, damage tolerance, structural health monitoring and survivability
  •   • Materials manufacturing and processing
  •   • Advanced modelling & computational techniques

6、High-Speed Aerodynamics and Aerothermodynamics with application to hypersonic regimes covering full Mach range from take-off, cruise and (re)-entry including:

  •   • Numerical and experimental studies including aero-thermodynamics, stability-transition-turbulence, SWBLI, MHD, gas physics and chemistry, radiation physics, fluid structure interaction and destructive re-entry
  •  • Numerical and experimental thermal studies incl. passive and active heat transfer, regenerative, transpiration, ablation, pyrolysis, endothermic decomposition…
  •  • Advanced modelling & computational techniques: development and validation
  •  • Multi-disciplinary techniques and models: fluid-structure interaction, conjugate heat transfer, CFD/flexible and rigid body dynamics

7、Testing & Evaluation covering:

  •   • Ground and in-flight test facilities, flight test operations and simulations
  •   • Diagnostics and data systems
  •   • Scale limitations and facility effects
  •   • Validation and verification
  •   • Facility modelling & simulation

8、Operation and Environment including:

  •   • Economic and market analysis including cost modelling
  •   • Regulatory, certification, operation, maintenance, health & safety issues: on-ground and in-flight
  •   • Environmental effects including sonic boom, noise and emissions
  •   • Atmospheric composition – models and effects on performance
  •   • Infrastructure and traffic management

9、Hypersonic Fundamentals and History including:

  •   • Aero-thermodynamics, stability-transition-turbulence, SWBLI, MHD, gas physics and chemistry, radiation physics, fluid-structure interaction and destructive re-entry
  •   • Theoretical and analytical thermal studies incl. passive and active heat transfer, regenerative, transpiration, ablation, endothermic decomposition…
  •   • Basic materials science for high temperature and aggressive environment, life-time predictions…
  •   • Historical aspects, analyses and assessments and lessons learned
  •   • Educational initiatives and workforce development activities

Key Dates

· Call for Abstracts & Flyer PDF Release:01 June, 2026

· Online Registration Open:31 July, 2026  

· Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 December, 2026 

· Notification of Acceptance: 31 January , 2027  

· Early-bird Registration Deadline: 27 Feburary, 2027

· Manuscript Deadline: 31 March, 2027  

· Conference Dates: 24-28 May, 2027 

Call for Abstracts

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