{"498681":{"#nid":"498681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"$.78 Million Contract to GTRI will Engage Researchers at GT-AE, Purdue","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA $7,857,568 contract awarded to the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) from the Air Force Space \u0026amp; Missile Center (SMC) will enable the development of design tools that will better predict combustion stability in liquid rocket engines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUltimately, this will enable the United States to substantially enhance its industrial base for achieving high performance, stable combustion technology for rocket engines,\u201d said AE Regents Professor Krishan Ahuja, the project\u2019s PI and the and Head of Aerospace and Acoustics Technologies Division\/ATAS-GTRI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are very excited about this important project, and deeply grateful for the opportunity to make direct contributions to the rocket propulsion industry in the United States.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoining Ahuja in this two-year research enterprise will be colleagues from GTRI, GT-AE and Purdue University\u2019s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will focus on developing a suite of software-based design tools for predicting and analyzing stability characteristics of combustion devices based on hydrocarbon-fueled, oxidizer-rich staged combustion rocket engine cycles. Their research is expected to be completed in 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A $7 million contract awarded to GTRI from the Air Force Space \u0026 Missile Center will enable to development of design tools that will better predict combustion stability in liquid rocket engines."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-10 15:51:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:42","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71876":{"id":"71876","type":"image","title":"Dr. Krishan Ahuja","body":null,"created":"1449177414","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:54","changed":"1475894644","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:04"}},"media_ids":["71876"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171692","name":"Air Force Space \u0026 Missile Center"},{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"136381","name":"Krishan Ahuja"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kathleen.moore@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}