About

About

The Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC) is a single location at Purdue for industry partners to work on materials and manufacturing innovations and provide access to testing capabilities at Purdue that would enable the U.S. to overtake near peer adversaries in the field. 

HAMTC is the only vertically integrated center in the nation that enables the design, manufacturing, joining, and testing of hypersonic components and sub-systems in one location to reduce the time and cost necessary for prototype development, provide innovations through academic engagement, and transition these technologies to the defense industrial base.  

HAMTC is located in the 65,000 square foot Hypersonics and Applied Research Facility at Purdue University. 

Delivering Tomorrow's Hypersonic Prototypes

Meet Our Team

Leadership

Michael D. Sangid

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Professor of Materials Engineering (by courtesy); Executive Director, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

David Bretz

Senior Project Manager, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Gregory Scofield

Senior Research Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Nicole Finley

Operations Manager, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Faculty/Staff

Dylan Crump

Ceramics Research Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Daniel DeLaurentis

Vice President for Research Institutes and Centers, Discovery Park District; Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Chief Scientist, Department of Defense Systems Engineering Research Center

Kevin Del Re

Research Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Nathan Hartman

Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Director, Digital Enterprise Center; Co-Executive Director, Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC)

Julio Hernandez

Characterization Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Gregg Lubas

Processing Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Luke Robinson

Research Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Alexey Shashurin

Associate Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Carson Slabaugh

Associate Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Thrust Lead in Hypersonic Intent

Krzysztof Stopka

Research Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Nick Strahan

Test Engineer, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center

Rodney Trice

Professor of Materials Engineering; Thrust Lead in Ceramic Processing

Graduate Students

Nicholas Babusis

Graduate Research Assistant

Austin Bridenthal

Graduate Research Assistant

Ryan Carr

Graduate Research Assistant

Will DeVerter

Graduate Research Assistant

Will Greder

Graduate Research Assistant

Chase Larsen

Graduate Research Assistant

Andrew Myers

Graduate Research Assistant

Drew Priest

Graduate Student and Purdue Military Research Institute Fellow

Matt Thompson

Graduate Research Assistant

Liam Ward

Graduate Research Assistant

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PURDUE APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PARI)

HAMTC is the first center founded under the Purdue Applied Research Institute, LLC (PARI), the non-profit, applied research arm of Purdue University, which extends the reach and impact of Purdue’s deep research strengths and top-ranked academic programs in engineering, agriculture, science and technology.

PARI provides Purdue with advanced facilities and infrastructure and supports a large and complex portfolio of applied and translational research programs in support of the mission-driven needs of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Contact Us

Interested in using our capabilities? Please contact us at HAMTC@purdue.edu.

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