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(August 2024)ÌýOne new student joins NGPDL: Sarah Kinney.

(July 2024)ÌýAt the AIAA AVIATION Conference, two papers are presented by current NGPDL members: Nick Carter and Jens Rataczak.

(April 2024) Professor Iain Boyd gives aÌý for the AIAA Journal Seminar series.

(April 2024) NGPDL student Cate Leszcz is awarded an NSF graduate fellowship.

(January 2024)ÌýOne new student joins NGPDL:ÌýAlec Yenawine.

(January 2024) At the AIAA SCITECH Meeting, three papers are presented by current NGPDL members: Jenny Horing, Jens Rataczak, and Charles Lipscomb.

(December 2023) Tim Aiken completes his PhD.

(December 2023) Tommy Kava completes his PhD.

(August 2023) One new student joins NGPDL: Cate Leszcz.

(June 2023) Tim Aiken is awarded the AIAA Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award for his paper on oxygen chemistry kinetics.

(June 2023) At the AIAA AVIATION Conference, three papers are presented by current NGPDL members: Dr. Ross Chaudhry and Tim Aiken (2).

(April 2023) NGPDL student Kal Monroe is awarded an NSFÌýgraduate fellowship.

(January 2023) One new student joins NGPDL: Sindhu Manchikanti.

(September 2022) A 5-year MURI grant headed by Professor Iain Boyd onÌýhypersonic plasma generation, kicks off.

(August 2022) Three new students join NGPDL: Nicholas Carter, Michael Sands,Ìýand Matthew Stasiukevicius.

(June 2022) At the AIAA AVIATION Conference, three papers are presented byÌýcurrent NGPDL members: Dr. Ross Chaudhry, Tim Aiken, Tommy Kava, andÌýNick Campbell.

(June 2022) At the International Electric Propulsion Conference, two papers areÌýpresented by current NGPDL members: Dr. Ron Chan and Amin Taziny.

(April 2022) NGPDL students Jenny Horing and Mitch Wall are awardedÌýDepartment of Defense (NDSEG) graduate fellowships.

(April 2022) NGPDL student Jens Rataczak is awarded a NASA (NSTGRO)Ìýgraduate fellowship.

(March 2022) A DOD MURI proposal led by Professor Iain Boyd on hypersonic plasma formation is .

(October 2021) ACCESS, a 5-year NASA funded institute headed by Professor Iain Boyd, kicks off.

(August 2021) Three new students join NGPDL: Kal Monroe, Marisa Petrusky,Ìýand Mitchell Wall.

(July 2021) Pawel Sawicki receives the 2021 AIAA Thermophysics Best Student Paper Award for his SCITECH 2021 paper. He is the third NGPDL student to win the award.

(July 2021) At the AIAA AVIATION Conference, two papers are presented byÌýcurrent NGPDL members: Tommy Kava and Dr. Nick Campbell.

(March 2021) Advanced Computational Center for Entry System Simulation (ACCESS) NASA Institute proposal is selected for award with Professor Iain Boyd as the Director.

(March 2021) Dr. Ron Chan joins NGPDL as a postdoctoral fellow.

(February 2021) Professor Iain Boyd is appointed to the Sandia Science, Technology & Engineering Committee.

(January 2021) At the AIAA SCITECH Meeting, two papers are presented (virtually) by current NGPDL members: Pawel Sawicki and Kaelan Hansson.

(January 2021) Professor Iain Boyd is appointedÌýas Director, Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado.

(August 2020) Four new students join NGPDL: Jenny Horing, Jens Rataczak, James Nichols, and Charles Lipscomb.

(July 2020) Professor Iain Boyd is named as Director, Hypersonic Vehicles Interdisciplinary Research Theme in the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Colorado.

(June 2020) At the AIAA AVIATION Conference, a paper is presented (virtually) by current NGPDL member Dr. Ross Chaudhry.

(January 2020) At the AIAA SCITECH Meeting, five papers are presented by current NGPDL members: Dr. Ross Chaudhry, David Dang, Sam Chen, Kaelan Hansson, and Mike Holloway.

(October 2019) Professor Iain Boyd is appointed to the Board on Army RDT&E, Systems Acquisition, and Logistics (BARSL).

(September 2019) At the International Electric Propulsion Conference, two papers are presented by current NGPDL members: Astrid Raisanen and Alex Vazsonyi.

(August 2019) Four new students join NGPDL: Michele Anderson, Tim Aiken, Amin Taziny, Tommy Kava.

(August 2019) Professor Iain Boyd moves to the University of Colorado – Â鶹ӰԺ as the H.T. Sears Memorial Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences.

(June 2019) Professor Iain Boyd and NGPDL alum Dr. Peter Cross win the 2019 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award.

(June 2019) At the AIAA AVIATION Conference, four papers are presented by current NGPDL members: Dr. Kyle Hanquist, Dr. Savio Poovathingal, Candice Kaplan, and Sam Chen.

(May 2019) Professor Iain Boyd is appointed to the AIAA Public Policy Committee.

(January 2019) At the AIAA SCITECH Meeting, four papers are presented by current NGPDL members: Kaelan Hansson, Sam Chen, Michael Holloway, and Professor Sinan Eyi. Professor Iain Boyd deliversÌýthe lecture for the AIAA 2018 Thermophysics Award.

(July 2018) Professor Iain Boyd givesÌýthe James Weir Lecture at the 31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics in Glasgow, Scotland.

(July 2018) Professor Iain Boyd participatesÌýon a panel entitled "Hypersonics 101" in the US Capitol Building.

(June 2018) At the AIAA Aviation Conference, six papers are presented by current NGPDL members Dr. Kyle Hanquist, Sam Chen, David Dang, Kaelan Hansson, Lauren Mackey, and Professor Sinan Eyi.

(June 2018) Professor Kentaro Hara, NGPDL alum, wins an Early Career Award from the Department of Energy on fusion plasma modeling.

(June 2018) Professor Iain Boyd, NGPDL Director, receivesÌýthe Thermophysics Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics at the AIAA Aviation Conference in Atlanta.

(January 2018) Dr. Maria Choi, NGPDL alum, is featured inÌýÌýon diversity in engineering by the University of Michigan.

(January 2018) At the AIAA SCITECH Meeting, three papers are presented by current NGPDL members Dr. Daniil Andrienko (2) and Dr. Kyle Hanquist.

(November 2017) Professor Iain Boyd, NGPDL director, is elected as a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society of the United Kingdom.

(October 2017) Dr. Maria Choi, NGPDL alum, is presented with the inauguralÌýKuriki Young Professionals AwardÌýby the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society.

(October 2017) Professor Kentaro Hara, NGPDL alum, wins a Young Investigator Program Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research on plasma modeling.

(July 2017) Professor Iain Boyd, NGPDL Director, is presented with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Award for Exceptional Public Service for his work on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.

(June 2017) At the AIAA AVIATION Conference, five papers are presented by current NGPDL members Dr. Daniil Andrienko (two papers), Peter Cross (two papers), and Lauren Mackey.

(April 2017) Professor Iain Boyd, NGPDL Director, and Professor Tom Schwartzentruber, NGPDL alum, publishÌýa book entitledÌýNonequilibrium Gas Dynamics and Molecular Simulation, Cambridge University Press.

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