Carter Vu
- Computational Hypersonics - PhD Researcher - University of Minnesota
Carter Vu is a 4th year PhD student studying computational hypersonics at the University of Minnesota. His work uses high-fidelity simulations to improve our understanding of hypersonic turbulence and the transition from laminar to turbulent flow. His primary focus is the Air Force BOLT II flight test, a flagship research collaboration with the University of Minnesota, NASA, and 17 other universities and defense organizations around the world.
Carter graduated with his BS in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2022 and has since interned at Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. As a student member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, he has presented novel research at local and national conferences, and has presented abroad at ONERA, the French Aerospace Laboratory through a NATO collaboration. His awards include a NASA Space Grant Scholarship, an Astronaut Scholarship, and an NSF graduate fellowship (GRFP).