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Chloe Dedic

Chloe Dedic

Associate Professor

Dr. Chloe Dedic earned her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University in 2012 and 2017, respectively. After graduation she worked as a visiting scientist with the National Institute of Aerospace at NASA Langley Research Center and joined the University of Virginia Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department as an assistant professor in 2018. She is the recipient of a DARPA Young Faculty Award, a NASA Early Career Faculty Award, and the AFOSR Young Investigator Program. Dr. Dedic’s research focuses on the design and application of advanced, laser-based measurements and nonlinear spectroscopy techniques to study reacting flow systems. Her work aims to improve our understanding of combustion and nonequilibrium systems with the goal of furthering the development of technologies related to clean energy utilization, aerospace propulsion, and hypersonic aerothermodynamics.

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Contact

125, Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI 53706

  • PhD 2017, Iowa State University
  • BS 2012, Iowa State University

  • Development of advanced, laser-based measurements and sensors
  • Aerodynamic measurement technology
  • Combustion and reacting flow diagnostics
  • Propulsion and energy conversion technology
  • Nonlinear spectroscopy

  • 2026 AIAA, Associate Fellow
  • 2025 University of Virginia, Research Excellence Award
  • 2024 AIAA, Walter Lempert Best Student Paper (Honorable Mention)
  • 2021 AFOSR, Young Investigator Program
  • 2020 NASA, Early Career Faculty Award
  • 2020 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Young Faculty Award (YFA)

  • Metro, A. J., Rockwell, R., Dedic, C., & Cutler, A. D. (2026). Spanwise OH PLIF Visualization of Flame Structure and Location in a Dual-Mode Scramjet Combustor. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 1099).
  • Chern, M. Y., Rockwell, R. D., Dedic, C., & Goyne, C. P. (2026). Advancing Optical Emission Spectroscopy Sensors for Practical Closed-Loop Control of Dual-Mode Scramjets. Aerospace Science and Technology, 113343.
  • Chern, M., Rockwell, R. D., Goyne, C. P., & Dedic, C. (2026). Application of an optical emission spectroscopy sensor design to a dual-mode scramjet flowpath. Measurement Science and Technology, 37(9), 095901.
  • Bidwai, S., Reinbacher, F., Thompson, R. J., Dedic, C., & Michael, J. B. (2026). Impact of product gas composition on vibrational excitation and relaxation of N2, O2, and CO2 in pulsed microwave flame plasmas. Combustion and Flame, 286, 114856.
  • Chern, M. Y., Goyne, C. P., & Dedic, C. (2026). Potential of Sensing Ultraviolet Radiation for Hypersonic Flight. AIAA Journal, 64(1), 141-152.
  • Metro, A. J., Rockwell, R. D., Cutler, A. D., & Dedic, C. (2026). Reaction zone visualization of an ethylene-air flame in a dual-mode scramjet using CH CX PLIF. Combustion and Flame, 292, 115170.
  • Petito, O., Chern, M., Webb, A. M., Gargiulo, A., Goyne, C. P., Meyer, T. R., & Dedic, C. (2025). Wavelet-Based Optical Flow Velocimetry Using High Repetition-Rate OH-PLIF in Dual-Mode Scramjet. In AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (p. 0229).
  • Klein, M., Dedic, C., & Goyne, C. (2025). Changes in optical transmission of fused silica windows in a supersonic combustion facility. Aerospace Science and Technology, 111165.
  • Kim, A. J., Thompson, R. J., Cutler, A. D., & Dedic, C. (2025). Counter-propagating fs/ps CARS for sub-100 $mu$m resolution gas-phase thermometry. Applied Optics, 64(16), D43-D51.
  • Wanchek, A. J., Elkowitz, L. A., Chern, M. Y., Rockwell, R. D., Goyne, C., & Dedic, C. (2024). Adaptive Control of a Dual-Mode Scramjet Flow Path Utilizing Optical Emission Spectroscopy. Aerospace Science and Technology, 149, 109144 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2024.109144

  • ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2026)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2026)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2026)