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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

  • 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, Outstanding Aerospace Engineering Faculty Award (selected by Sigma Gamma Tau students in recognition of teaching excellence, research, and service to students)
  • 2025 University of Virginia, Research Excellence Award
  • 2024 AIAA, Walter Lempert Best Student Paper (Honorable Mention)
  • 2023 University of Virginia, MAE Young Researcher Award
  • 2023 University of Virginia, 2024 Virginia Rising Star Outstanding Faculty Award (Finalist) (Nominated)
  • 2022 2022 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Participant
  • 2021 AFOSR, Young Investigator Program
  • 2020 NASA, Early Career Faculty Award
  • 2020 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Young Faculty Award (YFA)
  • 2019 Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC), New Investigator Award
  • 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the 2016 Central States Section of the Combustion Institute: Best Student Paper, Outstanding Student Presentation Award
  • 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Winner of the Combustion Art Competition (Prize for Technical Merit)
  • 2014 ISU Mechanical Engineering Symposium Poster Competition, 2nd place award
  • 2013 Iowa State University, Miller Graduate Fellowship
  • 2013 National EPSCoR Conference: Science Communication Competition, 1st place award
  • 2012 National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship
  • 2012 Spring Commencement, Iowa State University, College of Engineering Student Marshall
  • 2012 Iowa State University, Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award
  • 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Scholar
  • 2011 Pioneer Hi-Bred Iowa Women of Innovation, Collegian Award Winner
  • 2010 Iowa State University, Galen F. Smith Design Competition Winner

  • Plumadore, A. D., Satija, A., Meyer, T. R., Lucht, R. P., Harbers, J., Chern, M., Dedic, C., Goyne, C., Carr, Z. R., & Zelasko, T. (2026). CUBRC 48” Tunnel Hypersonic Ground Testing of NOSpec. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 0872).
  • Sawaya, S., Gargiulo, A., Elkowitz, L. A., Poole, S., Novak, M., & Dedic, C. (2026). Development of an Optically Accessible Narrow-Channel Detonation Facility for Laser-Based Measurements of Wave Propagation. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 2292).
  • Londrico, D., Gilvey, J. J., Goldenstein, C., Chern, M., Rockwell, R., Dedic, C., & Goyne, C. (2026). Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements of Air Mass Flow Rate in a Model Scramjet Isolator via Ambient CO2. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 0677).
  • Gargiulo, A., Elkowitz, L. A., & Dedic, C. (2026). One-Dimensional Hybrid fs/ps Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering System for Simultaneous Rotational and Rovibrational Spectroscopy in Reactive Flows. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 2409).
  • 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.

  • 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)