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Advances in Entry Systems Modeling: Modeling Summer Visit 2025 Technical Reports

Bruno Dias·Sergio Fraile Izquierdo·Jeremie Meurisse·Marc Massot·Jean Lachaud·Thierry Magin·Duy Cuong Dinh·Frank Richard·Joanna D’Antoni·Ward Haegeman·Giuseppe Orlando·Samuel Kokh·Loic Gouarin·Pierre Matalon·Sébastien Dubois·Alexandre Hoffmann·Josselin Massot·Laurent Series·Christian Tenaud·Pierre Bernigaud·Antoine Clout·Daniele Biasone·Zoubair Tazakkati·Teddy Pichard·Pietro Parodi·Jan Skácel·Federico Bariselli·Bruno Fontaine·Julien Clotuche·Koen Hillewaert·Sander Holum·Roemer Spreij·Nicolas Derider·Nicolas Tomić·Alexandre Quintart·Diana Martins·Maxime Barbouse·Julien Klauner·Pierre Schrooyen·David Henneaux·Philippe Chatelain·Antoine E. Simon·Laurent François·Ali Asad·Eric Quémerais·Vincenzo Romano·Antoine Ghyoot·Ata Onur Başkaya·Flora Lahouze·Emmanuel Lopez·Giuseppe Sciume·Célia Mercader·Lisa Feuillerat·Caroline Petiot·Abderrahman M'jikou·Joseph El Rassi
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This NASA Technical Memorandum presents the collective work carried out during the Modeling Summer Visit (MSV) 2025, a collaborative research program between NASA Ames Research Center and three leading European research institutions: the University of Bordeaux, the von Karman Institute (VKI), and Ecole Polytechnique. Held from July 7th to August 1st, 2025, the NASA ARC MSV program brought together 42 researchers from Europe to work alongside NASA staff on 22 projects in entry systems modeling. The program was organized by Bruno Dias, Sergio Fraile-Izquierdo, and Jeremie Meurisse from Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., in collaboration with Marc Massot (Ecole Polytechnique), Jean Lachaud (University of Bordeaux), and Thierry Magin (VKI). The MSV program traces its origins to an initiative started by Nagi N. Mansour in 2018, with this 2025 edition representing a consolidation and expansion of that original vision. The projects were organized into six thematic groups: Porous Media, Numerical Methods, Plasma/Rarefied Methods, Experimental Reconstruction, Flow and Material Coupling Methods, and Transition and High-Speed Flows. Throughout the four-week program, participants presented their work in three public presentations (July 7th, July 21st, and August 1st), allowing for continuous feedback and discussion of their evolving research.

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Bruno Dias, Sergio Fraile Izquierdo, Jeremie Meurisse, Marc Massot, Jean Lachaud, Thierry Magin, Duy Cuong Dinh, Frank Richard, Joanna D’Antoni, Ward Haegeman, Giuseppe Orlando, Samuel Kokh, Loic Gouarin, Pierre Matalon, Sébastien Dubois, Alexandre Hoffmann, Josselin Massot, Laurent Series, Christian Tenaud, Pierre Bernigaud, Antoine Clout, Daniele Biasone, Zoubair Tazakkati, Teddy Pichard, Pietro Parodi, Jan Skácel, Federico Bariselli, Bruno Fontaine, Julien Clotuche, Koen Hillewaert, Sander Holum, Roemer Spreij, Nicolas Derider, Nicolas Tomić, Alexandre Quintart, Diana Martins, Maxime Barbouse, Julien Klauner, Pierre Schrooyen, David Henneaux, Philippe Chatelain, Antoine E. Simon, Laurent François, Ali Asad, Eric Quémerais, Vincenzo Romano, Antoine Ghyoot, Ata Onur Başkaya, Flora Lahouze, Emmanuel Lopez, Giuseppe Sciume, Célia Mercader, Lisa Feuillerat, Caroline Petiot, Abderrahman M'jikou, Joseph El Rassi. 2026-03-01. Advances in Entry Systems Modeling: Modeling Summer Visit 2025 Technical Reports. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20260002490

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