Greggory Burt

National Institute for Aviation Research

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University is the most capable university-based aviation research center in the U.S., providing research, design, testing, certification and training to the aviation, defense, manufacturing and related industries. NIAR has a $217 million annual budget, a staff of 1,100 and nearly two million square feet of laboratory and office space in six locations across the city of Wichita, the Air Capital of the World. Areas of expertise include Additive & Advanced Manufacturing; Advanced Coatings; Aerodynamics; Ballistics and Crash Dynamics; Composites and Advanced Materials; Digital Twin; Environmental and Electromagnetic Test; eXtended Reality; Flight Simulation; Full-Scale Structural Test; Non-Destructive Test; Sustainment; Reverse Engineering; Robotics/Automation and Virtual Engineering. NIAR is a department within the division of Industry and Defense Programs at Wichita State. www.niar.wichita.edu