The Chairs of the 366th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW36) are proud to host "Shock Waves at the Space Gateway". The main event will be held at the University of Central Florida (UCF) main campus from July 11-16, 2027.

A full program of distinguished plenary speakers will present material on selected topics of special interest and relevance to current and future global activities. The program will organize activities for partner registrants during the week at popular local locations and infrastructure.

Papers are invited on any aspects of shock waves and the associated technologies, covering the full spectrum from fundamental studies to engineering, medical and commercial applications, and may encompass any form of analytical, numerical and experimental approaches and historical reviews. Sessions will be clustered into groups with closely related topics to facilitate constructive interaction between researchers with overlapping and complementary subject matter. The list below indicates the provisional session designations, which closely follow those from previous meetings. The format may be adjusted depending on the distribution and scope of papers received. Authors whose topics fall outside the nominal range of the listed topics are still encouraged to submit abstracts, and session titles may be adjusted accordingly.

The timetable of events and the sequence for abstract paper submission, review and publication are listed on the ISSW36 homepage. Student presentations are especially welcome, as are entries from all ‘corners’ of the globe, subject to US visa requirements.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers in the categories of the list of topics below are welcome.

Templates for abstracts are available for download here in both Word and LaTeX. Abstracts are due Friday, January 15, 2027. Full papers are due Friday, June 11, 2027.

All students who are presenting a paper and are its first author will be automatically entered into the student competition. A total of 10 winners will be selected based on the best student oral and poster presentations. If you do not want to be entered into the student competition, please make this clear in the comments field of the submission form.

List of Topics

• Atmospheric Entry
• Blast Waves
• Chemical Kinetics
• Chemically Reactive Flows
• Detonation, Combustion and Ignition
• Diagnostics and Flow Visualization
• Facilities and Instrumentation
• High Enthalpy Gas Dynamics
• Medical and Biological Applications
• Multiphase Flows
• Nozzle Flows and Supersonic Jets
• Numerical Methods
• Plasmadynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics
• Propulsion
• Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability
• Shock-Induced Surface Chemistry Interactions
• Shock Wave Interaction with Various Media
• Shock Wave Reflection, Interaction, and Focusing
• Shock Waves in Dense Gases
• Shock Waves in Internal Flows
• Shock Waves in Liquids
• Shock Waves in Rarefied Gases
• Shock Waves in Solids
• Shock/Boundary Layer Interaction
• Shock-Vortex Interaction
• Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows

Organizing Committees

• Prof. Subith Vasu (Chair)
• Prof. Michael Georgiopoulos (Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science)
• Dr. Justin Urso

Publication

Full papers will be subject to peer review, and accepted papers will be included in the proceedings of ISSW36, to be published after the conference.

Venue

The conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, at the University of Central Florida

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to issw36@ucf.edu or justin.urso@ucf.edu