Institute for Strategic and Innovative Technologies

ISIT theme scaffold is active.

Dr. Jason Cassibry is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and is affiliated with the Propulsion Research Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His research spans theoretical and experimental studies in advanced propulsion and energy systems, including magneto-inertial fusion, nuclear thermal propulsion, high-voltage dielectrophoresis, hypersonics, and smooth particle hydrodynamics for interplanetary space travel and terrestrial power applications.

Dr. Cassibry has over 20 years of post-PhD experience in numerical modeling and experimental research for advanced propulsion, pulsed-power, and high-energy-density physics applications. He is the principal investigator of the Charger Advanced Propulsion and Power (CAPP) pulsed-power facility, which supports research in z-pinch and related high-current plasma systems for propulsion, power, and defense applications.

He received the SciQuest 2013 Quest for Excellence Award in Academia and the Konrad Dannenberg Educator of the Year Award in 2013. He was a coauthor of the AIAA Best Paper by the Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion Technical Committee, AIAA-2014-3520, “Developing the Pulsed Fission-Fusion (PuFF) Engine.” In 2021, he was named Outstanding Faculty Member for the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.