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On June 17, 2024, SwRI staff broke ground on a new hypersonic engine research facility, including (from left) facility lead and Materials Science Department Director Dr. Barron Bichon; General Counsel Mónica Trollinger, J.D.; Executive Vice President and COO Walter D. Downing, P.E.; SwRI President and CEO Adam L. Hamilton, P.E.; Vice President and CFO Beth Rafferty, CPA; and Dr. Ben Thacker, P.E., vice president of SwRI’s Mechanical Engineering Division.