Pratt&Whitney, GaTech, PennState, VaTech

[Astronuc]

This is not technical, but it's worth looking into if one is interested in gas turbine technology.

P&W Partnering With Georgia Tech, Penn State, Virginia Tech

PRNewswire

Pratt & Whitney will partner with the universities on fundamental research initiatives that support the design and development of state-of-the-art gas turbine propulsion systems for commercial, military, and emerging technology and environmental programs.

 

[jaap de vries]

Yes GA Tech has one of the best combustion fascilities so this is no surprise to me. I got accepted for my PhD there but I thought Atlanta was one of the unfriendliest American cities I have ever been to, so I went somewhere else. Being born and raised in Amsterdam that means something.
This seems to be tailored towards earonautical propulsion for more general turbomachinery research there is also http://www.clemson.edu/scies/utsr/index.htm"