**Acknowledgements**

The author would like to acknowledge his totally self-funded independent PhD student research work including the 100% payment of all tuition fees in addition to the purchasing of plasma preheating test device, accessories and consumables that were used for experimental tests during his doctoral candidature at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). Evidence of financial self-sponsorship and all academic financial statements throughout the full-time doctoral candidature from 2 March 2015 to 13 September 2019 are held at the Graduate Research School of USQ. The author acknowledges the tremendous financial supports that he received from family and friends during difficult times. The author also acknowledges the sixtimes refusal of student scholarship applications during his doctoral candidature despite high distinctions; but perseverance led to earning a PhD in Mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering along with a Doctoral Research Excellence Award for achieving the highest possible result for a Higher Degree by Research thesis examination 2019 at the Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences, USQ. The author is grateful for the opportunities to continuously exchange professional ideas with his entire research team and other aerospace research professionals around the world. The novel plasma preheating technology for ablation

*Plasma Preheating Technology for Ablation Studies of Hypersonic Reentry Vehicles DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100129*

experiments reported herein is not elsewhere classified and the intellectual property is fully protected by the intellectual property (IP) right of Australia with Patent Number 2019205004.
