The 35th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics will be held in
France, 26 – 30 June 2028,
hosted by the French Vacuum Society, and chaired by Prof. Irina Graur Martin.
RGD34: Registration now open!
It is now possible to register for the 34th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, hosted by the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, from 13-17 July 2026.
Early-Bird rates end at May 15, 2026!
New members of the International Advisory Committee
The International Advisory Committee of the Rarefied Gas Dynamics Symposium is pleased to welcome seven new members:
- Arnaud Borner, Senior Research Scientist, AMA, Inc. at NASA Ames Research Center, USA;
- Milana Čolić, Associate Professor, University of Novi Sad, Serbia;
- Ikuya Kinefuchi, Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan;
- Kazumichi Kobayashi, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan;
- Avshalom Manela, Associate Professor, Technion, Israel;
- Thomas E. Schwartzentruber, Professor, University of Minnesota, USA;
- Lei Wu, Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China.
We are sincerely grateful for their willingness to serve the RGD community and to help shape its future activities.
Proceedings of RGD2024 out now!

As of February 28, 2026, the proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, held in Göttingen, Germany, are published online. The book is published “open access”.
34rd RGD Symposium: Call for Abstract
Authors are invited to propose a paper for presentation at the 34th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (RGD), to be held in Brisbande, Australia, 13-17 July 2026. Please consult the attached flyer, or the symposium website for up-to-date information.
Wikipedia page on Rarefied Gas Dynamics
The field of Rarefied Gas Dynamics now has it’s own Wikipedia entry! Please help to popularize the discipline by augmenting or translating the article.
NextGen Talks
May 28, 2025, 10:00 CDT (Zoom Meeting)

NextGens Meet Seniors
An opportunity to meet with a senior researcher, for up to an hour, and ask questions, especially about career paths in RGD.
Sign-up here, if you are interested. The deadline is January 20th, 2025.
RGD 2026
The 34th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics will be held in
Brisbane, Australia, 13 – 17 July 2026
See the website for futher information.
33rd RGD Symposium: Call for Papers
Authors are invited to propose a paper for presentation at the 33rd International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (RGD). Abstract may be submitted via the website until March 1st, 2024

