Publications

Recent publications are listed below. Please referto the links atthe sidebar for a more comprehensive listing.

Dissertations

  1. Monroe, K. Y., "Thermal Management of Hypersonic Vehicles with Electron Transpiration Cooling Systems," Ph.D. Dissertation, 91Ҹ 91Ҹ, 2026.
  2. Lipscomb, C. P., "Simulation of Hall Thruster Plume Expansion in Vacuum Chamber and Space Environments," Ph.D. Dissertation, 91Ҹ 91Ҹ, 2025.
  3. Carter, N. A., "Detailed Assessment of Thermochemistry, Material Response, and Radiation Modeling for Hypersonic Air Flows," Ph.D. Dissertation, 91Ҹ 91Ҹ, 2025.
  4. Rataczak, J. A., "Robust Aerocapture Guidance with High-Fidelity Modeling of Aerothermodynamic Uncertainty," Ph.D. Dissertation, 91Ҹ 91Ҹ, 2025.
  5. Taziny, A., "Multiscale Continuum-Kinetic Modeling of Ionic Emission in Electrospray Thrusters," Ph.D. Dissertation, 91Ҹ 91Ҹ, 2025.

Journals

  1. Aiken, T.T., Durham, B.H., Andrienko, D.A., and Boyd, I.D., “Non-Boltzmann Effects in Oxygen and Nitrogen Recombination in Hypersonic Boundary Layers,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2026; .
  2. Stasiukevicius, M.J. and Boyd, I.D., “Framework for High Fidelity Plume Simulations with Facility Carbon Sputter Tracking,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 139, No. 12, 2026; .
  3. Lipscomb, C.P., Boyd, I.D., Hansson, K.B., Eckels, J.D., and Gorodetsky, A.A., “Simulation of Vacuum Chamber Pressure Distributions with Uncertainty Quantification,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 256–266, 2026; .
  4. Petrusky, M. and Boyd, I.D., “Discrete-Velocity Simulation of One-Dimensional Hypersonic Stagnation Streamline,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2026; .
  5. Rataczak, J.A., Boyd, I.D., and McMahon, J.W., “Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of Ice Giant Aerocapture Aerothermodynamics,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 38–59, 2026; .
  6. Streicher, J.W., Merrell, D.P., Strand, C.L., Hanson, R.K., Aiken, T.T., Andrienko, D.A., et al., “Erratum: ‘Vibrational-State-Resolved Relaxation and Chemistry of Carbon Monoxide and Nitrogen Mixtures from 2000–10 250 K’,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 37, No. 12, 129901, 2025; .
  7. Aiken, T.T., Carter, N.A., and Boyd, I.D., “Review of Nonequilibrium Plasma Kinetics in Hypersonic Flows,” Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 34, No. 12, Article 123001, 2025; .
  8. Monroe, K.Y., Georgin, M.P., and Boyd, I.D., “Electron Transpiration Circuits for Hypersonic Leading Edges,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 138, No. 16, 2025; .
  9. Aiken, T.T., Boyd, I.D., and Adamovich, I.V., “Three-Temperature Collisional-Radiative Model of Ionization and Recombination in Hypersonic Air Plasmas,” Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 32, No. 10, 2025; .
  10. Streicher, J.W., Merrell, D.P., Strand, C.L., Hanson, R.K., Aiken, T.T., Andrienko, D.A., et al., “Vibrational-State-Resolved Relaxation and Chemistry of Carbon Monoxide and Nitrogen Mixtures from 2000–10 250 K,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 37, No. 9, 2025; .
  11. Rataczak, J.A., McMahon, J.W., and Boyd, I.D., “Convex Predictor–Corrector Aerocapture Guidance,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 48, No. 8, pp. 1759–1778, 2025; .
  12. Taziny, A., Chan, W.H.R., and Boyd, I.D., “Hybrid Modeling of Ionic Emission and Plume Dynamics in Electrospray Thrusters,” Journal of Electric Propulsion, Vol. 4, No. 1, Article 32, 2025; .
  13. Carter, N.A. and Boyd, I.D., “Sensitivity Analyses of Thermochemical Kinetics for Radiating Ablative Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Flows,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 970–987, 2025; .
  14. Horing, J.A., Maute, K.K., and Boyd, I.D., “Aerothermodynamic Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Hypersonic Reentry Vehicle,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 956–969, 2025; .
  15. Aiken, T.T. and Boyd, I.D., “Sensitivity Analysis of Ionization in Two-Temperature Models of Hypersonic Air Flows,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 478–490, 2024; .

Conferences

  1. Campbell, N.S., Boyd, I.D., and Fletcher, D., “Evaluation of B-Si-C Chemistry Models in High-Enthalpy Air Experiments,” AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper July 2026.
  2. Leszcz, C., Aiken, T.T., and Boyd, I.D., “Mixed Uncertainty Quantification for Hypersonic Entry Into Hydrogen-Helium Atmospheres,” AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , July 2026.
  3. Roseman, C.A., Morency, C.W., and Boyd, I.D., “Parametric Study of Rain Droplet Interactions With a Hypersonic Vehicle,” AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , July 2026.
  4. Kinney, S.M., Boyd, I.D., and Evans, J.A., “Assessment of Shear Stress Transport Turbulence Model Variants in Hypersonic Separated Flows,” AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , July 2026.
  5. Morency, C.W., Campbell, N.S., Boyd, I.D., and Jansen, K.E., “Benchmarking of Finite Element and Finite Volume Solvers for Nonequilibrium Turbulent Flow at Mach 11,” AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , July 2026.
  6. Andrienko, D. and Boyd, I.D., “Initial Assessment of the SHOTT Nozzle Flow Using the Master Equation Model,” AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , July 2026.
  7. Manchikanti, S., Aiken, T.T., and Boyd, I.D., “Electronic State-Resolved Model Sensitivities for Nitric Oxide Radiation in Hypersonic Flows,” AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , July 2026.
  8. Rodriguez, L.F., Macdonald, R.L., Aiken, T.T., and Boyd, I.D., “Assessment of QCT–Master Equation Informed Chemical Kinetic Parameters for the O₂ + N Interaction in a Two-Temperature Model,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  9. Aiken, T.T., Leszcz, C., Jimenez, D., and Boyd, I.D., “Characterization of Convective Heating Uncertainties for Slender Vehicles at Super-Orbital Hypersonic Speeds,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  10. Monroe, K. and Boyd, I.D., “Cooling of a Hypersonic Leading Edge via Electron Emission and Absorption,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  11. Swenson, S., Leszcz, C., Boyd, I.D., Chaudhry, R., and Aiken, T.T., “Effects of Surface Catalycity on Thermocouples Used for Hypersonic Heat Flux Measurement,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  12. Wall, M.P., Leszcz, C., Aiken, T.T., and Boyd, I.D., “Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis at Super-Orbital Velocities,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  13. Merrell, D., Drescher, D.L., Granowitz, Z.N., Streicher, J.W., Strand, C., Hanson, R.K., et al., “Pathlength-Amplified Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy of the Excitation and Ionization of Air in a Shock Tube,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  14. Sands, M.C., Gaymann, A., Jo, S.M., Doostan, A., and Boyd, I.D., “Inferring Titan Atmosphere Methane Content From Dragonfly Backshell Radiation Measurements,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  15. Aiken, T.T., Boyd, I.D., Paxton, O., and McGilvray, M., “Mutual Information and Sensitivity Analysis of a T6 Expansion Tunnel Experiment,” AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA Paper , January 2026.
  16. Monroe, K., Rataczak, J.A., and Boyd, I.D., “The Influence of Hypersonic Flight Regimes on Electron Transpiration Cooling Systems,” AIAA AVIATION Forum 2025, AIAA Paper , July 2025.
  17. Andrienko, D.A., Boyd, I.D., Burke, W.T., Clyde, M., Weston, S., Ballou, I.A., et al., “Evaluation of the Ceramic Material Response Model Under Static and Dynamic Flow Conditions,” AIAA AVIATION Forum 2025, AIAA Paper , July 2025.
  18. Manchikanti, S., Aiken, T.T., and Boyd, I.D., “Sensitivity Analysis of Radiation in Sub-Orbital Hypersonic Flows,” AIAA AVIATION Forum 2025, AIAA Paper , July 2025.
  19. Petrusky, M. and Boyd, I.D., “A Novel Stagnation Streamline Model for Discrete-Velocity Simulation of Hypersonic Flows,” AIAA AVIATION Forum 2025, AIAA Paper , July 2025.
  20. Sands, M.C., Chaudhry, R.S., Gaymann, A., Miller, N.A., Doostan, A., and Boyd, I.D., “Sensitivity of Dragonfly Afterbody Radiation to Chemical Kinetic Parameters and Freestream Methane,” AIAA AVIATION Forum 2025, AIAA Paper , July 2025.