People

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS:

  1. Hariswaran Sitaraman
  2. Doug Breden
  3. Marshall Albright
  4. Michael Pachulio
  5. Malcolm White

M.S. SUPERVISION COMPLETED:

  1. Morrison, Brandon,  “Direct Simulation Monte Carlo modeling of effusion source vapor plumes used in thin-film deposition processes” M.S. Thesis, Colorado School of Mines, June 2002.
  2. Jichul Shin, “Experimental study of pulse-phenomena in helium dielectric-barrier atmospheric pressure glow discharge”, MSE Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 2003.
  3.  Stephen Yeldell, “Experimental studies of a novel microdischarge plasma thruster” MSE Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2006.
  4. Shankar Mahadevan, “Simulation of supersonic flow phenomena in the presence of direct-current surface plasma actuators” MSE Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 2006.
  5. Javan M. Albright, “Simulations of the Plasma Existing Between the Rail-Armature Interface in Railguns,” MSE Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 2009.
  6. Timothy T. Min, “Computational Studies of Electron Transport and Reaction Rate Models for Argon Plasma,” MSE Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2010.

 

PH.D. SUPERVISION COMPLETED:

  1. Xiaohui Yuan, “One-dimensional simulation study of atmospheric-pressure glow discharges”, Ph.D Dissertation, Colorado School of Mines, Dec. 2005.
  2. Prashanth Kothnur, “Simulation of Direct Current Microdischarges for Microthruster Applications” Ph. D Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 2006.
  3. Jichul Shin, “A study of direct-current surface discharge plasma for a Mach 3 supersonic flow actuation,” Ph.D Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2007.
  4. Guangye Chen, “Particle modeling of the VASIMR propulsion helicon discharge,” Ph.D Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2008.
  5. Thomas Deconinck, “Simulation studies of direct-current microdischarges for electric propulsion,” Ph.D Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 2008.
  6. Daniel F. Berisford, “Thermal phenomena and power balance in a helicon plasma,” Ph. D Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, May 2009.
  7. Shankar Mahadevan, “Simulation of Direct-Current Surface Plasma Discharges in Air for Supersonic Flow Control,” Ph. D Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, May 2010.