Recent publications are listed below. Please refer to the links at the sidebar for a more comprehensive listing.

Dissertations

  1. Aiken, T. T., "Detailed Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of Nonequilibrium Thermochemistry in Shock-Heated Gases,"  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado Boulder, 2023. ​
  2. Kava, T. E., "Numerical Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamically Accelerated Hypersonic Channel Flows," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado Boulder, 2023. 
  3. Sawicki, P., "Numerical Assessment of Plasma Formation and Potential Mitigation Approaches for Hypersonic Blackout," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado Boulder, 2022. 
  4. Hansson, K. B., "Electromagnetic Energy Transport Through Complex Media," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2021. 
  5. Vazsonyi, A. R., "Deterministic-Kinetic Computational Analyses of Expansion Flows and Current-Carrying Plasmas," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2021. 

Journals

  1. Aiken, T.T. and Boyd, I.D., “Collisional-radiative modeling of shock-heated nitrogen mixtures,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 135, No. 9, pp. 093301, 2024; doi: 10.1063/5.0179577
  2. Horing, J.A., Boyd, I.D., and Maute, K.K., “Fully Coupled Analysis of Aerothermoelastic Deformation of a Scramjet Inlet,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, pp. 1-13, 2023; doi: 10.2514/1.B39345 
  3. Aiken, T.T and Boyd, I.D., “Two-Temperature Modeling of Nonequilibrium Relaxation and Dissociation in Shock-Heated Oxygen,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 723-732, 2023; doi: 10.2514/1.T6753
  4. Chan, W.H.R. and Boyd, I.D., “Grid-point requirements for direct kinetic simulation of weakly collisional plasma pluma expansion,” Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 475, pp. 111861, 2023; doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111861
  5. Chan, W.H.R and Boyd, I.D., “Enabling direct kinetic simulation of dense plasma plume expansion for laser ablation plasma thrusters,” Journal of Electric Propulsion, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-26, 2022; doi: 10.1007/s44205-022-00030-x
  6. Dang, Z. D., Stern, E. C., and Boyd, I. D., "Data-Driven Analysis of the Stiffness Degradation of a Woven Thermal Protection System," Journal of  Spacecraft and Rockets, pp.1-11, 2022; doi:10.2514/1.A35247
  7. Holloway, M. E. and Boyd, I. D., "Sensitivity Analysis of Thermochemical Kinetics Modeling for Hypersonic Air Flows," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2022; doi:10.2514/1.T6427
  8. Meyer, M. E., Byrne, M. P., Boyd, I. D., and Jorns, B. A., "Quantifying Uncertainty in Predictions of Spacecraft Erosion Induced by a Hall Thruster," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021; doi:10.2514/1.A35196
  9. Sawicki, P., Chaudhry, R. S., and Boyd, I. D., "Influence of Chemical Kinetic Models on Plasma Generation in Hypersonic Flight," AIAA Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 31-40, 2021; doi:10.2514/1.J060615
  10. Holloway, M. E., Chaudhry, R. S., and Boyd, I. D., "Assessment of Hypersonic Double-Cone Experiments for Validation of Thermochemistry Models," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021; doi:10.2514/1.A35052
  11. Boyd, I. D. and Josyula E., "Analysis of Associative Ionization Rates for Hypersonic Flows," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, pp.1-10, 2020; doi:10.2514/1.T6109
  12. Vazsonyi, A. R., Hara, K., and Boyd, I. D., "Non-monotonic double layers and electron two-stream instabilities resulting from intermittent ion acoustic wave growth," Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 27(11), No. 112303, 2020; doi:10.1063/5.0019729
  13. Dang, Z. D., Stern, E. C., and Boyd, I. D., "Structural Response Modeling of a Woven Thermal Protection System," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, pp.1-8, 2020; doi:10.2514/1.T6051
  14. Dragnea, H. C., Ortega, A. L., Kamhawi, H., and Boyd, I. D., "Simulation of a Hall Effect Thruster Using Krypton Propellant," Journal of Propulsion and Power, pp.1-11, 2020; doi:10.2514/1.B37499
  15. Chen, S. Y. and Boyd, I. D., "Boundary-Layer Thermochemical Analysis During Passive and Active Oxidation of Silicon Carbide," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, pp.1-12, 2020; doi:10.2514/1.T5864

Conferences

  1. Andrienko, D.A., Boyd, I.D., Streicher, J.W, and Hanson, R.K., “"Evaluation of Thermal Relaxation and Extinction of Nitric Oxide Via a Master Equation Model," AIAA Paper 2024-0222, January 2024.
  2. Rataczak, J.A., Boyd, I.D., McMahon, J.W., “Surrogate Models for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Aerodynamics using Gaussian Process Regression,” AIAA Paper 2024-0461, January 2024.
  3. Lipscomb, C.P., Boyd, I.D., Hansson, K.B., Eckels, J.D., Gorodetsky, A.A., "Simulation of Vacuum Chamber Pressure Distribution with Surrogate Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification," AIAA Paper 2024-2369, January 2024.
  4. Horing, J.A., Maute, K.K., and Boyd, I.D., “Effects of a Deforming Scramjet Inlet on Hypersonic Vehicle Performance and Sensitivity,” JANNAF PIB/CS/APS/EPSS/ESHS Joint Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2023.
  5. Aiken, T.A. and Boyd, I.D., "Analysis of Critical Rate Processes for Ionization in Shock-Heated Air," AIAA Paper 2023-3330, June 2023.
  6. Aiken, T.A. and Boyd, I.D., "Modeling of Electronic Excitation in Weakly Ionized Nitrogen Mixtures," AIAA Paper 2023-3619, June 2023.
  7. Chaudhry, R.S. and Boyd, I.D., "Parametric Comparison of the Park and MMT Chemical Kinetics Models with Multiple Freestream Speeds," AIAA-2023-3621, June 2023.
  8. Horing, J.A., Maute, K.K., and Boyd, I.D., “Influence of Active Cooling on Engine Performance by Mitigating Aero-thermo-elastic Deformation of a Hypersonic Inlet,” AIAA Paper 2023-3037, May 2023.
  9. Andrienko, D.A., Boyd, I.D., Maser, J.N., and Shepard, S.P., "Interaction of a High Energy Laser with Metals in Reacting Atmospheres," AIAA Paper 2023-1492, January 2023. 
  10. Sawicki, P., Campbell, N.S., and Boyd, I.D., "Effect of Water Vapor Injection on Plasma Reduction in Hypersonic Flow,” AIAA Paper 2023-1610, January 2023.
  11. Rataczak, J.A., McMahon, J.W. and Boyd, I.D., “Reachability Analysis of a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Using Particle Swarm Optimization,” AIAA Paper 2023-1172, January 2023. 
  12. Chan W. H. R. and Boyd, I. D., "Enabling Direct Kinetic Simulation of Dense Plasma Plume Expansion for Laser Ablation Plasma Thrusters," 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-2022-482, June 2022. 
  13. Taziny A., Chan W. H. R. and Boyd, I. D., "A Hybrid Continuum-Kinetic Framework to Model Ionic Liquid Ion Source Emission," 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-2022-233, June 2022. 
  14. Chaudhry, R. S. and Boyd, I. D., "Parametric Comparison of the Park and MMT Chemical Kinetics Models for Hypersonic Blunt Cones," AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, AIAA Paper 2022-3952, June 2022. 
  15. Andrienko, D. A. and Boyd, I. D., "Modeling Oxidation Kinetics of SiC-Containing Zirconium Diborides," AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, AIAA Paper 2022-3581, June 2022. 
  16. Aiken, T. A. and Boyd, I. D., "Assessment of Detailed Thermochemistry and Excitation Models for Shock-Heated Oxygen Mixtures," AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, AIAA Paper 2022-3500, June 2022. 
  17. Kava, T., Evans, J., and Boyd, I. D., "Three-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of Plasma Fueled Engines," AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, AIAA Paper 2022-3348, June 2022. 
  18. Aiken, T. A., Boyd, I. D., Duan, L., and Huang, J., "Assessment of Reynolds Averaged Navier -Stokes Models for a Hypersonic Cold-Wall Turbulent Boundary Layer," AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum, AIAA Paper 2022-0586, January 2022.
  19. Kava, T., Evans, J., and Boyd, I. D., "Numerical Simulation of Electron-Beam Powered Plasma Fueled Engines," AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum, AIAA Paper 2021-3241, August 2021.
  20. Campbell, N. S., Chen, S. Y., and Boyd, I. D., "Unified Material-Environment Interaction Model for Binary UHTC Composites," AIAA Aviation 2021 Forum, AIAA Paper 2021-3168, August 2021.