Shepherd, Joseph E.

Committee Member — 112 thesises

• Arienti, Marco — A Numerical and Analytical Study of Detonation Diffraction (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Han G. — A Study of Heat Transport Processes in the Wake of a Stationary and Oscillating Circular Cylinder Using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry/Thermometry (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rubel, Michael Thomas — A Theory of Stationarity and Asymptotic Approach in Dissipative Systems (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stroot, Gregory Matthew — Acoustic Radiation in Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers: Deciphering Linear Dynamics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rabinovitch, Jason — Advancing EDL Technologies for Future Space Missions: From Ground Testing Facilities to Ablative Heatshields (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Michael Bernard — Aerodynamic Control and Mixing with Ramp Injection (2005, Engineer's thesis)
• Hung, Patrick Hin Fun — Algorithms for Reaction Mechanism Reduction and Numerical Simulation of Detonations Initiated by Projectiles (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hirsch, Damian George — An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Active Flow Control (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kumar, Sanjay — An Experimental Investigation of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Duchemin, Olivier Bernard — An investigation of ion engine erosion by low energy sputtering (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blandino, John Joseph — Application of Diamond Films to Electric Propulsion: Low Energy Sputter Yield Measurement and MPD Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wintenberger, Eric — Application of Steady and Unsteady Detonation Waves to Propulsion (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davis, Branson William — Autoignition Modeling and a Generalized Hot Surface Ignition Criterion (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Veismann, Marcel — Axial Descent of Multirotor Configurations -- Experimental Studies for Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Applications (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chaplin, Vernon Hampden — Battery-Powered RF Pre-Ionization System for the Caltech Magnetohydrodynamically-Driven Jet Experiment: RF Discharge Properties and MHD-Driven Jet Dynamics (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jewell, Joseph Stephen — Boundary-Layer Transition on a Slender Cone in Hypervelocity Flow with Real Gas Effects (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Inki — Catalytic Modification of Flammable Atmosphere in Aircraft Fuel Tanks (2010, Engineer's thesis)
• Savard, Bruno — Characterization and Modeling of Premixed Turbulent n-Heptane Flames in the Thin Reaction Zone Regime (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Bradford S. — Charge-Exchange Collision Dynamics and Ion Engine Grid Geometry Optimization (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Reilly, Gerard Kieran — Compressible Vortices and Shock-Vortex Interactions (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ciucci, Francesco — Continuum Modeling of Mixed Conductors: A Study of Ceria (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moeller, Robert Carlos — Current Transport and Onset-Related Phenomena in an MPD Thruster Modified by Applied Magnetic Fields (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Silva, Michael Lee — Damage Evolution in Composite Materials and Sandwich Structures Under Impulse Loading (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lokhandwalla, Murtuza — Damage Mechanisms in Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pintgen, Florian Peter — Detonation Diffraction in Mixtures with Various Degrees of Instability (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schultz, Eric — Detonation Diffraction Through an Abrupt Area Expansion (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Karnesky, James Alan — Detonation Induced Strain in Tubes (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lieberman, Daniel Howard — Detonation Interaction with Sharp and Diffuse Interfaces (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kao, Shannon Theresa — Detonation Stability with Reversible Kinetics (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Whittlesey, Robert Wells — Dynamics and Scaling of Self-Excited Passive Vortex Generators for Underwater Propulsion (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moser, Auna Louise — Dynamics of Magnetically Driven Plasma Jets: An Instability of an Instability, Gas Cloud Impacts, Shocks, and Other Deformations (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yun, Gunsu Soonshin — Dynamics of Plasma Structures Interacting with External and Self-Generated Magnetic Fields (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ando, Keita — Effects of Polydispersity in Bubbly Flows (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adam, Philippe H. — Enthalpy Effects on Hypervelocity Boundary Layers (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stramenga, Michael John — Experimental Investigation of Hypervelocity Shock Wave–Boundary-Layer Interactions on a Deflected Control Surface (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kumar, Deepak — Experimental Investigations of Magnetohydrodynamic Plasma Jets (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bergthorson, Jeffrey Myles — Experiments and Modeling of Impinging Jets and Premixed Hydrocarbon Stagnation Flames (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martin, Conor Daniel — Experiments in Thermal Ignition: Influence of Natural Convection on Properties of Gaseous Explosions (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Acosta, Alexander Ryan — Experiments on Fluid-Structure Coupling Under Impinging Shock Wave Loading (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Wesley Minlai — Experiments on Separation Shear Layer Instabilities in Hypervelocity Flows (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stenson, Eve Virginia — Fields, Forces, and Flows: What Laboratory Experiments Reveal About the Dynamics of Arched Plasma Structures (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lawson, Joel Michael — Focused Laser Differential Interferometry (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zuhal, Lavi Rizki — Formation and Near-Field Dynamics of a Wing Tip Vortex (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gonzalez, Javier Gonzalez — Full Field Study of Strain Distribution Near the Crack Tip in the Fracture of Solid Propellants Via Large Strain Digital Image Correlation and Optical Microscopy (1997, Engineer's thesis)
• Lawlor, Barry Patrick — Full-Field Quantitative Visualization of Shock-Driven Pore Collapse in Solids: Mechanics of Deformation, Failure, and Interaction (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jackson, Scott Irving — Gaseous Detonation Initiation Via Wave Implosion (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chao, Tong Wa — Gaseous Detonation-Driven Fracture of Tubes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davis, Jean-Paul — High-enthalpy shock/boundary-layer interaction on a double wedge (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Zhiyi — High-Order Solution of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations in Domains Containing Conical Singularities (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leibowitz, Matthew Gregory — Hypervelocity Shock Tunnel Studies of Blunt Body Aerothermodynamics in Carbon Dioxide for Mars Entry (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cooper, Marcia Ann — Impulse Generation by Detonation Tubes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guðmundsson, Kristján — Instability Wave Models of Turbulent Jets from Round and Serrated Nozzles (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krok, James Christopher — Jet Initiation of Deflagration and Detonation (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Matheou, Georgios — Large-Eddy Simulations of Molecular Mixing in a Recirculating Shear Flow (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cummings, Eric Bryant — Laser-Induced Thermal Ccoustics (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mahmoud, Eugene Leo Draine — Low Temperature Catalytic Ethanol Conversion Over Ceria-Supported Platinum, Rhodium, and Tin-Based Nanoparticle Systems (2010, Engineer's thesis)
• Schoeffler, Donner Thomas — Measurement and Modeling of Detonation-Driven Shock Tube Flows (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kidd, Theresa Hiromi — Mechanical Characterization of Damage and Failure in Polymeric Foams and Glass/Epoxy Composites (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cymbalist, Niccolo — Mixing, Chemical Reactions, and Combustion in Supersonic Flows (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sone, Kazuo — Modeling and Simulation of Axisymmetric Stagnation Flames (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Ying — Near-Wake Structure and Dynamics of a Cylinder in Hypervelocity Flows (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hoch, David — Nonreflecting Boundary Conditions Obtained from Equivalent Sources for Time-Dependent Scattering Problems (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schlup, Jason Robert — Numerical Investigations of Transport and Chemistry Modeling for Lean Premixed Hydrogen Combustion (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krimmel, Jeffrey James — Numerical Simulation of Wave Focusing and Scattering in Shock Wave Lithotripsy (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meng, Jomela Chen-Chen — Numerical Simulations of Droplet Aerobreakup (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnsen, Eric — Numerical Simulations of Non-Spherical Bubble Collapse with Applications to Shockwave Lithotripsy (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brès, Guillaume Alain — Numerical Simulations of Three-Dimensional Instabilities in Cavity Flows (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Graff, Emilio Castaño — On the Development of Defocusing Digital Particle Image Velocimetry with Full Characterization (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bermejo-Moreno, Ivan — On the Non-Local Geometry of Turbulence (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wheatley, Vincent — On the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Magnetohydrodynamics (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schmidt, Bryan Eric — On the Stability of Supersonic Boundary Layers with Injection (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ponchaut, Nicolas Frederic — Part I: 3DPTV: Advances and Error Analysis. Part II: Extension of Guderley's Solution for Converging Shock Waves (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Howard, Danny Dwayne — Part I. Mechanisms of injury associated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Part II. Exsolution of volatiles (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Vaughan Lamar — Particle-Based Modeling of Ni-YSZ Anodes (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rasheed, Adam — Passive Hypervelocity Boundary Layer Control Using an Ultrasonically Absorptive Surface (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Damazo, Jason Scott — Planar Reflection of Gaseous Detonation (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guerrero Vela, Pedro Pablo — Plasma Surface Interactions in LaB₆ Hollow Cathodes with Internal Xe Gas Discharge (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Capece, Angela Maria — Plasma-Surface Interactions in Hollow Cathode Discharges for Electric Propulsion (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Benezech, Laurent Jean-Michel — Premixed Hydrocarbon Stagnation Flames: Experiments and Simulations to Validate Combustion Chemical-Kinetic Models (2008, Engineer's thesis)
• Veilleux, Jean-Christophe — Pressure and Stress Transients in Autoinjector Devices (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xuan, Yuan — Progress in Numerical Modeling of Non-Premixed Combustion (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Laurence, Stuart Jon — Proximal Bodies in Hypersonic Flow (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koos, Erin Crystal — Rheological Measurements in Liquid-Solid Flows (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lombardini, Manuel — Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Converging Geometries (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leyva, Ivett A. — Shock detachment process on cones in hypervelocity flows (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhuang, Shiming — Shock Wave Propagation in Periodically Layered Composites (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lapointe, Simon — Simulation of Premixed Hydrocarbon Flames at High Turbulence Intensities (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Coralic, Vedran — Simulation of Shock-Induced Bubble Collapse with Application to Vascular Injury in Shockwave Lithotripsy (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ziegler, John Lewis (Jack) — Simulations of Compressible, Diffusive, Reactive Flows with Detailed Chemistry Using a High-Order Hybrid WENO-CD Scheme (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Parziale, Nicholaus J. — Slender-Body Hypervelocity Boundary-Layer Instability (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bobbitt, Brock Douglas — Small Scale Turbulence in High Karlovitz Number Premixed Flames (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hanna, Jeffrey — Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Electrode Microstructures: Making Sense of the Internal Framework Affecting Gas Transport (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bane, Sally Page Moffett — Spark Ignition: Experimental and Numerical Investigation With Application to Aviation Safety (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bitter, Neal Phillip — Stability of Hypervelocity Boundary Layers (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kramer, Richard Michael Jack — Stable High-Order Finite-Difference Interface Schemes with Application to the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dooley, Bradley Scott — Stereo Digital Particle Image Velocimetry Investigation of a Free Surface Mixing Layer (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jacobi, Ian — Structure of the Turbulent Boundary Layer under Static and Dynamic Impulsive Roughness Perturbation (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lemieux, Patrick — The instability of shear layers produced by curved shocks (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Parkin, Kevin L.G. — The Microwave Thermal Thruster and Its Application to the Launch Problem (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sullivan, Regina Mariko — The Physics of High-Velocity Ions in the Hall Thruster Near-Field (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pottebaum, Tait Sherman — The Relationship Between Near-Wake Structure and Heat Transfer for an Oscillating Circular Cylinder in Cross-Flow (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Austin, Joanna Maria Karol — The Role of Instability in Gaseous Detonation (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ruiz, Lydia Ann — The Role of Unsteady Hydrodynamics in the Propulsive Performance of a Self-Propelled Bioinspired Vehicle (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krueger, Paul Samuel — The Significance of Vortex Ring Formation and Nozzle Exit Over-Pressure to Pulsatile Jet Propulsion (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ward, Geoffrey M. — The Simulation of Shock- and Impact-Driven Flows with Mie-Grüneisen Equations of State (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boettcher, Philipp Andreas — Thermal Ignition (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, Silken Michelle — Thermal Ignition by Vertical Cylinders (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Coronel, Stephanie Alexandra — Thermal Ignition Using Moving Hot Particles (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Palm, Steven Leslie — Thermo-Acoustic Coupling and Dynamic Response of a Premixed Methane-Air Flame (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mouton, Christopher Andre — Transition Between Regular Reflection and Mach Reflection in the Dual-Solution Domain (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yanes, Nelson Javier — Ultraviolet Radiation of Hypervelocity Stagnation Flows and Shock/Boundary-Layer Interactions (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Papalexandris, Miltiadis Vassilios — Unsplit Numerical Schemes for Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws with Source Terms (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))