SOCREF at Penn State: Dr. Deborah Levin: Research

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Partial Listing of Research Projects

  • Argonne National Laboratories Director’s Discretionary Allocation request, SUGAR (Scalable Unstructured Gas-dynamics with Adaptive Refinement), Project title: “Multi-scale particle simulation approaches in aerodynamics”
  • Tightly Coupled Mechanistic Study of Materials in the Extreme Space Environment  - AFOSR*/Space Power and Propulsion
  • Shock Boundary Layer and Shock-Shock Interactions in Nonequilibrium Hypervelocity Flow – AFOSR*/Aerothermodynamics and Turbulence – subcontract to University of Illinois, Urbana, Prof. Joanna Austin
  • Modeling of Fiber Optic and Spectrometer Window Instrument Environment – NASA†/Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)- ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc.
  • Near-field and Sub-Surface Modeling of Condensate-Vent Plume Flows on Enceladus – NASA†/Outer Planets Research Program
  • Fundamental Processes in High-Temperature Hypersonic Flows - AFOSR/Aerothermodynamics and Turbulence – MURI (Multidisciplinary University Initiative), University of Minnesota
  • A Unified Bio-Chemical Engineering Approach to Heat and Chemical De-activation of Biological Warfare Agents – DTRA**/ C-WMD Basic Research Program
  • Electrospray Modeling and Multi-scale Physical Modeling of Contamination and Radiation from Two-phase Condensation Flows – AFOSR*/ Space Power and Propulsion  Michigan Center of Excellence
  • Simulation of Io's Atmosphere – NASA†/Science Mission Directorate – Subcontract to University of Texas at Austin, Prof. David Goldstein
  • Application of Direct Simulation Monte Carlo to Simulations of Low Pressure Semiconductor Plasma Processing – Semiconductor Research Corporation.
  • Development of High Fidelity Modeling of Crack Propagation in Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Materials – NASA†/Johnson Space Flight Center.
  • Biological Agent Neutralization – DTRA**/ C-WMD Basic Research Program
  • Coupled Non-Equilibrium Flow, Energy, and Radiation Transport of Hypersonic Planetary Entry – NASA†/Fundamental Hypersonics
  • Follow-On Effort of the Modeling of Thermal Stresses in Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Using Particle and Continuum Method/Boeing Corporation.
  • Application of Fundamental Physics-Based Models to High Altitude Self-Contamination and Radiation – AFOSR*/Space Power and Propulsion
  • Crew Exploration Vehicle Space Spectrometer – NASA†/Ames Research Center.
  • Kinetic Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Cluster Formation Processes in Supersonic Flows – AFOSR*/Space Power and Propulsion
  • Star Dust Support Mission/Data Collection Planning, Data Reduction and Quick Look Report – NASA†/Ames Research Center
  • Modeling and Simulation of High Altitude Target Phenomenology and Tracking  - MDA***
  • Numerical Modeling of Io's Atmosphere – NASA†/Planetary Atmospheres
  • Modeling and Simulation of MKV Propulsion Systems, Phase II – MDA***
  • Application of Low Cost Advanced Parallel Computers to Large-Scale Particle Simulation Methods Modeling of Thermal Stresses in Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Using Particle and Continuum Methods - Boeing
  • Development of Models and Computational Tools for the Study of Space-Based Micro Propulsion Systems – NASA†/Glenn Research Center
  • MEMS Nozzle Optimization Studies for Decomposing Solid Micropropulsion Technology – NASA†/Glenn Research Center

*AFOSR – Air Force Office of Scientific Research
**DTRA – Defense Threat Reduction Agency
***MDA – Missile Defense Agency

    †NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration