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Alexeenko Research Team
2018-05-18
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<div><div><div><div><p></p></div><div><p></p></div></div><div><div><p><small>Alina | Han | Israel | Drew | Aaron | Siva | Kudzo | Stan | Devon | Gayathri</small></p></div><div><p>MIKRA MEMS Radiometric Sensor and Actuator</p></div></div><div><p><strong>News &amp; Announcements</strong></p><ul><li><em>2019-Jan: </em>Kudos to Maisie Linker and team for winning best student paper award at AIAA SciTech. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPurdueAeroAstro%2Fstatus%2F1082748723342594048&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw0fifxtDCKGmGvlBfmCIseN">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2018-Aug</em>: Congrats to Tong and Israel on their new jobs helping make life saving medicines at AbbVie and Pfizer!</li><li><em>2018-Aug: </em>NASA Flight Opportunities program selects FEMTA for spaceflight testing on Blue Origin launch. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fcenters%2Farmstrong%2Fnews%2Fnewsreleases%2F2018%2F18-19.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw0fA0MP5QgnVBOC1LblRZcz">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2018-May</em>: Jay Melosh and Alina Alexeenko Op-Ed <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fteslas-space-cruising-roadster-is-carrying-a-huge-load-of-earths-germs-2018-05-18&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ELErhTfzF-pzugUpbFZPD">Tesla’s space-cruising Roadster is carrying a huge load of Earth’s germs</a></li><li><em>2017-Dec: </em>NASA STMD selects our FEMTA project as one of 9 new university collaborations for SmallSat technologies for deep space exploration. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fdirectorates%2Fspacetech%2Fsmall_spacecraft%2Ffeature%2FNASA_Selects_University_Partners_for_Small_Spacecraft_Collaboration&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw2J3OjJsWIdVPBBFOZoroZ2">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2017-Sep: </em>LyoHUB launches <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fpharmahub.org%2Fgroups%2Flyo%2Flyohub_roadmapping&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PaCphUVcC_NhH5-8-pfek">10-year Lyophilization Technology Roadmap</a> at 2017 ISLFD East meeting in Cambridge, MA. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.purdue.edu%2Fnewsroom%2Freleases%2F2017%2FQ3%2Fkey-process-to-be-modernized-in-production-of-lifesaving-drugs%2C-food-preservation.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw1RuW0usuNxuObCbKUUXrtX">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2017-Aug: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/goog_1341464186">"</a><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.purdue.edu%2Fnewsroom%2Freleases%2F2017%2FQ3%2Fnew-cubesat-propulsion-system-uses-water-as-propellant.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Ls7cBuScT2t9tRVe0bdHj">New CubeSat propulsion system uses water as propellant" </a></em></li><li><em>2017-June: </em>Congrats to Gayathri Shivkumar for being selected as invited participant at <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Faerospace%2Fwias&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw34dgg2opF9jPHy6ndfXUft">2017 Women in Aerospace Symposium</a>. </li><li><em>2017-May: </em>Kudos to Gayathri Shivkumar for receiving 2017 Outstanding Student Paper Award at IEEE ICOPS for her paper "Modeling of Capacitively Coupled Discharge with Non-sinusoidal Input Waveform". <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fengineering.purdue.edu%2FAAE%2Fnews%2F2017%2F20170616-shivkumar-icops&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw2k18dY5Ocb6OrbwGBkgkKv">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2016-Aug: </em>Congratulations to Siva for defending his PhD dissertation "Particle Modeling of Non-Equilibrium Field Emission Drive RF Microplasmas" and starting as Applications Engineer at COMSOL. </li><li><em>2016-June: </em>Congratulations to Marat for defending his PhD dissertation "Upscaling Ab Initio Chemistry Models to Non-Equilibrium Flow Simulations" and starting as a rocket scientist at Blue Origin. </li><li><em>2016-Apr: </em>Kudos to Drew Strongrich for receiving 2016 Dr. Thomas Jennings student award at International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying conference in Chicago. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fengineering.purdue.edu%2FAAE%2Fnews%2F2016%2F20160503-Strongrich-Jennings-Award&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw1M6Iq4CncbdRnjeUsT8yZR">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2016-March: </em>Gayathri Shivkumar and Siva Tholeti's research on plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of carbon nanopetals in collaboration with Purdue ME Prof Tim Fisher's group is featured on the cover of March 21 2016 issue of <em>Journal of Applied Physics</em>. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.purdue.edu%2Fnewsroom%2Freleases%2F2016%2FQ2%2Fmodel-aids-efforts-to-reduce-cost-of-carbon-nanostructures-for-industry%2C-research.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jGgfKVdYpIlN6bfYF8P8F">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2016-Feb:</em> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fpharmahub.org%2Fgroups%2Flyo%2Fdemofacility&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw2s5jD8Ou55hvSkVz7VVJhA">LyoHUB demo facility</a> opens to users. The facility provides state-of-the-art lyophilization laboratory equipment for applications in bio/pharmaceutical R&amp;D, materials science and vacuum technology </li><li><em>2015-Apr: </em>Kudos to Israel Sebastiao for receiving 2015 Dr. Thomas Jennings student award at International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying conference in Chicago. <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/rgdart/personnel">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2015-Apr: </em>Prof. Alexeenko named University Faculty Scholar. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fengineering.purdue.edu%2FEngr%2FAboutUs%2FNews%2FAnnouncements%2Fcoe-faculty-named-university-faculty-scholars&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw1gLljQk4sjsRw-NStvO-DR">Read more...</a></li><li><em>2015-Feb: </em>Congratulations to Andrew Weaver for defending his PhD dissertation "Assessment of High-Fidelity Collision Models for the DSMC Method". </li><li><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/rgdart/personnel">Earlier news...</a></li></ul></div></div></div>||||I|||| Search this site
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 Alina | Han | Israel | Drew | Aaron | Siva | Kudzo | Stan | Devon | Gayathri

 MIKRA MEMS Radiometric Sensor and Actuator

 People

 * Alina Alexeenko, Professor AAE (cv.pdf)

 High-Vacuum Facility Manager

 * Dr. Anthony Cofer

 Postdoctoral Associate:

 * Dr. Petr Kazarin

 Graduate Students:

 * Andrew Strongrich (Ph.D.)
 * Gayathri Shivkumar (Ph.D.)
 * Han Luo (Ph.D.)
 * Kate Fowee (Ph.D.)
 * Sashank Jaiswal (Ph.D.)
 * Aaron Pikus (M.S.)
 * Steven Pugia (M.S.)
 * Nirajan Adhikari (Ph.D.)
 * Joshua Straffacia (Ph.D.)

 Undergraduate Students:

 * Maisie Linker (FEMTA UG Team Lead)
 * Richard Brookes

 Alumni:

 * Dr. Tong Zhu postdoc 2016-2018
 * Dr. Tatsuhiro Kodama 2017-2018
 * Vaibhav Kshirsagar, MS'18
 * Dr. Israel Sebastiao Ph.D.'17
 * Dr. Devon Parkos Ph.D.'17
 * Dr. Cem Pekardan Ph.D.'17
 * Aizhan Ibrayeva M.S.'17
 * Dr. Siva Sashank Tholeti Ph.D.'16
 * Dr. Marat Kulakhmetov Ph.D.'16
 * Dr. Anthony Cofer Ph.D.'15
 * William O'Neill M.S.'15
 * Nikhil Varma M.S.'15
 * Dr. Andrew Weaver Ph.D.'15
 * Dr. Arnab Ganguly Ph.D.'14
 * Di Huang M.S.'14
 * Dr. Wei Su 2013-2014
 * Dr. Venkattraman Ayyaswamy Ph.D.'12
 * Dr. Sruti Chigullapalli Ph.D. '11
 * Jeremy Nabeth M.S.'10
 * Dr. Xiaohui (Sandy) Guo Ph.D. '09
 * Dr. William (Ben) Stein Ph.D. '08

 Former undergraduate interns:

 News & Announcements

 * 2019-Jan: Kudos to Maisie Linker and team for winning best student paper award at AIAA SciTech. Read more...
 * 2018-Aug: Congrats to Tong and Israel on their new jobs helping make life saving medicines at AbbVie and Pfizer!
 * 2018-Aug: NASA Flight Opportunities program selects FEMTA for spaceflight testing on Blue Origin launch. Read more...
 * 2018-May: Jay Melosh and Alina Alexeenko Op-Ed Tesla’s space-cruising Roadster is carrying a huge load of Earth’s germs
 * 2017-Dec: NASA STMD selects our FEMTA project as one of 9 new university collaborations for SmallSat technologies for deep space exploration. Read more...
 * 2017-Sep: LyoHUB launches 10-year Lyophilization Technology Roadmap at 2017 ISLFD East meeting in Cambridge, MA. Read more...
 * 2017-Aug: "New CubeSat propulsion system uses water as propellant"
 * 2017-June: Congrats to Gayathri Shivkumar for being selected as invited participant at 2017 Women in Aerospace Symposium.
 * 2017-May: Kudos to Gayathri Shivkumar for receiving 2017 Outstanding Student Paper Award at IEEE ICOPS for her paper "Modeling of Capacitively Coupled Discharge with Non-sinusoidal Input Waveform". Read more...
 * 2016-Aug: Congratulations to Siva for defending his PhD dissertation "Particle Modeling of Non-Equilibrium Field Emission Drive RF Microplasmas" and starting as Applications Engineer at COMSOL.
 * 2016-June: Congratulations to Marat for defending his PhD dissertation "Upscaling Ab Initio Chemistry Models to Non-Equilibrium Flow Simulations" and starting as a rocket scientist at Blue Origin.
 * 2016-Apr: Kudos to Drew Strongrich for receiving 2016 Dr. Thomas Jennings student award at International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying conference in Chicago. Read more...
 * 2016-March: Gayathri Shivkumar and Siva Tholeti's research on plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of carbon nanopetals in collaboration with Purdue ME Prof Tim Fisher's group is featured on the cover of March 21 2016 issue of Journal of Applied Physics. Read more...
 * 2016-Feb: LyoHUB demo facility opens to users. The facility provides state-of-the-art lyophilization laboratory equipment for applications in bio/pharmaceutical R&D, materials science and vacuum technology
 * 2015-Apr: Kudos to Israel Sebastiao for receiving 2015 Dr. Thomas Jennings student award at International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying conference in Chicago. Read more...
 * 2015-Apr: Prof. Alexeenko named University Faculty Scholar. Read more...
 * 2015-Feb: Congratulations to Andrew Weaver for defending his PhD dissertation "Assessment of High-Fidelity Collision Models for the DSMC Method".
 * Earlier news...

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Alina | Han | Israel | Drew | Aaron | Siva | Kudzo | Stan | Devon | Gayathri    MIKRA MEMS Radiometric Sensor and Actuator     News &amp; Announcements    2019-Jan: Kudos to Maisie Linker and team for winning best student paper award at AIAA SciTech. Read more...   2018-Aug: Congrats to Tong and Israel on their new jobs helping make life saving medicines at AbbVie and Pfizer!  2018-Aug: NASA Flight Opportunities program selects FEMTA for spaceflight testing on Blue Origin launch. Read more...   2018-May: Jay Melosh and Alina Alexeenko Op-Ed Tesla’s space-cruising Roadster is carrying a huge load of Earth’s germs   2017-Dec: NASA STMD selects our FEMTA project as one of 9 new university collaborations for SmallSat technologies for deep space exploration. Read more...   2017-Sep: LyoHUB launches 10-year Lyophilization Technology Roadmap at 2017 ISLFD East meeting in Cambridge, MA. Read more...   2017-Aug: " New CubeSat propulsion system uses water as propellant"     2017-June: Congrats to Gayathri Shivkumar for being selected as invited participant at 2017 Women in Aerospace Symposium.   2017-May: Kudos to Gayathri Shivkumar for receiving 2017 Outstanding Student Paper Award at IEEE ICOPS for her paper "Modeling of Capacitively Coupled Discharge with Non-sinusoidal Input Waveform". Read more...   2016-Aug: Congratulations to Siva for defending his PhD dissertation "Particle Modeling of Non-Equilibrium Field Emission Drive RF Microplasmas" and starting as Applications Engineer at COMSOL.   2016-June: Congratulations to Marat for defending his PhD dissertation "Upscaling Ab Initio Chemistry Models to Non-Equilibrium Flow Simulations" and starting as a rocket scientist at Blue Origin.   2016-Apr: Kudos to Drew Strongrich for receiving 2016 Dr. Thomas Jennings student award at International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying conference in Chicago. Read more...   2016-March: Gayathri Shivkumar and Siva Tholeti's research on plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of carbon nanopetals in collaboration with Purdue ME Prof Tim Fisher's group is featured on the cover of March 21 2016 issue of Journal of Applied Physics. Read more...   2016-Feb: LyoHUB demo facility opens to users. The facility provides state-of-the-art lyophilization laboratory equipment for applications in bio/pharmaceutical R&amp;D, materials science and vacuum technology   2015-Apr: Kudos to Israel Sebastiao for receiving 2015 Dr. Thomas Jennings student award at International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying conference in Chicago. Read more...   2015-Apr: Prof. Alexeenko named University Faculty Scholar. Read more...   2015-Feb: Congratulations to Andrew Weaver for defending his PhD dissertation "Assessment of High-Fidelity Collision Models for the DSMC Method".   Earlier news...
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Alina Alexeenko - Our People - School of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Purdue University
2023-01-01
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 2006 - 
 Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics &amp; Chemical Engineering, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education<br />University Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020
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 <h2>Degrees</h2>
 <p>B.S., Novosibirsk State University, Mathematics, 1997
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M.S., Novosibirsk State University, Applied Mathematics, 1999
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Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Aerospace Engineering, 2003</p>
 
 <h2>Contact</h2>
 <p>701 W. Stadium Ave.
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West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045</p>
 
 
 <h2>Interests</h2>
 <p>Rarefied gas dynamics, deterministic and stochastic numerical methods for the Boltzmann equation, direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collisions (PIC/MCC) techniques; High-altitude aerothermodynamics and micropropulsion; Gas-phase effects in N/MEMS sensors and actuators; Vacuum gas dynamics; Modeling, analysis and design of vacuum deposition systems (MBE, P/CVD, EBPVD) for nano/microfabrication; Lyophilization/freeze-drying for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.</p>
 
 
 <h2>Awards and Major Appointments</h2>
 <div><ul>Co-Director, William D. Young Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals&gt;</ul>
<ul><li>Associate Editor, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2021-2022t</li><li>International Advisory Committee, Rarefied Gas Dynamics Symposium, 2016 - present </li><li>Chair, AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee, 2016 - 2018</li><li>Founding co-Director, Advanced Lyophilization Technology Consortium - <a href="http://www.lyohub.org/">LyoHUB</a>, 2014 - present</li><li>University Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020</li><li>NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2015</li><li>Seed for Success Award, Purdue University, 2014</li><li>C.T. Sun School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Excellence in Research Award, 2013</li><li>National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2011</li><li>Air Force Summer Faculty, 2009</li><li>College of Engineering Team Excellence Award (PRISM), 2009 </li><li>ASEE-Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2007</li><li>USC WiSE Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2004, 2005</li><li>Amelia Earhart Fellowship, Zonta International Foundation, 2003</li></ul></div>
 
 
 <h2>Research Areas</h2>
 <p>Professor Alexeenko’s research is centered on computational and experimental studies of rarefied gas flow phenomena occurring in both high-altitude flight such as smallsat propulsion, spacecraft contamination, plume interactions, high-altitude aerothermodynamics; and in emerging technologies such as micro-electro-mechanical systems for space communications and micropropulsion and in vacuum manufacturing processes. Broadening applications of rarefied gas dynamics is one of her long-term research goals. Alexeenko's group at Purdue has developed fast computational algorithms and solvers for the deterministic, as opposed to the stochastic DSMC, solution of rarefied flow problems. Such new techniques are especially useful in studying low-speed and/or unsteady flows and have allowed to address several challenging problems, such as the aerodynamic damping in MEMS and shock wave propagation at microscale. Additionally, the research led to novel microdevice concepts that exploit the unique microscale, rarefied flow physics for gas sensing and smallsat propulsion.</p>
 
 
 <h2>Publications</h2>
 <div><p>Selected from 80+ journal papers. <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vr5HyoMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en">Full list of publications at Google Scholar </a></p><p>
<strong>Book Chapters</strong>: 
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A. Alexeenko and E. Topp, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9783527802104.ch15">Future Directions: Lyophilization Technology Roadmap to 2025 and Beyond</a>, In <em> Drying Technologies for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Applications</em>, 355-372, Wiley, 2020. 
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A. Alexeenko and S. F. Gimelshein, "Direct Simulation Monte Carlo", Chapter 39, <a href="https://app.knovel.com/web/toc.v/cid:kpHFDE0007/"><em>Handbook of Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition</em></a> Editor: Richard Johnson, CRC Press, 2016.
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<strong>Journal Articles</strong>: 
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S. Jaiswal, A. Alexeenko, J. Hu, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021999118307198">A discontinuous Galerkin fast spectral method for the full Boltzmann equation with general collision kernels</a>, <em> Journal of Computational Physics</em>, 378(1):178-208, 2019.
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I. B. Sebastiao, L. Qiao, A. Alexeenko, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010218018303912">"Direct simulation Monte Carlo modeling of H2-O2 deflagration waves"</a>, <em>Combustion and Flame</em>, 198:40-53, 2018. 
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G. Shivkumar, S. Tholeti, M. Alrefae, T. Fisher, A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4943025?journalCode=jap">“Analysis of Hydrogen Plasma in a Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor”</a>, <em>Journal of Applied Physics</em>, 119(11):113301, 2016. – <strong> Featured Cover Article</strong></p><p>
M. Kulakhmetov, M. Gallis, A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4947590?journalCode=jcp"> “Ab initio-informed maximum entropy modeling of rovibrational relaxation and state-specific dissociation with application to the O2 + O system</a>, <em>Journal of Chemical Physics</em>, 144(17): 174302, 2016.
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M. Kulakhmetov, M. Gallis, A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4928198?journalCode=phf">“Effect of O2 + O ab-initio and reduced dimensionality potentials on dissociation and relaxation rates for nonequilibrium flow calculations”</a>, <em>Physics of Fluids</em>, Vol. 27(8):087104, 2015.
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D. Parkos, A. Alexeenko, M. Kulakhmetov, B. C. Johnson, and H. J. Melosh (2015), <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JE004857/full">NOx production and rainout from Chicxulub impact ejecta reentry</a>, <em>J. Geophys. Res. Planets</em>, 120, 2152–2168. – <strong> AGU: </strong><a href="https://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2015/12/04/11769/"> "Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused global algal bloom, marine extinction"</a></p><p>
A. Strongrich, A. Alexeenko, <a href="https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4935461">Microscale Actuation and Gas Sensing by the Knudsen Thermal Force</a>, <em>Applied Physics Letters</em>, 107(19):193508, 2015. – <strong> US Patent</strong> <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160363553A1/en">16/363,553</a></p><p>
A. Ganguly, A. Alexeenko, S. Kim, and S. Schultz, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939641113002105"> "Freeze-Drying Simulation Framework Coupling Product Attributes and Equipment Capability: Toward Accelerating Process by Equipment Modifications"</a>, <em>European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics</em>, Vol. 85 (2), pp. 223-235, 2013. – <strong>Invited Article</strong></p><p>
A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pop/19/12/10.1063/1.4773399">"Scaling Law for Direct Current Field Emission-Driven Microscale Gas Breakdown"</a>, <em>Physics of Plasmas</em>, Vol. 19, 123515, 11 pages, 2012.
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A. Venkattraman, A. Garg, D. Peroulis and A. A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3688176?journalCode=apl">"Direct Measurements and Numerical Simulations of Gas Charging in Microelectromechanical System Capacitive Switches"</a>, <em>Applied Physics Letters</em>, 100:083503, 2012.
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A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3682375?journalCode=phf">"Binary Scattering Model for Lennard-Jones Potential: Transport Coefficients and Collision Integrals for Non-equilibrium Gas Flow Simulations"</a>, <em>Physics of Fluids</em>, 24: 027101, 2012. 
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J. Nabeth, S. Chigullapalli, A. Alexeenko, <a href="https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.066306">"Quantifying the Knudsen force on heated microbeams: A compact model and direct comparison with measurements"</a>, <em>Physical Review E</em>, 83:066306, 2011.
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S. Chigullapalli, A. Venkattraman, M.S. Ivanov, A.A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021999109006561">"Entropy Considerations in Numerical Simulations of Non-Equilibrium Rarefied Flows"</a>, <em>J. of Computational Physics</em>, 229:2139-2158, 2010.
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X. Guo, D. Singh, J. Murthy, A. A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3181059?journalCode=jap">"Numerical Simulation of Gas-Phonon Coupling in Thermal Transpiration Flows"</a>, <em>Physical Review E</em>, 80(4):046310, 2009.
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A. Alexeenko, A. Ganguly, S. Nail, <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.21862/full">"Computational Analysis of Fluid Dynamics in Pharmaceutical Freeze-Drying"</a>, <em>Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences</em>, 98(9):3483-3494, 2009.
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X. Guo and A. Alexeenko, <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0960-1317/19/4/045026/meta">"Compact Model of Squeeze-Film Damping based on Rarefied Flow Simulations"</a>, <em>Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering</em>, 19(4):045026, 2009.
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X. Guo, C. Huang, A. Alexeenko, J. Sullivan, <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0960-1317/18/2/025034/meta">"Numerical and Experimental Study of Gas Flows in 2D and 3D Microchannels"</a>, <em>Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering</em>, Vol. 18, No. 2, February 2008, 025034. – <strong> JMM Highlights of 2008</strong> and <strong>IOP Select</strong></p><p>
A.A. Alexeenko, S.F. Gimelshein, E.P. Muntz, A.D. Ketsdever, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1290072906000251">"Kinetic Modeling of Temperature-Driven Flows in Short Microchannels"</a>, <em>International Journal of Thermal Sciences</em>, 45(11):1045-1051, 2006.
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A.A. Alexeenko, D.A. Fedosov, S.F. Gimelshein, D.A. Levin, <a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1588920/">"Transient Heat Transfer and Gas Flow in a MEMS-based Thruster"</a>, <em>Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems</em>, 15(1):181-194, 2006.</p></div>
 
 
 <h2>Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Invited Lectures</h2>
 <div><p>Selected from 100+ conference papers. <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vr5HyoMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en">Full list of publications at Google Scholar </a></p><p>
K. Fowee, S. Pugia, R. Clay, M. Fuehne, M. Linker, A. Cofer, A. Alexeenko, "Quad-Thruster FEMTA Micropropulsion System for Cubesat 1-Axis Control", Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Propulsion, SS17-WK-48, <a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2017/all2017/13/"> http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2017/all2017/13/ </a></p><p>
A. Cofer, W. O'Neill, S. Heister, A. Alexeenko, "Ultracompact Microthruster for Pico/Nanosat Attitude and Thermal Control based on Film-Evaporation Effect", Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Paper SS16-V-3, <a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2016/TS5Propulsion/1/"> http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2016/TS5Propulsion/1/</a></p><p>
N. Raghunathan, B. Sanborn, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, W. Chen, D. Peroulis, "Real-Time In Situ Electronic Monitoring of Dynamic Contact Behavior of MEMS High-g Switches", Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2012), January 29-February 1, 2012, Paris, France.
</p><p>
A. Alexeenko, M. Kulakhmetov, A. Weaver, M. Slipchenko, J. Mihaly, M. Adams, A. Rosakis, "Feasibility of Non-Equilibrium Hypersonic Flow Measurements in Small Particle Hypervelocity Impact Range", AIAA Paper 2012-0596, Proceedings of 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, January 9-12, 2012, 15 pages. 
</p><p>
A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, "Simulations of Impulsive Dynamics in RF MEMS Capacitive Switches", Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress &amp; Exposition IMECE2011-64693, Denver, Colorado, USA, November 11-17, 2011. 
</p><p>
A. Cofer, A. Venkattraman, and A. Alexeenko, "Micro-Spike based Hybrid Chemical/Electric Thruster Concept for Versatile Nanosat Propulsion", AIAA Paper 2011-5921, 47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference &amp; Exhibit, San Diego, CA, July 31 - August 03, 2011.
</p><p>
A. Alexeenko and A. Venkattraman, "Focused Solar Ablation: A Nanosat-Based Method for Active Removal of Space Debris", AIAA Paper 2011-6143, 47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, CA, July 31-3, 2011.
</p><p>
A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, <a href="https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2009-3751">"Simulations and Measurements of Gas-Droplet Flows in Supersonic Jets in Vacuum,"</a> AIAA Paper 2009-3751, 41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 22-25, 2009.
</p><p>
K.L. Gates Medlock, A.A. Alexeenko, J.M. Longuski, "Trajectory and Aerothermodynamic Analysis of Towed-Ballute Aerocapture Using DSMC," AAS Paper 07-307, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Mackinac Island, MI, August 19-24, 2007.</p></div>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Alina Alexeenko

 2006 - Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
 University Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020

 Degrees

 B.S., Novosibirsk State University, Mathematics, 1997
 M.S., Novosibirsk State University, Applied Mathematics, 1999
 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Aerospace Engineering, 2003

 Contact

 701 W. Stadium Ave.
 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
 Office: ARMS 3027
 Office Phone: (765) 496-1864
 Email: alexeenk@purdue.edu
 Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/rgdart

 Interests

 Rarefied gas dynamics, deterministic and stochastic numerical methods for the Boltzmann equation, direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collisions (PIC/MCC) techniques; High-altitude aerothermodynamics and micropropulsion; Gas-phase effects in N/MEMS sensors and actuators; Vacuum gas dynamics; Modeling, analysis and design of vacuum deposition systems (MBE, P/CVD, EBPVD) for nano/microfabrication; Lyophilization/freeze-drying for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

 Awards and Major Appointments

 Co-Director, William D. Young Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals>
 * Associate Editor, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2021-2022t
 * International Advisory Committee, Rarefied Gas Dynamics Symposium, 2016 - present
 * Chair, AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee, 2016 - 2018
 * Founding co-Director, Advanced Lyophilization Technology Consortium - LyoHUB, 2014 - present
 * University Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020
 * NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2015
 * Seed for Success Award, Purdue University, 2014
 * C.T. Sun School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Excellence in Research Award, 2013
 * National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2011
 * Air Force Summer Faculty, 2009
 * College of Engineering Team Excellence Award (PRISM), 2009
 * ASEE-Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2007
 * USC WiSE Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2004, 2005
 * Amelia Earhart Fellowship, Zonta International Foundation, 2003

 Research Areas

 Professor Alexeenko’s research is centered on computational and experimental studies of rarefied gas flow phenomena occurring in both high-altitude flight such as smallsat propulsion, spacecraft contamination, plume interactions, high-altitude aerothermodynamics; and in emerging technologies such as micro-electro-mechanical systems for space communications and micropropulsion and in vacuum manufacturing processes. Broadening applications of rarefied gas dynamics is one of her long-term research goals. Alexeenko's group at Purdue has developed fast computational algorithms and solvers for the deterministic, as opposed to the stochastic DSMC, solution of rarefied flow problems. Such new techniques are especially useful in studying low-speed and/or unsteady flows and have allowed to address several challenging problems, such as the aerodynamic damping in MEMS and shock wave propagation at microscale. Additionally, the research led to novel microdevice concepts that exploit the unique microscale, rarefied flow physics for gas sensing and smallsat propulsion.

 Publications

 Selected from 80+ journal papers. Full list of publications at Google Scholar

 Book Chapters:

 A. Alexeenko and E. Topp, Future Directions: Lyophilization Technology Roadmap to 2025 and Beyond, In Drying Technologies for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Applications, 355-372, Wiley, 2020.

 A. Alexeenko and S. F. Gimelshein, "Direct Simulation Monte Carlo", Chapter 39, Handbook of Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition Editor: Richard Johnson, CRC Press, 2016.

 Journal Articles:

 S. Jaiswal, A. Alexeenko, J. Hu, A discontinuous Galerkin fast spectral method for the full Boltzmann equation with general collision kernels, Journal of Computational Physics, 378(1):178-208, 2019.

 I. B. Sebastiao, L. Qiao, A. Alexeenko, "Direct simulation Monte Carlo modeling of H2-O2 deflagration waves", Combustion and Flame, 198:40-53, 2018.

 G. Shivkumar, S. Tholeti, M. Alrefae, T. Fisher, A. Alexeenko, “Analysis of Hydrogen Plasma in a Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor”, Journal of Applied Physics, 119(11):113301, 2016. – Featured Cover Article

 M. Kulakhmetov, M. Gallis, A. Alexeenko, “Ab initio-informed maximum entropy modeling of rovibrational relaxation and state-specific dissociation with application to the O2 + O system, Journal of Chemical Physics, 144(17): 174302, 2016.

 M. Kulakhmetov, M. Gallis, A. Alexeenko, “Effect of O2 + O ab-initio and reduced dimensionality potentials on dissociation and relaxation rates for nonequilibrium flow calculations”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 27(8):087104, 2015.

 D. Parkos, A. Alexeenko, M. Kulakhmetov, B. C. Johnson, and H. J. Melosh (2015), NOx production and rainout from Chicxulub impact ejecta reentry, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, 2152–2168. – AGU: "Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused global algal bloom, marine extinction"

 A. Strongrich, A. Alexeenko, Microscale Actuation and Gas Sensing by the Knudsen Thermal Force, Applied Physics Letters, 107(19):193508, 2015. – US Patent 16/363,553

 A. Ganguly, A. Alexeenko, S. Kim, and S. Schultz, "Freeze-Drying Simulation Framework Coupling Product Attributes and Equipment Capability: Toward Accelerating Process by Equipment Modifications", European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Vol. 85 (2), pp. 223-235, 2013. – Invited Article

 A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, "Scaling Law for Direct Current Field Emission-Driven Microscale Gas Breakdown", Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, 123515, 11 pages, 2012.

 A. Venkattraman, A. Garg, D. Peroulis and A. A. Alexeenko, "Direct Measurements and Numerical Simulations of Gas Charging in Microelectromechanical System Capacitive Switches", Applied Physics Letters, 100:083503, 2012.

 A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, "Binary Scattering Model for Lennard-Jones Potential: Transport Coefficients and Collision Integrals for Non-equilibrium Gas Flow Simulations", Physics of Fluids, 24: 027101, 2012.

 J. Nabeth, S. Chigullapalli, A. Alexeenko, "Quantifying the Knudsen force on heated microbeams: A compact model and direct comparison with measurements", Physical Review E, 83:066306, 2011.

 S. Chigullapalli, A. Venkattraman, M.S. Ivanov, A.A. Alexeenko, "Entropy Considerations in Numerical Simulations of Non-Equilibrium Rarefied Flows", J. of Computational Physics, 229:2139-2158, 2010.

 X. Guo, D. Singh, J. Murthy, A. A. Alexeenko, "Numerical Simulation of Gas-Phonon Coupling in Thermal Transpiration Flows", Physical Review E, 80(4):046310, 2009.

 A. Alexeenko, A. Ganguly, S. Nail, "Computational Analysis of Fluid Dynamics in Pharmaceutical Freeze-Drying", Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 98(9):3483-3494, 2009.

 X. Guo and A. Alexeenko, "Compact Model of Squeeze-Film Damping based on Rarefied Flow Simulations", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 19(4):045026, 2009.

 X. Guo, C. Huang, A. Alexeenko, J. Sullivan, "Numerical and Experimental Study of Gas Flows in 2D and 3D Microchannels", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 18, No. 2, February 2008, 025034. – JMM Highlights of 2008 and IOP Select

 A.A. Alexeenko, S.F. Gimelshein, E.P. Muntz, A.D. Ketsdever, "Kinetic Modeling of Temperature-Driven Flows in Short Microchannels", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 45(11):1045-1051, 2006.

 A.A. Alexeenko, D.A. Fedosov, S.F. Gimelshein, D.A. Levin, "Transient Heat Transfer and Gas Flow in a MEMS-based Thruster", Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 15(1):181-194, 2006.

 Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Invited Lectures

 Selected from 100+ conference papers. Full list of publications at Google Scholar

 K. Fowee, S. Pugia, R. Clay, M. Fuehne, M. Linker, A. Cofer, A. Alexeenko, "Quad-Thruster FEMTA Micropropulsion System for Cubesat 1-Axis Control", Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Propulsion, SS17-WK-48, http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2017/all2017/13/

 A. Cofer, W. O'Neill, S. Heister, A. Alexeenko, "Ultracompact Microthruster for Pico/Nanosat Attitude and Thermal Control based on Film-Evaporation Effect", Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Paper SS16-V-3, http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2016/TS5Propulsion/1/

 N. Raghunathan, B. Sanborn, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, W. Chen, D. Peroulis, "Real-Time In Situ Electronic Monitoring of Dynamic Contact Behavior of MEMS High-g Switches", Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2012), January 29-February 1, 2012, Paris, France.

 A. Alexeenko, M. Kulakhmetov, A. Weaver, M. Slipchenko, J. Mihaly, M. Adams, A. Rosakis, "Feasibility of Non-Equilibrium Hypersonic Flow Measurements in Small Particle Hypervelocity Impact Range", AIAA Paper 2012-0596, Proceedings of 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, January 9-12, 2012, 15 pages.

 A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, "Simulations of Impulsive Dynamics in RF MEMS Capacitive Switches", Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2011-64693, Denver, Colorado, USA, November 11-17, 2011.

 A. Cofer, A. Venkattraman, and A. Alexeenko, "Micro-Spike based Hybrid Chemical/Electric Thruster Concept for Versatile Nanosat Propulsion", AIAA Paper 2011-5921, 47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, San Diego, CA, July 31 - August 03, 2011.

 A. Alexeenko and A. Venkattraman, "Focused Solar Ablation: A Nanosat-Based Method for Active Removal of Space Debris", AIAA Paper 2011-6143, 47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, CA, July 31-3, 2011.

 A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, "Simulations and Measurements of Gas-Droplet Flows in Supersonic Jets in Vacuum," AIAA Paper 2009-3751, 41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 22-25, 2009.

 K.L. Gates Medlock, A.A. Alexeenko, J.M. Longuski, "Trajectory and Aerothermodynamic Analysis of Towed-Ballute Aerocapture Using DSMC," AAS Paper 07-307, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Mackinac Island, MI, August 19-24, 2007.
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2006 - 
 Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics &amp; Chemical Engineering, Associate Dean for Undergraduate EducationUniversity Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020
 
 
 
 Degrees
 B.S., Novosibirsk State University, Mathematics, 1997
M.S., Novosibirsk State University, Applied Mathematics, 1999
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Aerospace Engineering, 2003
 
 Contact
 701 W. Stadium Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
 
 
 Interests
 Rarefied gas dynamics, deterministic and stochastic numerical methods for the Boltzmann equation, direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collisions (PIC/MCC) techniques; High-altitude aerothermodynamics and micropropulsion; Gas-phase effects in N/MEMS sensors and actuators; Vacuum gas dynamics; Modeling, analysis and design of vacuum deposition systems (MBE, P/CVD, EBPVD) for nano/microfabrication; Lyophilization/freeze-drying for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
 
 
 Awards and Major Appointments
  Co-Director, William D. Young Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals&gt;
 Associate Editor, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2021-2022t International Advisory Committee, Rarefied Gas Dynamics Symposium, 2016 - present  Chair, AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee, 2016 - 2018 Founding co-Director, Advanced Lyophilization Technology Consortium - LyoHUB, 2014 - present University Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020 NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2015 Seed for Success Award, Purdue University, 2014 C.T. Sun School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Excellence in Research Award, 2013 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2011 Air Force Summer Faculty, 2009 College of Engineering Team Excellence Award (PRISM), 2009  ASEE-Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2007 USC WiSE Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2004, 2005 Amelia Earhart Fellowship, Zonta International Foundation, 2003  
 
 
 Research Areas
 Professor Alexeenko’s research is centered on computational and experimental studies of rarefied gas flow phenomena occurring in both high-altitude flight such as smallsat propulsion, spacecraft contamination, plume interactions, high-altitude aerothermodynamics; and in emerging technologies such as micro-electro-mechanical systems for space communications and micropropulsion and in vacuum manufacturing processes. Broadening applications of rarefied gas dynamics is one of her long-term research goals. Alexeenko's group at Purdue has developed fast computational algorithms and solvers for the deterministic, as opposed to the stochastic DSMC, solution of rarefied flow problems. Such new techniques are especially useful in studying low-speed and/or unsteady flows and have allowed to address several challenging problems, such as the aerodynamic damping in MEMS and shock wave propagation at microscale. Additionally, the research led to novel microdevice concepts that exploit the unique microscale, rarefied flow physics for gas sensing and smallsat propulsion.
 
 
 Publications
  Selected from 80+ journal papers. Full list of publications at Google Scholar   
Book Chapters: 
 
A. Alexeenko and E. Topp, Future Directions: Lyophilization Technology Roadmap to 2025 and Beyond, In  Drying Technologies for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Applications, 355-372, Wiley, 2020. 
 
A. Alexeenko and S. F. Gimelshein, "Direct Simulation Monte Carlo", Chapter 39,  Handbook of Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition  Editor: Richard Johnson, CRC Press, 2016.
 
Journal Articles: 
 
S. Jaiswal, A. Alexeenko, J. Hu, A discontinuous Galerkin fast spectral method for the full Boltzmann equation with general collision kernels,  Journal of Computational Physics, 378(1):178-208, 2019.
 
I. B. Sebastiao, L. Qiao, A. Alexeenko, "Direct simulation Monte Carlo modeling of H2-O2 deflagration waves", Combustion and Flame, 198:40-53, 2018. 
 
G. Shivkumar, S. Tholeti, M. Alrefae, T. Fisher, A. Alexeenko, “Analysis of Hydrogen Plasma in a Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor”, Journal of Applied Physics, 119(11):113301, 2016. –  Featured Cover Article  
M. Kulakhmetov, M. Gallis, A. Alexeenko,  “Ab initio-informed maximum entropy modeling of rovibrational relaxation and state-specific dissociation with application to the O2 + O system, Journal of Chemical Physics, 144(17): 174302, 2016.
 
M. Kulakhmetov, M. Gallis, A. Alexeenko, “Effect of O2 + O ab-initio and reduced dimensionality potentials on dissociation and relaxation rates for nonequilibrium flow calculations”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 27(8):087104, 2015.
 
D. Parkos, A. Alexeenko, M. Kulakhmetov, B. C. Johnson, and H. J. Melosh (2015), NOx production and rainout from Chicxulub impact ejecta reentry, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, 2152–2168. –  AGU:   "Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused global algal bloom, marine extinction"  
A. Strongrich, A. Alexeenko, Microscale Actuation and Gas Sensing by the Knudsen Thermal Force, Applied Physics Letters, 107(19):193508, 2015. –  US Patent 16/363,553  
A. Ganguly, A. Alexeenko, S. Kim, and S. Schultz,  "Freeze-Drying Simulation Framework Coupling Product Attributes and Equipment Capability: Toward Accelerating Process by Equipment Modifications", European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Vol. 85 (2), pp. 223-235, 2013. – Invited Article  
A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, "Scaling Law for Direct Current Field Emission-Driven Microscale Gas Breakdown", Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, 123515, 11 pages, 2012.
 
A. Venkattraman, A. Garg, D. Peroulis and A. A. Alexeenko, "Direct Measurements and Numerical Simulations of Gas Charging in Microelectromechanical System Capacitive Switches", Applied Physics Letters, 100:083503, 2012.
 
A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, "Binary Scattering Model for Lennard-Jones Potential: Transport Coefficients and Collision Integrals for Non-equilibrium Gas Flow Simulations", Physics of Fluids, 24: 027101, 2012. 
 
J. Nabeth, S. Chigullapalli, A. Alexeenko, "Quantifying the Knudsen force on heated microbeams: A compact model and direct comparison with measurements", Physical Review E, 83:066306, 2011.
 
S. Chigullapalli, A. Venkattraman, M.S. Ivanov, A.A. Alexeenko, "Entropy Considerations in Numerical Simulations of Non-Equilibrium Rarefied Flows", J. of Computational Physics, 229:2139-2158, 2010.
 
X. Guo, D. Singh, J. Murthy, A. A. Alexeenko, "Numerical Simulation of Gas-Phonon Coupling in Thermal Transpiration Flows", Physical Review E, 80(4):046310, 2009.
 
A. Alexeenko, A. Ganguly, S. Nail, "Computational Analysis of Fluid Dynamics in Pharmaceutical Freeze-Drying", Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 98(9):3483-3494, 2009.
 
X. Guo and A. Alexeenko, "Compact Model of Squeeze-Film Damping based on Rarefied Flow Simulations", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 19(4):045026, 2009.
 
X. Guo, C. Huang, A. Alexeenko, J. Sullivan, "Numerical and Experimental Study of Gas Flows in 2D and 3D Microchannels", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 18, No. 2, February 2008, 025034. –  JMM Highlights of 2008 and IOP Select  
A.A. Alexeenko, S.F. Gimelshein, E.P. Muntz, A.D. Ketsdever, "Kinetic Modeling of Temperature-Driven Flows in Short Microchannels", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 45(11):1045-1051, 2006.
 
A.A. Alexeenko, D.A. Fedosov, S.F. Gimelshein, D.A. Levin, "Transient Heat Transfer and Gas Flow in a MEMS-based Thruster", Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 15(1):181-194, 2006. 
 
 
 Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Invited Lectures
  Selected from 100+ conference papers. Full list of publications at Google Scholar   
K. Fowee, S. Pugia, R. Clay, M. Fuehne, M. Linker, A. Cofer, A. Alexeenko, "Quad-Thruster FEMTA Micropropulsion System for Cubesat 1-Axis Control", Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Propulsion, SS17-WK-48,  http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2017/all2017/13/   
A. Cofer, W. O'Neill, S. Heister, A. Alexeenko, "Ultracompact Microthruster for Pico/Nanosat Attitude and Thermal Control based on Film-Evaporation Effect", Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Paper SS16-V-3,  http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2016/TS5Propulsion/1/  
N. Raghunathan, B. Sanborn, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, W. Chen, D. Peroulis, "Real-Time In Situ Electronic Monitoring of Dynamic Contact Behavior of MEMS High-g Switches", Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2012), January 29-February 1, 2012, Paris, France.
 
A. Alexeenko, M. Kulakhmetov, A. Weaver, M. Slipchenko, J. Mihaly, M. Adams, A. Rosakis, "Feasibility of Non-Equilibrium Hypersonic Flow Measurements in Small Particle Hypervelocity Impact Range", AIAA Paper 2012-0596, Proceedings of 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, January 9-12, 2012, 15 pages. 
 
A. Venkattraman and A. A. Alexeenko, "Simulations of Impulsive Dynamics in RF MEMS Capacitive Switches", Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress &amp; Exposition IMECE2011-64693, Denver, Colorado, USA, November 11-17, 2011. 
 
A. Cofer, A. Venkattraman, and A. Alexeenko, "Micro-Spike based Hybrid Chemical/Electric Thruster Concept for Versatile Nanosat Propulsion", AIAA Paper 2011-5921, 47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference &amp; Exhibit, San Diego, CA, July 31 - August 03, 2011.
 
A. Alexeenko and A. Venkattraman, "Focused Solar Ablation: A Nanosat-Based Method for Active Removal of Space Debris", AIAA Paper 2011-6143, 47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, CA, July 31-3, 2011.
 
A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, "Simulations and Measurements of Gas-Droplet Flows in Supersonic Jets in Vacuum," AIAA Paper 2009-3751, 41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 22-25, 2009.
 
K.L. Gates Medlock, A.A. Alexeenko, J.M. Longuski, "Trajectory and Aerothermodynamic Analysis of Towed-Ballute Aerocapture Using DSMC," AAS Paper 07-307, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Mackinac Island, MI, August 19-24, 2007.
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