Research Publications

Enhancing Throttle Performance Through Mixture Ratio Control in Liquid Rocket Engines
R. Pawnikar, J. Li, J. Shaji
IAF IAC
2025
DOI:
10.52202/083090-0105
Development of Atlas: A Liquid Rocket Engine Cryogenic Feed System
T. Pharokhipanah, S. Bouckenooghe
IAF IAC
2024
DOI:
10.52202/078371-0178
Cryogenic Feed System Flow Optimization Through Pre-Chill: Analysis of Liquid Nitrogen and Liquid Oxygen Testing
E. Hesby, C. Storey, T. Pharokhipanah
IAF IAC
2025
DOI:
10.52202/083090-0102
Application of a Nitrogen Gas Diffuser in the Oxidizer Tank of a Bi-Propellant Feed System
L. Lopez, A. Rajkumar
IAF IAC
2025
DOI:
10.52202/083090-0099
Experimental Validation of Numerical Methodologies in Liquid-Liquid Coaxial Swirl Injector Design
F. Liu, G. Heisser, G. Kirk-Elliot, M. Andershock, E. Gehrig
IAF IAC
2025
DOI:
10.52202/083090-0128
Design of a Wireless Telemetry and Control System for a Collegiate Liquid Propulsion Flight Vehicle
A. Perez, A. Costanzo, N. Scherrer, D. Shamis, S. Gawra
IAF IAC
2025
DOI:
10.52202/083098-0033
Validation of Regenerative Cooling Design Tool Through Development and Test of a Liquid Rocket Engine
N. von Eckartsberg, G. Goldman, J. Sanchez
IAF IAC
2025
DOI:
10.52202/083090-0116
Blockage Removal and Requalification of a Regeneratively Cooled, Additively Manufactured Rocket Engine
N. Swensen, R. Pathak, N. von Eckartsberg, R. McCafferty, A. Pourali
IAF IAC
2024
DOI:
10.52202/078371-0208
Testing and Verification of an Additively Manufactured Liquid Rocket Engine Injector
N. Ang, S. Alexandi, J Tobar, E Betady, S. Tallapragada
AIAA
2020
DOI:
10.2514/6.2020-3784.c1
Characterization of Residual Inconel Particles in Additively Manufactured Rocket Engines
C. Whitesell, M. Sola, N. Hirsch, J. Zarate
IAF IAC
2022
Liquid Rocket Engine Design for Additive Manufacturing
J. Fessl, H. Shen, N. Patel, T. W. Chen, S. Ghirnikar, M. Van Den Berghe
IAF IAC
2018
Liquid Rocket Engine Component Water-Flow Test Stand
M. Moruzzi, J. Fessl
AIAA
2018
DOI:
10.2514/6.2018-4599
Hydra: Development of a Liquid Rocket Engine Test Stand and Feed System
P. Prochnicki, J. Fessl, M. Moruzzi, E. Perry, J. Targonski
AIAA
2018
DOI:
10.2514/6.2018-4601
Characterizing the Ignition Boundaries of a Gaseous Oxygen-Methane Augmented Spark Igniter for Reusable Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines
S. Hamid, K. Ash, J. Rice
IAF IAC
2025
DOI:
10.52202/083090-0100
Closed-Loop Thrust Throttling Capabilities on Kero-LOx Liquid Rocket Engine
C. Zook, R. Pawnikar, J. Smith
IAF IAC
2024
DOI:
10.52202/078371-0154
Qualifying an Additively Manufactured Liquid Rocket Engine for Hot-Fire Readiness
N. Patel, V. Devalaraju, S. Standbridge, P. Prochnicki, S. Ghurmikar, A. Antony
IAF IAC
2019
Liquid Rocket Engine Torch Igniter Feed System
A. Vadera
AIAA
2019
DOI:
10.2514/6.2019-3860
The Development and Utilization of a Fully Adaptable Data Acquisition and Controls System for Liquid Propulsion Research
G. Alkatheeri, A. Sanghi, A. Perez, A. Alazmi, F. Zhuang
AIAA
2025
DOI:
10.2514/6.2025-2468
Rapid Design of a Small Scale KeroLOx Flight Vehicle Propulsion System
N. Hirsch, J. Zarate, F. Razo, O. Berra, M. Mastrangelo, D. Martino, C. Whitesell, M. Sola
IAF IAC
2022
Hot Fire of a Fully Additively Manufactured 10 kN Liquid Fuel Rocket Engine: Processing a Test Anomaly
M. Van Den Berghe, A. Antony, K. Chan, E. Chang, S. Won, U. Ulusoy
AIAA
2020
DOI:
10.2514/6.2020-3506
Design and Additive Manufacturing Considerations for Liquid Rocket Engine Development
N. Patel, S. Standbridhe, M. Van Den Berghe, V. Devalaraju
AIAA
2019
DOI:
10.2514/6.2019-4392
The Objective and Strategy Behind the Liquid Propulsion Laboratory at the University of Southern California
J. Targonski, M. Moruzzi, J. Fessl, P. Prochnicki, E. Perry
AIAA
2018
DOI:
10.2514/6.2018-4804