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Leyva, Ivett Professor and Head
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- Professor and Head, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University
- Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Candler, G. V., & Leyva, I. A.
(2022).
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the Infrared Emission From a Generic Hypersonic Glide Vehicle. Science and Global Security.
1-14.
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Leyva, I. A., & Cummings, R. M.
(2021).
Introduction to the Special Section on the Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) Flight Experiment. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets.
58(1), 4-5.
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Forliti, D. J., Wegener, J., Min, C., & Leyva, I. A.
(2020).
Quantitative Analysis of Forced and Unforced Turbulent Multiphase Coaxial Jets. Journal of Fluids Engineering.
143(1),
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Leyva, I. A.
(2017).
The relentless pursuit of hypersonic flight. PHYSICS TODAY.
70(11), 30-36.
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Jewell, J. S., Leyva, I. A., & Shepherd, J. E.
(2017).
Turbulent spots in hypervelocity flow. Experiments in Fluids: experimental methods and their applications to fluid flow.
58(4), 32.
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Jewell, J. S., Parziale, N. J., Leyva, I. A., & Shepherd, J. E.
(2016).
Effects of Shock-Tube Cleanliness on Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition at High Enthalpy. AIAA Journal: devoted to aerospace research and development.
55(1), 0-0.
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Wegener, J. L., Forliti, D. J., Leyva, I. A., & Talley, D. G.
(2014).
Receptivity of a Cryogenic Coaxial Gas-Liquid Jet to Acoustic Disturbances
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Jewell, J. S., Shepherd, J. E., & Leyva, I. A.
(2013).
Shock Tunnel Operation and Correlation of Boundary Layer Transition on a Cone in Hypervelocity Flow
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Jewell, J. S., Wagnild, R. M., Leyva, I. A., Candler, G. V., & Shepherd, J. E.
(2013).
Transition Within a Hypervelocity Boundary Layer on a 5-Degree Half-Angle Cone in Air/CO2 Mixtures
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Schmitt, T., Rodriguez, J., Leyva, I. A., & Candel, S.
(2012).
Experiments and numerical simulation of mixing under supercritical conditions. Physics of Fluids.
24(5), 055104-055104.
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Greatrix, D., Leyva, I., Pastrone, D., Sanal Kumar, V., & Smart, M.
(2012).
Chemical Rocket Propulsion. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering.
2012, 1-2.
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Beierholm, A. K., Leyva, I., Laurence, S. J., Jewel, J., & Hornung, H. G.
(2008).
Transition Delay in a Hypervelocity Boundary Layer using Nonequilibrium CO2 Injection
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Olejniczak, J., Candler, G. V., Wright, M. J., Leyva, I., & Hornung, H. G.
(1999).
Experimental and Computational Study of High Enthalpy Double-Wedge Flows. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer.
13(4), 431-440.
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Cummings, E. B., Leyva, I. A., & Hornung, H. G.
(1995).
Laser-induced thermal acoustics (LITA) signals from finite beams. Applied Optics.
34(18), 3290-3302.
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Candler, G. V., & Leyva, I. A.
(2022).
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the Infrared Emission From a Generic Hypersonic Glide Vehicle. Science and Global Security.
1-14.
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book
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Council, N. R., Sciences, D., Board, A., & Roadmaps, S.
(2012).
NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities Restoring NASA's Technological Edge and Paving the Way for a New Era in Space. National Academies Press.
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Council, N. R., Sciences, D., Board, A., & Program, C.
(2009).
A Constrained Space Exploration Technology Program A Review of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program. National Academies Press.
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Council, N. R., Sciences, D., Board, A., & Needs, C.
(2007).
A Review of United States Air Force and Department of Defense Aerospace Propulsion Needs. National Academies Press.
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Council, N. R., Sciences, D., Board, A., & Aeronautics, S.
(2006).
Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics Foundation for the Future. National Academies Press.
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Council, N. R., Sciences, D., Board, A., & Roadmaps, S.
(2012).
NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities Restoring NASA's Technological Edge and Paving the Way for a New Era in Space. National Academies Press.
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chapter
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Forliti, D. J., Leyva, I. A., Talley, D. G., Rodriguez, J. I., Teshome, S., Wegener, J. L., Roa, M., & Karagozian, A. R.
(2020).
Forced and Unforced Shear Coaxial Mixing and Combustion at Subcritical and Supercritical Pressures. High-Pressure Flows for Propulsion Applications.
(pp. 233-279).
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
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Jewell, J. S., Shepherd, J. E., & Leyva, I. A.
(2015).
Shock Tunnel Operation and Correlation of Boundary Layer Transition on a Cone in Hypervelocity Flow. 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 1.
(pp. 723-728).
Springer Nature.
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Jewell, J. S., Leyva, I. A., Parziale, N. J., & Shepherd, J. E.
(2012).
Effect of Gas Injection on Transition in Hypervelocity Boundary Layers. 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves.
(pp. 735-740).
Springer Nature.
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Leyva, I.
(2011).
Spacecraft Subsystems I: Propulsion. Werz, J. R., Everett, D. F., & Puschell, J. J. (Eds.),
Space Mission Engineering The New SMAD.
(pp. 527-564).
Microcosm Press.
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Forliti, D. J., Leyva, I. A., Talley, D. G., Rodriguez, J. I., Teshome, S., Wegener, J. L., Roa, M., & Karagozian, A. R.
(2020).
Forced and Unforced Shear Coaxial Mixing and Combustion at Subcritical and Supercritical Pressures. High-Pressure Flows for Propulsion Applications.
(pp. 233-279).
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
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conference paper
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Badakhshan, A., Danczyk, S., Forliti, D. J., Leyva, I. A., & Talley, D. G.
(2016).
Nano-ignition Torch Applied to Cryogenic H2/O2 Coaxial Jet
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Parziale, N. J., Jewell, J. S., Leyva, I. A., Shepherd, J., & Hornung, H.
(2015).
Effects of Shock-Tube Cleanliness on Slender-Body Hypersonic Instability and Transition Studies at High-Enthalpy
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Forliti, D. J., Badakhshan, A., Wegener, J., Leyva, I. A., & Talley, D. G.
(2015).
The Response of Cryogenic H2/O2 Coaxial Jet Flames to Acoustic Disturbances
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Wegener, J., Leyva, I. A., Forliti, D. J., & Talley, D. G.
(2014).
Development of a Facility for Combustion Stability Experiments at Supercritical Pressure
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Wegener, J. L., Forliti, D. J., Leyva, I. A., & Talley, D. G.
(2014).
Receptivity of a Cryogenic Coaxial Gas-Liquid Jet to Acoustic Disturbances
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Fedorov, A. V., Soudakov, V., & Leyva, I. A.
(2014).
Stability analysis of high-speed boundary-layer flow with gas injection
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Jewell, J., Wagnild, R., Leyva, I., Candler, G., & Shepherd, J.
(2013).
Transition Within a Hypervelocity Boundary Layer on a 5-Degree Half-Angle Cone in Air/CO2 Mixtures
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Teshome, S., Leyva, I., Talley, D., & Karagozian, A.
(2012).
Cryogenic High-Pressure Shear-Coaxial Jets Exposed to Transverse Acoustic Forcing
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Teshome, S., Leyva, I. A., Rodriguez, J., & Talley, D.
(2012).
Geometry Effects on Steady and Acoustically Forced Shear-Coaxial Jet Sprays
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Tian, V., McKeon, B., & Leyva, I.
(2012).
Split Stream Flow Past a Blunt Trailing Edge with Application to Combustion Instabilities
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Jewell, J., Parziale, N., Leyva, I., & Shepherd, J.
(2012).
Turbulent Spot Observations within a Hypervelocity Boundary Layer on a 5-degree Half-Angle Cone
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Teshome, S., Leyva, I., & Talley, D.
(2011).
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Analysis of Shear-Coaxial Injector Flows with and Without Transverse Acoustic Forcing
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Schmitt, T., Rodriguez, J., Candel, S., & Leyva, I.
(2010).
Mixing under Transcritical Coaxial Injection Conditions: Experiments and Simulations
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Wagnild, R., Candler, G., Leyva, I., Jewell, J., & Hornung, H.
(2010).
Carbon Dioxide Injection for Hypervelocity Boundary Layer Stability
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Rodriguez, J., Graham, J., Leyva, I., & Talley, D.
(2009).
Effect of Variable Phase Transverse Acoustic Fields on Coaxial Jet Forced Spread Angles
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Rodriguez, J., Leyva, I., Graham, J., & Talley, D.
(2009).
Mixing Enhancement of Liquid Rocket Engine Injector Flow
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Graham, J., Leyva, I., Rodriguez, J., & Talley, D.
(2009).
On the Effect of a Transverse Acoustic Field on a Flush Shear Coaxial Injector
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Leyva, I., Jewell, J., Laurence, S., Hornung, H., & Shepherd, J.
(2009).
On the impact of injection schemes on transition in hypersonic boundary layers
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Leyva, I., Laurence, S., Beierholm, A., Hornung, H., Wagnild, R., & Candler, G.
(2009).
Transition Delay in Hypervelocity Boundary Layers by Means of CO2/Acoustic Instability Interactions
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Rodriguez, J. I., Leyva, I. A., Talley, D., & Chehroudi, B.
(2008).
Effects of a Variable-Phase Transverse Acoustic Field on a Coaxial Injector at Subcritical and Near-Critical Conditions
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Leyva, I., Rodriguez, J., Chehroudi, B., & Talley, D.
(2008).
Preliminary Results on Coaxial Jet Sprean Angles and the Effects of Variable Phase Transverse Acoustic Fields
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Leyva, I. A., Rodriguez, J. G., Chehroudi, B., & Talley, D. G.
(2008).
Preliminary Results on the Effect of Phase Angle on Coaxial Jet Behavior spanning Sub- to Supercritical Pressures
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Rodriguez, J., Leyva, I., Chehroudi, B., & Talley, D.
(2008).
Results of Subcritical One-Phase Coaxial Jet Spread Angles and Subcritical to Supercritical Acousticall-Forced Coaxial Jet Dark Core Lengths
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Leyva, I., Chehroudi, B., & Talley, D.
(2007).
Dark Core Analysis of Coaxial Injectors at Sub-, Near-, and Supercritical Conditions in a Transverse Acoustic Field
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Muss, J. A., Chakroborty, S., & Leyva, I. A.
(2005).
Development of the Scorpius LOX/Kerosene Engine Family
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Leyva, I., Tangirala, V., & Dean, A.
(2003).
Investigation of Unsteady Flow Field in a 2-Stage PDE Resonator
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Tangirala, V., Varatharajan, B., Leyva, I., & Dean, A.
(2003).
Numerical Simulations of Direct Initiation of Detonations in Hydrocarbon Fuel/air Mixtures
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Hornung, H. G., & Leyva, I. A.
(2003).
Sonic Line and Shock Detachment in Hypervelocity Cone Flow. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications.
381-386.
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McManus, K., Furlong, E., Leyva, I., & Sanderson, S.
(2001).
MEMS-based pulse detonation engine for small-scale propulsion applications
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Furlong, E., Leyva, I. A., & Sanderson, S.
(2000).
MEMS-based pulse detonation engine for small scale propulsion applications
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Leyva, I. A., & Hornung, H. G.
(2000).
Shock detachment process in hypervelocity flow over a cone
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Olejniczak, J., Candler, G., Wright, M., Hornung, H., & Leyva, I.
(1996).
High enthalpy double-wedge experiments
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Leyva, I.
(1994).
Study of the addition of a divergent nozzle to an expansion tube for increasing test time
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Leyva, I. A., & Clifford, S. M.
(1993).
The seismic response of an aquifer to the propagation of an impact generated shock wave: A possible trigger of the Martian outflow channels
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Badakhshan, A., Danczyk, S., Forliti, D. J., Leyva, I. A., & Talley, D. G.
(2016).
Nano-ignition Torch Applied to Cryogenic H2/O2 Coaxial Jet
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patent
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Dean, A. J., Leyva, I. A., & Umeh, C. O.
(2010).
Fuel preconditioning for detonation combustion
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Leyva, I. A., & Dean, A. J.
(2006).
Aircraft and detonative engine incorporating pulse detonation engines
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Tangirala, V. E., Dean, A. J., & Leyva, I. A.
(2006).
Two-stage pulse detonation system
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Butler, L., Venkataramani, K. S., Murrow, K. D., & Leyva, I. A.
(2005).
Pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine
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Leyva, I. A.
(2005).
Shock wave reflector and detonation chamber
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Saddpigjo, S. G., Leyva, I. A., Dean, A. J., Robic, B. F., & Butler, L.
(2003).
Method and apparatus for modulating airfoil lift
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Dean, A. J., Leyva, I. A., & Umeh, C. O.
(2010).
Fuel preconditioning for detonation combustion
Teaching
teaching activities
- AERO201 Intro To Flight Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology - (Pasadena, California, United States) 1999
awards and honors
- AIAA Fellow, conferred by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - (Reston, Virginia, United States), 2021
- AFRL Fellow, conferred by Air Force Research Laboratory - (Dayton, Ohio, United States), 2019
- Associate Fellow, conferred by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - (Reston, Virginia, United States), 2012
Contact
first name
- Ivett
has last name
- Leyva
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In the News
- Decoding the boundary layer at hypersonic speeds News Release
- ivett.leyva@tamu.edu