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Tropina, Albina Research Professor
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- Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Fluid and gas dynamics, numerical modeling, combustion, plasma discharges, plasma assisted ignition and combustion, turbulence.
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Publications
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academic article
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Bak, J., Tropina, A., Creel, J., & Miles, R. B.
(2024).
Quantification of plasma enabled surface cooling by electron emission from high temperature materials. 33(3), 034001-034001.
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Pokharel, S., & Tropina, A. A.
(2023).
Self-consistent model and numerical approach for laser-induced non-equilibrium plasma. Journal of Applied Physics.
134(22), 223301.
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Pokharel, S., Tropina, A., & Shneider, M.
(2023).
Numerical Modeling of Laser Heating and Evaporation of a Single Droplet. Energies.
16(1), 388-388.
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Tropina, A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2022).
Nonequilibrium plasma in water vapor. Plasma Sources Science and Technology.
31(11), 114005-114005.
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Tropina, A. A., & Mahamud, R.
(2022).
Effect of Plasma on the Deflagration to Detonation Transition. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
194(13), 2752-2770.
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Sahu, R., Tropina, A., & Miles, R.
(2022).
Isentropic plasma sheath model for improved fidelity. Physics of Plasmas.
29(4), 040701-040701.
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Sahu, R., Tropina, A., Andrienko, D., & Miles, R.
(2022).
Cesium seeding for effective electron transpiration cooling in hypersonic flows. Plasma Sources Science and Technology.
31(3), 035001-035001.
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Tropina, A. A., Pokharel, S., New-Tolley, M. R., & Shneider, M. N.
(2021).
Plasma defocusing in dual-pulse laser ignition. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
54(22), 225205-225205.
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Sahu, R., Tropina, A., & Miles, R.
(2021).
Fluid Modelling of Plasma Sheaths with Thermionically Emitted Electrons
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Tropina, A., & Miles, R.
(2021).
High Temperature Nonequilibrium Effects on Atomic and Molecular Polarizability
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Pokharel, S., Tropina, A., & Shneider, M.
(2021).
Vorticity Generation with Defocusing Effect for Dual-Pulse Laser Plasma in Air
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Wu, Y., Tropina, A. A., Miles, R. B., & Limbach, C. M.
(2020).
Measurements of N2 refractive index and scalar polarizability in a pulsed nanosecond non-equilibrium discharge by Mach-Zehnder interferometry and spontaneous Raman scattering. 53(48), 485203-485203.
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Mahamud, R., Hartman, D. W., & Tropina, A. A.
(2020).
Dynamics of dual-pulse laser energy deposition in a supersonic flow. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
53(26), 265201-265201.
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Tropina, A. A., Wu, Y., Limbach, C. M., & Miles, R. B.
(2020).
Influence of vibrational non-equilibrium on the polarizability and refraction index in air: computational study. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
53(10), 105201-105201.
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Tropina, A. A.
(2019).
Microwave-Assisted Flame With Sodium Seeding. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
47(1), 104-108.
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Mahamud, R., Tropina, A. A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2018).
Dual-pulse laser ignition model. 30(10), 106104-106104.
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Tropina, A. A., Miles, R. B., & Shneider, M. N.
(2018).
Mathematical Model of Dual-Pulse Laser Ignition. Journal of Propulsion and Power: devoted to aerospace propulsion and power.
34(2), 408-414.
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Tropina, A. A., Wu, Y., Limbach, C. M., Miles, R. B., Kundrapu, M., Averkin, S., ... Sheshadri, T. S.
(2018).
2018 PLASMADYNAMICS AND LASERS CONFERENCE
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Tropina, A. A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2016).
Ignition by Short Duration, Nonequilibrium Plasma: Basic Concepts and Applications in Internal Combustion Engines. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
188(6), 831-852.
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Tropina, A. A., Vovk, Y. G., O'Byrne, S., Kleine, H., Brieschenk, S., Rahman, K. M., ... Kim, W.
(2015).
LASER IGNITION CONFERENCE, LIC 2015
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Tropina, A. A., Kuzmenko, A. P., Marasov, S. V., & Vilchinsky, D. V.
(2014).
Ignition System Based on the Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
42(12), 3881-3885.
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Tropina, A. A., Michael, J. B., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2011).
Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Velocity for a Combined Laser-Microwave Ignition. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
39(12), 3263-3268.
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Tropina, A. A., Uddi, M., & Ju, Y.
(2011).
On the Effect of Nonequilibrium Plasma on the Minimum Ignition Energy: Part 2. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
39(12), 3283-3287.
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Tropina, A. A., Uddi, M., & Ju, Y.
(2011).
On the effect of nonequilibrium plasma on the minimum ignition energy: Part 2. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
39(12), 3283-3287.
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Tropina, A. A., Uddi, M., & Ju, Y.
(2010).
On the effect of nonequilibrium plasma on the minimum ignition energyPart 1: Discharge model. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
39(1), 615-623.
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Tropina, A. A.
(2008).
Modeling of Nonequilibrium Air Plasma Generation by Transversal Gas Discharge. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
36(6), 2887-2891.
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Matveev, I. B., Tropina, A. A., Serbin, S. I., & Kostyuk, V. Y.
(2008).
Arc Modeling in a Plasmatron Channel. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
36(1), 293-298.
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Matveev, I. B., Tropina, A. A., Serbin, S. I., & Kostyuk, V. Y.
(2008).
Arc modeling in a plasmatron channel. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
36(1), 293-298.
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Tropina, A. A.
(2000).
Charge-Formation Processes in Liquid Dielectrics. Materials Science.
36(6), 892-896.
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Mahamud, R., Tropina, A. A., & Miles, R. B.
Deflagration to detonation transition assisted by equilibrium and non-equilibrium plasma
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Tropina, A. A.
MODELING OF NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMA ASSISTED COMBUSTION
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Tropina, A., Miles, R. B., & Shneider, M. N.
Non-paraxial effect in dual-pulse laser energy deposition. Optics Express.
32(21), 36697-36697.
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Tropina, A. A.
Numerical analysis of the non-steady discharge characteristics in the plasmatron channel
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Tropina, A. A., Uddi, M., Ju, Y., Cohen, B. I., Dimits, A. M., Friedman, A., & Caflisch, R. E.
Pulsed Power Science and Technology Temporal Analysis of Exploding Film Burst Phenomenon.................................................... TM DiSanto, S. Olabisi, DP Muffoletto, KM Burke, HL Moore, Jr., H. Singh, and JL Zirnheld 603 Other Topics in Plasma Science Improvement on Stability of Water Arcjet......................... L. Hou, Y. Shen, H. Tang, and W. Zhao 608
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Tropina, A. A., & Avedyan, V. S.
Simulation of the non-equilibrium transverse arc discharge in air
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Bak, J., Tropina, A., Creel, J., & Miles, R. B.
(2024).
Quantification of plasma enabled surface cooling by electron emission from high temperature materials. 33(3), 034001-034001.
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conference paper
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Pokharel, S., Bak, J., Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2023).
Beam Shaping for the Laser Energy Deposition in Air
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Manavi, N. S., Tropina, A., Miles, R. B., & Grover, M. S.
(2023).
Nonequilibrium effects in high-speed flow: experiment and simulation
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Sahu, R., Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2022).
Collisional plasma sheath effects on thermionic electron emission
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Manavi, N. S., Tropina, A., Miles, R. B., & Grover, M. S.
(2022).
Refractive index of nitrogen in thermochemical nonequilibrium
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Bak, J., Tropina, A., Limbach, C., Miles, R. B., & Creel, J.
(2022).
Study of electron transpiration cooling under rapid laser heat flux modulation
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Sahu, R., Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2022).
Magnetized radio-frequency sheath in low temperature plasma
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Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2022).
Parametrical study of aero-optical effects using shell models of turbulence
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Sahu, R., Tropina, A., Andrienko, D., & Miles, R. B.
(2022).
Plasma sheath models for electron transpiration cooling in hypersonic vehicles
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Pokharel, S., Tropina, A., & Shneider, M. N.
(2022).
Three-dimensional Effects in Dual-pulse Laser Energy Deposition
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Sahu, R., Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2021).
Sheath layer effects on electron transpiration cooling
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Hartman, D. W., Dzanic, T., Witherden, F., Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2021).
Numerical analysis and prediction of Aero-optical effects
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Andrienko, D., Sahu, R., Tropina, A., Miles, R. B., & Hara, K.
(2021).
Computational fluid dynamic model of electron transpiration cooling in weakly ionized air flows
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Tropina, A., Pokharel, S., & Shneider, M. N.
(2021).
Effects of the Laser Intensity Profile on Ignition of Hydrogen-Air Mixture
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Tropina, A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2021).
Nanosecond pulsed discharge in a water vapor
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Tropina, A., Andrienko, D., & Miles, R. B.
(2020).
Modeling studies of electron transpiration cooling at high-speed flows
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Mahamud, R., Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2020).
Numerical Study of Laser-Induced Ignition at high speed flows
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Tropina, A., & Shneider, M. N.
(2020).
Modeling of laser ignition in hydrogen-air mixture
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Tropina, A., Mahamud, R., Yorn, D. W., & Miles, R. B.
(2019).
Correction: Deflagration to detonation transition assisted by equilibrium and non-equilibrium plasma
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Hartman, D. W., Tropina, A., & Mahamud, R.
(2019).
Correction: Dual-pulse laser energy deposition for the flow control in a supersonic flow
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Tropina, A., Mahamud, R., Yorn, D. W., & Miles, R. B.
(2019).
Deflagration to detonation transition assisted by equilibrium and non-equilibrium plasma
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Hartman, D. W., Tropina, A., & Mahamud, R.
(2019).
Dual-pulse laser energy deposition for the flow control in a supersonic flow
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Tropina, A., & Shneider, M.
(2019).
Laser induced plasma in hydrogen-air mixtures. UF3-004.
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Tropina, A., Mahamud, R., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2019).
Mathematical modeling of dual-pulse laser ignition in a turbulent flow
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Mahamud, R., & Tropina, A.
(2019).
Numerical modeling of laser energy deposition for supersonic flow control. TF3-003.
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Wu, Y., Limbach, C., Tropina, A., & Miles, R.
(2019).
Space and time analysis of the N2 vibrational non-equilibrium in the N2 and air nanosecond discharge afterglow
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Tropina, A., Wu, Y., Limbach, C., & Miles, R. B.
(2018).
Aero-optical effects in non-equilibrium air
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Mahamud, R., Tropina, A. A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2018).
Two-dimensional non-equilibrium plasma model for dual-pulse laser ignition. ET1-010.
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Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2018).
Combustion Dynamics of Microwave Enhanced Flame
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Tropina, A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2017).
Modeling of Dual-Pulse Laser Ignition
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Boretskij, V., Veklich, A., Fesenko, S., Lebid, A., Yurchenko, N., Vynogradskyy, P., ... Miles, R. B.
(2016).
54TH AIAA AEROSPACE SCIENCES MEETING
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Tropina, A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2016).
Femtosecond laser discharge and small scale turbulence
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Tropina, A. A., & Vovk, Y. G.
(2015).
ADVANCED IGNITION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. p1a.1.
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Edwards, M. R., Limbach, C., Miles, R. B., & Tropina, A.
(2015).
Limitations on High-Spatial Resolution Measurements of Turbulence Using Femtosecond Laser Tagging
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Ardelyan, N. V., Bychkov, V. L., Bystrov, D. V., Denisink, S. V., Puchkov, S. P., Kochetov, I. V., ... Bystrov, P. A.
(2014).
Investigation of Non-Self-Maintained Gas Discharge in Propane-Air Mixture. 286-287.
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Tropina, A. A., & Vilchinsky, D. V.
(2014).
Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge Igniter for Internal Combustion Engines. 24.
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Tropina, A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R.
(2014).
Turbulent Cascade Process in Arc Driven Plasma Channels
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Tropina, A. A., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.
(2014).
Turbulent cascade process in arc driven plasma channels
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Tropina, A., Shneider, M., & Miles, R.
(2013).
Dynamics of a Laser-Induced Filament Supported and Controlled by a Direct Current Discharge
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Tropina, A., Shneider, M., & Miles, R.
(2012).
Influence of turbulent pulsations on the deviation from ionization equilibrium
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Serbin, S., Mostipanenko, A., Matveev, I., & Topina, A.
(2011).
Improvement of the Gas Turbine Plasma Assisted Combustor Characteristics. 61-61.
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Tropina, A., Michael, J., Shneider, M., & Miles, R.
(2011).
Methane-Air Mixture Ignition by Combined Laser and Microwave Discharges
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Tropina, A. A., Uddi, M., & Ju, Y.
(2011).
On the Effect of Nonequilibrium Plasma on the Minimum Ignition EnergyPart 1: Discharge Model. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
615-623.
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Tropina, A. A., Lenarduzzi, L., Marasov, S. V., & Kuzmenko, A. P.
(2009).
Comparative Analysis of Engine Ignition Systems. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
2286-2292.
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Timchenko, A. I., & Tropina, A. A.
(1999).
Subsurface detection and discrimination of buried objects group using remote sensing technique. 2681-2683 vol.5-2683.
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Pokharel, S., Bak, J., Tropina, A., & Miles, R. B.
(2023).
Beam Shaping for the Laser Energy Deposition in Air
Teaching
teaching activities
- AERO222 Intro Aero Computation Instructor
- AERO291 Hnr-research Instructor
- AERO301 Theoretical Aerodyn Instructor
- AERO489 Sptp: Low Temp Plasma Instructor
- AERO489 Sptp: Low Temperature Plasma Instructor
- AERO489 Sptp:low Temp Plasma:theo,mode Instructor
- AERO491 Hnr-research Instructor
- AERO491 Hnr-research Instructor
- AERO685 Directed Studies Instructor
- AERO689 Sptp: Low Temp Plasma Instructor
- AERO689 Sptp: Low Temperature Plasma Instructor
- AERO689 Sptp:low Temp Plasma Instructor
- AERO691 Research Instructor
- ENGR491 Hnr-research Instructor
Contact
first name
- Albina
has last name
- Tropina
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Aerospace Engineering
3141 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3141
USA
Other
- atropina@tamu.edu