Dr. Joshua Rovey
Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, April 2006, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Thesis: A Multiple-Cathode, High-Power, Rectangular Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber for Increasing Thruster Lifetime Advisor: Alec D. Gallimore -M.S.E. Aerospace Engineering, April 2003, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor -B.S.E. Aerospace Engineering, December 2002, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Summa Cum Laude with Mathematics Minor -Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Missouri S&T, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rolla, MO, 2014- present -Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Missouri S&T, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rolla, MO, 2008- 2014 -Part-time Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, 2007 -Graduate Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, 2002-2005.
Research Interest
Plasma space propulsion, multi-mode propulsion systems, advanced propulsion materials, plasma aerodynamics/flow control, plasma-based energy systems, plasma-based medical devices.
Publications
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Berg, S.P. and Rovey, J.L., “Decomposition of Monopropellant Blends of Hydroxylammonium Nitrate and Imidazole-based Ionic Liquid Fuels,†Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 29, Issue 1, pp. 125-135, Jan-Feb 2013.
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Berg, S.P. and Rovey, J.L., “Assessment of Imidazole-Based Energetic Ionic Liquids as Dual-Mode Spacecraft Propellants,†Journal of Propulsion and Power, accepted 9/12/2012.
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Nichols, T.G. and Rovey, J.L., “Surface Potential and Electric Field in the Aerodynamic Plasma Actuator at Low Pressure,†AIAA Journal, accepted 10/20/2012.
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Hu, Jing and Rovey, J.L., “Experimental Investigation of Time-resolved Electron Beam Energy Distributions in a Transient Hollow Cathode Discharge,†Journal of Applied Physics, submitted 11/19/2012.
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Satonik, A.J., Rovey, J.L., and Hilmas, G., “Plasma Exposure of Hall Effect Thruster Ceramic Material,†Journal of Propulsion and Power, submitted 12/14/2012.
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Miller, S.W., Prince, B.D., and Rovey, J.L., “[Bmim][DCA] Electrospray Thruster Under Variable Flow Rate Operations,†Journal of Propulsion and Power, in preparation.
