Alina Alexeenko

2006 - Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Academic Programs in Indianapolis; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

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 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

  • Dean Henry T Yang Leadership in Service award, 2023

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2021-2022
  • 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

    Manufacturing of microsystems such as lab-on-chip analytical sensors, flow control, and micropropulsion devices will take a giant leap forward if cost-effective predictive modeling is available in areas where experimental diagnostic is limited or impossible. Gas flows in microsystems are characterized by low Reynolds and large Knudsen numbers, and large surface-to-volume ratios. This leads to flow phenomena in microsystems that are drastically different from their macroscale counterparts. For example, thermal stresses generated by temperature gradients in devices manufactured from now-available low thermal conductivity materials, such as aerogels, can be exploited to built gas pumps and actuators. The work in this area is aimed at the development of methods and tools for deterministic solution of the Boltzmann equation, which governs microscale gas flows; coupling of fluid flow and thermal/structural material response and quantification of uncertainties of the simulations.

    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.