School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty and Staff

Alina Alexeenko

Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Email: alexeenk@purdue.edu
Office: ARMS ARMS 3231
Campus Phone: (765) 496-1864
Other Phone: (765)496-1864
Web Site
Description of Person which appears in web site listings
Professor; Purdue University Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2003; rarefied gas dynamics, direct simulation Monte Carlo, MEMS and micropropulsion, vacuum-based manufacturing.
Year Person Started with AAE
2006
Degrees Received
B.S., Novosibirsk State University, Mathematics, 1997
M.S., Novosibirsk State University, Applied Mathematics, 1999
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Aerospace Engineering, 2003
Listing of the Person's Areas of Interest
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 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
Organizational Group within AAE
Aerodynamics
The Person's Mailing Address
701 W. Stadium Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
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