Bernard Parent
- Associate Professor, Aerospace-Mechanical Engineering
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- (520) 621-2235
- Aerospace & Mechanical Engr., Rm. N615
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- bparent@arizona.edu
Biography
Dr. Bernard Parent obtained his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in 1996, and his PhD at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies in 2002. During his PhD, he developed a CFD code to simulate chemically-reacting turbulent flows in scramjets. From 2003 to August 2019 he worked in several locations including Princeton University, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Pusan National University where his research focused on extending his CFD code to handle plasma effects. Since August 2019, he has been a faculty member at University of Arizona where he is active in simulating plasma flow control, plasma-assisted combustion, and re-entry flows.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Aerospace Science and Engineering
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Computational Study of Fuel Injection in a Shcramjet Inlet
- M.S. Aerospace Science and Engineering
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Numerical Simulation of High-Speed Hydrogen/Air Planar Parallel Turbulent Mixing Using the Baldwin-Lomax Model
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Awards
- AIAA Associate Fellow
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fall 2023
- Editor's pick award
- Physics of Fluids, Spring 2022
- Best Paper of the Year Award
- AIAA, Spring 2021
Interests
Teaching
Fluid mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics, Plasma dynamics, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Research
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Hypersonic Flows, Plasma Flows, Reactive Flows
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Dissertation
AME 920 (Spring 2025) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536B (Spring 2025) -
Independent Study
AME 599 (Spring 2025) -
Aerospace Propulsion
AME 425 (Fall 2024) -
Dissertation
AME 920 (Fall 2024) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536A (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Study
AME 699 (Summer I 2024) -
Dissertation
AME 920 (Spring 2024) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536B (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
AME 599 (Spring 2024) -
Aerospace Propulsion
AME 425 (Fall 2023) -
Dissertation
AME 920 (Fall 2023) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536A (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Independent Study
AME 699 (Summer I 2023) -
Dissertation
AME 920 (Spring 2023) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536B (Spring 2023) -
Gasdynamics
AME 323 (Spring 2023) -
Research
AME 900 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
AME 920 (Fall 2022) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536A (Fall 2022) -
Research
AME 900 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Independent Study
AME 699 (Summer I 2022) -
Dissertation
AME 920 (Spring 2022) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536B (Spring 2022) -
Gasdynamics
AME 323 (Spring 2022) -
Research
AME 900 (Spring 2022) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536A (Fall 2021) -
Master's Report
AME 909 (Fall 2021) -
Research
AME 900 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536B (Spring 2021) -
Research
AME 900 (Spring 2021) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536A (Fall 2020) -
Research
AME 900 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Directed Research
AME 492 (Summer I 2020) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536B (Spring 2020) -
Research
AME 900 (Spring 2020) -
Fundamentals Fluid Mech
AME 536A (Fall 2019) -
Research
AME 900 (Fall 2019)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Parent, B. (2022). Drift-diffusion models and methods. In Plasma Modeling (Second Edition): Methods and applications. IOP Publishing.
Journals/Publications
- Parent, B., Rajendran, P. T., Macheret, S. O., Little, J., Moses, R. W., Johnston, C. O., & Cheatwood, F. M. (2023). Effect of Plasma Sheaths on Earth-Entry Magnetohydrodynamics. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 37(4), 845--857.
- Rodr'iguez, F., & Parent, B. (2023). Control of Scramjet Inlet Recirculations Using Fuel Injection. AIAA Journal, 1--11.
- Parent, B., Thoguluva Rajendran, P., & Omprakas, A. (2022). Electron losses in hypersonic flows. Physics of Fluids, 34(1), 016110.
- Parent, B. (2021). Electron heating and cooling in hypersonic flows. Physics of Fluids, 33(4), 046105.
- Parent, B., & Hanquist, K. M. (2021). Plasma Sheath Modelling for Computational Aerothermodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 35(5), 331--348.
- Parent, B. (2018). Positivity-preserving dual time stepping schemes for gas dynamics. Journal of Computational Physics, 361, 391--411.
- Parent, B. (2016). Multidimensional High-Resolution Schemes for Viscous Hypersonic Flows. AIAA Journal, 55(1), 141--152.
- Parent, B., Shneider, M. N., & Macheret, S. O. (2016). Detailed modeling of plasmas for computational aerodynamics. AIAA Journal, 54(3), 898--911.
- Parent, B., Macheret, S. O., & Shneider, M. N. (2015). Modeling weakly-ionized plasmas in magnetic field: A new computationally-efficient approach. Journal of Computational Physics, 300, 779--799.
- Parent, B. (2014). Multidimensional Flux Difference Splitting Schemes. AIAA Journal, 53(7), 1936--1948.
- Parent, B., Macheret, S. O., & Shneider, M. N. (2014). Electron and ion transport equations in computational weakly-ionized plasmadynamics. Journal of Computational Physics, 259, 51--69.
- Parent, B. (2013). Positivity-preserving flux difference splitting schemes. Journal of Computational Physics, 243, 194--209.
- Parent, B., Shneider, M. N., & Macheret, S. O. (2013). Sheath governing equations in computational weakly-ionized plasmadynamics. Journal of Computational Physics, 232(1), 234--251.
- Kim, M., & Parent, B. (2012). Comparison between Wilcox к-$omega$ turbulence models for supersonic flows. Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences, 40(5), 375--384.
- Parent, B. (2012). Positivity-preserving high-resolution schemes for systems of conservation laws. Journal of Computational Physics, 231(1), 173--189.
- Parent, B. (2011). Positivity-preserving flux-limited method for compressible fluid flow. Computers & Fluids, 44(1), 238--247.
- Parent, B., Macheret, S. O., & Shneider, M. N. (2011). Ambipolar diffusion and drift in computational weakly-ionized plasmadynamics. Journal of Computational Physics, 230(22), 8010--8027.
- Parent, B., Shneider, M. N., & Macheret, S. O. (2011). Generalized ohm’s law and potential equation in computational weakly-ionized plasmadynamics. Journal of Computational Physics, 230(4), 1439--1453.
- Won, S., Jeung, I., Parent, B., & Choi, J. (2010). Numerical investigation of transverse hydrogen jet into supersonic crossflow using detached-eddy simulation. AIAA Journal, 48(6), 1047--1058.
- Etele, J., Parent, B., & Sislian, J. P. (2007). Analysis of increased compression through area constriction on ejector-rocket performance. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(2), 355--364.
- Parent, B., Macheret, S., Shneider, M., & Harada, N. (2007). Numerical study of an electron-beam-confined faraday accelerator. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 23(5), 1023--1032.
- Alexander, D. C., Sislian, J. P., & Parent, B. (2006). Hypervelocity fuel/air mixing in mixed-compression inlets of shcramjets. AIAA journal, 44(10), 2145--2155.
- Sislian, J. P., Martens, R. P., Schwartzentruber, T. E., & Parent, B. (2006). Numerical simulation of a real shcramjet flowfield. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 22(5), 1039--1048.
- Etele, J., Sislian, J. P., & Parent, B. (2005). Effect of rocket exhaust configurations on ejector performance in RBCC engines. Journal of propulsion and power, 21(4), 656--666.
- Fusina, G., Sislian, J. P., & Parent, B. (2005). Formation and stability of near Chapman-Jouguet standing oblique detonation waves. AIAA journal, 43(7), 1591--1604.
- Parent, B., & Jeung, I. (2005). Fuel-cell-powered magnetoplasma jet engine with electron beam ionization. Journal of propulsion and power, 21(3), 433--441.
- Schwartzentruber, T. E., Sislian, J. P., & Parent, B. (2005). Suppression of premature ignition in the premixed inlet flow of a shcramjet. Journal of propulsion and power, 21(1), 87--94.
- Parent, B., & Sislian, J. P. (2004). Hypersonic mixing enhancement by compression at a high convective Mach number. AIAA journal, 42(4), 787--795.
- Parent, B., & Sislian, J. P. (2004). Validation of the Wilcox k-omega model for flows characteristic to hypersonic airbreathing propulsion. AIAA journal, 42(2), 261--270.
- Sislian, J. P., & Parent, B. (2004). Hypervelocity fuel/air mixing in a shcramjet inlet. Journal of propulsion and power, 20(2), 263--272.
- Parent, B. (2003). Computational study of fuel injection in a shcramjet inlet..
- Parent, B., & Sislian, J. P. (2003). Effect of geometrical parameters on the mixing performance of cantilevered ramp injectors. AIAA journal, 41(3), 448--456.
- Parent, B., & Sislian, J. P. (2003). Impact of axial vortices on mixing at a high convective mach number. AIAA journal, 41(7), 1386--1388.
- Parent, B., & Sislian, J. P. (2002). The use of domain decomposition in accelerating the convergence of quasihyperbolic systems. Journal of Computational Physics, 179(1), 140--169.
- Parent, B., Sislian, J. P., & Schumacher, J. (2002). Numerical investigation of the turbulent mixing performance of a cantilevered ramp injector. AIAA journal, 40(8), 1559--1566.
Proceedings Publications
- Moses, R. W., Cheatwood, F. M., Johnston, C. O., Macheret, S. O., Parent, B., Little, J., Williams, R. A., Green, J. S., Austin, M., & Aldrin, A. (2022). New MHD Lift Concept for More Efficient Missions to Mars and Neptune. In AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum.
- Parent, B., Rajendran, P. T., Moses, R. W., Johnston, C. O., Cheatwood, F. M., Macheret, S. O., & Little, J. (2022). Effect of Plasma Sheaths on Earth Re-entry MHD Processes. In AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum.
- Rodr'iguez, F., & Parent, B. (2022). Use of Fuel Injection to Attenuate Scramjet Inlet Recirculations. In AIAA Aviation.
- Parent, B., Hanquist, K. M., Rajendran, P. T., & Martin, L. E. (2021). Effect of Cesium Seeding on Plasma Density in Hypersonic Boundary Layers. In AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum.
- Parent, B., Omprakas, A., & Hanquist, K. M. (2020). Fully-Coupled Simulation of Plasma Discharges, Turbulence, and Combustion in a Scramjet Combustor. In AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM.
- Parent, B., Tsakagiannis, V., & Nguyen, V. T. (2020). Thermal Plasma Sheaths in Hypersonic Boundary Layers: A Preliminary Numerical Study. In AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum.
- Parent, B. (2019). Making a Flux Positivity-Preserving: A General Purpose Filter for the Euler Equations. In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum.
- Parent, B., Shneider, M. N., & Macheret, S. O. (2018). Large Eddy Simulation of Boundary Layer Transition Induced by DBD Plasma Actuators. In 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting.
- Parent, B., Macheret, S. O., & Shneider, M. N. (2015). Simulation of Plasma Flow Control: A New Computationally Efficient Approach. In 45th AIAA Thermophysics Conference.
- Choi, J. Y., Parent, B., Cho, D. R., Kang, K., Shin JR, ., Lee, S. H., & Yi, T. H. (2008). Detonation Wave Studies for CVC Engines of TBCC. In Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference.
- Choi, J. Y., Parent, B., Won, S. H., & Lee, S. H. (2008). Research Activities and Directions of Turbulent Combustion and Hydrocarbon Fuels in Scramjet Engine. In Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference.
- Choi, J., Noh, J., & Parent, B. (2008). Review on the Hypersonic Propulsion System Development Plan of DARPA. In Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference.
- Harris, P., Farinaccio, R., Stowe, R., Sislian, J., Link, R., Alexander, D., Donahue, L., & Parent, B. (2008). Structure of conical oblique detonation waves. In 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit.
- Parent, B., & Choi, J. (2008). Potential of MHD in Improving the Performance of and Generating Power in Scramjets. In Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference.
- PARENT, B. (2006). Numerical Study of an Ebeam-confined MHD Accelerator. In June 2006, the 36th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference.
- Parent, B., Macheret, S., Shneider, M., & Harada, N. (2006). Numerical Investigation of a MHD Accelerator with Ebeam Ionization for Airbreathing Propulsion. In title 宇宙輸送シンポジウム 平成 17 年度 Proceedings of Space Transportation Symposium FY2005.
- Parent, B., & Jeung, I. (2005). Preliminary Study of a Fuel Cell Powered Magnetoplasma Engine with E-Beam Ionization. In 36th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference.
- Bernard, P., & Jeung, I. (2004). Preliminary Performance Assessment of a Fuel-Cell Powered Hypersonic Airbreathing Magjet. In Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference.
- Etele, J., Sislian, J., & Parent, B. (2004). Variable area ejectors for increasing the compression factor of an RBCC engine. In 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit.
- Fusina, G., Sislian, J. P., Schwientek, A. O., & Parent, B. (2004). On the Use of Standing Oblique Detonation Waves in a Shcramjet Combustor. In Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference.
- Fusina, G., Sislian, J., & Parent, B. (2004). Computational study of formation and stability of standing oblique detonation waves. In 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit.