Journal Papers
Abdallah Samad, Anvesh Dhulipalla, Kayde Bowers, & Hui Hu. "An Experimental Study of Ice Accretion Characteristics on a UAV Propeller in Forward Flight", Aerospace Science & Technology, 2026, ISSN 1270-9638. DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2026.111775
Abdallah Samad, Kayde Bowers, Harsha Sista, Anvesh Dhulipalla, & Hui Hu. (2026). Experimental Analysis of Flow Control on UAV Propellers using DBD Plasma Actuators. (Journal of Aircraft, submitted, in review).
Thesis
BOWERS, K., 2026. An Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Jet Impingement and Shock-Boundary Layer Interactions using Advanced Flow Visualization Techniques. Order No. 32282904 ed. United States -- Iowa: Iowa State University Dissertations & Theses @ Iowa State University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. ISBN 9798247994886. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25616.16649
Published Conference Papers
Kayde Bowers, Mahfuzur Rahman, Jincheng Wang, Abdallah Samad, Amrit Kumar, & Hui Hu. “An Experimental Study on Dusty Removal Characteristics with Impinging Supersonic Air Jets”, AIAA-2024-4447, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition on, July 29 ~ August 2, 2024, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-4274
Kayde Bowers, Sam Rovani, John Hrynuk, & Hui Hu. “Experimental Analysis of Thrust Efficiency of Toroidal Propellers for Quadcopters”, AIAA-2025-3382, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition on, July 21 ~ 25, 2025, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2025-3382
Kayde Bowers, Sam Rovani, John Hrynuk, & Hui Hu. “Experimental Analysis of Thrust Efficiency and Wake Characteristics of Toroidal Propellers for Hybrid UAVs”, AIAA SCITECH Forum and Exposition on, January 12 ~ 16, 2026, Orlando, Florida, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-0025
Kayde Bowers, Sam Rovani, John Hrynuk, Abdallah Samad, & Hui Hu. “Experimental Investigation on Aeroacoustic and Wake Flow Characteristics of Toroidal Propellers for Hybrid UAV Propulsion”, AIAA 2026-4604. AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum. June 2026. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-4604
Kayde Bowers, Jincheng Wang, & Hui Hu. “Characterizing Supersonic Jet Flows Using Advanced Flow Diagnostic Techniques”, AIAA 2026-4371. AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum. June 2026. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-4371
Abdallah Samad, Kayde Bowers, Harsha Sista, Anvesh Dhulipalla, & Hui Hu. “An Exploratory Study on the Usage of Dielectric-Barrier-Discharge (DBD) Plasma Actuators for UAV Propellers Icing Mitigation”, AIAA-2025-3239, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition on, July 21 ~ 25, 2025, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2025-3239
Md Shbbir Ahamed Shohan, Jincheng Wang, Kayde Bowers, Kiran Digavalli, & Hui Hu. “An Experimental Investigation on Bubble-Induced Heat Transfer Enhancement”, AIAA SCITECH Forum and Exposition on, January 12 ~ 16, 2026, Orlando, Florida, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-0653
Syed Assiqul Haque, Sultan Il Iffat Uday, Harsha Sista, Jincheng Wang, Kayde Bowers, Hui Hu, & Xianglan Bai. “An Experimental Study of Thermal Flow Characteristics inside a DBD Plasma Reactor for Plastic Upcycling”, AIAA SCITECH Forum and Exposition on, January 12 ~ 16, 2026, Orlando, Florida, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-2458
Jincheng Wang, Carlos Valentin, Kayde Bowers, & Hui Hu. “An Experimental Study of Droplet Impinging on Rotating UAV Propellers under Freezing Rain Conditions”, AIAA 2026-4355. AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum. June 2026. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-4355
Submitted Conference Papers
Gage Minder, Kayde Bowers, Jincheng Wang, & Hui Hu. "An Experimental Study on the Interaction Characteristics of a Liquid Spray with Oblique Shockwaves", AIAA SciTech 2027 Forum, 11-15 Jan in Orlando, Florida.
Kayde Bowers, Md Ariful Islam, Kiran Digavalli, Jincheng Wang, & Hui Hu. "An Experimental Investigation on Dynamic Ice Accretion and Resultant Performance Degradation of a Fixed-Wing UAV Propeller", AIAA SciTech 2027 Forum, 11-15 Jan in Orlando, Florida.
Jincheng Wang, Kiran Digavalli, Kayde Bowers, Md Ariful Islam, Carlos Valentin, & Hui Hu. "An Experimental Study of Transient Heat Transfer Characteristics over an Airfoil Surface During Dynamic Ice Accretion Process", AIAA SciTech 2027 Forum, 11-15 Jan in Orlando, Florida.
Kiran Digavalli, Yuan Zhao, Kayde Bowers, Jincheng Wang, & Hui Hu. "An Experimental Study of Transient Heat Transfer Characteristics over an Airfoil Surface During Dynamic Ice Accretion Process", AIAA SciTech 2027 Forum, 11-15 Jan in Orlando, Florida.
Md Ariful Islam, Kayde Bowers, Kiran Digavalli, Md Shabbir Ahamed Shohan, Jincheng Wang, & Hui Hu. "An Experimental Investigation on the Performance Degradation and Wake Characteristics of Iced UAV Propellers", AIAA SciTech 2027 Forum, 11-15 Jan in Orlando, Florida.