Journal Papers

Samad, A., Dhulipalla, A., Bowers, K., & Hui, Hu. (2026). An Experimental Study of Ice Accretion Characteristics on a UAV Propeller in Forward Flight (Aerospace Science & Technology,  submitted, in review)

Published Conference Papers

Kayde Bowers, M Rahman, J Wang, A Samad, A Kumar, H 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, S Rovani, J Hrynuk, H 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

Abdallah Samad, Kayde Bowers, Harcha 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 

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.

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.

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.

Submitted Papers

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 Aviation Forum and Exposition on, June 8 ~ 12, 2026, San Diego, California, USA. (Abstract Submitted)

Kayde Bowers, Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu. “Characterizing Supersonic Jet Flows Using Advanced Flow Diagnostic Techniques”, AIAA Aviation Forum and Exposition on, June 8 ~ 12, 2026, San Diego, California, USA. (Abstract Submitted)

Gage Minder, Kayde Bowers, Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu. “An Experimental Study on the Interaction of Droplets with Oblique Shockwaves”, AIAA Aviation Forum and Exposition on, June 8 ~ 12, 2026, San Diego, California, USA. (Abstract Submitted)

Jincheng Wang, Carlos Valentin, Kayde Bowers, Hui Hu. “An Experimental Study of Droplet Impinging on Rotating UAV Propellers under Freezing Rain Conditions”,  AIAA Aviation Forum and  Exposition on, June 8 ~ 12, 2026, San Diego, California, USA. (Abstract Submitted)