Dr. Aaron M. Schinder
Research Assistant Professor of Physics
Dr. Schinder obtained his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2016. He worked as an aerospace engineer for NASA Glenn Research Center on the Orion project. He worked at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics on the Compact Fusion Reactor program, performing instrument development and modeling and simulation of the plasma confinement. His research interests are plasma physics, spacecraft propulsion, scientific computing, and machine learning.
Dr. Schinder assists the Center for Technical Intelligence Studies and Research (CTISR) with their satellite scene emulation tool ASSET. He has produced a fast 3d, deterministic, global fractal cloud renderer. He has created a model for specular high altitude ice cloud reflections.
Dr. Schinder is studying the effects of upper atmospheric wind conditions on the formation of sporadic-E in the ionosphere. He is creating GPU accelerated 3d models of the ionospheric physics.
Education
PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
Dissertation: Investigation of Hall Effect Thruster Channel Wall Erosion Mechanisms
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013
B.S., Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 2006
Publications
PUBLICATIONS:
[4] Schinder, Aaron M., Shannon R. Young, Bryan J. Steward, Michael Dexter, Andrew Kondrath, Stephen Hinton, and Ricardo Davila. “Deterministic Global 3D Fractal Cloud Model for Synthetic Scene Generation.” Remote Sensing 16, no. 9 (April 30, 2024): 1622. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16091622.
[3] Schinder, A. M., Rimoli, J. J., and Walker, M. L. R., “Investigation of Plasma Material Erosion Under Mechanical Stress”, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Sep. 2016, doi: 10.2514/1.B36253
[2] Schinder, Aaron, Walker, M., Rimoli, J., “3D Model for Erosion of a Hall Effect Thruster Discharge Channel Wall”, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2014. doi:10.2514/1.B35098
[1] Schinder, Aaron, Walker, M., Rimoli, J., “3D Model for Atomic Sputtering of Heterogeneous Ceramic Compounds”, 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2013. DOI 10.2514/6.2013-4127