Lt Col Robert B. MacDermott, PhD

Assistant Professor of Astronautical Engineering

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Journal Articles

• Neal, C., and MacDermott, R., “(U) Computation Analysis of Infrared Radiative Emissions from a Slender Hypersonic Vehicle and Wake along a Notational Trajectory.” Journal of Defense Research and Engineering, Vol 7, Issue 3, pp. 29-38, 2024
• MacDermott, R., Temme, N., Morgan, R., and McIntyre, T., “A Computational Analysis of Hypersonic Carbon-Carbon Ablation in Representative-Wake Expansion Regions,” JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics, Vol 13, Issue 1, 2023
• MacDermott, R., Greendyke, R., and Johnston, C., “Computational Analysis of the Radiative Emission of a Slender Ablating Hypersonic Vehicle and Wake,” Journal of Defense Research and Engineering, Vol 5, Issue 2, pp. 252-262, 2022
• MacDermott, R., Greendyke, R., Temme, N., Morgan, R., and McIntyre, T., “An Experimental Analysis of Hypersonic Carbon-Carbon Ablation in Representative-Wake Expansion Regions,” JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics, Vol 12, Issue 1, 2021

Conference Presentations with Accompanying Pape

• MacDermott, R., Mueschke, N., Macha, J., Roy, S., and Naibo, J., “Laser Based Three-Dimensional Imaging of a Hypersonic Sphere’s Chemically Reacting Wake.” Optica Sensing Congress, Toulouse, France, 15-19 July 2024
• Caudill, K, Young, S., Senseman, B., and MacDermott, R., “(U) High Fidelity Target Simulation in ASSET,” 40th Exhaust Plume and Signatures Meeting (JANNAF), Salt Lake City, UT, December 2023
• MacDermott, R., Mueschke, N., Macha, J., Roy, S., and Naibo, J., “Hypersonic Free-Flight Testing and Instrumentation Development for Assessing High Enthalpy Wake Chemistry Effects.” 40th Exhaust Plume and Signatures Meeting (JANNAF), 2023-0004ND, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2023
• Khan, N., Zollars, M., & MacDermott, R., “Hypersonic Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation Methods”, IEEE Big Sky Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2023
• MacDermott, R., Temme, N., Morgan, R., and McIntyre, T., “Computational Analysis of Hypersonic Carbon-Carbon Ablation in Representative-Wake Expansion Regions,” 39th Exhaust Plume and Signatures Meeting (JANNAF), 2022-0002FQ, Newport News, VA, June 2022
• MacDermott, R., “(U) Computational Analysis and Spatial Distribution of the Radiative Emissions of a Slender Ablating Hypersonic Vehicle and Wake Across Selected EM Band,” 39th Exhaust Plume and Signatures Meeting (JANNAF), 2022-0002FV, Newport News, VA, June 2022
• MacDermott, R., Greendyke, R., Temme, N., Morgan, R., and McIntyre, T., “Experimental Analysis of Hypersonic Carbon-Carbon Ablation in Representative-Wake Expansion Regions,” 38^th Exhaust Plume and Signatures Meeting (JANNAF), 2020-0006N, Virtual Meeting, December 2020
• MacDermott, R., and Greendyke, R., “Experimental Analysis of Gas-Surface Interactions with Ablating Material,” 2020 National Space and Missile Materials Symposium, Virtual Meeting, June 2020