Bernard Parent

Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty

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

  • PhD Aerospace Science and Engineering
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Computational Study of Fuel Injection in a Shcramjet Inlet
  • MS 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
  • BS Mechanical Engineering
    • McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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

Gasdynamics

AME 323 (Spring 2023)
AME 323 (Spring 2022)
 

Aerospace Propulsion

AME 425 (Fall 2024)
AME 425 (Fall 2023)
 

Directed Research

AME 492 (Summer I 2020)
 

Fundamentals Fluid Mech

AME 536A (Fall 2024)
AME 536A (Fall 2023)
AME 536A (Fall 2022)
AME 536A (Fall 2021)
AME 536A (Fall 2020)
AME 536A (Fall 2019)
AME 536B (Spring 2024)
AME 536B (Spring 2023)
AME 536B (Spring 2022)
AME 536B (Spring 2021)
AME 536B (Spring 2020)
 

Independent Study

AME 599 (Spring 2024)
AME 699 (Summer I 2024)
AME 699 (Summer I 2023)
AME 699 (Summer I 2022)
 

Research

AME 900 (Spring 2023)
AME 900 (Fall 2022)
AME 900 (Spring 2022)
AME 900 (Fall 2021)
AME 900 (Spring 2021)
AME 900 (Fall 2020)
AME 900 (Spring 2020)
AME 900 (Fall 2019)
 

Master's Report

AME 909 (Fall 2021)
 

Dissertation

AME 920 (Fall 2024)
AME 920 (Spring 2024)
AME 920 (Fall 2023)
AME 920 (Spring 2023)
AME 920 (Fall 2022)
AME 920 (Spring 2022)

Selected Publications

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.

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.

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