865-7092 Professor Micci conducts experimental research involving the combustion dynamics within solid and liquid propellant rockets such as the Space Shuttle.
Experimental research is also underway to develop the microwave arcjet for use on spacecraft.
Computational research involves the implementation of molecular dynamics on massively parallel processes to model propellant supercritical phenomena. Professor Micci is an associate editor of the AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power. Supercritical Droplet Evaporation Modelled Using Molecular Dynamics on Parallel Processor. Proceedings of Euromech Colloquium 324, The Combustion of Drops, Sprays, and Aerosols, Marseilles, France. Puissant, C., M. J. Glogowski, and M. M. Micci.