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D-Index
58
Citations
13357
World Ranking
762
National Ranking
329

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Steven F. Son is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions across related subfields and topics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these disciplines, their subfields of specialization encompass:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Spectroscopy

The principal topics of Steven F. Son's research work cover:

  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • Prediction of Energetic Material Properties from Electronic Structure Using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks, 2020, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • Tailoring the reactivity of printable Al/PVDF filament, 2020, Combustion and Flame
  • Development and Characterization of a Photopolymeric Binder for Additively Manufactured Composite Solid Propellant Using Vibration Assisted Printing, 2020, Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics
  • Characterization of the influence of aluminum particle size on the temperature of composite-propellant flames using CO absorption and AlO emission spectroscopy, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Photoflash and laser ignition of full density nano-aluminum PVDF films, 2021, Combustion and Flame

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Metin Örnek
  • Jeffrey F. Rhoads
  • Diane N. Collard
  • Christopher S. Goldenstein
  • I. Emre Gunduz

Their research has been published extensively in several key venues, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics
  • Combustion and Flame
  • Journal of Propulsion and Power
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum

Steven F. Son was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Metal particle combustion and nanotechnology

    Richard A. Yetter;Grant A. Risha;Steven F. Son

  • Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular materials: Reduced equations

    A. K. Kapila;R. Menikoff;J. B. Bdzil;S. F. Son

  • Reaction Propagation of Four Nanoscale Energetic Composites (Al/MoO3, Al/WO3, Al/CuO, and B12O3)

    V. Eric Sanders;Blaine W. Asay;Timothy J. Foley;Bryce C. Tappan

  • Combustion velocities and propagation mechanisms of metastable interstitial composites

    B. S. Bockmon;M. L. Pantoya;S. F. Son;B. W. Asay

  • Aluminum agglomeration reduction in a composite propellant using tailored Al/PTFE particles

    Travis R. Sippel;Steven F. Son;Lori J. Groven

  • Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular materials: A critical examination of modeling issues

    J. B. Bdzil;R. Menikoff;S. F. Son;A. K. Kapila

  • Combustion of nano-aluminum and liquid water

    G.A. Risha;S.F. Son;R.A. Yetter;V. Yang

  • Ultralow-Density Nanostructured Metal Foams: Combustion Synthesis, Morphology, and Composition

    B C Tappan;M H Huynh;M A Hiskey;D E Chavez

  • Melt dispersion mechanism for fast reaction of nanothermites

    Valery I. Levitas;Blaine W. Asay;Steven F. Son;Michelle Pantoya

  • Combustion of Nanoscale Al/MoO3 Thermite in Microchannels

    S. F. Son;B. W. Asay;T. J. Foley;R. A. Yetter

  • Flame acceleration and the transition to detonation of stoichiometric ethylene/oxygen in microscale tubes

    Ming Hsun Wu;M. P. Burke;S. F. Son;R. A. Yetter

  • Mechanochemical mechanism for fast reaction of metastable intermolecular composites based on dispersion of liquid metal

    Valery I. Levitas;Blaine W. Asay;Steven F. Son;Michelle Pantoya

  • Altering Reactivity of Aluminum with Selective Inclusion of Polytetrafluoroethylene through Mechanical Activation

    Travis R. Sippel;Steven F. Son;Lori J. Groven

  • Thermal Explosion in Al−Ni System: Influence of Mechanical Activation

    Jeremiah D. E. White;Robert V. Reeves;Steven F. Son;Alexander S. Mukasyan

  • Novel High Nitrogen Propellant Use in Solid Fuel Micropropulsion

    A. N. Ali;S. F. Son;M. A. Hiskey;D. L. Naud

  • Two-phase modeling of DDT: Structure of the velocity-relaxation zone

    A. K. Kapila;S. F. Son;J. B. Bdzil;R. Menikoff

  • Steady Deflagration of HMX With Simple Kinetics: A Gas Phase Chain Reaction Model

    M.J. Ward;S.F. Son;M.Q. Brewster

  • Dynamics of phase transformation during thermal explosion in the Al–Ni system: Influence of mechanical activation

    A.S. Mukasyan;J.D.E. White;D.Y. Kovalev;N.A. Kochetov

  • Ignition Characteristics of Metastable Intermolecular Composites

    Blaine W. Asay;Steven F. Son;James R. Busse;David M. Oschwald

  • Additive manufacturing of ammonium perchlorate composite propellant with high solids loadings

    M.S. McClain;I.E. Gunduz;S.F. Son

  • Tailored Reactivity of Ni+Al Nanocomposites: Microstructural Correlations

    Khachatur V. Manukyan;B. Aaron Mason;Lori J. Groven;Ya-Cheng Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Yetter
Richard A. Yetter Pennsylvania State University
Alexander S. Mukasyan
Alexander S. Mukasyan University of Notre Dame
George T.-C. Chiu
George T.-C. Chiu Purdue University West Lafayette
Vigor Yang
Vigor Yang Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen D. Heister
Stephen D. Heister Purdue University West Lafayette
Tao Sun
Tao Sun University of Virginia
Weinong Chen
Weinong Chen Purdue University West Lafayette
Ralf I. Kaiser
Ralf I. Kaiser University of Hawaii at Manoa
Samuel I. Stupp
Samuel I. Stupp Northwestern University
Valery I. Levitas
Valery I. Levitas Iowa State University

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