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Steven P. Schneider

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1976

Publications

253

Citations

6,714

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
AI-generated

Steven P. Schneider's work focuses on hypersonic flight, studying how air flows over vehicles moving many times faster than the speed of sound. His research uses wind tunnel experiments and computer simulations to understand how smooth ('laminar') airflow becomes turbulent on cones, fins, and other flight vehicle shapes, which is important for predicting heating and stability during high-speed flight. Note that a few titles in the provided record (on brain tumors, nursing staffing, and astronomy) appear unrelated to this engineering work and may reflect data mixing from a different individual with the same name.

Hypersonic aerodynamicsBoundary-layer transition and instabilityWind tunnel testing methodsHeat transfer on flight vehiclesComputational and experimental flow stability analysis

Publication output rose to a peak around 2018-2019, then declined through the early 2020s, with very low or no output in 2023-2024 and a partial rebound in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 12 publications182019: 13 publications13192020: 7 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 2 publications23242025: 4 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets×7
  • AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum×7
  • AIAA Journal×5
  • 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting×4
  • 2018 Fluid Dynamics Conference×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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