• Senior Research Engineer IV, Aerospace Laboratory for Lasers, ElectroMagnetics and Optics
James Creel

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Physics, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin – 2017
  • M.S., Physics, Baylor University – 2010
  • B.S., Physics, Magna cum Laude – University of Texas at Arlington, 2006

Research Interests

    • Directed Energy – High Energy Laser Propagation
    • Diagnostics for Hypersonics
    • Magnetohydrodynamics
    • Plasma physics/chemistry

Selected Publications

  • Creel, James & Leonov, Boris & Miles, R.B. 2023. Angle Optimized Filtered Rayleigh Scattering for the Imaging of Pressure Waves from Laser Generated Surface Sparks at 250,000 Frames per Second. 10.2514/6.2023-0350.
  • Van Alphen, S., Ahmadi Eshtehardi, H., O’Modhrain, C., Bogaerts, J., Van Poyer, H., Creel, J., Delplancke, M. P., Snyders, R., and Bogaerts, A., “Effusion Nozzle for Energy-Efficient NOx Production in a Rotating Gliding Arc Plasma Reactor,” Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 443, No. x, 2022, p. 136529.
  • Jardali, F., Van Alphen, S., Creel, J., Ahmadi Eshtehardi, H., Axelsson, M., Ingels, R., Snyders, R., and Bogaerts, A., “NOx Production in a Rotating Gliding Arc Plasma: Potential Avenue for Sustainable Nitrogen Fixation,” Green Chem., Vol. 23, No. 4, 2021, pp. 1748–1757.
  • L. Hollevoet, F. Jardali, Y. Gorbanev, J. Creel, A. Bogaerts, J. A. Martens, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 23825.
  • J. R. Creel, T. Donnelly, J. G. Lunney, “Device for inductive heating and focusing of laser produced plasma. Rev. Sci. Instrum,” 1 September 2019; 90 (9): 093506.