All Stories

  1. How annular heat pipes protect sensors from extreme heat

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  2. Plasma enhances the performance of hypersonic wings

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  3. How a moving wall affects hypersonic flow separation

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  4. How Electricity Shapes Airflow for Better Planes

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  5. Estimating the attitude of spinning monocopters using low-cost sensors

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  6. How cavity heat buildup weakens plasma jet control in hypersonic flow

    Article • Journal of Aerospace Engineering, September 2024, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  7. How plasma actuators affect flow in bursts and steady mode

    Article • Physics of Fluids, June 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  8. How low pressure boosts plasma actuator performance

    Article • AIP Advances, July 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  9. Curved-surface jet controls hypersonic airfoil pitch without rudders

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  10. Bending plasma actuators boost airflow control on sharp edges

    Article • Physics of Fluids, June 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  11. How shedding vortices affect the circulation control wings

    Article • Physics of Fluids, February 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  12. How pulsed arc discharge actuators transfer heat and plasma

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  13. How plasma actuators work at low pressure

    Article • Actuators, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  14. How Electrode Shape Boosts Plasma Flow Control

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  15. How plasma actuators control flow by tuning frequency

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Boo C. Khoo, Dr. Zhikun Sun

  16. Flow Structures from Nanosecond Pulsed Surface Arc Discharge in Magnetic Field

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  17. Controlling High-Speed Airflow on Wings with Plasma Jets

    Article • Journal of Aerospace Engineering, September 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  18. How ground effect changes lift in circulation control wings

    Article • International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  19. Controlling Hypersonic Airflow Using Curved-Surface Jets at Mach 5

    Article • Physics of Fluids, June 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  20. How actuator shape and pulse rate affect plasma jet performance

    Article • Physics of Fluids, June 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Zhikun Sun

  21. Array Plasma Jets: How They Blast and Form High-Speed Flows

    Article • July 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Zhikun Sun