Name

Sean Copeland


Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Durand Building
Stanford, CA 94305

Background

Ph.D., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 2015.
M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 2010.
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, 2008.

Research Interests

  • High-fidelity computational aerothermodynamics
  • Multi-scale analyses of gases in thermochemical nonequilibrium
  • Uncertainty quantification & robust design practices for thermal protection systems
  • High-mass entry vehicle design
  • Multidisciplinary design, analysis and optimization
  • Adjoint-based methods
  • Environmentally responsible commercial avaition

Publications

Copeland, S. R., Palacios, F., Alonso, J. J., "Adjoint-Based Gradient Calculations for Projected-Force Objective Functions in Viscous, Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Environments," AIAA Paper 2015-2082, 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Kissimmee, FL, January, 2015.
Copeland, S. R., Palacios, F., Alonso, J. J., "Adjoint-Based Aerothermodynamic Shape Design of Hypersonic Vehicles in Non-Equilibrium Flows," AIAA Paper 2014-0513, 52nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, National Harbor, MD, January, 2014.
Palacios, F., Economon, T. D., Aranake, A. C., Copeland, S. R., Lonkar, A. K., Lukaczyk, T. W., Manosalvas, D. E., Naik, K. R. Padron, A. S., Tracey, B., Variyar, A., Alonso, J. J., "Stanford University Unstructured (SU2): Open Source Analysis and Design Technology for Turbulent Flows," AIAA Paper 2014-0243, 52nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, National Harbor, MD, January, 2014.
Copeland, S. R., Palacios, F., Alonso, J. J., "Adjoint-Based Goal-Oriented Mesh Adaptation for Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Flows," AIAA Paper 2013-0552, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Grapevine, TX, January, 2013.
Palacios, F., Colonno, M. R., Aranake, A. C., Campos, A., Copeland, S. R., Economon, T. D., Lonkar, A. K., Lukaczyk, T. W., Taylor, T. W. R., Alonso, J. J., "Stanford University Unstructured (SU2): An open-source integrated computational environment for multi-physics simulation and design.," AIAA Paper 2013-0287, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Grapevine, TX, January, 2013.
Copeland, S. R., Mahzari, M., Cozmuta I., Alonso, J., “A Statistics-Based Material Property Analysis to Support Ablation Simulation UQ Efforts,” AIAA Paper 2012-1763, 14th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference, Honolulu, HI, April, 2012
Economon, T., Copeland, S., Alonso, J.J., Zeinali, M., Rutherford, D., "Design and Optimization of Future Aircraft for Assessing the Fuel Burn Trends of Commercial Aviation," AIAA Paper 2011-267, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January, 2011.