Russell Vela
Research Engineer
201 Electrical Engineering East
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-3211 / Fax: 814-865-7065
E-mail: russell.vela@gmail.com
Education
- PhD, 2011, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- M.S., 2007, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- B.S., 2006, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Honors and Awards
- Paul F. Anderson Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering, 2008-2009
- C. Norwood Wherry Memorial Graduate Fellowship, 2007-2008
- Bunton-Waller Graduate Award, 2007-2009
Research Interests
Ultra wideband (UWB) RADAR design, Pulse UWB RADAR, CW UWB RADAR, Noise UWB RADAR, electrical gas discharge, plasma dynamics and coupling, non-thermal plasma coupling to atmospheric media, pulsed power physics, high voltage engineering
Publications
- R. Vela and V. Pasko, “Experimental Investigations of Electrostatic Fluid Accelerators Under Alternating Polarity Single and Multi-Stage DC Excitation", 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Orlando, FL January 5-8, 2009, AIAA-2009-1005-690
- Joseph O'Bruba, R. Vela, and V. P. Pasko, “Experimental Investigations of the Ionic Wind Under DC Excitation", NSF EE REU Penn State, Annual Research Journal, VI, p. 43-53, 2008
- R. Vela, Electrical Breakdown of Sulfur Hexafluoride at High Pressure, VDM-Verlag, ISBN-10: 3639087720, ISBN-13: 978-3639087727, 156 pp., September 2008
- J. Krile, A. Neuber, R. Vela, “High Current Surface Flashover in a High Pressure SF6 Environment", to appear in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2008
- J. T. Krile, R. Vela, A. A. Neuber, and H. G. Krompholz, “Pulsed Dielectric Surface Flashover in an SF6 Environment", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 35, pp. 1580-1587, 2007
- LKWayne, JA Van Den Avyle, Jm Lehr, D Rose, HG Krompholz, R. Vela, et. al., “Fundamental Science Investigations to Develop a 6-MV Laser Triggered Gas Switch for ZR: First Annual Report", DOE Scienti_c and Technical Information, Sandia2007-0217, Q1-Q33, September 2007
- J. T. krile, R. Vela, A. A. Neuber and H. G. Krompholz, “Spectral Analysis of Pulsed Volume Breakdown in SF6 at High Pressures", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Volume 35, Issue 4, Part 3, pp. 1163 - 1169, Aug. 2007
- R. Vela, J. T. Krile, A. A. Neuber, and H. G. Krompholz, “Pulsed Volume and Surface Discharges in an SF6 Environment", 2007 IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference, Albuquerque, NM June 17-22, 2007