Rate My Professor Trevor Lafleur

Lafleur has advanced the understanding of radio-frequency plasmas and plasma instabilities, pioneering voltage waveform tailoring for capacitively coupled plasmas, and developed five new plasma propulsion concepts. He has authored 107 journal articles, 15 conference papers, 75 conference presentations, 1 thesis/dissertation, 9 preprints, and 2 other publications. His work has garnered over 5,600 citations with an h-index of 42 (Google Scholar). Current research interests encompass space propulsion, alternative propellants, ionospheric plasma-satellite aerodynamics, high-enthalpy plasma-gas flows for ground- and space-based applications, fundamental low-temperature plasma physics, and verification and validation of plasma simulation models. Key recent publications include 'Hall thruster modeling with multiple simulation techniques: Model benchmarking, fluid–kinetic consistency, and experimental validation' (Journal of Applied Physics, 2026), 'Global modeling and performance analysis of a water-fueled radio-frequency gridded ion thruster' (Journal of Applied Physics, 2026), and 'Iodine plasmas for space propulsion and industrial applications' (Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2026). He serves as Associate Editor for Plasma Sources Science and Technology.