Jason Rabinovitch, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Peer-reviewed publications - please see my Google Scholar profile for a complete list of publications.


  1. 2025
    Shallcross, G. S.; Rabinovitch, J. A description of plume-surface interactions and non-dimensional analysis for crater formation. Acta Astronautica.
  2. 2025
    Borner, A.; Gallis, M. A.; Parai, R.; Avice, G.; Petkov, M. P.; Swaminathan-Gopalan, K.; Sotin, C.; Rabinovitch, J. Noble gas fractionation predictions for high speed sampling in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Icarus, 444, 116800.
  3. 2025
    Ghasimi, S. D.; Rabinovitch, J.; Chacon, L.; Poovathingal, S. J.; Phillippe, C. A.; Foster, C.; Roca, L. V.; Panerai, F.; As’ad, F.; Farhat, C.; Lobbia, M.; Ataei, N. Permeability Modeling of the Mars 2020 Parachute Broadcloth Material. AIAA Journal, 63, 3967–3984.
  4. 2025
    Adhikari, R.; Rabinovitch, J.; Parziale, N.; Christodoulatos, C. Hierarchical kinetic analysis for development of a reduced-order model of the multi-step thermal decomposition of munitions wastewater. Thermochimica Acta, 750, 180038.
  5. 2024
    As’ad, F.; Avery, P.; Farhat, C.; Rabinovitch, J.; Lobbia, M.; Ataei, N. Sensitivity Analysis and Validation of a Computational Framework for Supersonic Parachute Inflation Dynamics. AIAA Journal, 63, 1743–1763.
  6. 2024
    Patel, M.; Rubio, J. S.; Shekhtman, D.; Parziale, N.; Rabinovitch, J.; Ni, R.; Capecelatro, J. Experimental and numerical investigation of inertial particles in underexpanded jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1000.
  7. 2024
    Mitchell, K. L.; Rabinovitch, J.; Scamardella, J. C.; Cable, M. L. A Proposed Model for Cryovolcanic Activity on Enceladus Driven by Volatile Exsolution. JGR: Planets, 129.
  8. 2023
    Rabinovitch, J.; Santana, S. A.; Karlgaard, C. D.; Jens, E. T.; Stack, K. M.; Turner, D. M.; Chambers, W. A.; Mehta, M.; Korzun, A. M. Observed High-Altitude Surface Erosion During the Mars Science Laboratory and Mars 2020 Landings. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 61, 313–318.
  9. 2023
    Gorman, M. T.; Rubio, J. S.; Diaz-Lopez, M. X.; Chambers, W. A.; Korzun, A. M.; Rabinovitch, J.; Ni, R. Scaling laws of plume-induced granular cratering. PNAS Nexus, 2.
  10. 2023
    Dhandapani, C.; Blanquart, G.; Karp, A. C.; Jens, E. T.; Rabinovitch, J. Combustion studies of MMA/GOx for a hybrid rocket motor. Combustion and Flame, 256, 112994.
  11. 2022
    Lemmon, M.; Lorenz, R.; Rabinovitch, J.; Newman, C.; Williams, N.; Sullivan, R.; Golombek, M.; Bell, III, J.; Maki, J.; Vicente-Retortillo, A. Lifting and transport of Martian dust by the Ingenuity helicopter rotor downwash as observed by high-speed imaging from the Perseverance rover. JGR: Planets, 127.
  12. 2022
    Jo, J.; Xu, A.; Mishra, A. K.; Bai, H.; Derkevorkian, A.; Rabinovitch, J.; Park, H.; Shepherd, R. F. Measurement of Parachute Canopy Textile Deformation Using Mechanically Invisible Stretchable Lightguides. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7.
  13. 2022
    Hall, J. L.; Melko, J.; Sherrill, K.; Rehnmark, F.; Bailey, J.; Cloninger, E.; Yen, B.; Tims, J.; Rabinovitch, J.; Lambert, J.; Zacny, K. A fast and robust surface sample acquisition system for a Venus lander. Planetary and Space Science, 215, 105473.
  14. 2021
    Veismann, M.; Dougherty, C.; Rabinovitch, J.; Quon, A.; Gharib, M. Low-density multi-fan wind tunnel design and testing for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Experiments in Fluids, 62.
  15. 2021
    Rabinovitch, J.; Stack, K. M. Characterizing landing site safety on Venus using Venera panoramas and Magellan radar properties. Icarus, 363.
  16. 2021
    Rabinovitch, J.; Lorenz, R.; Slimko, E.; Wang, K. C. Scaling sediment mobilization beneath rotorcraft for Titan and Mars. Aeolian Research, 48, 100653.
  17. 2020
    Dyrda, D. M.; Mechentel, F. S.; Cantwell, B. J.; Karp, A. C.; Rabinovitch, J.; Jens, E. T. Diode Laser Ignition of a Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) and Gaseous Oxygen Hybrid Motor. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 36, 773–782.
  18. 2020
    Rabinovitch, J.; Griffin, G. S.; Seto, W.; O’farrell, C.; Tanner, C. L.; Clark, I. G. Full-Scale Supersonic Parachute Shape Reconstruction Using Three-Dimensional Stereo Imagery. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 57, 1139–1152.
  19. 2019
    Borker, R.; Huang, D.; Grimberg, S.; Farhat, C.; Avery, P.; Rabinovitch, J. Mesh adaptation framework for embedded boundary methods for computational fluid dynamics and fluid-structure interaction. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 90, 389–424.
  20. 2019
    Rabinovitch, J.; Katz, I. Surface deposition of molecular contaminants in the Mars 2020 rover wake. Planetary and Space Science, 168, 1–14.
  21. 2017
    Scoggins, J.; Rabinovitch, J.; Barros-Fernandez, B.; Martin, A.; Lachaud, J.; Jaffe, R.; Mansour, N.; Blanquart, G.; Magin, T. Thermodynamic properties of carbon–phenolic gas mixtures. Aerospace Science and Technology, 66, 177–192.
  22. 2017
    Rabinovitch, J.; Blanquart, G. Rate-controlled constrained equilibrium for nozzle and shock flows. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 33, 776–792.
  23. 2014
    Regele, J. D.; Rabinovitch, J.; Colonius, T.; Blanquart, G. Unsteady effects in dense, high speed, particle laden flows. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 61, 1–13.
  24. 2013
    Parziale, N.; Rabinovitch, J.; Blanquart, G.; Hornung, H. G.; Shepherd, J. E. Proposed vertical expansion tunnel. AIAA Journal, 51, 2792–2799.
  25. 2012
    Rabinovitch, J.; Brion, V.; Blanquart, G. Effect of a splitter plate on the dynamics of a vortex pair. Physics of Fluids, 24.