Doctor of Philosophy, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2012.
Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2004.
Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2001.
Academic Positions
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2012 - December 2013.
Research Interests
High-Energy Lasers
Aerodynamics
Aircraft icing
Selected Articles in Journals
B.S. Woodard, J.W. Zimmerman, G.F. Benavides, D.L. Carroll, J.T. Verdeyen, T.H. Field, W.C. Solomon, S.J. Davis, W.T. Rawlins, and S. Lee, "Gain and continuous-wave laser oscillation on the 1315 nm atomic iodine transition pumped by an Air-Helium electric discharge," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, 021104 (2008).
B.S. Woodard, J.W. Zimmerman, G.F. Benavides, D.L. Carroll, J.T. Verdeyen, A.D. Palla, T.H. Field, W.C. Solomon, S. Lee, W.T. Rawlins, and S.J. Davis, "Demonstration of an iodine laser pumped by an air-helium electric discharge," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 43, 025208 (2010).
B.S. Woodard, G.F. Benavides, J.W. Zimmerman, D.L. Carroll, A.D. Palla, M.T. Day, J.T. Verdeyen, and W.C. Solomon, "Enhancement of electric oxygen-iodine laser performance using larger mode volume resonators," Optics Letters, Vol 35, 1611 (2010).
B.S. Woodard, M.T. Day, J.W. Zimmerman, G.F. Benavides, A.D. Palla, D.L. Carroll, J.T. Verdeyen and W.C. Solomon, “The influence of radio-frequency discharge geometry on O2(a1Δ) production,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol 44, 11 (2011).
Articles in Conference Proceedings
B.S. Woodard, J.W. Zimmerman, G.F. Benavides, M.T. Day, A.D. Palla, D.L. Carroll, J.T. Verdeyen, and W.C. Solomon, “Investigation of the Production of O2(a1) in Rectangular and Multi-Tube Radio-Frequency Discharges,” AIAA Paper 2010-5040, 2010.
B.S. Woodard, J.W. Zimmerman, G.F. Benavides, D.L. Carroll, J.T. Verdeyen, A.D. Palla, T.H. Field, W.C. Solomon, S. Lee, W.T. Rawlins, and S.J. Davis, “Demonstration of an iodine laser pumped by an air-helium electric discharge,” LASE 2009 Conference, San Jose, California, 26-27 January 2009, SPIE Vol. 7196, pp. 719606-1-12 (2009).
B.S. Woodard, J.W. Zimmerman, J.T. Verdeyen, D.L. Carroll, T.H. Field, G.F. Benavides, A.D. Palla, and W.C. Solomon, “Improved production of O2(a1) in transverse radio-frequency discharges,” HPLA 2008 Conference, Taos, NM, 21-24 April 2008, SPIE Vol. 7005, pp. 70051L-1-9 (2008).
Professional Societies
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999 - present
Teaching Honors
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (Spring 2009)
Research Honors
Best Student Paper Award, AIAA Plasma Dynamics and Laser Conference, 2010
Recent Courses Taught
AE 100 A (AE 100 B) - Intro to Aerospace Engineering