Dr Jesse Streicher
Lecturer
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Researcher biography
Jesse's research involves the application of optical diagnostics - emphasizing laser diagnostics - for characterizing extreme environments and reactions, emphasizing physical chemistry, ionization, and radiation phenomena affecting reentry flows. Prior to joining UQ, Jesse was a research scientist at Stanford University from 2022-2026, managing shock-tube laboratory funding, safety, and research activities. He previously graduated from Stanford with his PhD in 2022 as well as a MS in 2018, with his research focusing on the chemical kinetics of high-temperature gases with an emphasis on vibrational and chemical nonequilibrium through experimental studies at both Stanford and the NASA Ames electric arc shock tube (EAST).
Journal Articles
Merrell, D.P., Granowitz, Z.N., Soto, C., Drescher, D.L., Streicher, J.W. and Hanson, R.K. (2026). Empirical and theoretical values of Stark shift and broadening parameters for excited states of O, Ar, and Xe. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 361 110005, 110005-361. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2026.110005
Rault, Taylor M., Prasanna Simha, Padmanabha, Streicher, Jesse W., Strand, Christopher L. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2026). Applications of hydrazine for the study of NH2 kinetics-II: Self-reaction of NH2 radicals. Combustion and Flame, 288 114969, 114969-288. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2026.114969
Rault, Taylor M., Prasanna Simha, Padmanabha, Streicher, Jesse W., Strand, Christopher L. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2026). Applications of Hydrazine for the study of NH2 kinetics-I: N2H4 pyrolysis reactions. Combustion and Flame, 288 114968, 114968-288. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2026.114968
Panda, Alka, Biswas, Pujan A, Simitz, Lauren V, Streicher, Jesse W, Strand, Christopher L and Hanson, Ronald K (2026). Experimental measurement of the rate coefficient for OCS + M, with M = Ar, He, N2, CO2 in a shock tube using laser absorption spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 130 (6), 1384-1393. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5c07383
Chang, Efaine, Merrell, Devin P., Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2026). Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of the Cyano Radical for Titan Entry Kinetics. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 40 (3), 1-9. doi: 10.2514/1.T7358
Streicher, Jesse W., Merrell, Devin P., Strand, Christopher L., Hanson, Ronald K., Aiken, Timothy T., Andrienko, Daniil A. and Boyd, Iain D. (2025). Vibrational-state-resolved relaxation and chemistry of carbon monoxide and nitrogen mixtures from 2000-10 250 K probing carbon monoxide in the ground to twelfth excited vibrational levels (vol37, 096112 , 2025). Physics of Fluids, 37 (12) 129901. doi: 10.1063/5.0311187
Strand, Christopher L., Merrell, Devin, Thoeny, Alexis, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2025). Ring-amplified shock tube for variable-gain, multi-wavelength absorption spectroscopy. Optics Express, 33 (20), 42653-42676. doi: 10.1364/OE.571994
Simha, Padmanabha Prasanna, Rault, Taylor M., Clees, Sean, Streicher, Jesse W., Strand, Christopher L. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2025). A shock tube study of chaperon efficiencies for the NH3+M-NH2+H + M reaction during ammonia pyrolysis. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 41 105797, 105797. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2025.105797
Barnes, Spencer C., Clees, Sean, Vandervort, Joshua A., Rault, Taylor M., Streicher, Jesse W., Strand, Christopher L. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2025). A laser-absorption diagnostic for O2 concentration and temperature using a portable, tunable UV laser system. Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, 131 (4) 82. doi: 10.1007/s00340-025-08444-9
Figueroa-Labastida, Miguel, Zheng, Lingzhi, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2025). Measurements of high-temperature H2 laminar flame speeds across a wide range of pressure and Ar dilution for improved comparative evaluation of chemical kinetic models. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 102, 411-429. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.12.472
Barnes, Spencer C., Streicher, Jesse W., Krish, Ajay and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Development and demonstration of a two-color nitric oxide vibrational temperature diagnostic using spectrally-resolved ultraviolet laser absorption. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 332 109275, 109275. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2024.109275
Zheng, Lingzhi, Figueroa-Labastida, Miguel, Streicher, Jesse and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Measurements and a new correlation of methanol laminar flame speeds at temperatures up to 916 K and elevated pressures behind reflected shock waves. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40 (1-4) 105192, 105192. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2024.105192
Figueroa-Labastida, Miguel, Zheng, Lingzhi, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Effect of elevated temperatures (550-860 K) on the laminar flame speeds of methane/hydrogen blends. Fuel, 372 132219, 132219. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132219
Zheng, Lingzhi, Figueroa-Labastida, Miguel, Streicher, Jesse W., Ferris, Alison M. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Experimental measurements of n-heptane flame speeds behind reflected shock waves with variable extents of pre-flame auto-ignition chemistry. Combustion and Flame, 266 113539, 113539. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113539
Figueroa-Labastida, Miguel, Zheng, Lingzhi, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Ammonia/hydrogen laminar flame speed measurements at elevated temperatures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 63, 1137-1146. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.03.255
Figueroa-Labastida, Miguel, Zheng, Lingzhi, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). High-temperature laminar flame speed measurements of ammonia/ methane blends behind reflected shock waves. Combustion and Flame, 261 113314. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113314
Figueroa-Labastida, Miguel, Zheng, Lingzhi, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Measurements of methane laminar flame speeds at temperatures up to 1320 K. Combustion and Flame, 261 113312, 113312. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113312
Krish, Ajay, Finch, Peter M., Merrell, Devin P., Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2023). Spectroscopic modeling and measurements of the CN Violet and Red systems for the development of nonequilibrium temperature and speciation diagnostics. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 311 108772, 108772. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108772
Streicher, Jesse W., Krish, Ajay and Hanson, Ronald K. (2023). Laser absorption study of the N2 + O → NO plus N and NO plus O → O2 + N Zeldovich reactions in shock-heated N2O mixtures. Physics of Fluids, 35 (4) 046119. doi: 10.1063/5.0147764
Gimelshein, Sergey F., Streicher, Jesse W., Krish, Ajay, Hanson, Ronald K. and Wysong, Ingrid J. (2022). Application of Reflected Shock Wave Configuration to Validate Nonequilibrium Models of Reacting Air. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 37 (1), 161-181. doi: 10.2514/1.T6630
Streicher, Jesse W., Krish, Ajay and Hanson, Ronald K. (2022). High-temperature vibrational relaxation and decomposition of shock-heated nitric oxide. I. Argon dilution from 2200 to 8700 K. Physics of Fluids, 34 (11) 116122. doi: 10.1063/5.0109109
Krish, Ajay, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2022). Spectrally-resolved ultraviolet absorption measurements of shock-heated NO from 2000 K to 6000 K for the development of a two-color rotational temperature diagnostic. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 280 108073. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108073
Krish, Ajay, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2021). Spectrally-resolved absorption cross-section measurements of shock-heated O2 for the development of a vibrational temperature diagnostic. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 270 107704. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107704
Streicher, Jesse W., Krish, Ajay and Hanson, Ronald K. (2021). Coupled vibration-dissociation time-histories and rate measurements in shock-heated, nondilute O2 and O2-Ar mixtures from 6000 to 14000K. Physics of Fluids, 33 (5) 056107. doi: 10.1063/5.0048059
Streicher, Jesse W., Krish, Ajay and Hanson, Ronald K. (2020). Vibrational relaxation time measurements in shock-heated oxygen and air from 2000 K to 9000 K using ultraviolet laser absorption. Physics of Fluids, 32 (8) 086101. doi: 10.1063/5.0015890
Streicher, Jesse W., Krish, Ajay, Hanson, Ronald K., Hanquist, Kyle M., Chaudhry, Ross S. and Boyd, Iain D. (2020). Shock-tube measurements of coupled vibration-dissociation time-histories and rate parameters in oxygen and argon mixtures from 5000 K to 10 000 K. Physics of Fluids, 32 (7) 076103. doi: 10.1063/5.0012426
Krish, Ajay, Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2020). Ultraviolet absorption cross-section measurements of shock-heated O2 from 2,000-8,400 K using a tunable laser. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 247 106959. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.106959
Conference Papers
Granowitz, Zev N., Drescher, Dylan, Merrell, Devin P., Streicher, Jesse W., Strand, Christopher L. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2025). Shock tube ARAS measurements of N( 2D) and N(2P) in 5100K to 6400K nitrogen-argon mixtures. 2025 AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL United States, 6-10 January 2025. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-2614
Andrienko, Daniil A., Boyd, Iain D., Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2025). Experimental and computational assessment of O2 and NO individual vibrational states in reflected shock flows. 2025 AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL United States, 6-10 January 2025. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-0211
Andrienko, Daniil A., Boyd, Iain D., Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Evaluation of thermal relaxation and extinction of nitric oxide via a master equation model. AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL United States, 8-12 January 2024. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2024-0222
Streicher, Jesse W., Barnes, Spencer C., Krish, Ajay and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Vibrational-state-resolved oxygen and nitric oxide time-history measurements in shock-heated, high-temperature air. AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL United States, 8-12 January 2024. Reston, VA United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2024-0227
Merrell, Devin P., Chang, Efaine, Krish, Ajay, Finch, Peter M., Streicher, Jesse W. and Hanson, Ronald K. (2024). Demonstration of UV Rotational, Vibrational Temperature and Speciation Diagnostics for the Cyano-Radical in Methane-Nitrogen Mixtures. AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando Fl, Jan 08-12, 2024. RESTON: AMER INST AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS. doi: 10.2514/6.2024-1484