By Associate Professor Melrose Brown

Book Chapters

Tirtey S; Boyce R; Brown M; Capra B; Creagh M; Dedman A; Dimitrijevic I; Pudsey A; Sharp B; Van Standen P; others , 2014, 'SCRAMSPACE: Radical-Farming Scramjet for access to space', in STO-EN-AVT-234 Hypersonic Flight Testing, Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI)

Journal articles

Chand AE; Ridley AJ; Bowden G; Brown M, 2025, 'Effects of Proton Precipitation in Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model During the 17 March 2013 Geomagnetic Storm', Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025JA033935

Chand AE; Bowden G; Brown M; Ridley AJ, 2025, 'Global Sensitivity Analysis of Nitric Oxide-Related Chemical Reaction Rates in the Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model', Space Weather, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024SW004171

Chand AE; Bowden G; Brown M, 2024, 'Investigation of Thermospheric Response to Geomagnetic Storms Using GITM-OVATION Prime and -FTA Model With Comparison to GOLD and SABER Observations', Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031820

Bowden GW; Brown M, 2023, 'Numerical Modeling and GNSS Observations of Ionospheric Depletions Due To a Small-Lift Launch Vehicle', Space Weather, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003563

Kruzins E; Benner L; Boyce R; Brown M; Coward D; Darwell S; Edwards P; Elizabeth-Glina L; Giorgini J; Horiuchi S; Lambert A; Lazio J; Calves GM; Moore J; Peters E; Phillips C; Stevens J; Verveer A, 2023, 'Deep space debris—Detection of potentially hazardous asteroids and objects from the southern hemisphere', Frontiers in Space Technologies, 4, pp. 1162915, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frspt.2023.1162915

Abay R; Balage S; Brown M; Boyce R, 2021, 'Two-Line Element Estimation Using Machine Learning', Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 68, pp. 273 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40295-021-00249-0

Smith BGA; Capon CJ; Brown M; Boyce RR, 2020, 'Ionospheric drag for accelerated deorbit from upper low earth orbit', Acta Astronautica, 176, pp. 520 - 530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.007

Smith B; Abay R; Abbey J; Brown M; Boyce R; Balage S, 2020, 'Propulsionless Planar Phasing of Multiple Satellites using Deep Reinforcement Learning', Advances in Space Research, 67, pp. 3667 - 3682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.09.025

Bowden GW; Lorrain P; Brown M, 2020, 'Numerical Simulation of Ionospheric Depletions Resulting From Rocket Launches Using a General Circulation Model', Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020JA027836

van Staden PA; Lorrain P; Brown ML; Boyce RR, 2020, 'Circular scramjet combustor transition lengths at mach 8 and 12.8 flight conditions', AIAA Journal, 58, pp. 4485 - 4494, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J059177

Capon CJ; Smith B; Brown M; Abay R; Boyce RR, 2019, 'Effect of ionospheric drag on atmospheric density estimation and orbit prediction', Advances in Space Research, 63, pp. 2495 - 2505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2019.01.013

Smith B; Capon C; Brown M, 2019, 'Ionospheric drag for satellite formation control', Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, 42, pp. 2590 - 2599, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.G004404

Bricalli MG; Brown L; Boyce RR; Vanyai T, 2019, 'Thermal and mixing efficiency enhancement in nonuniform-compression scramjets', AIAA Journal, 57, pp. 4778 - 4791, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J057908

Capon CJ; Brown M; Boyce RR, 2018, 'Direct and indirect charged aerodynamic mechanisms in the ionosphere', Advances in Space Research, 62, pp. 1090 - 1101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.06.007

Capra BR; Brown LM; Boyce RR, 2018, 'Aerothermal-structural analysis of a rocket-launched Mach 8 scramjet experiment: Descent', Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 55, pp. 501 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.A33964

Bricalli MG; Brown L; Boyce RR; Gollan R; Vanyai T; Pudsey AS, 2018, 'Scramjet performance with nonuniform flow and swept nozzles', AIAA Journal, 56, pp. 3988 - 4003, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J056963

Khraibut A; Gai SL; Brown LM; Neely AJ, 2017, 'Laminar hypersonic leading edge separation - A numerical study', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 821, pp. 624 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.204

Capon CJ; Brown M; Boyce RR, 2017, 'Scaling of plasma-body interactions in low Earth orbit', Physics of Plasmas, 24, pp. 042901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4979191

Smith B; Boyce R; Brown L; Garratt M, 2017, 'Investigation into the practicability of differential lift-based spacecraft rendezvous', Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, 40, pp. 2680 - 2687, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.G002537

Capon CJ; Brown M; Boyce RR, 2017, 'Erratum: “Scaling of plasma-body interactions in low Earth orbit” [Phys. Plasmas 24, 042901 (2017)]', Physics of Plasmas, 24, pp. 099901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5004204

Capon CJ; Brown M; White C; Scanlon T; Boyce RR, 2017, 'pdFOAM: A PIC-DSMC code for near-Earth plasma-body interactions', Computers & Fluids, 149, pp. 160 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.03.020

Capon CJ; Brown M; Boyce RR, 2016, 'Charged Aerodynamics of a Low Earth Orbit Cylinder', AIP Conference Proceedings, 1786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967682

Kurtz J; Aizengendler M; Krishna Y; Walsh P; Brown M; O’Byrne S, 2016, 'Subsonic In-Flight Temperature and Pressure Measurements Using a Scramjet Inlet Flow Sensor', AIAA Journal, 54, pp. 1011 - 1017, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.j054207

Bricalli MG; Brown LM; Boyce RR, 2015, 'Numerical Investigation into the Combustion Behavior of an Inlet-Fueled Thermal-Compression-Like Scramjet', AIAA Journal, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J053513

Capra BR; Brown LM; Boyce RR; Tirtey SC; Russell G, 2015, 'Aerothermal-structural analysis of a rocket-launched Mach 8 scramjet experiment: Ascent', Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 52, pp. 684 - 696, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.A33112

Mehta PM; Minisci E; Vasile M; Walker AC; Brown M, 2015, 'Sensitivity Analysis towards Probabilistic Re-Entry Modeling of Spacecraft and Space Debris', Proceeding of the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, Dallas, TX

Bricalli MG; Brown LM; Boyce RR, 2014, 'Supersonic Combustion Processes in a Premixed Three-Dimensional Nonuniform-Compression Scramjet Engine', AIAA Journal, 52, pp. 1670 - 1685, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J052640

Conference Papers

Salim S; Al Homssi B; Ali IM; Brown M, 2026, 'SatelliteEdgeNet: Secure Edge-Aware Federated Learning for Satellite Imagery', in Transportation Research Procedia, pp. 404 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2026.04.009

Flannery L; Brown M; Petty D, 2025, 'Assumptions and Uncertainty in Re-entry Modelling', in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress Iac, pp. 1272 - 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.52202/083079-0129

Saleem R; Purwanto R; Shahzad S; Brown M; Acuna JF, 2025, 'Distributed Learning-Driven Design for Cyber Secure Space Constellation Network', in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress Iac, pp. 438 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.52202/083095-0037

Ompragash S; Brown M; Saleem R, 2025, 'Feasibility Analysis of an Aerodynamic Drag-controlled Attitude System for Propulsionless CubeSats', in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress Iac, pp. 1075 - 1081, http://dx.doi.org/10.52202/083087-0092

Purwanto R; Alibasa MJ; Saleem R; Mitayani A; Brown M, 2025, 'Homomorphic Encryption for Secure Model Updates in Federated Satellite Constellations', in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress Iac, pp. 343 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.52202/083095-0029

Salim S; Ali IM; Homssi BA; Brown M, 2025, 'Optimized ConvLSTM for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Event-Based Data in Space Surveillance Systems', in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, pp. 6397 - 6401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS55030.2025.11243467

Kruzins E; Benner L; Brown M; Coward D; Calves GM; Edwards P; Giorgini J; Guedon S; Horiuchi S; Gendre B; Kennewell J; Lambert A; Lazio J; Linsten B; Moore J; Mieczkowska D; Peters E; Phillips C; Riddell T; Stevens J; Verveer A, 2024, 'Detection in Deep Space from the Southern Hemisphere of Near Earth Objects Using a Combined Radar/Optical System', presented at AMOS 2024 Technical Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.64861/txrf1882

Brown M; Peters EG; Dilkes M; Jeffreson R; Lambert A; Saleem R; Boyce R; Kruzins E; Bateman T, 2023, 'Autonomous Close Proximity Differential Drag Control of Low Earth Orbit Small Satellite Formations using an Inter-Satellite Radio Frequency Link', AMOS, Maui Hawaii, presented at Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance (AMOS) Technologies Conference, Maui Hawaii, 19 September 2023 - 22 September 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30426

Peters EG; Bateman T; Saleem R; Lambert A; Brown M, 2023, 'Space based space surveillance using passive radio frequency observations – A feasibility study', AMOS, Maui, Hawaii, presented at 2023 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS), Maui, Hawaii, 19 September 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30429

Bateman T; Peters E; Saleem R; Lambert A; Brown M, 2023, 'Wide Band Passive RF data Aggregation and Frequency Estimation for Space Domain Awareness Purposes', AMOS, Maui, Hawaii, presented at 2023 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS), Maui, Hawaii, 19 September 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30430

Brown M; Peters EGW; Dilkes M; Jefferson R; Lambert A; Saleem R; Boyce R; Kruzins E; Bateman T, 2023, 'Autonomous Close Proximity Differential Drag Control of Low Earth Orbit Small Satellite Formations using an Inter-Satellite Radio Frequency Link', presented at AMOS 2023 Technical Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.64861/xiva3792

Sinclair A; Peters EGW; peterson J; Brown M, 2023, 'Probabilistic Initial Orbit Determination From Radio Frequency Measurements Using Gaussian Mixture', presented at AMOS 2023 Technical Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.64861/fwby5533

Peters EGW; Bateman T; Saleem R; Lambert A; Brown M, 2023, 'Space based space surveillance using passive radio frequency observations - A feasibility study', presented at AMOS 2023 Technical Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.64861/dvfy8763

Bateman T; Peters EGW; Saleem R; Lambert A; Brown M, 2023, 'Wide Band Passive RF data Aggregation and Frequency Estimation for Space Domain Awareness Purposes', presented at AMOS 2023 Technical Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.64861/arel6968

Peters EGW; Brown M; Lambert A; Glina L; Bateman T; Kruzins E; Saleem R; Bessell T; Spitzer T; Wang T; Tripathi K; Huxtable D; Soire M; Zinsli S; Powles T; Federle I; Aragon M; Haskard A; Thompson M; Nielsen W; Boyce R, 2022, 'A sensor network for integrated Space Traffic Management for Australia', in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, Hawaii, presented at 2022 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS), Maui, Hawaii, 27 September 2022, https://amostech.com/TechnicalPapers/2022/SSA-SDA/Brown_2.pdf

Kruzins E; Peters E; Bateman T; Boyce R; Brown M; Lambert A, 2022, 'Augmentation of a Southern Hemisphere Deep Space Bistatic Radar with Small Optical Systems to Detect Near Earth and other Space Objects.', in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference Maui, HI; 2022 September 27–30, Maui, Hawaii, presented at Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference Maui, Maui, Hawaii, 27 September 2022 - 30 September 2022, https://amostech.com/TechnicalPapers/2022/Optical-Systems_Instrumentation/Kruzins.pdf

Brown M; Boyce R; Peters E; Gehly S; Boland S; Jeffreson R; Kremor A; Bateman T; Capon C; Smith B; Bowden G; Glina L; Qiao LL; Balage S; Gupta K; Purwanto R; Bessell T; Reddell T; Bennett J; Lachut M; McLaughlin T; Lambert A, 2022, 'Formation Flying and Change Detection for the UNSW Canberra Space ‘M2’ Low Earth Orbit Formation Flying CubeSat Mission', in AMOS 2022 Proceedings, Hawaii, presented at Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Hawaii, 19 September 2022 - 22 September 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28567

Capon CJ; Lorrain P; Brown M; Boyce RR, 2020, 'Early experimental ionosphere drag measurements compared with numerical predictions using pdFOAM', in AIP Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, Montana, presented at IEEE Aerospace conference, Big Sky, Montana, 08 March 2020 - 14 March 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5119612

Capon CJ; Lorrain P; Smith B; Brown M; Kurtz J; Boyce RR, 2020, 'Numerical Predictions for On-Orbit Ionospheric Aerodynamics Torque Experiment', in IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AERO47225.2020.9172256

van Staden PA; Brown ML; Boyce RR, 2020, 'Scramjet drag reduction from porous wall injection of hydrogen', in 23rd AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2430

Brown M; Smith B; Capon C; Abay R; Cegarra Polo M; Gehly S; Bowden G; Lambert A; Boyce R, 2020, 'SSA Experiments for the Australian M2 Formation Flying CubeSat Mission', in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, https://amostech.com/TechnicalPapers/2020/Space-Based-Assets/Brown.pdf

Capra B; Moran J; Brown M; Boyce R; Trifoni E; Schettino A; Purpura C; Martucci A; Gollan R, 2019, 'Aerothermal Analysis of 3D Concave Cone inHypersonic Flow in SCIROCCO', Research Publishing Services, pp. 1443 - 1455, presented at Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW32 2019), http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2730-4_0220-cd

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