AIAA Plasmadynamics & Lasers Best Paper of the Year Award 2026 for the paper “Thermodynamically Consistent Vibrational-Electron Energy Exchange and Application to Hypersonic Plasmas” by FM Rodriguez Fuentes and B Parent, AIAA 2026-1819, 2026. Ranked #1 out of more than 70 PDL papers.

Physics of Fluids Editor’s Pick for the paper “Electron Density Depletion in Reentry Plasma Flows Using Pulsed Electric Fields” by FM Rodriguez Fuentes and B Parent, 2026.

Institute of Physics (IOP) Trusted Reviewer Status (awarded to top 15% of reviewers for exceptional peer review competency), 2026.

Physics of Fluids Editor’s Pick for the paper “Thermodynamically Consistent Vibrational-Electron Heating: Generalized Model for Multi-Quantum Transitions” by B Parent, FM Rodriguez Fuentes, 2026.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow, Class of 2024.

Physics of Fluids Editor’s Pick for the paper “Electron Losses in Hypersonic Flows” by B Parent, P Thoguluva Rajendran, A Omprakas, 2022.

AIAA Plasmadynamics & Lasers Best Paper of the Year Award 2020 for the paper “Fully Coupled Simulation of Plasma Discharges, Turbulence, and Combustion in a Scramjet Combustor” by B Parent, A Omprakas, K Hanquist, AIAA 2020-3230, 2020.