Previous Students

Previous Students
  1. S. H. Chung, '83
    • Dissertation Title: "Studies on the structure of diffusion flames"
    • Current Position: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  2. C. H. Wang, '83
    • Dissertation Title: "Combustion and micro-explosion of multicomponent droplets"
    • Current Position: Professor, Taiwan National University
  3. P. Cho, '84
    • Dissertation Title: "Catalytic ignition and heat release of fuel/air mixtures"
    • Current Position: Professor, Michigan Technological University
  4. A. L. Randolph, '86
    • Dissertation Title: "Experimental investigation of the gasification mechanism and soot characteristics of pure and multicomponent fuel droplets"
    • Current Position: Director of Engine Development, Hendrick Motorsports
  5. B. H. Chao, '87
    • Dissertation Title: "On the structure, propagation, extinction and stability of laminar premixed flames in dissociation equilibrium"
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Hawaii
  6. R. A. Axelbaum, '88
    • Dissertation Title: "A fundamental study of soot formation in diffusion flames"
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, Washington University
  7. F. N. Egolfopoulos, '90
    • Dissertation Title: "An experimental and computational study on the propagation and kinetic structure of laminar premixed flames"
    • Current Position: Professor, University of Southern California
  8. A. Lee, '90
    • Dissertation Title: "Droplet combustion and gasification mechanisms of multicomponent and reactive materials"
    • Current Position: Research Staff, National Institute of Health
  9. H. G. Im, '94
    • Dissertation Title: "Theoretical studies of supersonic ignition and unsteady flame phenomena"
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Michigan
  10. C. J. Sung, '94
    • Dissertation Title: "On the structure, response, and stabilization of stretched flames"
    • Current Position: Professor, Case Western Reserve University
  11. J. Qian, '97
    • Dissertation Title: "Droplet and flame dynamics in combustion phenomena"
    • Current Position: Director, Tribeca Investments, Citigroup
  12. C. G. Fotache, '97
    • Dissertation Title: "Ignition in convective-diffusive systems"
    • Current Position: Manager, United Technologies Research Center
  13. C. J. Sun, '98
    • Dissertation Title: "Aerodynamics of stretched flames"
    • Current Position: Research Staff, Exxon Production Research Company
  14. B. T. Helenbrook, '98
    • Dissertation Title: "Theoretical studies of ignition and flame dynamics"
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, Clarkson University
  15. S. G. Davis, '98
    • Dissertation Title: "An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the pyrolysis and oxidation of selected C3-C8 hydrocarbons"
    • Current Position: Research Staff, Exponent
  16. J. C. Leylegian, '00
    • Dissertation Title: "Experiments and kinetic modeling of the roles of chlorine and chloromethane in flame environments"
    • Current Position: Scientist, Technology Development, General Applied Science Laboratories (GASL)
  17. E. W. Christiansen, '02
    • Dissertation Title: "Pulsating instability and extinction in flames"
    • Current Position: Research Staff, Exponent
  18. J. D. Blouch, '02
    • Dissertation Title: "Ignition in laminar and turbulent nonpremixed counterflow"
    • Current Position: Research Staff, GE Research Laboratories, Schenectady
  19. K.L. Pan, '04
    • Dissertation Title: "Dynamics of droplet collision and flame-front motion"
    • Current Position: Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  20. T.F. Lu, '04
    • Dissertation Title: "Comprehensive reduction and application of chemical reaction mechanisms"
    • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
  21. X.L. Zheng, '06
    • Dissertation Title: "Studies on ignition of hydrogen and hydrocarbons"
    • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stanford University
  22. J. Yuan, '06
    • Dissertation Title: "A numerical study of coupled hydrodynamic and diffusional-thermal instabilities in flame propagation."
    • Current Position: Staff, Bloomberg Financial Service, New York
  23. S.W. Yoo, '06
    • Dissertation Title: "On the structure and dynamics of stationary and rotating spherical diffusion flames."
    • Current Position: Research Staff, GE Research Laboratories, Cincinnati
  24. H. Wang, '07
    • Dissertation Title: "Oscillation and extinction in flames."
    • Current Position: Staff Researcher, RMT Inc.
  25. G. Jomaas, '08
    • Dissertation Title: "Propagation and stability of expanding spherical flames."
    • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark
  26. P. Zhang, '10
    • Dissertation Title: "Problems in Rarefied Flows and Chemical Kinetics."
    • Current Position: CEFRC Research Fellow, Princeton, NJ
  27. W. Liu, '11
    • Dissertation Title: "Nonpremixed Ignition in Strained Flows."
    • Current Position: Postdoctoral Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory
  28. A.P. Kelley, '11
    • Dissertation Title: "Dynamics of Expanding Flames."
    • Current Position: Research Staff