How to Catch Fire
Studying combustion is a way to start solving the problem of intense heat that destroys a hypersonic engine after one use.
Combustion, Propulsion and Energy Research
Working to increase the efficiency of propulsion systems while reducing their environmental impact.
Primary research interests are in the area of theoretical and experimental combustion, with emphasis on understanding the fundamental interactions between fluid dynamics and finite-rate chemistry. Some of the current research projects include fuel coking in gas turbine engines and hypersonic engines, exploring new catalysts to mitigate coke formation, understanding soot formation mechanisms at high pressure, fundamentals of flame stabilization mechanisms in high-speed flows using recirculation regions, modeling chemical vapor infiltration process in SiC synthesis.
