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Current Projects

Tim Kroeger
  • Studying dual-fuel operation in diesel engines.
Kyle Beurlot
  • Investigating alternative ignition concepts in lean burn, two-stroke, natural gas fueled engines via CONVERGE CFD models. Funded by Pipeline Research Council International.
Forrest Pommier
  • Performing experimental studies involving alternative control and ignition methods using the AJAX E-565 engine. Funded by ARPA-E.
Troy Hrehor
  • Investigating emission reduction methods using CFD models of the AJAX E-565 engine. Funded by Pipeline Research Council International.

Past Projects

Kevin Wallace
  • Development of diagnostic simulation for a large bore, single-cylinder, two stroke natural gas engine.
  • Development of methodology for calculating NOx emissions and predicting residual composition on a cycle-by-cycle basis.
Jacob Nowlin
  • Development of CFD models of two-stroke natural gas engines; sensitivity analyses study on NOx formation. Funded by Pipeline Research Council International.
  • Implementation of a full chemical kinetics submodel into a zero-dimesional MATLAB model of the AJAX E-565.
Kyle Beurlot
  • Senstivity analysis study of low pressure fuel injection parameters using a CFD model of the AJAX E-565 engine.
Taylor Ritchie
  • Study of heat transfer in precombustion chambers.
Kyle Ward
  • Performance and emissions study of prechamber operation on the AJAX E-565 engine.
Taylor Linker
  • Study of NOx emissions in integral compressor engines using a GT-Power model.
Abdullah Bawja
  • Development of one dimensional GT-Power based model for AJAX E-565 single cylinder two stroke engine.
Forrest Pommier
  • Experimental testing of directed energy spark ignition systems on a large-bore natural gas engine. Funded by Altronic Inc.
Katy Armitage
  • Utilization of low heat rejection and low temperature combustion to reduce emissions and increase efficiency in diesel engines.
Jiafeng Sun
  • Study of diesel/gasoline dual-fuel combustion in a diesel engine to improve efficiency, NOx and smoke emissions using energy balance, design of experiment and statistical techniques.
  • Development of low emissions, high efficiency natural gas engine: Implementation of homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) technologies. Qatar National Research Foundation.
Tim McDonald
  • Research assistance in the lab on a variety of small projects including: working with test instrumentation, inventorying gas cylinders, and grading thermodynamics concept inventories.
Alireza Mashayekh
  • Study of conjugate heat transfer of a spark-ignited natural gas engine cylinder in collaboration with GE.
Tingting Li
  • Enablement of high efficiency and clean combustion through the integration of low heat eejection (LHR) concepts with advanced low temperature combustion (LTC) engines.
Jue Li
  • Assessment of potential differences of fuel effects on combustion and engine behavior between differently-sized engines.
Jacob Hedrick
  • Variable composition natural gas engine research in association with AETC and GE. Funded by Pipeline Research Council International.
Aaron Griffin
  • Single-cylinder natural gas engine combustion and emissions research and development.
  • Use of oxide nanoparticles in soot reduction. University of Central Florida.
Ryan Bandura
  • Model based determination of CFD initial conditions and NO predictions for diesel engines. Funded by John Deere.
Joshua Bittle
  • Simultaneous and substantial reductions in nitric oxide and particulate matter emissions via the development of low temperature combustion in a diesel engine. Houston Advanced Research Center.
  • Root cause analysis of changes in NOx emissions due to biodiesel combustion in diesel engines. Houston Advanced Research Center.
Michael Penny
  • Enablement of high efficiency and clean combustion through the integration of low heat rejection (LHR) concepts with advanced low temperature combustion (LTC) engines. National Science Foundation EAGER grant and NSF AIR grant.
Hoseok Song
  • Study of radiation heat transfer and its effect on NO formation in diesel combustion with biodiesel fuel. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2007 ARP Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program.
  • Root cause analysis of changes in NOx emissions due to biodiesel combustion in diesel engines. Houston Advanced Research Center.
Aditya Narayanan
  • Root cause analysis of changes in NOx emissions due to biodiesel combustion in diesel engines. Houston Advanced Research Center.
Michael Kader
  • Fleet equipment performance measurement preventive maintenance model (PM2). Texas Department of Transportation.
Bryan Knight
  • Simultaneous and substantial reductions in nitric oxide and particulate matter emissions via the development of low temperature combustion in a diesel engine. Houston Advanced Research Center.
James McLean
  • Simultaneous and substantial reductions in nitric oxide and particulate matter emissions via the development of low temperature combustion in a diesel engine. Houston Advanced Research Center.
Gurlovleen Rathore
  • Root cause analysis of changes in NOx emissions due to biodiesel combustion in diesel engines. Houston Advanced Research Center.
  • Radiation heat transfer and its effect on NO formation in diesel combustion with biodiesel fuel. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2007 ARP Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program.
Jason Esquivel
  • Root cause analysis of changes in NOx emissions due to biodiesel combustion in diesel engines. Houston Advanced Research Center.
Brandon Tompkins
  • Root cause analysis of changes in NOx emissions due to biodiesel combustion in diesel engines. Houston Advanced Research Center.
Sushil Oak
  • Improved engine design concepts using the second law of thermodynamics: reducing irreversibilities and increasing efficiencies. U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, WV.
Rahul Pillai
  • Efficiency analysis of varying EGR under PCI mode of combustion in a light duty diesel engine.
Sidharth Sambashivan
  • Operational test cell manual for medium-duty diesel engine.