Previous Students

S. H. Chung, '83
- Dissertation Title: "Studies on the structure of diffusion flames"
- Current Position: Professor, Seoul National University
C. H. Wang, '83
- Dissertation Title: "Combustion and micro-explosion of multicomponent droplets"
- Current Position: Professor, Taiwan National University
P. Cho, '84
- Dissertation Title: "Catalytic ignition and heat release of fuel/air mixtures"
- Current Position: Professor, Michigan Technological University
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
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
R. A. Axelbaum, '88
- Dissertation Title: "A fundamental study of soot formation in diffusion flames"
- Current Position: Associate Professor, Washington University
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
A. Lee, '90
- Dissertation Title: "Droplet combustion and gasification mechanisms of multicomponent and reactive materials"
- Current Position: Research Staff, National Institute of Health
H. G. Im, '94
- Dissertation Title: "Theoretical studies of supersonic ignition and unsteady flame phenomena"
- Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Michigan
C. J. Sung, '94
- Dissertation Title: "On the structure, response, and stabilization of stretched flames"
- Current Position: Professor, Case Western Reserve University
J. Qian, '97
- Dissertation Title: "Droplet and flame dynamics in combustion phenomena"
- Current Position: Director, Tribeca Investments, Citigroup
C. G. Fotache, '97
- Dissertation Title: "Ignition in convective-diffusive systems"
- Current Position: Manager, United Technologies Research Center
C. J. Sun, '98
- Dissertation Title: "Aerodynamics of stretched flames"
- Current Position: Research Staff, Exxon Production Research Company
B. T. Helenbrook, '98
- Dissertation Title: "Theoretical studies of ignition and flame dynamics"
- Current Position: Associate Professor, Clarkson University
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
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)
E. W. Christiansen, '02
- Dissertation Title: "Pulsating instability and extinction in flames"
- Current Position: Research Staff, Exponent
J. D. Blouch, '02
- Dissertation Title: "Ignition in laminar and turbulent nonpremixed counterflow"
- Current Position: Research Staff, GE Research Laboratories, Schenectady
K.L. Pan, '04
- Dissertation Title: "Dynamics of droplet collision and flame-front motion"
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
T.F. Lu, '04
- Dissertation Title: "Comprehensive reduction and application of chemical reaction mechanisms"
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
X.L. Zheng, '06
- Dissertation Title: "Studies on ignition of hydrogen and hydrocarbons"
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stanford University
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
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
H. Wang, '07
- Dissertation Title: "Oscillation and extinction in flames."
- Current Position: Staff Researcher, RMT Inc.
G. Jomaas, '08
- Dissertation Title: "Propagation and stability of expanding spherical flames."
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire EM2C, France