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• Education
  • University of California at San Diego
    • Ph.D. in Engineering Physics, 1973
  • University of Toronto
    • M.A.Sc. in Aerospace Studies, 1970
  • University of Alberta
    • B.Sc. in Physics, 1968
• Employment
  • Princeton University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (1988-)
    • Robert H. Goddard Professor (1995-)
    • Professor (1988-1995)
    • Associate Chair (1996-1998)
  • University of California at Davis, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1984-1988)
    • Professor (Step VI, 1987-88; Step V, 1984-87)
  • Northwestern University, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (1976-1984)
    • Professor (1981-84)
    • Associate Professor (1976-81)
  • Princeton University, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences (1975-1976)
    • Member of Professional Research Staff
  • General Motors Research Laboratories (1973-1975)
    • Associate Senior Research Engineer
• Research Statistics
  • Major Areas of Research Specialization
    • Combustion and propulsion, heat and mass transfer, energy, alternate fuels, pollution and the environment.
  • Academic and Research Supervision
    • Supervised the dissertation research of 20 doctoral students. Dissertation titles and current positions separately listed.
    • Supervised the research of over 50 post-doctoral and junior visiting fellows.
  • Publications
    • Over 350 papers published in journals and other rigorously-refereed media. Publication citations separately listed.
    • Author of Combustion Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  • Invited Lectures
    • Over 40 conference-wide plenary/keynote lectures and named/major institutional lectures.
    • Over 130 invited departmental seminars and invited lectures at technical sessions.
  • Research Funding
    • Principal investigator of contracts and grants totaling about $15 M from 1977 to 2004. Specifics of the awards separately listed.
  • Patents
    • "Diazido Alkanes and Diazido Alkanols as Combustion Modifiers for Liquid Hydrocarbon Ramjet Fuels;" Inventors: R. S. Miller, R. M. Moriarty and C. K. Law; U.S. Patent No. 4,741,742; Date of Patent: May 3, 1988.
• Editorial Service
  • Member, Editorial Board, Combustion and Flame (1985-94).
  • Deputy Editor, Combustion and Flame (1997-2002).
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Combustion Science and Technology (1986-90).
  • Associate Editor, Combustion Science and Technology (1990-97).
  • Associate Editor, AIAA Journal (1989-94).
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (1991- ).
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Propulsion and Power (2002- ).
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Thermal Science (2005 - ).
  • Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Green Energy (2007- ).
  • Member, Honorary Editorial Board, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2008 - ).
  • Member, Editorial Board, Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China (2008 - ).
• Professional Society Activities
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA):
    • Member, Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee (1979-81, 1989-92).
    • Chair, Awards Subcommittee, Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee (1990-92).
    • Member, Fellow Grade Committee (1995, 1996).
    • Chair, Pendray Aerospace Literature Award Committee (2005-2008)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - Heat Transfer Division:
    • Member, Committee on Heat Transfer in Energy Systems (1977-82).
    • Charter Member (1980-2005, Chair (1989-92), Committee on Heat Transfer in Fire and Combustion Systems.
    • Chair, Committee on Heat Transfer in Fire and Combustion Systems (1989-92).
    • Member, Committee on Honors and Awards (1992-95).
  • Combustion Institute:
    • Member, Board of Advisors, Central States Section (1982-85).
    • Member, Executive Committee, Western States Section (1984-88).
    • Papers Chair, Western States Section (1987-88).
    • Member, Executive Committee, Eastern Section (1989-91).
    • Papers Chair, Eastern Section (1989-91).
    • Member, Program Subcommittee of the International Symposia (1979- ).
    • Member, Program Advisory Subcommittee, 23rd and 25th International Symposia.
    • Chair, Technical Program Committee, 24th International Symposium.
    • Member, Board of Directors (1992- 2004)
    • Honorary member, Board of Directors (2004 - )
    • Member, Executive Committee (1992- )
    • Chair, Publications Committee (1994-1999)
    • Vice President and President-Elect (1997-2000)
    • President (2000-2004)
  • Other
    • Member (1987-2005), Chair (1997-2005), Combustion Science Disciplinary Working Group, NASA
    • Member (1997-2004), Microgravity Research Advisory Subcommittee, NASA
    • Member (1997-2000), Space Station Utilization Advisory Subcommittee, NASA
    • Director, Air Force Research in Aero Propulsion Technology (1990-94)
    • Member, Advisory Board, Combustion Research Facilities, Sandia National Lab. (2000-2004)
• Honors, Awards and Recognitions
  • Faculty Research Initiation Grant Award of the Engineering Foundation, 1977 (Inaugural year; two awards given). Faculty Research Continuation Grant Award of the Engineering Foundation, 1979.
  • Outstanding Instructor (top 3% university wide), Associated Student Government of Northwestern University, 1979, 1982.
  • Ralph R. Teetor Award of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1979.
  • Plenary Lecturer, and Certificate of Recognition for Research in Thermal Engineering, First ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1983.
  • Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), "For outstanding early achievement in research," awarded to an engineering educator under 40, 1984.
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989.
  • Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1992.
  • Propellants and Combustion Award, AIAA. "For outstanding technical contributions to aeronautical or astronautical combustion engineering," 1994.
  • Heat Transfer Memorial Award - Science, ASME, "For outstanding contributions to heat and mass transfer in chemically reacting flows," 1997.
  • Energy Systems Award, AIAA. "For outstanding contributions to the science and technology of combustion in chemical energy systems," 1999.
  • Outstanding Alumnus Award, School of Engineering, University of California – San Diego. "In recognition of career achievements and contributions to higher education," 2000.
  • Guest Professor Appointments: Tienjin University (1983); Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science (1997); Tsinghua University (2001). University of Science and Technology of China (2007)
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2002.
  • Highly Cited Researcher, in Engineering; recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as one of the hundred highly cited authors in engineering world-wide, in the inaugural year (2002) of establishing the Highly Cited Researchers database.
  • Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, AIAA. "For outstanding and sustained contributions to the aerospace literature, particularly in the areas of combustion and propulsion," 2004.
  • Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal, the Combustion Institute, "For distinguished, continuing and encouraging contributions to the field of combustion," 2006.
  • Fellow. American Physical Society (APS), 2006.
  • Plenary Lecturer, 31^st International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.
  • Outstanding Alumnus Awards, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2007.
• Best Paper Awards and Featured Articles
  • Silver Medal, the Combustion Institute, "For an outstanding paper presented at the Twenty-Second Symposium (International) on Combustion," 1990. (Paper entitled: "Experimental and numerical determination of laminar flame speeds of methane/(Ar, N2, CO2)-air mixtures as function of stoichiometry, pressure and flame temperature," by D. L. Zhu, F. N. Egolfopoulos and C. K. Law)
  • Best Paper, Joint Technical Meeting of the Central and Eastern States Sections of the Combustion Institute, 1993. (Paper entitled: "Ignition in nonpremixed counterflowing hydrogen versus heated air: I. computational study with detailed and simplified chemistry," by T. G. Kreutz and C. K. Law)
  • Best Paper, Microgravity Science and Space Processing Symposium, AIAA, 1998. (Paper entitled: "On burner-supported spherical diffusion flames under micro-buoyancy conditions," by C. J. Sung, D. L. Zhu, S. D. Tse, and C. K. Law)
  • Best Paper, selected from papers presented at the propellants and combustion sessions at the 36th and 37th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conferences, and the 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, presented at the 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2002. (Paper entitled: "Laminar burning rates and Markstein lengths of CH4/O2/Inert mixtures at high pressures," by G. Rozenchan, S.D. Tse, D.L. Zhu, and C.K. Law).
  • Best Paper, selected from papers presented at the propellants and combustion sessions at the 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and the 42nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, presented at the 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2005. (Paper entitled: "Dynamics of droplet-film collision," by K.L. Pan and C.K. Law, AIAA Paper 2005-0352).
  • Feature article, 50^th anniversary issue of Combustion and Flame, 2007. Article entitled: "The effect of flame structure on soot formation and transport in turbulent nonpremixed flames using direct numerical simulation," by D.O. Lignell, J.H. Chen, P.J. Smith, T.F. Lu, and C.K. Law, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 151, pp. 2-8 (2007).
• Doctoral Students Supervised

  Please see the Previous Students page for a complete list.

• Publications

  Please see the Journal Publications page for a complete list.

• Conference-Wide Plenary, Keynote, and Invited Lectures, and Institutional Named Lectures
  1. "Mechanisms of droplet combustion," Second International Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles, Monterey, CA, Nov. 19-21, 1981. **Keynote Lecture**
  2. "Heat and mass transfer in combustion: fundamental concepts and analytical techniques," ASME-JSME Joint Thermal Engineering Conference, Honolulu, HI, Mar. 20-24, 1983. **Plenary Lecture**
  3. "Dynamics of stretched flames," Eastern Section/Combustion Institute Meeting, Clearwater Beach, FL, Dec. 3-5, 1984. **Invited Paper**
  4. "Behavior of non-dilute sprays," AFOSR/ARO Workshop on Non-Dilute Sprays, Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA, Mar. 20-21, 1985. **Lead Talk**
  5. "Recent advances in multicomponent and propellant droplet vaporization and combustion," ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Dec. 8-12, 1986. **Invited Paper**
  6. "Single droplet considerations in spray combustion processes - experimental overview," Workshop on Mass, Momentum and Energy Exchange in Combusting Sprays: Droplet Studies, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, March 28-29, 1988. **Lead Talk**
  7. "Dynamics of stretched flames," Twenty-Second Symposium (International) on Combustion, Seattle, WA, Aug. 15-19, 1988. **Invited Paper**
  8. "Some recent advances in droplet combustion," Third International Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles, Monterey, CA, Sept. 19-21, 1988. **Keynote Paper**
  9. "Mechanisms of ignition, extinction and flame stabilization in subsonic and supersonic flows," Workshop on Supersonic Combustion, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Oct. 2-4, 1989. **Invited Position Paper**
  10. "Combustion in microgravity: opportunities, challenges, and progress," AIAA 28th Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 8-12, 1990. **Keynote Paper**
  11. "Some recent advances in the gasification of multicomponent and reactive fuel droplets," Third ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Reno, Nevada, March 20, 1991. **Invited Paper**
  12. "Combustion in microgravity," U.S.-Taiwan Workshop on Space Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, April 16, 1991. **Invited Talk**
  13. "The role of aerodynamics in flames," National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 23, 1994. "Ignition and flame stabilization in supersonic flows," National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, June 24, 1994. "The role of chemistry in flames," National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, June 26, 1994. **National Science Council Lectureship**
  14. "Fundamental droplet processes in spray vaporization and combustion," School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Nov. 17, 1994. **Graduate Colloquium**
  15. "Dynamics of droplet collision," IUTAM Symposium on the Mechanics and Combustion of Droplets and Sprays, Tainan, Taiwan, Dec. 5-8, 1994. **Keynote Lecture**
  16. "Vaporization and combustion of high-energy-density liquid propellants," 35th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Space Sciences, Haifa, Israel, February 15-16, 1995. **Plenary Lecture**
  17. "Fundamental droplet processes in spray vaporization and combustion," 3rd Asian-Pacific International Symposium on Combustion and Energy Utilization, Hong Kong, Dec. 11-15, 1995. **Keynote Lecture**
  18. "Kinetics and transport in nonpremixed ignition of hydrogen versus heated air," Symposium on Recent Advances in Clean Gaseous Combustion Research, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Jan. 30, 1997. **Keynote Lecture**
  19. "Dynamics of droplet collision," Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC 97), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, May 12-15, 1997. **Plenary Lecture**
  20. "The role of chemistry in combustion," and "The role of aerodynamics in combustion," College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Nov. 3-5, 1997. **Paul M. Chung Distinguished Lecture Series**
  21. "Aerodynamics of flames," Fourth Asian-Pacific International Symposium on Combustion and Energy Utilization, Bangkok, Thailand, December 8-11, 1997. **Keynote Lecture**
  22. "Advances and opportunities in laminar flames," Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Tainan, Taiwan, May 9-12, 1999. **Keynote Lecture**
  23. "Issues on droplet combustion and gas-phase unsteadiness," Gordon Research Conference on Gravitational Effects in Physico-Chemical Systems, Henniker, NH, June 27 - July 2, 1999. **Invited Lecture**
  24. "Accomplishments and challenges in combustion science," First International Conference on Engineering Thermophysics, Beijing, China, August 19-22, 1999. **Invited Lecture**
  25. "Modeling of flame dynamics in complex flows," Third International Symposium on Scale Modeling, Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 10-13, 2000. **Invited Lecture**
  26. "Frontiers of combustion: from microgravity to microengines," College of Engineering, the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Oct. 19, 2000. ** Benton Lecture**
  27. "The role of chemical kinetics and laminar flames in the modeling of turbulent flames," APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 19-21, 2000. **Invited Lecture**
  28. "Advances and needs in flame research," Second Joint US Sections Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Oakland, CA, March 26-28, 2001. **Invited Talk**
  29. "Frontiers of combustion: from microgravity to microengines," Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, April 23, 2001. **Inaugural Lecture as Guest Professor**
  30. "The role of chemical kinetics and laminar flames in turbulent flame modeling," Technical Meeting of the Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, Montreal, Canada, May13-16, 2001. **Keynote Lecture**
  31. "Hydrogen economy in the global carbon problem," Forum on New Challenges in Energy and Combustion, National Central University, Jungli, Taiwan, March 27, 2003. **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  32. "Advances and needs in flame research," Thirteenth Technical Meeting of the Taiwan Section of the Combustion Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, March 29, 2003. **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  33. "Ignition kinetics and flame dynamics in hydrogen combustion," Third Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Marrakech, Morocco, June 9-13, 2003. **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  34. "Combustion characteristics of energetic liquid propellants," National Aerospace Conference, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Dec. 19, 2003. **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  35. "From atomic to cosmic: A panoramic view of combustion," Eighth Aisinjioro-Soo Lecture, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign, Oct. 12, 2004.
  36. "The role of combustion in hydrogen economy," Seventh Asian-Pacific International Symposium on Combustion and Energy Utilization, Hong Kong, Dec. 15-17, 2004. **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  37. "The role of combustion in hydrogen economy," International Green Energy Conference, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, June 13-15, 2005. **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  38. "Fifty years of magnificent combustion research in Japan," 43rd Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 5-7, 2005. **Conference Plenary Lecture**
  39. "Combustion at a crossroads: status and prospects," Hottel Lecture, 31st International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany, August 7-11, 2006. **Conference Plenary Lecture**
  40. "Dynamics of droplet collision," Technical Meeting of the Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS), Chicago, IL, May 15-17, 2007. **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  41. "The role of combustion in climate change and energy sustainability," Sixth Asian-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC 07), Nagoya, Japan, May 21-23, 2007. **Conference Opening Lecture**
  42. "The role of combustion in aerospace and space studies," I.I. Glass Memorial Lecture, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Toronto, Canada, June 7, 2007.
  43. "The role of combustion in hydrogen economy," Conference of the Korean Combustion Society, Korea, May 15, 2008.  **Conference Keynote Lecture**
  44. "The role of combustion and fuels in climate change and energy sustainability," Annual Conference of the Chinese Combustion Society, Xi'an, China, October 25, 2008.  **Conference Plenary lecture**
  45. "From atomic to cosmic: a panoramic view of combustion," Ninth Asian-Pacific International Symposium on Combustion and Energy Utilization, Beijing, China, November 3, 2008.  **Conference Plenary lecture**
  46. "Advancing combustion science through space and aerospace applications: continuing the legacy of G. M. Faeth," Second Gerard M. Faeth Memorial Lecture, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 12, 2009. 
• Invited Departmental Seminars and Session Talks
  1. "Combustion of hydrocarbon droplets," General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI, Mar., 1973.
  2. "Experimental studies on metal particle combustion," Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Apr., 1974.
  3. "Theoretical studies on spray combustion," Guggenheim Seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Nov., 1974.
  4. "On the combustion of multicomponent droplets," Guggenheim Seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Oct. 1975.
  5. "Combustion characteristics of multicomponent droplets," Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Nov. 1975.
  6. "Combustion of water-in-oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Feb. 13, 1979.
  7. "Combustion of water-in-oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Feb. 14, 1979.
  8. "Combustion of water-in-oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Feb. 27, 1979.
  9. "Combustion characteristics of water-in-oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," Fluid Dynamics Colloquia, Northwestern University, Apr. 17, 1979.
  10. "Water/oil emulsions in combustion," Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, June 5, 1979.
  11. "Combustion of water-in-oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Nov. 29, 1979.
  12. "Combustion of water-in-oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," Department of Energy Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Feb. 5, 1980.
  13. "Effect of water on spray vaporization and combustion," Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, Mar. 25, 1980.
  14. "Combustion of water-in-oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," Chevron Research Co., Richmond, CA, June 20, 1980.
  15. "Mechanisms of droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Nov. 6, 1980.
  16. "Combustion characteristics of coal-oil mixtures," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 18, 1981.
  17. "Mechanisms of droplet combustion," Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA, Apr. 20, 1981.
  18. "Mechanisms of droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, Oct. 23, 1981.
  19. "Ignition, extinction, and stability of premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Nov. 24, 1981.
  20. "Ignition, extinction, and stability of premixed flames," Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA, Dec. 22, 1981.
  21. "Mechanisms of droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Jan. 29, 1982.
  22. "Extinction and stability of premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Mar. 12, 1982.
  23. "Extinction and stability of stretched premixed flames," School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Apr. 13, 1982.
  24. "Combustion of water/oil emulsions," Science and Technology Laboratory, International Harvester, Hinsdale, IL, May 6, 1982.
  25. "Extinction, stability, and interaction of premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, Apr. 14, 1983.
  26. "Combustion and micro-explosion of multicomponent droplets," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, May 2, 1983.
  27. "Extinction, stability, and interaction of premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, July 18, 1983.
  28. "Extinction, stability, and interaction of stretched premixed flames," National Conference of Engineering Thermal Physics, Nanking, China, Sept. 16-18, 1983.
  29. "Combustion of multicomponent droplets," Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, Xian, China, Oct. 10-14, 1983.
  30. "Combustion of multicomponent droplets," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 26, 1984.
  31. "Propagation, extinction, and interaction of stretched premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Apr. 2, 1984.
  32. "Combustion of multicomponent droplets," Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, Oct. 12, 1984.
  33. "Asymptotic analysis of combustion phenomena," Colloquium Series in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Dynamics, University of California, Davis, CA, Jan. 24, 1985.
  34. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Feb. 21, 1985.
  35. "Combustion of multicomponent droplets," Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD, Mar. 5, 1985.
  36. "Dynamics of stretched premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Mar. 6, 1985.
  37. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Apr. 30, 1985.
  38. "Heat and mass transfer in combustion," Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, Oct. 11, 1985.
  39. "Dynamics of stretched flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, Jan. 30, 1986.
  40. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue, LA, Feb. 18, 1986.
  41. "Dynamics of stretched flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Feb. 19, 1986.
  42. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Feb. 20, 1986.
  43. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, Feb. 21, 1986.
  44. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 1, 1986.
  45. "Dynamics of stretched flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, April 14, 1986.
  46. "Combustion of high energy propellants," Martin Marietta Research Lab., Baltimore, MD, July 28, 1986.
  47. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Sept. 10, 1986.
  48. "Recent studies on the structure of laminar premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 22, 1986.
  49. "Recent advances in multicomponent droplet combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, April 9, 1987.
  50. "Incineration of chlorinated hydrocarbons," Workshop on Research in Engineering and System Analysis for the Control of Toxic Substances, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 21-22, 1987.
  51. "Structure, propagation, and stability of laminar premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Nov. 4, 1987.
  52. "Blending strategy for the incineration of chlorinated hydrocarbons," Workshop on Incineration Technologies for Municipal, Toxic and Hospital Wastes, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, April 18-19, 1988.
  53. "On flame extinction and flammability limits of combustibles," Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Nov. 2, 1988.
  54. "Vaporization, combustion, and collisional dynamics of fuel droplets," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 9, 1989.
  55. "Extinction and flammability of gaseous combustibles," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Feb. 22, 1989.
  56. "Extinction and flammability of gaseous combustibles," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, March 16, 1989.
  57. "Extinction mechanisms in premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, April 6, 1989.
  58. "Droplet collision and coalescence," Workshop on Spray Processes, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 7-9, 1989.
  59. "Structure, stabilization and propagation of laminar premixed flames," Department of Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, Sept. 9, 1989.
  60. "Recent advances in droplet vaporization and combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, March 16, 1990.
  61. "Mechanisms of extinction, stabilization, and flammability of premixtures," Hottel Lecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 25, 1990.
  62. "Recent advances in droplet vaporization and combustion," United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT, Nov. 2, 1990.
  63. "Extinction, stabilization, and flammability in premixed systems," Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California at San Diego, CA, Feb. 7, 1991.
  64. "Extinction, stabilization, and flammability in premixed systems," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Irvine, CA, Feb. 7, 1991.
  65. "Recent advances in multicomponent and reactive droplet vaporization and combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Irvine, CA, Feb. 8, 1991.
  66. "Recent advances in droplet combustion," Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, April 19, 1991.
  67. "Extinction, stabilization and flammability in combustion systems," Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 22, 1991.
  68. "Extinction, stabilization and flammability in combustion systems," Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, April 23, 1991.
  69. "Extinction, stabilization and flammability in combustion systems," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, June 18, 1991.
  70. "Intrinsic transport and chemistry in combustion phenomena," The Sixth Toyota Conference, Nagoya, Japan, Oct. 11-14, 1992.
  71. "Ignition, extinction and flame stabilization in subsonic and supersonic flows," ONERA, France, June 28, 1993.
  72. "Fundamental combustion phenomena in microgravity," Comet 7, Orlean, France, June 30, 1993.
  73. "Some recent results on fundamental combustion phenomena," BP Research, July 15, 1993.
  74. "The role of chemistry in aerothermochemistry," Colloquium on Combustion on the Occasion of the 70th Birthday of Prof. I. Glassman, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Oct. 28, 1993.
  75. "Droplet processes relevant to diesel additives for soot reduction," Diesel Low Emission Additive Workshop, BP Research, Sunbury, England, Sept. 22-23, 1994.
  76. "Recent advances in the aerodynamics of flames," School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Nov. 18, 1994.
  77. "Some recent contributions in flame and spray processes," NIST, March 7, 1995.
  78. "Coupling chemistry and transport in combustion phenomena," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 13, 1995.
  79. "Some recent contributions in flame and spray phenomena," Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, April 4, 1995.
  80. "On the structure and response of stretched premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Aug. 15, 1995.
  81. "Fundamental droplet processes in spray vaporization and combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 19, 1995.
  82. "Realistic and efficient chemical kinetic mechanisms in combustion modeling," Air Force/NASA Workshop on Supersonic Combustion, Newport News, VA, June 14-16, 1996.
  83. "Towards quantitative description of laminar flamelets," Technical University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Jan. 27, 1997.
  84. "Fundamental droplet processes in spray vaporization and combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Feb. 28. 1997.
  85. "The role of aerodynamics in combustion," Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June 23, 1997.
  86. "The role of chemistry in combustion," Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June 23, 1997.
  87. "Fundamental droplet processes in spray vaporization and combustion," Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June 25; Department of Thermal Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, July 3; College of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China, July 5, 1997.
  88. "Ignition of hydrogen in air," No. 11 Research Institute, China Aerospace Corporation, Beijing, China, July 7, 1997.
  89. "Ignition in convective-diffusive systems," Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, August 13, 1997.
  90. "Forced and intrinsic unsteady flame phenomena," Turbulent Combustion Workshop, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, August 18-21, 1997.
  91. "Aerodynamics of laminar premixed flames," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, September 19, 1997.
  92. "Dynamics of droplet collision, " Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, March 11, 1998.
  93. "Kinetics and transport in nonpremixed ignition of hydrogen by heated air," Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, March 13, 1998.
  94. "Dynamics of droplet collision," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, April 10, 1998.
  95. "Aerodynamics of laminar flames," Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 12, 1999.
  96. "Advances and opportunities in laminar flames," National Heat Transfer Conference, Albuquerque, NM, August 15-17, 1999.
  97. "Dynamics of droplet collision," Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, January 27, 2000.
  98. "Some aspects of the ignition-extinction S-curves in combustion phenomena," Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, Oct. 12, 2000.
  99. "Aerodynamics and chemistry in flame propagation and modeling," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 5, 2001.
  100. "Aerodynamics of flames," Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, April 24, 2001.
  101. "The role of chemistry in flames," Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, April 25, 2001.
  102. "Overview of NASA program on microgravity combustion," Space Studies Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, October 23, 2001.
  103. "Development of comprehensive detailed and reduced reaction mechanisms for combustion modeling," 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 14-17, 2002.
  104. "Aerodynamics and chemistry in flame propagation and modeling," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 11. 2002.
  105. "Combustion in high speed flows," JASON Summer Study – Hypersonics, La Jolla, CA, June 21, 2002.
  106. "Droplet combustion of multicomponent and energetic fuels," Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., Nov. 13, 2002.
  107. "Chemical kinetics and flame dynamics in hydrogen combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, January 10, 2003.
  108. "Fundamental processes in droplet combustion and collision," Department of Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, New York, NY, Feb. 6, 2003.
  109. "Combustion phenomena of interest to IC engines," Global Fuels Technology, BP Research, Naperville, IL, May 1, 2003.
  110. "Hydrogen economy in the global carbon problem," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, August 27, 2003.
  111. "Some thoughts and action items in mechanism development for combustion applications," Workshop on the Simulation of the Combustion of Real Fuels, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, Sept. 4-5, 2003.
  112. "Properties of propane combustion," Strategic Planning Meeting, British Petroleum Corp., Chicago, IL, Nov. 20, 2003.
  113. "Engineering the leader – a Princeton/personal perspective," School of Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan, Dec. 15, 2003.
  114. "Comprehensive description of chemistry in combustion modeling," Symposium on the Advancements in Combustion Theory, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Jan. 10, 2004.
  115. "Some recent contributions to combustion chemistry, flame theory, and droplet dynamics," NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, May 5, 2004.
  116. "Role of laminar flamelets and reduced chemistry in turbulent flame modeling and simulation," Symposium of Advanced Combustion Modeling, Cranfield University, England, Sept. 21, 2004.
  117. "Ignition kinetics and flame dynamics in hydrogen combustion," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, September 30, 2004.
  118. "From atomic to cosmic: A panoramic view of combustion," College of Engineering, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan, October 27, 2004.
  119. "Frontiers of combustion: from microgravity to micro-engines," Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, November 4, 2004.
  120. "From atoms to the cosmos: a panoramic view of combustion," Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 25, 2005.
  121. "Basic needs in scramjet lean blowout," Workshop on Scramjet Lean Blowout, JANNAF Conference, Charleston, S.C., June 16, 2005.
  122. "Some issues on combustion and chemistry in high-energy-density fuels," DARPA Workshop on Future of Military Logistic Fuels, Rice University, Houston, TX, August 30, 2005.
  123. "The role of combustion in hydrogen economy," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Ct., September 30, 2005.
  124. "Ignition kinetics and flame dynamics in hydrogen combustion," Workshop on Research Frontiers for Combustion in Hydrogen Economy, National Science Foundation, March 9-10, 2006.
  125. "The role of combustion in science and technology," Princeton Environmental Institute Faculty Seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 11, 2006.
  126. "Physical and experimental perspectives in flamefront instability," Third Conference in Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, May 15-16, 2006.
  127. "The role of combustion in global warming," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI, September 7, 2006.
  128. "Development of computationally accessible reaction mechanisms in chemical propulsion," JANNAF Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA, Dec. 4-8, 2006.
  129. "Some aspects of combustion at elevated pressures," JANNAF Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA, Dec. 4-8, 2006.
  130. "Ignition kinetics and flame dynamics in hydrogen combustion," School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, December 19, 2006.
  131. "From atomic to cosmic: A panoramic view of combustion," School of Engineering Open Lecture, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, April 13, 2007.
  132. "Development of computationally accessible reaction mechanisms for simulation of combustion processes," Ford Research Laboratories, Dearborn, MI, Sept. 28, 2007.
  133. "Towards accommodating realistic chemistry in large-scale simulations," 46th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 6-10, 2008.
  134. "The role of combustion in science and technology," Department of aerospace Engineering, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, May 13, 2008.
  135. "Towards accommodating realistic chemistry in large-scale simulations," Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, May 14, 2008.
  136. "The role of combustion and fuels in climate change and energy sustainability," Eighth Emerging Information and Technology Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, June 26, 2008.
  137. "The role of combustion in hydrogen economy," University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, October 27, 2008.
  138. "The role of combustion in aerospace and space studies," Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 29, 2008.
  139. "A seminar on combustion," Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, October 30, 2008.
  140. "Clean and efficient combustion for transportation: Research agenda and recent progress," Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, October 31, 2008.
  141. "Dynamics and morphology of expanding spherical flames," Department of Aerospace Engineering, Purdue University, February 19, 2009.
• Contributed and Obligatory Talks
  1. "Some theoretical aspects of the influence of solid heterogeneity on L* instability," AIAA 10th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 17-20, 1972.
  2. "On a class of models for droplet combustion," AIAA 12th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Washington, DC, Jan. 30-Dec. 1, 1974.
  3. "A one-dimensional theory for spray vaporization in adiabatic and isothermal systems," Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Northridge, CA, Oct. 21-22, 1974.
  4. "Flat-plate combustion of multicomponent liquid fuels," Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of The Combustion Institute, Brookhaven Laboratories, Upton, NY, Nov. 6, 1975.
  5. "A simplified model for the combustion of fuel/water emulsion droplets," Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of The Combustion Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 18-19, 1976.
  6. "Ignition and combustion of fuel spray jets," Project SQUID Meeting, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Mar. 22-25, 1977.
  7. "Analysis of thermal ignition lag in fuel droplet combustion," Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of The Combustion Institute, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, Mar. 28-30, 1977.
  8. "An analysis of the combustion of water-in-fuel emulsion droplets," Water-in-Oil Emulsion Conference, Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA, Apr. 20-21, 1977.
  9. "Internal boiling and superheating in vaporizing multicomponent droplets," Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1977.
  10. "On the stagnation-point ignition of a premixed combustible," Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of The Combustion Institute, United Technology Research Center, East Hartford, CT, Nov. 11-12, 1977.
  11. "Combustion studies of water/oil emulsions," ARO Third Workshop on Engine Combustion, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, Jan. 25-26, 1978.
  12. "Combustion studies of coal-in-oil droplets," DOE Coal-Oil Mixture Meeting, Pittsburgh Energy Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Jan. 30, 1978.
  13. "On the ignition of a combustible mixture by hot bodies," Spring Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Apr. 18-19, 1978.
  14. "Disruptive combustion of coal-oil-mixture droplets," First International Symposium on Coal-Oil Mixture Combustion, St. Petersburg, FL, May 8-10, 1978.
  15. "Combustion of coal-in-oil droplets," DOE Coal-Oil Mixture Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 8-9, 1978.
  16. "Fundamental studies on emulsion combustion," Conference on Emulsified Fuels in Combustion, Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 12-13, 1978.
  17. "Theoretical studies on heterogeneous combustion," DOE/Basic Energy Sciences Combustion Research Contractors' Meeting, Sandia Laboratory, Livermore, CA, Oct. 17-19, 1978.
  18. "Catalytic initiation of gas-phase combustion of hydrocarbon fuels," Project SQUID Meeting, New Haven, CT, Oct. 17-20, 1978.
  19. "Combustion characteristics of droplets of coal/oil and coal/oil/water mixtures," 1978 Midwestern Energy Conference, Chicago, IL, Nov. 19-21, 1978.
  20. "Combustion characteristics of oil/water/coal emulsions," Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of The Combustion Institute, Miami Beach, FL, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1978.
  21. "Thermal ignition analysis in boundary layer flows," ASME Winter Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 10-15, 1978.
  22. "Experimental and theoretical re-examination of the classical d2-law of droplet combustion," Spring Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Apr. 23-24, 1979.
  23. "Combustion of coal-in-oil droplets," DOE Coal-Oil Mixture Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, May 31-June 1, 1979.
  24. "Combustion studies of fuel/water emulsions," Fourth Engine Combustion Workshop, University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI, July 23-24, 1979.
  25. "Theoretical studies on heterogeneous combustion," DOE/Basic Energy Sciences Combustion Contractors' Meeting, Brookhaven Laboratory, Upton, NY, Oct. 9-11, 1979.
  26. "On the vapor pressure, boiling point, burning characteristics, and fire retardancy of water/oil emulsions," 1979 Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 15-16, 1979.
  27. "An ignition criterion for droplets in sprays," 1979 Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of The Combustion Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 7-9, 1979.
  28. "Combustion of water/oil emulsions and coal-oil mixtures," ASME-Chicago Section Meeting, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Nov. 10, 1979.
  29. "Lean-limit extinction of propane/air mixtures in the stagnation-point flow," 1980 Spring Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Irvine, CA, Apr. 21-22, 1980.
  30. "Combustion and agglomeration of coal-oil-water mixtures in furnace environments," Third Symposium on Emulsified Fuel in Combustion, Cambridge, MA, May 13-14, 1980.
  31. "Fundamental properties of water/oil emulsion combustion," Third Symposium on Emulsified Fuel in Combustion, Cambridge, MA, May 13-14, 1980.
  32. "Combustion of strongly-interacting linear droplet arrays," 18th Symposium (International) on Combustion, Waterloo Canada, Aug. 16-22, 1980.
  33. "A d2-law for the multicomponent droplet vaporization and combustion," AIAA 19th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Jan. 13-15, 1981.
  34. "Effects of heat loss, preferential diffusion, and flame stretch on flame-front instability and extinction of propane/air mixtures," Central States Section of The Combustion Institute Meeting, Warren, MI, Mar. 23-24, 1981.
  35. "Mechanisms of lean-limit extinction," Combustion Research Contractors' Meeting, NASA Lewis, April 7-8, 1981.
  36. "A unified criterion for the convective extinction of fuel particles," AIAA 16th Thermophysics Conference, Palo Alto, CA, June 23-25, 1981.
  37. "A theoretical study of ignition in the laminar mixing layer," 20th Joint ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, Milwaukee, WI, Aug. 2-5, 1981.
  38. "Catalytic combustion in a shear flow," Fifth Workshop on Catalytic Combustion, San Antonio, TX, Sept. 15-16, 1981.
  39. "Mechanisms of droplet combustion," Contractors' Meeting of DOE/Basic Energy Sciences, Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA, Oct. 27, 1981.
  40. "On the mixed-convective flame structure in the stagnation-point of a fuel particle," Nineteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Aug. 9-13, 1982.
  41. "An experimental study of extinction and stability of stretched premixed flames," Nineteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Aug. 9-13, 1982.
  42. "Combustion and micro-explosion of water/oil emulsions in high-pressure environments," ARO Engineer/Fuels Workshop, Southwest Research Institute, St. Antonio, TX, Dec. 6-8, 1982.
  43. "Micro-explosion of fuel droplets under high pressure," Western States Section of The Combustion Institute Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 17-18, 1983.
  44. "Organic azides as jet fuel additives," JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 7-9, 1984.
  45. "Combustion and micro-explosion of water/oil emulsions in high pressure environments," ARO Engines/Fuels Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 27-28, 1984.
  46. "A theoretical study of the interactive combustion of counterflow premixed flames," Western States Section of The Combustion Institute Meeting, Boulder, CO, Apr. 2-3, 1984.
  47. "Lean-limit phenomena," NASA Fundamental Combustion Contractors' Meeting, NASA Lewis, Cleveland, OH, Apr. 16-18, 1984.
  48. "Organic azides as jet fuel additives," AFOSR/ONR Contractors' Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 20-21, 1984.
  49. "Alcohol droplet vaporization in humid environment," National Heat Transfer Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, Aug. 6-8, 1984.
  50. "Combustion and micro-explosion of organic azides," ONR/NAVAIR Workshop on Compact Ramjet Combustion Instabilities, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Oct. 24-25, 1984.
  51. "Laminar flame speeds of hydrocarbon/air mixtures with hydrogen addition," Central and Western States Sections of The Combustion Institute Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Apr. 22-23, 1985.
  52. "Droplet combustion of organic azides," AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE 21st Joint Propulsion Conference, Monterey, CA, July 8-10, 1985.
  53. "Aerodynamic and kinetic processes in flames," AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, July 23-25, 1985.
  54. "Combustion of liquid propellant droplets," JANNAF Regenerative Liquid Gun Propellant Spray Combustion Workshop, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Aug. 26-27, 1985.
  55. "Stability and stabilization of premixed flames," DOE Third Symposium on Energy Engineering Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Oct. 8-10, 1985.
  56. "Organic azides as jet fuel additives," ONR Workshop on Combustion Instability in Compact Ramjets, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 16-17, 1985.
  57. "Propagation and extinction of stretched premixed flames," Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, University of California, Davis, CA, Oct. 21-22, 1985.
  58. "Combustion and micro-explosion of water/oil emulsions in high pressure environments," Sixth ARO Combustion/Fuels Workshop, University of California, Davis, CA, Mar. 17-18, 1986.
  59. "Droplet combustion of HAN-based liquid propellants," Army Workshop on HAN-Based Liquid Propellants, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, July 29, 1986.
  60. "Liquid-phase diffusional resistance in multicomponent droplet gasification," Twenty-First Symposium (International) on Combustion, Munich, Germany, Aug. 3-8, 1986.
  61. "Time-resolved gasification and sooting characteristics of droplets of alcohol/oil blends and water/oil emulsions," 21st Symposium (International) on Combustion, Munich, Germany, Aug. 3-8, 1986.
  62. "Flame curvature and preferential diffusion in the burning intensity of Bunsen flames," 21st Symposium (International) on Combustion, Munich, Germany, Aug. 3-8, 1986.
  63. "Propagation and extinction of stretched premixed flames," 21st Symposium (International) on Combustion, Munich, Germany, Aug. 3-8, 1986.
  64. "Vaporization, combustion, and microexplosion of droplets of organic azides," 23rd JANNAF Combustion Meeting, NASA-Langley, Oct. 20-24, 1986.
  65. "Propagation and extinction of stretched premixed flames," Sandia Turbulent Flame Workshop, University of California, Davis, CA, April 21-22, 1987.
  66. "Aerodynamic and kinetic processes in flames," AFOSR/ONR Contractor's Workshop, Pennsylvania State University, College Station, PA, June 22-26, 1987.
  67. "Some issues related to stretched flames," US-Japan Workshop on Mathematical Combustion, Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 17-21, 1987.
  68. "Kinetic effects in flame analysis," US-Japan Workshop on Mathematical Combustion, Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 17-21, 1987.
  69. "Droplet combustion of HAN-based liquid propellants," Workshop on Liquid Propellants, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD, Aug. 25-27, 1987.
  70. "Droplet extinction studies," Workshop on Hazardous Waste Incineration, University of California, Davis, CA, Sept. 14-15, 1987.
  71. "Ignition and combustion of liquid gun propellants," Seventh Army Engine/Fuels Workshop, Detroit, MI, Oct. 13-14, 1987.
  72. "Combustion studies of energetic liquid materials," ONR Contractor's Meeting, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Nov. 17-19, 1987.
  73. "Structure and propagation of premixed and diffusion flames," Sixth Symposium on Energy Engineering Sciences, Argonne National Laboratories, Argonne, IL, May 4-6, 1988.
  74. "Combustion of liquid propellant droplets," Army Workshop on Liquid Propellants, Piccatiny Proving Ground, NY, June 13, 1989.
  75. "Kinetic and aerodynamic processes in flames," AFOSR Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, June 19-22, 1989.
  76. "Combustion studies of energetic liquid materials," ONR Contractors' Meeting, Chicago, IL, Oct. 17-18, 1989.
  77. "Burning rate enhancement of propellants of organic azides: effects of halide addition and pressure elevation," Spring Technical Meeting, Canadian and Western States Sections of The Combustion Institute, Banff, Alberta, April 28 - May 2, 1990.
  78. "Structure and extinction of diffusion flames with flame radiation," Twenty-Third Symposium (International) on Combustion, Orlean, France, July 22-27, 1990.
  79. "A kinetic criterion of flammability limits: the C-H-O-inert system," Twenty-Third Symposium (International) on Combustion, Orlean, France, July 22-27, 1990.
  80. "Combustion of energetic liquid materials," ONR Contractors' Meeting, Newport, RI, Oct. 15-17, 1990.
  81. "On closure in activation energy asymptotics of premixed flames," Technical Meeting of the Eastern Section of The Combustion Institute, Orlando, FL, Dec. 3-5, 1990.
  82. "Extinction, stabilization, and flammability in combustion systems," Ninth Symposium on Energy Engineering Sciences, Argonne, IL, May 14, 1991.
  83. "Aerodynamics and kinetic processes in flames," AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, Boulder, CO, June 10, 1991.
  84. "Ignition studies of nonpremixed hydrocarbon/air combustion," ARO 10th Engine/Fuels Workshop, Madison, WI, June 2-3, 1992.
  85. "Dynamics of droplet collision," AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, La Jolla, CA, June 15-19, 1992.
  86. "A unified chain-thermal theory of fundamental flammability limits," 24th International Symposium on Combustion, Sydney, Australia, July 5-10, 1992.
  87. "On the structure and stabilization mechanisms of planar and cylindrical premixed flames," Second International Microgravity Combustion Workshop, Cleveland, OH, Sept. 15-17, 1992.
  88. "Combustion studies of energetic liquid materials," 5th ONR Propulsion Meeting, Washington, DC, Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 1992.
  89. "Ignition in nonpremixed counterflowing hydrogen versus heated air: I. computational study with detailed and simplified chemistry," Joint Technical Meeting of the Eastern and Central States Sections of the Combustion Institute, New Orleans, LA, March 15-17, 1993.
  90. "Ignition in nonpremixed counterflowing hydrogen versus heated air: II. asymptotic analysis with reduced kinetic mechanics," Joint Technical Meeting of the Eastern and Central States Sections of the Combustion Institute, New Orleans, LA, March 15-17, 1993.
  91. "On the tip opening of Bunsen flames," Joint Technical Meeting of the Eastern and Central States Sections of the Combustion Institute, New Orleans, LA, March 15-17, 1993.
  92. "Studies on high pressure and unsteady flame phenomena," AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, June 14-18, 1993.
  93. "Combustion of energetic liquid materials," 6th ONR Propulsion Meeting, Boulder, CO, August 31 - Sept. 2, 1993.
  94. "Ignition in the supersonic hydrogen/air mixing layer with reduced reaction mechanisms," 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 10-13, 1994.
  95. "Stabilization mechanisms and burning rates of cylindrical burner flames," 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 10-13, 1994.
  96. "Ignition in convective-diffusive systems," 10th ARO Engine Workshop, Princeton, NJ, March 14-15, 1994.
  97. "Mechanisms and enhancement of flame stabilization," 12th Symposium on Energy Engineering Sciences, Argonne, IL, April 27-29, 1994.
  98. "Droplet collision in liquid propellant combustion," AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, Lake Tahoe, CA, June 6-10, 1994.
  99. "Burning rate enhancement and soot reduction through blending in chlorinated waste incineration," 25th International Symposium on Combustion, Irvine, CA, August 1-5, 1994.
  100. "Combustion studies of energetic liquid materials," 7th ONR Propulsion Meeting, Buffalo, NY, Aug. 29-31, 1994.
  101. "On the structural response of counterflow diffusion flames to strain rate variations," 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 9-12, 1995.
  102. "A numerical study of ignition in the supersonic hydrogen/air laminar mixing layer," 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 9-12, 1995.
  103. "Laminar burning rates and oxidation kinetics of premixed benzene/air and toluene/air flames," Joint Tech. Meeting of the Central and Western States Sections of the Combustion Institute, San Antonio, TX, April, 23-26, 1995.
  104. "On burner-stabilized cylindrical premixed flame in microgravity," Third International Microgravity Combustion Conference, NASA-Lewis, Cleveland, OH, April 11-13, 1995.
  105. "Combustion studies of energetic liquid materials," Eighth ONR Propulsion Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct. 11-13, 1995.
  106. "On ignition in counterflowing CO/H2 and CO/H2O versus heated air," Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Worcester, MA, Oct. 16-18, 1995.
  107. "On the evolution of two-dimensional flame surfaces," 34th Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, NJ, Jan. 15-18, 1996.
  108. "On the extinction of counterflow diffusion flames in an oscillating flow field," 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 15-18, 1996.
  109. "On ignition in counterflowing CO/H2 versus heated air," 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 15-18, 1996.
  110. "Droplet collision in liquid propellant combustion," AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, June 3-6, 1996.
  111. "Endothermic fuels for scramjets," AFOSR Workshop, Virginia Beach, VA, June 6, 1996.
  112. "Ignition in convective-diffusive systems," ARO Contractors' Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, June 3-6, 1996.
  113. "Combustion studies of energetic liquid materials," ONR Contractors' Meeting, Alexandria, VA, Sept. 9-12, 1996.
  114. "Characteristic dependence of adiabatic flame temperature on fuel equivalence ratio," Fall Tech. Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 28-29, 1996.
  115. "Effects of stretch in propagating spherical flames," Fall Tech. Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 28-29, 1996.
  116. "Stretch effects in counterflow and propagating spherical flames," 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 6-9, 1997.
  117. "Stationary state multiplicities in diffusive-reactive systems: I. hydrogen versus heated air," 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 6-9, 1997.
  118. "Pulsating instability in the fundamental flammability limits of rich hydrogen/air flames," Spring Tech. Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA, April 14-15, 1997.
  119. "Combustion studies of energetic liquid materials," Tenth ONR Contractors Meeting, Monterey, CA, October 7-10, 1997.
  120. "Chemical kinetics and aerodynamics of ignition," ARO/AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, Long Beach, CA, June 29 - July 1, 1998.
  121. "The role of hydrodynamic instability in flame/vortex interaction," 34th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 12-15, 1998.
  122. "Steady and pulsating propagation and extinction of rich hydrogen/air flames at elevated pressures," 37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 11-14, 1999.
  123. "Structure and transient response of spherical flames," Fifth International Microgravity Combustion Workshop, Cleveland, OH, May 18-20, 1999.
  124. "Physical and chemical processes in flames," AFOSR/ARO Contractors' Meeting, Bar Harbor, ME, June 14-16, 1999.
  125. "Hydrodynamic instability in flame-vortex interaction," National Heat Transfer Conference, Albuquerque, NM, August 15-17, 1999.
  126. "On the establishment of stationary flame balls," Fall Tech. Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Raleigh, NC, Oct. 11-13, 1999.
  127. "Pulsating instability in rich hydrogen/air premixed flames," 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 10-13, 2000.
  128. "On the development of detailed and reduced reaction mechanisms for combustion modeling," 28th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 10-13, 2000.
  129. "Chemical kinetics and aerodynamics of ignition," ARO/AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, June 11-14, 2000.
  130. "Dynamics and extinction of non-adiabatic particle-laden flames," 28th International Combustion Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 30-August 4, 2000.
  131. "Theoretical studies on spray detonation," ONR Contractors’ Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, August 10-12, 2000.
  132. "Dynamics of droplet collision and flamefront motion," AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 14-16, 2000.
  133. "Studies of spray detonation for PDE applications," 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 8-11, 2001.
  134. "Theoretical studies of spray detonation for PDE applications," ONR Contractors’ Meeting, Pasadena, CA, February 1-2, 2001.
  135. "Outwardly propagating flames at elevated pressures," Sixth International Microgravity Combustion Workshop, Cleveland, May 21-24, 2001.
  136. "Studies on high pressure and unsteady flame phenomena," AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, June 18-19, 2001.
  137. "Turbulence and chemical kinetics of ignition," ARO Contractors’ Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, June 18-19, 2001.
  138. "Some aspects of chemical kinetics and heterogeneity in C-J detonation for PDE applications," 14th ONR Propulsion Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 8-10, 2001.
  139. "Combustion of hydrogen and hydrogen/hydrocarbon mixtures," Seminar on Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, December 10, 2001.
  140. "Heterogeneous effects in the propagation and quenching of heptane/air spray detonations," PDE-MURI Mid-year review, Feb. 11-12, 2002.
  141. "Cellular instabilities and self-acceleration of outwardly propagating spherical flames," 29th International Combustion Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, July 21-27, 2002.
  142. "Studies on droplet and flame dynamics," AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO., August 19-22, 2002. 142A. "Experience with combustion of energetic liquid propellants," by C.K. Law, AFOSR Workshop on Energetic Liquid Propellants, Washington, D.C, Oct. 9-10, 2002.
  143. "Structure and response of spherical diffusion flames," Science Concept Review, NASA-Glenn, Dec. 10, 2002.
  144. "Hydrogen fuel from the perspective of combustion: fundamentals, engine performance, and safety," Second Annual Meeting, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, January 14, 2003.
  145. "Cellular instabilities and self-acceleration of expanding spherical flames," 7th International Workshop on Microgravity Combustion and Chemically Reacting Flows, Cleveland, OH, June 3-6, 2003.
  146. "Physical and chemical processes in flames," AFOSR/ARO Contractors’ Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, June 23-25, 2003.
  147. "Aerodynamics and chemical kinetics in ignition," AFOSR/ARO Contractors’ Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, June 23-25, 2003.
  148. "Ignition and flame propagation in hydrogen combustion," CMI Seminar, Princeton University, Nov. 17, 2003.
  149. "Carbon mitigation from the perspective of combustion – fundamentals, fuel characteristics, engine performance, and safety,’ Third Annual Meeting on Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University, Jan. 20-21, 2004.
  150. "Combustion of hydrogen and alternate fuels for carbon mitigation," Seminar at Carbon Mitigation Initiative Meeting, Princeton University, May 18, 2004.
  151. "Physical and chemical processes in flames," AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, Tucson, AZ, June 7-9, 2004.
  152. "Chemical kinetics and aerodynamics in ignition," ARO Contractors’ Meeting, Tucson. AZ, June 7-9, 2004.
  153. "Dynamics of droplet-droplet and droplet-film collision," International Symposium on Energy Conversion Fundamentals, Istanbul, Turkey, June 21-24, 2004.
  154. "Combustion and microexplosion of collision-merged methanol/alkane droplets," 30th International Combustion Symposium, Chicago, IL, July 26-30, 2004.
  155. "Dynamics of droplet-film collision," 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, Jan. 10-13, 2005.
  156. "On the off-stoichiometric peaking of adiabatic flame temperatures," 4th Joint Meeting of the US Sections of the Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, Pa, March 21-23, 2005.
  157. "Chemical kinetics and aerodynamics of ignition," ARO Contractors’ Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, June 20-22, 2005.
  158. "Physical and chemical processes in flames," AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, June 20-22, 2005.
  159. "Development of computationally accessible reaction mechanisms for scramjet modeling," STTR Kickoff Meeting, Dayton, OH, August 22, 2005.
  160. "Development of computationally accessible reaction mechanisms for scramjet modeling," STTR Contractors’ Meeting, Dayton, OH, December 16, 2005.
  161. "Chemical kinetics and aerodynamics of ignition," ARO Contractors’ Meeting, Washington, DC, June 12-14, 2006.
  162. "Physical and chemical processes in flames," AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, Washington, DC, June 12-14, 2006.
  163. "High-pressure and supercritical droplet and flame dynamics in propulsion," Space Propulsion and Power Contractors’ Meeting, Annapolis, MD, Sept. 25-29, 2006.
  164. "On multiple criticality in hydrocarbon ignition," 45th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 8-11, 2007.
  165. "On the controlling mechanisms in multicomponent droplet gasification," Fifth US Combustion Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 25-28, 2007.
  166. "Physical and chemical processes in flames," AFOSR Contractors’ Meeting, Boulder, CO, June 11-13, 2007.
  167. "Ignition kinetics in fuels oxidation," ARO Contractors’ Meeting, Boulder, CO, June 11-13, 2007.
  168. "Development of computationally accessible reaction mechanisms for augmentor ignition/extinction modeling," AFRL Contractor’s meeting, Craft Tech, Pipersville, PA, Sept. 27, 2007.
  169. "Physical and chemical processes in flames," AFOSR Contractors' Meeting, Washington, DC, June 16-18, 2008.
  170. "Some results and thoughts on modeling combustion instability at high pressures," AFOSR/NASA Contractors' Meeting, Washington, DC July 8-11, 2008.
  171. Gasification characteristics of ionic liquid droplets," Energetic Ionic Liquids Workshop, Colorado Springs, CO, July 23-24, 2008.
  172. Reaction mechanisms of surrogate fuels," Fuels Summit, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, Sept. 8, 2008.
  173. "Ignition and reaction mechanisms for hypergolic propellants," ARO MURI Workshop on Spray and Combustion of Gelled Hypergolic Propellants for Future Rocket and Missile Engines, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Sept. 29, 2008.
  174. "A mechanistic study of Soret diffusion in hydrogen-air flames," 47th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 5-8, 2009.
  175. "Surface morphology and self-acceleration in expanding spherical flames," 47th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 5-8, 2009.
  176. "Advancing combustion science in China," 8th CMI Workshop, Princeton, NJ, February 10-11, 2009.