Research Group

Current members:

• PhD students: 
• Mr. Luis Alvarez (expected to graduate in 2025). "Fundamental and Applied Investigation of Ammonia Combustion: Characteristics and Emissions at Relevant IC Engine Conditions"
  
• Mr. Sandeep Guguloth (expected to graduate in 2026)
• Mrs. Stefany Saenz (expected to graduate in 2027)
• Mr. Juan Trujillo (expected to graduate in 2027)

Graduated: 

• PhD
• Dr. Christopher Ulishney (2023). "Combustion Characteristics of Methane, Ethane, Propane, and Butane Blends Under Conditions Relevant of a Dual-Fuel Diesel and Natural Gas Engine"
  
• Dr. James Shaffer (2023). "High-Pressure Ignition and Flame Propagation – An Experimental and Numerical Study"
• Dr. Ali Sivri (2020). "A Study on the Hydrodynamics of a Bench-Scale Top-Fed Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasifier using Biomass and Coal as Feedstocks"
• Dr. Jinlong Liu (2018). "Investigation of Combustion Characteristics of a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Retrofitted to Natural Gas Spark Ignition Operation"

• MS
• Ms.Sarah Mills (May 2019). "Design of experiment and analysis techniques for fuel consumption data using heavy-duty diesel vehicles and on-road testing"

• Mr. Rahul Kooragayala (2018). "Temperature Simulation and Heat Exchange in a Batch Reactor using Ansys Fluent"
• Mr. Hemanth Bommisetty (2017) "Gas Composition Effects in a CI Engine Converted to SI Natural Gas Operation"
• Mr. Rasik Pondicherry (2017; co-adviser with Dr. Marc Besch) "Investigation of boundary parameter effects onto WBW and NTE in-use emissions quantification methods"
• Mr. Vishnu Padmanaban (2016). "Investigation of Combustion Phenomena in a Single-Cylinder Spark-Ignited Natural Gas Engine with Optical Access"

Visiting graduate students: