Research

Thermosciences Group Research

 

Thermosciences Group Research byTopic

Fluid mechanics link

heat transfer link

heat transfer at Microscales link

Computational &
Experimental
Fluid Mechanics
Computational &
Experimental
Heat Transfer

Nanoscale Heat
Transfer

combustion research link

pollution technology link

materials synthesis link

Combustion
Research
Pollution
Technology
Materials Synthesis
& Processing

plasma

plasma

lasers

Microfluidics &
Microscale Transport
Phenomena

Plasma
Sciences
Advanced Laser-
Based Diagnostics

 

 

 

Recent Thermosciences Group Research by Faculty
(last item is name of sponsor)

Prof. Tom Bowman

Schmidt, Chad and Kemal, Abid "Reduction of NOx and CO emission from naval powerplants": ONR

Bates, Ron and Davidson, David "Spectroscopy and kinetics of combustion": DOE

Song, Soonho and Davidson, David "Natural gas combustion mechanics": SRI/GRI

Prof. Peter Bradshaw

Coleman, Colin "Analysis and experimental investigation of the stability of supersonic boundary layers": NASA Ames

Moriarty, Patrick "Turbulence measurements on a flap-edge model": NASA Ames

Prof. Mark Cappelli

Kim, Dr. Joongsoo and Ji, Jin Seok "Diagnostics for Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition and Etch Systems": NASA

Berns, Darren and Schwendner, Katrin "Low Density Impinging Reacting Plasma Jets for Thin Film Synthesis": NSF

Loh, Michael and Kull, Alan "Low Temperature, Large Area Synthesis of Diamond Films using DC Arcjet Plasmas": Daimler-Benz Corporation

Glew, Alex "RF Plasma Synthesis of Diamond-Like Carbon Films on Video Tape Recorder Heads": LG Electronics Inc.

Crawford, Scott "Synthesis of Advanced Substrates for Packaging of Power Electronic Devices": SIMA, OTL, CIS

Cedolin, Renato; Storm, Vic; Hargus, Bill; Walker, Quentin and Meezan, Nathan "Development and Diagnostics of Advanced Plasma Propulsion Devices": AFOSR, Olin Aerospace, Boeing Corporation

Prof. Christopher Edwards

DOE-ASCI , "Spray Physics for Large Eddy Simulation of Gas Turbine Combustion"

NASA, "Active Control of Combustion Instability in Air-Breathing Propulsion Systems"

BASE/NASA, "Piezoelectric Modulation of Simplex Sprays"

DOE-Sandia, "Experimental Studies of High-Pressure Diesel Sprays"

Prof. Kenneth Goodson

Asheghi, Mehdi "Phonon scattering in semiconductor structures" : Hewlett-Packard

Fletcher, Daniel A. "Near-field photothermal diagnostics and processing" : NSF

Ju, Y. Sungtaek "High-temperature thermal transport physics in semiconductors" : ONR

King, William P. "Thermal Nanomachining using the atomic force microscope (AFM)" : ONR

Kurabayashi, Katsuo "Anisotropic thermal conductivity in polymer films" : SRC

Srinivasan, Dr. Uma "Solid-state cooling technology for integrated circuits" : DARPA

Sverdrup, Per G. "Advanced thermal conduction modeling for transistors" : Texas Instruments

Touzelbaev, Maxat N. "Thermal properties of novel thin films" : Daimler-Benz AG

Zhou, Peng "Advanced thermomechanical diagnostics for IC packaging" : SRC

"Microscale Thermal and Thermoelectrical Simulations for Improved Cooling of Integrated Circuits" : IBM Corporation

"Simulation of Heat Transport in Nanostructures" : NASA (pending)

Prof. Ron Hanson

Bates, Ron "High pressure kinetic studies of combustion and propulsion chemistry using optical diagnostics": USAF, ONR, GRI, DOE

Ben-Yakar, Adela "Transverse fuel jet injection into a high-enthalpy, supersonic freestream": ARO

Cedolin, Renato "Laser-induced fluorescence diagnostics of xenon plasmas": AFOSR

Chang, Andrew "High-temperature absorption diagnostics of atomic oxygen and nitrogen using semiconductor diode lasers": AFOSR

Choi, Carlson "Multiplexed diode-laser absorption sensors for semiconductor process control": SIMA/CIS

Chou, Shang-I "Multiplexed diode-laser absorption sensors for semiconductor process control": SIMA/CIS

Furlong, Edward "Diode-laser sensor system for real-timein-situmonitoring and control": ONR (SERDP)

Kamel, Michel "Combined PLIF and schlieren imaging of unsteady combustion phenomena in hypersonic reactive flows": ARO

Kirby, Brian "PLIF measurement of infrared-active combustion species": ONR

Mihalcea, Radu "Multiplexed diode-laser sensor system for simultaneous measurements of CO, NO, CO2, and NO2": SERDP, AFOSR

Morris, Christopher "PLIF and schlieren imaging of oblique detonation waves on wedge-shaped bodies": ARO

Nagali, Venu "Diode laser based diagnostic for water in high pressure environments": AFOSR

Palmer, Jennifer "PLIF imaging of shock-tunnel free jets for velocity and temperature measurements": AFOSR

Petersen, Eric "Development of a shock tube and diagnostics for chemistry studies at high pressures": ONR, ARO, GRI

Rossman, Tobias "Mixing and combustion enhancement in supersonic turbulent shear flows"

Song, Soonho "Measurement of the equation of state of Argon at high pressures using a shock tube": ONR

Stouklov, Igor "CFx diagnostics with cavity ring-down spectroscopy": Lam Research Inc.

Thurber, Mark "Laser-induced acetone fluorescence for temperature imaging diagnostics": AFOSR

Webber, Michael "Diode-laser sensor system for real-timein-situmonitoring and control": ONR (SERDP)

Wehe, Shawn "Tunable diode laser absorption measurements of temperature, velocity and species in hypervelocity flowfields": AFOSR

Prof. James Johnston

Khan, Zia "Studies on vortex generator jets": NSF

Johnston, James P. "Diffuser design, analysis and performance": no sponsor

Prof. Charles Kruger

Dr. Christophe O. Laux, Dr. Thomas G. Owano, Richard J. Gessman, Denis Packan, Lan Yu "Mechanisms of Ionizational Nonequilibrium in Air Plasmas": Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Dr. Thomas G. Owano, Edward H. Wahl, Maosheng Zhao, Hugh T. Stinnette "Nonequilibrium Plasma Chemistry": Department of Energy

Dr. Christophe O. Laux, Richard J. Gessman, Denis M. Packan "Infra-red Signature Masking by Air Plasma Radiation": NASA

Dr. Christophe O. Laux, Dr. Laurent Pierrot "Collisional-Radiative Modeling of Air Plasma Radiation": European Space Agency, NASA.

Prof. Reggie Mitchell

Tsai, Nancy "Pressurized Coal Gasification Studies": Shell Synthetics Fuel, Inc.

Diaz, Ruben and Akanetuk, A. E. Jacob "Char Fragmentation Studies": DOE

Akanetuk, A. E. Jacob "Pyrite Transformation Studies": DOE

Prof. Robert Moffat

Batchelder, Keith "The effects of high free-stream turbulence on heat transfer: scale and intensity variations": General Electric

Mukerji, Debjit "Convective heat transfer from small heated patches" (with Prof. Eaton): General Electric

Prof. Godfrey Mungal

Urban, William and Rossmann, Tobias "Research on Supersonic Turbulent Reacting Flows": AFOSR

Hasselbrink, Charlie, Muniz, Lorelei and Urban, William "Structure of Turbulent Diffusion Flames": GRI

Hasselbrink, Charlie, Muniz, Lorelei and Urban, William "Research in Turbulent Combustion": NASA

Hasselbrink, Charlie, Muniz, Lorelei and Urban, William "Simultaneous PIV and PLIF Studies of the Effect of Heat Release Upon Chemically Reacting Jet Flows": NSF

Prof. Juan G. Santiago

Advanced DNA separation devices, Ebara Corporation, 2004-2008

Proteomic Analysis of the Blood Components in Autoimmune Disease, National Institutes of Health, 2002-2009

Investigation of Directed Cell Migration Using Electrokinetic Systems, Stanford BIOX Program, Stanford Univ., 2007-2008

A Hybrid Electrochemical Microstimulator Implant for Denervated Muscles, Department of Defense, 2007-2009

Novel Isotachophoresis Assays for Toxin Detection, DARPA MF3 Center, 2007-2009

Experimental and Computational Design of a Microfluidic Device for Micro-Barcode Based Oligonucleotide Synthesis, National Science Foundation, 2008-2011

Extraction of Genetic Material from Virus Samples Using Isotachophoresis, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, 2008-2009

Extraction of micro-RNA from Cell Lysate, Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, 2008-2013