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Investigators in Advanced Combustion
Craig T. Bowman Email | Bio
Department Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering - Thermosciences, Stanford University
Area of Study: Combustion and its Environmental Impact, Reacting Flows, Active Combustion Control
GCEP Projects: Optimization of Synthetic Oxygenated Fuels
Controlled Combustion

Chris Edwards Email | Bio
Department Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Area of Study: Combustion, Engines, Sprays, Energy Systems
GCEP Projects: The Sootless Diesel: Use of In-Plume Fuel Transformation to Enable Hight-Load, High-Efficiency, Clean Combustion
An Extreme Compression Approach to Low-Irreversibility Piston Engines
Low Exergy Loss Chemical Engines

Development of Low-Irreversibility Engines

David Golden Email
Department Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering - Thermosciences, Stanford University
Area of Study: Chemical Kinetics Related to Combustion and the Atmosphere
GCEP Projects: Optimization of Synthetic Oxygenated Fuels
Hydrogen Effects on Climate, Stratospheric Ozone, and Air Pollution
Process Informatics

Ronald Hanson Email | Bio | Lab
Department Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering - Thermosciences, Stanford University
Secondary Affiliation: Aeronautics/Astronautics
Area of Study: Combustion and Propulsion Science, Laser Diagnostics and Sensing
GCEP Projects: Optimization of Synthetic Oxygenated Fuels
Sensors for Advanced Combustion Systems

Ripudaman Malhotra Email
Department Affiliation: Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, SRI
GCEP Project: Optimization of Synthetic Oxygenated Fuels

Reginald E. Mitchell Email | Bio
Department Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering - Thermosciences, Stanford University
Area of Study: Coal and Biomass Combustion and Gasification; Pollutant Formation during Combustion
GCEP Projects: Coal Energy Conversion with Aquifer-Based Carbon Sequestration
Exploratory Project - A Collaborative Research Effort on Integration of Coal Energy
Coal and Biomass Char Reactivity

Heinz Pitsch Email | Bio | Lab
Department Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Area of Study: Computational Energy Sciences, Combustion Modeling, Fuel Cells
GCEP Project: Optimization of Synthetic Oxygenated Fuels