Current Research Projects

1. Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Principal Investigator (co-PI: Hai Wang)
Title: Development of Detailed and Reduced Kinetics Mechanisms for Surrogates of
Petroleum-Derived and Synthetic Jet Fuels
Period: March 2008 – February 2011

2. Agency: Solar Turbines/California Energy Commission

Principal Investigator (co-PI: Hai Wang)
Title: Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Combustion Characteristics of
Alternative Fuels
Period: August 2008 – July 2011

3. Agency: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Theo Tsotsis)
Title: Membrane Contactor Reactors for Environmental Applications
Period: July 2007 – June 2010
4. Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation/METRANS
Principal Investigator (co-PI: Theo Tsotsis)
Title: Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Biofuels Used for Transportation
Period: October 2007 – February 2009

5. Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Principal Investigator (co-PI: Theo Tsotsis)
Title: Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Combustion Characteristics of
Conventional and Alternative Jet Fuels
Period: May 2007 – April 2009

6. Agency: Department of Energy

Principal Investigator (co-PI: Theo Tsotsis)
Title: Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Characteristics of Liquid
Biofuels for Enhanced Combustion
Period: July 2007 – June 2009

7. Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Principal Investigator (co-PI: Hai Wang)
Title: Experiments and Reaction Models of Fundamental Combustion Properties
Period: November 2006 – October 2009