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The discipline of Thermal Systems Engineering (TSE) - combustion, heat transfer, chemistry and physics - has stood at the nexus of energy management since
the industrial revolution. TSE remains central to current issues, including global climate change, solar energy, cooling of high-density CPUs, geoengineering, or
multiphase combustion. At Cornell, TSE faculty are engaged in diverse research, including combustion of liquid and gaseous fuels and biomass, non-linear
control of heating and ventilation, geophysical heat and mass transfer, turbulent transport, thermal systems integration, and air quality.

Selected Recent Publications and Grants:

New grant: CAREER: Enabling Fuel Design and Optimization: An innovative approach to capture multi-component chemistry effects in large-scale combustion
simulations

Perrine Pepiot was recently awarded a grant through the National Science Foundat...

New grant: Numerical Study of Liquid Jet Atomization in Supersonic Crossflows

Olivier Desjardins was recently awarded a grant through Taitech Inc. (TAITECH), ...

New article: Improving Particle Drag Predictions in Euler-Lagrange Simulations with Two-Way Coupling

Article:  Ireland, PJ; Desjardins, O; “Improving Particle Drag Predict...

New article: Characterization of Extinction/Reignition Events in Turbulent Premixed Counterflow Flames using Strain-Rate Analysis

Article:  Tirunagari, RR; Pope, SB; “Characterization of Extinction/Re...

New article: Effects of Molecular Transport in LES/PDF of Piloted Turbulent Dimethyl Ether/Air Jet Flames

Article:  You, JP; Yang, Y; Pope, SB; “Effects of Molecular Transport ...

New article: A Mass and Momentum Conserving Unsplit Semi-Lagrangian Framework for Simulating Multiphase Flows

Article: Owkes, M; Desjardins, O; “A Mass and Momentum Conserving Unsplit S...

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New article: Numerical Simulation of the Initial Destabilization of an Air-Blasted Liquid Layer

Article:  Agbaglah, G; Chiodi, R; Desjardins, O; “Numerical Simulation...

New article: A Novel Atom Tracking Algorithm for the Analysis of Complex Chemical Kinetic Networks

Article:  Laurent, C; Frewin, CJ; Pepiot, P; “A Novel Atom Tracking Algorit...

New article: LES/PDF for Premixed Combustion in the DNS Limit

Article:  Tirunagari, RR; Pope, SB; “LES/PDF for Premixed Combustion in the...

New grant: ISS: Inertial Spreading and Imbibition of a Liquid Drop Through a Porous Surface

Michel Y. Louge along with co-PI Olivier Desjardins were recently awarded a gran...

Research Area Faculty

  Name Department Contact

Avedisian, C. Thomas Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 193 Grumman Hall

Professor 607 592-7915
cta2@cornell.edu

Cady, K Bingham Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 219 Kimball Hall

Professor Emeritus 607 255-3590
KBC3@cornell.edu

Desjardins, Olivier Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 305 Upson Hall

Associate Professor 607 255-4100
olivier.desjardins@cornell.edu

Fisher, Elizabeth M. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 315 Upson Hall

Associate Professor 607 255-8309
EMF4@cornell.edu

Louge, Michel Yves Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 351 Upson Hall
Professor 607 255-4193
myl3@cornell.edu

Warhaft, Zellman Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 317 Upson Hall

Professor Emeritus 607 255-3898
ZW16@cornell.edu

Zhang, Max Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 345 Upson Hall

Associate Professor 607 254-5402
KZ33@cornell.edu

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