Dr. Eric L. Petersen, Nelson-Jackson Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, 3123 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, Phone: (979) 845-1257; email: epetersen@tamu.edu; website

Educational Background: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1998); M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida (1990); B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude), University of Central Florida (1988).

Employment History: Texas A&M University (TAMU), Professor, Mech. Eng. (2012 – present); TAMU, Associate Professor, Mech. Eng. (2008-2012); University of Central Florida (UCF), Associate Professor, MMAE (2006-2007); UCF, Assistant Professor, MMAE (2001-2006); The Aerospace Corp. (El Segundo, CA), Staff Scientist, Space Materials Laboratory (1997-2001); UC, Irvine, Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng. (1998-2000); Stanford University, Graduate Assistant (1993-1997); Pratt & Whitney, Analytical Engineer (1990-1993).

Research Interests: Gas dynamics and shock waves, combustion, propulsion, experimental techniques, solid propellants, optical diagnostics and spectroscopy, chemical kinetics.

Teaching Experience: Gas Dynamics, Combustion, Thermo I, Mechanics of Viscous Flow, Mechanical Power Systems, Fluid Mechanics, Rocket Propulsion, Heat Conduction, Mech/Aero Engineering Meas., Thermal-Fluids Meas., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Aerothermodyn-amics of Propulsion, Design of Aerospace Exp., High-Speed Aero, Thermo II; Aerospace Lab.

Research Supervision Activities: Currently supervising 1 Research Associate; 8 Ph.D., 6 M.S., 2 UG students, and 1 visiting scholar; graduated 11 Ph.D. and 47 M.S. students.

Research Funding (Recent): As PI: DTRA: $746K; QNRF: $809K; DoD: $600K; Toshiba/PSI: $101K; DOE NETL: $498K; DoD: $616K; NSF REU Site: $444K; Parametric Solutions Inc.: $181K; Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center: $149K; Turbomachinery Research Consortium: $45K; Rolls-Royce: $269K; Alstom: $113K; DoD: $800K; AFRL: $71K; DOE UTSR: $502K; NSF REU Site: $300K; Rolls-Royce: $234K; Alstom: $56K; GE Energy: $73K; Rolls Royce: $298K; As Co-PI: SERDP: $150K; DARPA: $1,950K; NSF grant: $330K.

Publication Record: 108 journal articles in print and 4 in press; 264 conference papers; 3 journal articles currently under review; and several published reports.

Honors and Awards: James J. Cain Graduate Teaching Award (2015); Best Paper Award, X ISHPMIE (2014); Nelson-Jackson Professor (2013); TEES Faculty Fellow (2011); ASME Fellow (2010); Leland T. Jordan Career Development Professorship (2010); Teaching Excellence Award (Fall 2009; Fall 2010); Best Paper Award, ASME Turbo Expo (2009); NSF CAREER Award (2006); MMAE Prof. of the Year (2006, 2005, 2003); CECS Prof. of the Year (2003).

Service Record (TAMU): Currently on Department Advisory, Mentoring, and Tenure & Promotion Committees; ΠΤΣ Faculty Advisor (2008-2012); Chair of Graduate Program Review Committee (2012-2013); member of faculty search committees (2010-2014).

Professional Participation: Board Member and Treasurer of Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems; Sr. Member of AIAA; ASME Fellow; member of ASEE and The Combustion Institute; Associate Editor: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; Journal of Propulsion and Power; Editorial Board Member, Combustion and Flame.

Education 1998 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University. Advisor: Prof. Ronald K. Hanson.

Thesis: “A Shock Tube and Diagnostics for Chemistry Measurements at Elevated Pressures with Application to Methane Ignition.” (April, 1998)

1990 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida. Advisor: Prof. Vernon P. Roan.

Thesis: “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Ejectors Employing Dissimilar Fluids.” (May, 1990)

1988 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida, Magna Cum Laude.

(August, 1988)

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Professional Experience Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College Station,

TX (Sept. 2012 – present)

Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College

Station, TX (Jan. 2008 – Sept. 2012)

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace

Engineering Department, Orlando, FL (May 2006 – Dec. 2007)

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace

Engineering Department, Orlando, FL (Aug. 2001 – April 2006)

Research Scientist, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA

(Sept. 1997 – July 2001)

- Performed a comprehensive review on shock tubes for heterogeneous flows - Developed research program in combustion synthesis of materials and aerosols - Conducted research on soot formation and advanced fuel additives - Rebuilt The Aerospace Corporation’s shock-tube and -tunnel program - Carried out research on the active control of vortex-driven instabilities in SRMs - Applied optical techniques for the study of reacting and non-reacting flow fields - Conducted an experimental study of a hypersonic, chemical-laser flow - Performed fluid and thermal analyses and experiments in support of the AF SMC - Supervised several students from UC Irvine as part of a summer internship program

Lecturer, University of California, Irvine, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

(Sept. 1998 – Dec. 2000)

- Taught undergraduate course in applied thermodynamics - Taught experimental aerodynamics course

Research Assistant, Stanford University, Thermosciences Dept., Stanford, CA

(July 1993 – Aug. 1997) - Designed and installed high-pressure (1000-atm) shock-tube facility - Performed experiments and analyses for combustion kinetics and ignition - Aided ARL Ram Accelerator effort by studying practical CH4 mixtures - Developed and applied spectroscopic optical diagnostic techniques - Investigated non-ideal flows and real-gas effects at high pressures - Applied optical diagnostics to transient, reacting, high-pressure flows

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Analytical Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL (May 1990 – July 1993) - Specialized in injector design, atomization and sprays, and combustion instability - PI, Liquid Stability Mechanisms research program under AFRL (w/UTRC, UCI) - Performed fluid/thermal analyses for rocket combustor design and development - Conducted experiments on advanced gas turbine augmentors and rocket injectors

Research Assistant, University of Florida, Mechanical Engineering, Gainesville, FL

(Aug. 1988 – May 1990)

- Received United Technologies Propulsion Research Fellowship - Conducted experimental study of supersonic gas/gas ejectors for propulsion - Researched shear-layer mixing and developed an analytical computer model - Developed a 2D Euler solver CFD code for turbomachinery cascade analysis

Engineer Associate, Martin Marietta, Electronics Systems Division, Orlando, FL

(Dec. 1986 – Aug. 1988)

- Worked part time while attending school full time - Designed low-level mechanical components for ADATS electro-optics system - Developed CAD skills (CADAM) and performed tolerance analyses

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Teaching and Related Activities Texas A&M University

Courses Taught: Course Semesters Level MEEN 633 Combustion Science and Eng. (Spr09,Spr10,F11,Spr14,F15,Spr17) (G) MEEN 344 Fluid Mechanics (F08,Spr11,Spr12,Spr13,Spr15,F15) (UG) MEEN 404 Engineering Laboratory (Spr08, F10, F12, F13, F14, F16) (UG) MEEN 472 Gas Dynamics (F09,F10,F11,F12,F13,F14,F15,F16)(UG/G) University of Central Florida

Courses Taught: Course Semesters G/UG EML 6712 Mechanics of Viscous Flow (F01) (G) EML 4411 Mechanical Power Systems (Spr02) (UG) EGN 3343 Thermodynamics (Spr02, F07) (UG) EML 3701 Fluid Mechanics I (Su02) (UG) EML 6154 Conduction Heat Transfer (Su02) (G) EML 3303 Mechanical Engineering Meas. (F02,Su03,F03,Su04,F04,Su05,F05) (UG) EAS 5315 Rocket Propulsion (F02, F03, F04, F06) (G) EAS 3101 Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (Spr03) (UG) EML 4304 Thermal-Fluids Measurements (Spr03, Spr04, Spr05) (UG) EAS 3800 Aerospace Engineering Meas. (Su03, F03, Su04, F04,Su05,F05) (UG) EAS 3810 Design of Aerospace Experiments (Spr04, Spr05, Spr06, Spr07) (UG) EAS 4300 Aerothermodynamics of Propulsion (Spr04, Spr05, Spr06) (UG) EAS 6807 Aerospace Meas./Instrumentation (F05) (G) EAS 4134 High-Speed Aerodynamics (F06) (UG) EAS 3010 Fundamentals of Aerospace Flight (F07) (UG) Directed Research and Independent Study for Undergraduates:

Semester Student(s), Topic Hours Sum 07 M. Davis; H2O2 Absorption Diagnostic 3 Fall 06 M. Newhartz; Design of Safety Wall for Flame Speed Exp. 1 Fall 06 T. Cannizzaro; EML 4304 Thermo-Fluids Meas. 2 Sum06 H. Shah; EAS 4134 High-Speed Aero 3 Sum 06 J. Anspach; Shock-Tube Driver Frame Design 1 Sum 06 C. Zinner; Shock-Tube Research and Diaphragm Redesign 1 Sum 06 R. Santos; Inertial Mass Design for HP Shock Tube 1 Sum 06 B. Rotavera; Discharge Coefficient Measurements 1

of a Coaxial Rocket Injector Spr 06 B. Mann; Shock-Tube Port Cap Redesign 1

Spr 06 J. Thomas; Divert and Attitude Control System Review 1 Fall 05 E. Tew; Diaphragm Cutter Redesign and Fabrication 3

Fall 05 A. Law; Modified Endwall Design and Fabrication 2

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Fall 05 R. Mulcahy; Labview Readout of Wind Tunnel Runs 3 Fall 05 J. McGowan; Shock-Tube Leak Check and Vacuum 2 Fall 05 V. Antonovski and J. Figueroa; EAS 4300 Propulsion 3

Fall 05 H. Quereshi; Explosion Wave Literature Search 1 Sum 05 A. Barney; Optical Table Upgrade Design and Fab. 1 Sum 05 K. Meredith; Chemkin Calculations of Ignition 2 Sum 05 J. McGowan; Shock Tube Laboratory Research 2 Spr 05 M. Stephens; Research and Paper on the Effects of 1

Bimodal AP on Burn Rate; for AIAA Student Conference Spr 05 E. Schwartz; Literature Search on CFD Models for 1 Combustion in Power Generation Gas Turbines Fall 04 S. Schembri; Implementation of a Force Balance on the 2 UCF Subsonic Wind Tunnel Fall 04 I. Sanchez; Computer DAQ for the Subsonic Wind Tunnel 1 Spr 04 R. Simeone, C. Singh; EAS 4134 High-Speed Aero 3 Spr 04 J. Arvanetes; Research in Solid Rocket Propellants 1 Fall 03 B. Kudrowitz; Computer DAQ for Meas. Laboratory 3 Fall 03 M. Hayman; Design of a High-Pressure Mixing Tank 2

Spr 03 I. Whiteley, L. Sheehan; Mars Greenhouse Project 3 Spr 03 M. Stephens; Mars Greenhouse Project 1 Fall 02 D. Joo, C. Borowski; EAS 4300 Propulsion 3 University of California, Irvine

Courses Taught: Course Quarters G/UG MAE 108 Aerospace Laboratory (F99, F00) (UG) MAE 115 Thermodynamics of Mechanical (F98) (UG) Systems

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Student and Researcher Supervision Texas A&M University and University of Central Florida Postdoctoral Researchers – Current

1) Dr. Olivier Mathieu (Ph.D., Chemistry, Orleans, France) (Mar. 11 – present) Graduate Students - Current

1) Andrew Demko (Ph.D.): (May 11 – present) Topic: Solid Rocket Propellant Burning Rates with Advanced Additives 2) Anibal Morones (PhD): (Sept. 12 – present) Topic: Laminar and Turbulent Flame Speed Experiments 3) Travis Sikes (PhD): (MKOPSC Fellow student); (Jan. 13 – present) Topic: Aerosol Flame Speed Experiment 4) James Thomas (PhD): (May 13 – present) Topic: Solid Rocket Propellants and Hybrid Rockets 5) Charles Keesee (PhD): (May 13 – present) Topic: High-Pressure Laminar Flame Speed Measurements 6) Joshua Hargis (PhD): (July 13 – present) Topic: Shock-Tube Chemical Kinetics 7) Clayton Mulvihill (PhD): (Aug. 13 – present) Topic: Optical and Laser Spectroscopy at High Temperatures 8) Jacob Stahl (MS): (Sept. 14 – present) Topic: Liquid Rocket Propellants 9) Catherine Dillier (PhD): (Jan. 15 – present) Topic: Solid Propellants with Advanced Nano-Additives 10) Gordon Morrow (MS): (June 15 – present) Topic: Solid Propellants with Advanced Nano-Additives 11) Rachel Rebagay (MS): (Jan. 16 – present) Topic: Measurements in a New Heated Shock Tube 12) Michaela Fasano (MS): (Aug. 16 – present) Topic: Cook-Off Testing of NTO 13) Andrew Tykol (MS): (Oct. 16 – present) Topic: Composite Solid Rocket Propellants

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14) Sulaiman Alturaifi (MS): (Oct. 16 – present) Topic: Shock-Tube Gas Dynamics and Ignition

Undergraduate Students – Current

1) Victor Leon, (Sept. 15 – present) Topic: Design and Use of a New Turbulent Flame Speed System 2) Mattias Turner, (Oct. 16 – present) Topic: Laminar Flame Speed Experiments Visiting Scholars – Current

1) Thomas Sammet, RET Teacher Participant (Summers and year round part time) Topic: High Burn Rate Solid Rocket Propellants 2) Abdoul Adjagbe, Visiting Student Researcher from Paris (Fall 2016) Topic: Design of an Aerosol Production and Containment Vessel Graduate Students - Completed

58) Catherine Dillier (MS): (Dec. 2016) Topic: Development and Characterization of a New Very High-Pressure Strand Burner

for Studying Propellant Burning Rates at Extreme Temperatures 57) James Anderson (MS): (May 2016) Topic: Development of a Mid-Infrared Carbon Monoxide Sensor for a High-Pressure

Combustor Rig 56) Matthew Gill (MS): (May 2016) Topic: Design of a Large-Scale Detonation Tube 55) Camilo Martinez Rosas (PhD – Co-Advisor with M. S. Mannan): (May 2016) Topic: Deflagration to Detonation Transition Studies 54) Austin Bond (PhD – Co-Advisor with M. Holtzapple): (Aug. 2016) Topic: Making Bombs for Peaceful Purposes: How Explosive Processes Render

Lignocellulosic Biomass More Amenable to Biological Digestion 53) H. Greg Johnston (MS): (Dec. 2015) Topic: Experimental Effects of Coal-Limestone Mixtures on Dust-Layer Dispersion

Behind a Moving Shock Wave 52) Gabriel Homan-Cruz (MS): (Dec. 2015) Topic: Experimental Techniques to Study the Combustion of Aqueous Solutions of

Hydroxylammonium Nitrate With Additives

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51) Anibal Morones (MS): (Aug. 2015) Topic: Turbulence Measurements in a Fan-Stirred Bomb using Laser Doppler

Velocimetry 50) Amira Chowdhury (PhD – Co-Advisor with M. S. Mannan): (Aug. 2015) Topic: Shock Interaction with Dust Layers 49) Joshua Hargis (MS): (May 2015) Topic: Methane Ignition in a Shock Tube with High Levels of CO2 Dilution 48) Charles Keesee (MS): (May 2015) Topic: Laminar Flame Speed Measurements of Synthetic Gas Blends with Hydrocarbon

Impurities 47) Clayton Mulvihill (MS): (May 2015) Topic: Shock-Tube Time-History Measurements of H2O in the H2/O2 System Using IR

Laser Absorption Spectroscopy 46) Travis Sikes (MS): (MKOPSC Fellow student): (Dec. 2014) Topic: Laminar Flame Speeds of Nano-Aluminum/Methane Hybrid Mixtures 45) James Thomas (MS): (Dec. 2014)

Topic: Hybrid Rocket Burning Rate Enhancement by Nano-Scale Additives in HTPB Fuel Grains

44) Jose Emiliano Vivanco (MS): (Aug. 2014) Topic: A New Shock-Tube Facility for the Study of High-Temperature Chemical Kinetics 43) Kenneth McCown (MS): (May 2014)

Topic: Experimental Techniques to Study the Effects of Nanoparticle Additives on Heterogeneous Monopropellant Combustion

42) Alejandro Camou (MS): (May 2014)

Topic: Design and Development of a Mid-Infrared Carbon Monoxide Sensor for a High-Pressure Combustor Rig

41) Sankar Ravi (PhD): (May 2014)

Topic: Measurement of Turbulent Flame Speeds of Hydrogen and Natural Gas Blends (C1-C5 Alkanes) Using a Newly Developed Fan-Stirred Vessel

40) Carmen Helena Osorio (PhD): (Aug. 2013) Co-Advisor with: Dr. Sam Mannan, Chemical Engineering

Topic: Chemical Experimental and Computational Study of Flame Inhibition Mechanisms in C1-C3 Alkanes Flame

39) Brandon Marks (MS): (Aug. 2013) Topic: A New Facility for Studying Shock Wave Passage Over Dust Layers

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38) Andrew Demko (MS): (Aug. 2013) Topic: Tailoring Composite Solid Propellants to Produce a Plateau Burning Profile 37) Tyler Allen (MS): (May 2013) Topic: Laboratory-Scale Burning and Characterization of Composite Solid Propellants

for Studying Novel Nanoparticle Synthesis Methods 36) Christopher Aul (PhD): (May 2013)

Topic: Measuring Hydroxyl Radicals During the Oxidation of Methane, Ethane, Ethylene, and Acetylene in a Shock Tube Using UV Absorption Spectroscopy

35) Lori Sandberg (MS): (May 2013) Topic: Characterization of an Aerosol Shock Tube Facility for Heterogeneous

Combustion Studies 34) Drew Plichta (MS): (May 2013)

Topic: Enhancements of a Combustion Vessel to Determine Laminar Flame Speeds of Hydrocarbon Blends with Helium Dilution at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures

33) Madeleine Kopp (MS): (Dec. 2012) Topic: Rate Determination of the CO2* Chemiluminescence Reaction CO+O+M→CO2*+M 32) Marissa Brower (MS): (Aug. 2012) Topic: Ignition Delay Times of Natural Gas/Hydrogen Blends at Elevated Pressures 31) Andrew Vissotski (MS): (Aug. 2012)

Topic: Development of an Experimental Facility for Flame Speed Measurements in Powdered Aerosols

30) Brandon Rotavera (PhD) (May 2012; Interdisciplinary Engineering major)

Topic: Oxidation Kinetics of Pure and Blended Methyl Octanoate/n-Nonane/Methylcyclohexane: Measurements and Modeling of OH*/CH* Chemilumin-escence, Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds

29) William Warren (MS): (May 2012) Topic: Experimental Techniques for the Study of Liquid Monopropellant Combustion 28) Michael Krejci (MS): (May 2012)

Topic: Development of a New Flame Speed Vessel to Measure the Effect of Steam Dilution on Laminar Flame Speeds of Syngas Fuel Blends at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures

27) Corey Frazier (PhD): (Dec. 2011) Topic: Modeling of Composite Solid Propellant Experiments Containing Nanoadditives

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26) John Pemelton (MS): (Aug. 2011) Topic: Shock-Tube Study of Methane Ignition with NO2 and N2O 25) Nolan Polley (MS): (Dec. 2010) Topic: Detonation Diffraction into a Confined Volume 24) Kevin Kreitz (MS): (Dec. 2010) Topic: Catalytic Nanoparticle Additives in the Combustion of AP/HTPB Composite Solid

Propellant 23) William Lowry (MS): (Dec. 2010) Topic: Effect of Blending on High-Pressure Laminar Flame Speed Measurements,

Markstein Lengths, and Flame Stability of Hydrocarbons 22) Mouna Lamnaouer (PhD, UCF) (May 10) Co-Advisor: Alain Kassab (UCF)

Topic: Numerical Modeling of the Shock Tube Flow Fields Before and During Ignition Delay Time Experiments at Practical Conditions

21) Nicole Donato (MS) (Dec. 2009) Topic: OH* Chemiluminescence: Pressure Dependence of O + H + M = OH* + M 20) Alexander Barrett (MS) (Dec. 2009) Topic: Measurement of Water Vapor Concentration Using Tunable Diode Laser

Absorption Spectroscopy 19) Brandon Rotavera (MS) (Dec. 2009)

Topic: Chemiluminescence and Ignition Delay Time Measurements of C9H20 Oxidation in O2-Ar Behind Reflected Shock Waves

18) Christopher J. Aul (MS) (Dec. 2009)

Topic: An Experimental Study into the Ignition of Methane and Ethane Blends in a Shock-Tube Facility

17) Jaap de Vries (PhD): (May 2009)

Topic: A Study on Spherical Expanding Flame Speeds of Methane, Ethane, and Methane/Ethane Mixtures at Elevated Pressures

16) Matthew Stephens (MS) (May 2009)

Topic: Tailoring the Plateau Burning Rates of Composite Propellants by the Use of Nanoscale Additives.

15) Troy Flaherty (MS—ME, UCF): (May 2009) Topic: Characterization of a Hydrogen-Based Synthetic Fuel in a Shock Tube 14) Christopher Zinner (MS—ME, UCF): (May 2008) Topic: Methane and Dimethyl Ether Oxidation at Elevated Temperatures and Pressure

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13) Danielle Kalitan (Ph.D. – ME, UCF) (Dec. 2007) Topic: A Study of Syngas Oxidation at High Pressures and Low Temperatures 12) Brian Walker (MS – AE, UCF) (Dec. 2007) Topic: Shock-Tube Investigation of Ignition Delay Times of Blends of Methane and

Ethane with Oxygen 11) Rodolphe Carro (MS – ME, UCF) (Dec. 2007) Topic: High Pressure Testing of Composite Solid Rocket Propellant Mixtures: Burner

Facility Characterization 10) Corey Frazier (MS – AE, UCF) (May 2007) (Co-Advisor with Alain Kassab)

Topic: Wall Heat Transfer Effects in the Endwall Region behind a Reflected Shock Wave at Long Test Times

9) Peter Himmerich (MS – AE, UCF) (May 2007)

Topic: Supersonic Crossflow Visualization at the UCF Supersonic Wind Tunnel 8) Anthony Amadio (MS—ME, UCF): (July 2006)

Topic: Driver-Gas Tailoring for Test-Time Extension using Unconventional Driver Mixtures

7) Jason Arvanetes (MS—ME, UCF): (May 2006)

Topic: Design and Implementation of an Emission Spectroscopy Diagnostic in a High-Pressure Strand Burner for the Study of Solid Propellant Combustion

6) Kyle Platt (MS—AE, UCF): (May 2006) (Co-Advisor with J. Brandenburg)

Topic: Design and Fabrication of a Full-Featured Labscale Hybrid Rocket Engine 5) Joel Hall (MS—ME, UCF): (Dec. 2005) Topic: Optimization of a Kinetics Model for OH Chemiluminescence 4) Jaap deVries (MS—AE, UCF): (Dec. 2005) Topic: Autoignition of Fuel Blends for Power Generation Gas Turbines 3) Jami Ward (MS—AE, UCF): (July 05) (Co-Advisor with A. Leonessa) Topic: Active Control of a Cold-Flow Solid Rocket Motor 2) Zaher El-Zahab (MS—ME, UCF): (Dec. 2003)

Topic: An Experimental Study of Spray Ignition behind Reflected Shock Waves 1) Sandeep Bhosale (MS—ME, UCF): (May 2003)

Topic: Design and Operation of a Shock Tube for Combustion and Imaging Applications

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Visiting Scholars – Past

30) Saadat Khan, TAMU-Qatar Undergraduate Research Intern participant (Summer 2016) Topic: Shock-Tube Ignition of 1,3 Butadiene 29) Victor Leon, REU Summer Participant (Summer 2015) from Texas A&M University Topic: Design of a New Turbulent Flame Speed Fan System 28) Rodolfo Spinelli Teixeira; Undergraduate Researcher from Brazil (June 2015 – July 2015) Topic: Laminar Flame Speeds of Methane with H2S Impurities 27) Binod Giri, Undergraduate Researcher from Trinity College, CT (June 2014 – Aug. 2014) Topic: Oxidation Kinetics of Nitromethane 26) Claire Gregoire, Graduate student from Univ. of Orleans, France (April 2014 – Aug. 2014) Topic: Chemical Kinetics of neo-Pentane and Fire Suppressants 25) Gordon Morrow, REU Summer Participant (Summer 2014) from Sam Houston State

University, TX Topic: High-Strength Solid Rocket Propellants 24) Sebastien Thion, Graduate student from Univ. of Orleans, France (Mar. 2013 – Aug. 2013) Topic: Chemical Kinetics of Hydrocarbon Mixtures 23) James Anderson, REU Site participant from Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX (May

– Aug. 2013) Topic: New Shock-Tube Design and Vacuum System 22) Irmis Osorio, Undergraduate Student from Universidad Industrial de Santander,

Bucaramanga, Colombia (Dec. 2012 – May 2013) Topic: Shock-Tube Experiments of Propene Ignition Delay Times 21) Fiona DeGuillaume, Grad. student from Univ. of Orleans, France (April 2012 – Aug. 2012) Topic: Chemical Kinetics of H2S in Syngas Mixtures 20) Alexander Gerds, (Sept. 2011 – Oct. 2011) RISE scholar from Germany Topic: Temperature Measurement in Shock Tubes Using Sound Waves 19) Lacy Dunn, REU Site participant from Texas Southern University (May – Aug. 2011) Topic: Initial Design of a Fiber Optic System for a TDLAS Setup 18) Carlton Doestch, REU Site participant from Baylor University, Waco, TX (May – Aug.

2011) Topic: Fast-Acting Valves for Shock-Tube Soot Formation and Collection 17) Rachel Archuleta, REU Site participant from Oregon State University (June – Aug. 2011) Topic: Shock-Tube Measurement of Pentane Ignition

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16) Anthony Levacque, Graduate student from University of Orleans, France (April – Aug. 2011) Topic: Effect of NO2 and N2O Addition on H2-O2 Oxidation Chemistry 15) Daniel Pastrich, RISE Scholar Participant (German-sponsored program) (July – Sept. 2009; July – Oct. 2010; Aug. – Nov. 2013) Topic: Soot Collection Experiments in a Shock Tube 14) Oliver Seidel, RISE Scholar Participant (German-Sponsored program) (July - Oct. 2010) Topic: Transient Pressure Measurements in a Shock-Induced Flow Through a Nozzle 13) Nicolas Marquet, Graduate Student from University of Orleans, France (May – Aug 2010) Topic: Ignition Measurements of DME and CH4/DME Mixtures 12) Linda Kelly, RET Teacher Participant (Summer 2009) Topic: Effect of Oxidizer Particle Distribution on Propellant Burning Rates 11) Jonas Trevino, RET Teacher Participant (Summer 2009) Topic: Pressure Oscillations in Constant-Volume Flame Speed Experiments 10) Dr. Mustapha Fikri, Physical Chemist from University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (Oct. –

Nov. 07) Topic: Optical diagnostics and shock tube ignition experiments

9) Matthew Janish, REU NanoPAC student (Sum 07) Topic: Investigation of Tailoring Effects of Doped Nano-Crystalline Titania on Solid

Rocket Propellant Burning Rate 8) Suraj Thulkar, Summer Scholar from IIT, India (Sum 07) Topic: Reflected-Shock Bifurcation Analysis and Experiments 7) Dr. Gilles Bourque, Combustion Specialist from Rolls-Royce (Nov. 06—Dec. 06) Topic: Chemical Kinetics and Flame Speeds 6) Allison Redd, RET Teacher Participant (Sum 06, Sum 07) Topic: Shock Tube Experiments and Ignition Measurements 5) Antonio Russo, REU NanoPAC student (Sum 06; co-advisor with S. Seal) Topic: Effect of Titania Additives of Burning Rate of Composite Solid Propellants 4) Nicholas Eliason, RET Teacher Participant (Sum 05, Sum 06, Sum 07) Topic: Laser Extinction Measurements of Soot Formation in a Shock Tube 3) Thanh Hoang, REU NanoPAC student (Sum 05; co-advisor with S. Seal) Topic: Performance Assessment of Solid Propellants Containing Nano-Particle Additives 2) Jennifer Small, REU NanoPAC student (Sum 04; co-advisor with S. Seal)

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Topic: Performance Assessment of Solid Rocket Propellants Containing Titania-Based Nano-Particle Additives

1) Patrick Mack, Diploma Thesis candidate from University of Munich (Oct. 02—March 03) Topic: Design, Assembly and Initial Operation of a Shock-Tube Facility Undergraduate Students – Past 47) Catherine Dillier (Mar. 14 – Dec. 14) Topic: Solid Propellants with Advanced Nano-Additives 46) Katherine Letourneau (Jan. 14 – Sept. 14) Topic: Shock-Tube Chemical Kinetics 45) Thuy Tran (Jan. 13 – Dec. 13) Topic: Solid Rocket Propellants 44) James Christopher Thomas (Jan. 12 – May 13) Topic: Solid Rocket Propellants and Hybrid Rockets 43) Clayton Mulvihill (Feb. 11 – May 13)

Topic: Shock Tube Gas Dynamics 42) Travis Sikes (Mar. 11 – Dec. 12) Topic: Flame Speed Experiments and Analysis 41) Jose Emiliano Vivanco (Aug. 11 – Aug. 12) Topic: Shock-Tube Experiments 40) Kenneth McCown (Oct. 10 – May 12)

Topic: Liquid Monopropellant Chemistry 39) Mitch Johnson (May 10 – July 12)

Topic: Solid Rocket Propellant Burning Rates 38) Rigoberto Lopez (Feb. 11 – Dec. 11) Topic: Detonation Wave Propagation and DDT Transition 37) Alejandro Camou (Sept. 11 – Dec. 11) Topic: Aerosol Flame Speed Measurements 36) Sean Baker (Feb. 09 – Aug. 11) Topic: High-Pressure Gas Dynamics 35) Tyler Allen (June 09 – May 11) Topic: Solid Rocket Propellants

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34) Miles Egbert (Aug. 09 – May 11) Topic: Detonations and Shock Tubes 33) Madeleine Kopp (May 09 – Dec 10) Topic: Shock Tube Ignition Measurements 32) Jeffrey Johnson (Jan. 09 – May 10)

Topic: Solid Rocket Propellant Burning Rates 31) Rodrigo Garza Urquiza (Feb. 09 – May 10) Topic: Shock Tube Studies of Ignition and Oxidation 30) Michael Krejci (July 09 – May 10) Topic: Laminar Flame Speed Measurements 29) William Lowry (Aug. 08 – Dec. 08) Topic: Laminar Flame Speed Experiments 28) Kevin Kreitz (May 08 – Dec. 08) Topic: Composite Solid Rocket Propellants 27) Shatra Reehal (UCF, Jan. 06 – Dec. 07)

Topic: High-Temperature Chemical Kinetics. 26) Alex LePage (UCF, April 05 – Dec. 07)

Topic: Solid Propellant Burn Rate Experiments. 25) Benjamin Corbin (UCF, May 06 – Dec. 07)

Topic: Flame Speed Experiment. 24) Nicole Donato (UCF, Jan. 07 – Dec. 07)

Topic: Chemical Kinetics and Shock Tubes. 23) Zachary Dyer (UCF, Aug. 07 – Dec. 07) Topic: Solid Rocket Propellant Burning Rates 22) Edric Gonzalez (UCF, May 07 – Dec. 07) Topic: Shock Tube Ignition Experiments 21) Derek Lambe (UCF, Aug. 06 – Aug. 07)

Topic: Shock Tube design improvements 20) Kareem Moslehy (UCF, Oct. 06 – May 07)

Topic: RAMP student—Solid Rocket Propellant Combustion 19) Christopher Aul (UCF, Sept. 06 – Dec. 06)

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Topic: High-Pressure Shock Tube Design and Construction 18) Matthew Stephens (UCF, Oct. 03 – April 06)

Topic: High Burn Rate solid propellant mixing chemistry. 17) Andreiev Powell, RAMP Fellowship (UCF, Oct. 03 – June 06)

Topic: Solid Propellant Burn Rate Experiments and propellant characterization. 16) Stefanie Simmons (UCF, July 05 – April 06)

Topic: Shock Tube Experiments of Fuel Blend Ignition. 15) Michael Hellmann (UCF, Aug. 05 – April 06)

Topic: Shock-Tube Velocity Diagnostics and Heterogeneous Flows. 14) Brandon Rotavera (UCF, Jan. 06 – Aug. 06)

Topic: Rocket Injector Experiment. 13) Victor Antonovski (UCF, July 05 – Dec. 05)

Topic: Flame Speed Experiment and Rocket Injection for Shock Tubes. 12) Steven Wolf (UCF, May 04 – April 05)

Topic: Solid Propellant Burn Rate Experiments. 11) Alison Kraft (UCF, Dec. 04 – May 05)

Topic: Shock tube operation and design of diaphragm cutter. 10) Troy Flaherty (UCF, Sept. 04 – May 05)

Topic: Shock tube operation and hardware design to support facility. 9) Joel Hall (UCF, Jan. 03 – May 04)

Topics: a) Chemical kinetics modeling of hydrocarbon ignition; b) Kinetics model of OH* chemiluminescence in the presence of hydrocarbons.

8) Schuyler Smith (UCF, May 03 – Nov. 04)

Topics: a) Shock tube operation and design; b) support of solid propellant mixing experiments.

7) Ray Simeone (UCF, Oct. 03 – April 04)

Topic: Solid propellant burn rate experiments. 6) Jason Arvanetes, Honors Project (UCF, Jan. 04 – April 04)

Topic: High Burn Rate Solid Propellant Mixing and Burning. 5) Matthew Drake, Honors Project: (UCF, Jan. 04 – May 04)

Topic: Chemical Kinetics of Natural Gas Blends for Power Generation Gas Turbines. 4) Joshua Bellotti, Honors Project: (UCF, Jan. 04 – May 04)

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Topic: Use of Design of Experiments for Testing the Effects of Variations in Fuel Composition on Gas Turbine Performance.

3) Bryan Gartner, Honors Project: (UCF, Jan. 04 – May 04)

Topic: A Survey of Combustion Characteristics of Synthetic Fuels for Stationary Gas Turbines.

2) Danielle Kalitan (UCF, Jan. 02 – Aug. 03)

Topics: a) Evaluation of Modern Chemical Kinetics Mechanisms of Silane Combustion; b) Ignition of ethylene/O2/Ar mixtures with and without silane addition (at Aerospace)

1) Barry Kudrowitz, Honors Project and Independent Study: (UCF, Jan. 03 – April 04)

Topics: a) Amusement Park Rides; b) Implementation of Labview and Components for Data Acquisition in the ME Measurements Laboratory.

Member of Completed Thesis and Dissertation Committees for (not complete or up to date): M.S. Josh Camp (TAMU, Mar. 2011) “Massively Parallel Spectral Element Large

Eddy Simulation of a Ring-Type Gas Turbine Combustor” M.S. Lady Carolina Herrera Gomez (TAMU, Safety Engineering, Mar. 2011)

“Experiments for the Measurement of LNG Mass Burning Rates” M.S. Siva Sankar Thanapal (TAMU, Oct. 2010) “Gasification of Low Ash Partially

Composted Dairy Biomass with Enriched Air Mixture” M.S. Alan Johnson (TAMU, Aerospace Engineering, June 2010) “Space Weather

Effects on Imaging Detectors in Low Earth Orbit” M.S. Gagan Singh (TAMU, Mar., 2010) “Design of a Real-Time Scanning

Electrical Mobility Spectrometer and its Application in Study of Nano- Particle Aerosol Generation”

Ph.D. Vaidyanathan Krishnan (UCF, Nov., 2007) “The Nature of Turbulence in a Narrow Apex Angle Isoceles Triangular Duct”

Ph.D. Vinu Krishnan (UCF, Nov., 2007) “Low-Temperature NiTiFe Shape Memory Alloys: Actuator Engineering and Investigation of Deformation Mechanisms using in situ Neutron Diffraction at LANL”

M.S.: Anil Subash Babu Peravali (UCF, Nov., 2006) “Preliminary Study on Impact of Impingement on the Effectiveness of Film Cooling in the Presence of Gas Path Pressure Gradient”

M.S.: Humberto A. Zuniga (UCF, Oct., 2006) M.S.: Jennifer L. Lemanski (UCF, April, 2005) M.S.: Yi Zhang (UCF, Nov., 2004) M.S.: Vinu B. Krishnan (UCF, March, 2004) Ph.D.: Richard P. Anderson (UCF, March, 2003) M.S.: Dale Powers (UCF, April, 2002) University of California, Irvine/The Aerospace Corporation

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Undergraduate and Graduate Students 1) Matthew Rickard (UG, G): (Sum99, Sum 00-May 04)

Topics: a) Design of hardware for shock tube facility; b) Calibration and Optimization of Photomultiplier Tube Detectors for Scattering and Emission Measurements on the Aerospace Shock Tube; c) Ignition of acetylene and ethane mixtures with and without silane addition.

2) Matthew Traum (UG): (Sum00)

Topics: a) Detail Design of a High-Vacuum System for The Aerospace Shock Tube Facility; b) Some Issues on Powdered-Aerosol Handling on the Aerospace Shock Tube Facility

3) Erin Abbey (G): (Sum00)

Topic: Analysis and Optimization of the Aerospace Shock Tube Velocity-Detection Scheme and its Impact on Test-Temperature Uncertainty

4) Mike Papac (UG): (Sum00—Co-advisor with T. Moore, B. Brady)

Topic: Recent Improvements to the Low-Pressure Flame Experiment

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Funded Research Texas A&M University Funded Proposals Total TAMU/TEES credit for funded proposals to date, external only: $8,847,363 Total worth of contracts as PI at TAMU: $8,776,537 Total worth of all (TAMU) contract involvement as PI or Co-PI at TAMU: $11,206,355 Internal Funding (not included in totals above): $243,100 (MKOPSC); $45,000 (TRC) 51) Agency: Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (Internal) Principal Investigator Funding: $243,100 (estimated) Topic: MKOPSC Fellow Dates: Sept. 2010 – current 50) Agency: NSF Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $10,000 Topic: RET Supplement: Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion Dates: Sept. 15, 2016 – Aug. 31, 2019 49) Agency: NSF Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $10,000 Topic: Veteran’s Research Supplement: Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion Dates: Sept. 15, 2016 – Aug. 31, 2019 48) Agency: Louisiana State University (prime: DOE Co-Optima) Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $299,778 Topic: Micro-Liter Fuel Characterization and Property Prediction Dates: Feb., 2017 – Jan. 2020 47) Agency: Lynntech (SBIR Phase 2 to Air Force) Principal Investigator Funding: $47,110 Topic: Aerosol Experiments Supporting the Next Generation Organ-on-a-Chip Dates: Oct. 7, 2016 – Aug. 23, 2017 46) Agency: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator Funding: $406,120 Topic: REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion

Dates: Sept. 15, 2016 – Aug. 31, 2019 45) Agency: Siemens Canada

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Principal Investigator Funding: $138,420 Topic: Siemens Chemical Kinetics and Flame Speed Data Dates: Feb. 1, 2016 – Feb. 28, 2017 44) Agency: Helicon Chemical Company, LLC (U.S. Navy JIMTP grant) Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $158,968 Topic: Nanocomposite Propellant for Fragment Impact Violence Reduction Dates: Nov. 1, 2016 – Aug. 31, 2018 43) Agency: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Principal Investigator (Co-PI: W. Kulatilaka) Funding: $746,397 ($373,199 credit) Topic: High-Temperature Chemical Kinetics and Combustion of Chemical Agents in a c-

WMD Environment Dates: Mar. 1, 2016 – Feb. 28, 2021 42) Agency: Helicon Chemical Company, LLC (Navy SBIR, Phase 2) Principal Investigator Funding: $79,993 Topic: Solid Ramjet Fuel Containing in Situ Grown Aluminum Nanoparticles Dates: Feb. 1, 2017 – Nov. 30, 2017 41) Agency: Helicon Chemical Company, LLC (Navy SBIR, Phase 2) Principal Investigator Funding: $55,007 Topic: Temperature-Insensitive Composite Propellants with Tunable Plateau Burning Using in

situ Energetic Nanoparticles Dates: Oct. 27, 2015 – Mar. 31, 2017 40) Agency: Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Co-Principal Investigator (PI: W. Kulatilaka) Funding: $75,000 ($150,000 total) Topic: Novel Laser Diagnostic Approaches for Evaluating Emissions from Metal-Based

Energetic Formulations Dates: Mar. 3, 2016 – Mar. 2, 2017 39) Agency: Department of Defense Principal Investigator Funding: $600,000 Topic: Propellant Formulations for Suppressing Combustion Instability in Solid Rocket

Motors Dates: Feb. 3, 2016 – Feb. 2, 2019 38) Agency: Parametric Solutions, Inc. (Toshiba, Prime) Principal Investigator

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Funding: $63,000 Topic: Process 2 CO Measurements for Oxy-Fuel Combustor Submission Date: Aug. 24, 2015 Dates: Sept. 1, 2015 – Dec. 31, 2015 37) Agency: Qatar National Research Fund Principal Investigator (Co-PI: B. Guo) Funding: $271,072 ($809,390 total) Topic: Liquid-Fuel Combustion at Engine Conditions Using Laminar Flames and an Aerosol

Shock Tube in Qatar Dates: Feb. 2, 2016 – Jan. 31, 2019 36) Agency: National Science Foundation Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $10,000 Topic: Veterans Research Supplement Dates: April, 2015 – Mar. 2016 35) Agency: National Science Foundation Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $10,000 Topic: RET Supplement for REU Site Dates: April, 2015 – Mar. 2016 34) Agency: Helicon Chemical Company, LLC (Navy SBIR, Phase I) Principal Investigator Funding: $19,000 Topic: Solid Ramjet Fuel Containing in Situ Grown Aluminum Nanoparticles Dates: May 2014 – June 2015 33) Agency: Parametric Solutions, Inc. (Toshiba, prime) Principal Investigator Funding: $101,130 Topic: Diagnostic Support for CO2-CH4 Combustor Dates: Aug. 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 32) Agency: National Science Foundation Principal Investigator Funding: $10,000 Topic: RET Supplement: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion Dates: June 1, 2014 – May 31, 2015 31) Agency: Rolls-Royce Canada Principal Investigator Funding: $29,452 Topic: Laminar and Turbulent Flame Speed Measurements for Gas Turbine EGR Applications Datse: Aug. 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014

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30) Agency: Turbomachinery Research Consortium (Internal) Principal Investigator Funding: $45,000 Topic: Effect of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Gas Turbine Combustion Chemistry at Elevated

Pressures Dates: Feb. 2014 – Jan. 2015 29) Agency: Helicon Chemical Company, LLC (Navy SBIR, Phase I) Principal Investigator Funding: $25,000 Topic: Temperature-Insensitive Composite Propellants with Tunable Plateau Burning Using in

situ Energetic Nanoparticles Dates: Dec. 2013 – Nov. 2014 28) Agency: Alstom Power Principal Investigator Funding: $59,822 Topic: Turbulent Flame Speed Measurements and FGR Calculations Dates: Aug. 1, 2013 – July 31, 2014 27) Agency: DOE-NETL Principal Investigator Funding: $498,382 Topic: High-Pressure Turbulent Flame Speeds and Chemical Kinetics of Syngas Blends with

and Without Impurities Dates: Oct. 1, 2013 – Sept. 30, 2017 26) Agency: University of Central Florida Principal Investigator (Co-PI: T. Jacobs) Funding: $7,500 ($15,000 total) Topic: GAP Project: Use of Oxide Nanoparticles in Soot Reduction Dates: June 3, 2013 – Dec. 3, 2013 25) Agency: National Science Foundation Principal Investigator Funding: $10,000 Topic: RET Supplement: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion Dates: May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014 24) Agency: Department of Defense Principal Investigator Funding: $616,516 Topic: Ignition of Composite Propellants with Advanced Additives Dates: June 19, 2013 – Dec. 18, 2016 23) Agency: National Science Foundation

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Principal Investigator Funding: $403,921 Topic: REU Site: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion Dates: April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2016

22) Agency: Alstom Power Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $38,500 Topic: High-Temperature, High-Pressure Laminar Flame Speeds Dates: Jan. 14, 2013 – Sept. 30, 2013 21) Agency: Parametric Solutions, Inc. Principal Investigator Funding: $209,106 Topic: Diagnostic Support for CO2-CH4 Combustor Dates: Sept. 1, 2012 – Mar. 31, 2014 20) Agency: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator Funding: $10,000 Topic: RET Supplement: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and

Combustion Dates: Mar. 1, 2012 – Feb. 28, 2013 19) Agency: Rolls-Royce Canada Principal Investigator Funding: $268,562 Topic: Hydrocarbon Fuel Ignition and Flame Speed Measurements at Gas Turbine

Conditions Dates: Oct. 1, 2011 – December 31, 2012 18) Agency: Alstom Power Principal Investigator Funding: $113,740 Topic: Kinetics of High-Hydrogen, CH4-Based Fuels Dates: Oct. 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012 17) Agency: Department of Defense

Principal Investigator Funding: $800,000

Topic: Solid Propellant Additives for DACS Applications Dates: March 15, 2011 – March 14, 2015 16) Agency: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator Funding: $10,000 Topic: RET Supplement: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and

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Combustion Dates: Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011 15) Agency: Department of Energy

Principal Investigator Funding: $501,712 (+ $60,000 external match)

Topic: Turbulent Flame Speeds and NOx Kinetics of HHC Fuels with Contaminants and High Dilution Levels Dates: October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2013 14) Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory (via Gray Research)

Principal Investigator Funding: $71,200 Topic: Ignition Kinetics of Ionic-Liquid-Based Monopropellants

Dates: Oct. 1, 2010 – July 29, 2011 13) Agency: Alstom Switzerland

Principal Investigator Funding: $24,699

Topic: Chemiluminescence of CO2* and OH* at Elevated Pressure Dates: June, 2010 – May 2011 12) Agency: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator Funding: $5,950

Topic: REU Supplement for Career Award Dates: July, 2010 – January, 2011 11) Agency: National Science Foundation Principal Investigator Funding: $300,000 Topic: REU Site: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and Combustion Dates: July, 2010 – June 2013 10) Agency: Rolls-Royce Canada Principal Investigator Funding: $272,213 Topic: Flame Speed, Ignition, and NOx Kinetics Measurements for High Water Content Mixtures and Biodiesel Fuels Dates: October, 2009 – December 31, 2010 9) Agency: National Science Foundation Principal Investigator Funding: $37,144 Topic: Graduate Research Supplement: Shock-Tube Studies of Ignition and Oxidation at Practical Conditions Dates: September 2009 – January 2011

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8) Agency: National Science Foundation Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Renyi Zhang, Atmospheric Sciences) Funding: $146,984 ($330,000 total) Topic: Generation, Characterization, and Atmospheric Aging of Soot Particles from Diesel

Combustion Dates: September 2009 – August 2013 7) Agency: DARPA (via Army AMRDEC)

Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Terry Creasy, ME) Funding: $975,000 ($1,950,000 total) Topic: Nastic Materials Program – Phase 3 Dates: May 2009 – April 2010

6) Agency: Alstom Ltd. Principal Investigator Funding: $31,400 Topic: Experiments and Kinetics Modeling of Chemiluminescence at Gas Turbine Relevant Conditions Dates: May 2009 – December 2009 5) Agency: Rolls-Royce Canada Principal Investigator Funding: $234,506 Topic: Shock Tube and Flame-Speed Measurements at Engine-Relevant Conditions Dates: May 2008 – December 2009 4) Agency: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator Funding: $219,472 (Transfer from UCF in 3rd year) Topic: CAREER: Shock-Tube Studies of Ignition and Oxidation at Practical Conditions Date: January 2008 – January 2011

3) Agency: General Electric

Principal Investigator Funding: $73,016 Topic: Natural Gas Sample Autoignition Testing Date: May 2008 – March 2009

2) Agency: University of Central Florida (Missile Defense Agency, parent)

Principal Investigator Funding: $237,250 Topic: High Impulse Rocket Propellants Using Nanoparticle Additives Date: January 2008 – March 2010

1) Agency: University of Central Florida

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Principal Investigator Funding: $5,479 Topic: Analysis of High Pressure Methane/Hydrocarbon/Air Ignition Experiments Date: January 2008 – May 2008

University of Central Florida Funded Proposals Total UCF credit for funded proposals to date, internal and external: $2,124,844 Total worth of contracts as PI: $2,128,914 Total worth of all contract involvement as PI or Co-PI: $2,600,774 1) Agency: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator Funding: $434,962 Topic: CAREER: Shock-Tube Studies of Ignition and Oxidation at Practical Conditions Dates: February 2006 – January 2011

2) Agency: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

Principal Investigator Funding: $121,000 ($70,000 + $51,000) Topic: Ignition of Hydrogen-Based Mixtures at Gas Turbine Pressures Date: February 2006 – September 2007

3) Agency: Florida High-Tech Corridor (I-4 match for Siemens above)

Principal Investigator Funding: $60,534 ($34,034 + $25,500) Topic: Ignition of Hydrogen-Based Mixtures at Gas Turbine Pressures Date: February 2006 – September 2007

4) Agency: Rolls-Royce Canada

Principal Investigator Funding: $298,338 Topic: Methane-Blend Ignition and Flame Speed Experiments Date: May 2006 – December 2007

5) Agency: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator Funding: $20,000 Topic: RET Supplement for CAREER Award Date: February 2006 – January 2011

6) Agency: Power Systems Manufacturing

Principal Investigator Funding: $19,950 Topic: Natural Gas Ignition at Gas Turbine Premixer Conditions

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Date: June 2006 – October 2006 7) Agency: SFTI Phase I

Principal Investigator Funding: $60,000 Topic: Fundamental Combustion Measurements of Synthetic Fuels at Gas Turbine

Temperatures and Pressures Date: Dec. 2006 – Dec. 2007

8) Agency: Rolls Royce via National University of Ireland, Galway

Principal Investigator Funding: $15,225 Topic: High-Pressure Methane/Propane/Air Ignition Experiments Date: August 2005 – January 2006

9) Agency: Florida Space Grant Consortium (NASA)

Principal Investigator Funding: $24,950 Topic: Characterization of Cryogenic Rocket Injectors for High Performance and Combustion

Instability Date: August 2005 – July 2006

10) Agency: Florida Space Grant Consortium (NASA)

Principal Investigator Funding: $12,000 Topic: FSGC Fellowship for Danielle Kalitan Date: August 2005 – July 2006

11) Agency: Missile Defense Agency

Principal Investigator (S. Seal, Co-PI) Funding: $360,000 ($600,000 total) Topic: High Impulse Rocket Propellants Using Nanoparticle Additives Date: September 2005 – May 2009

12) Agency: National Science Foundation

Co-Principal Investigator (R. Kumar, PI) Funding: $11,000 ($22,000 total) (2 supplements total) Topic: RET: Central Florida Space Science Institute (CFSSI), Supplements Dates: May 2005 – April 2006, May 2006 – April 2007

13) Sponsor: SCIES/UTSR

Principal Investigator Funding: $405,990 Topic: Combustion Characterization and Modeling of Fuel Blends for Power Generation Gas

Turbines Date: May, 2004 – April, 2008

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14) Sponsor: National Science Foundation Co-Principal Investigator (R. Kumar, PI) Funding: $224,930 (449,860 total) Topic: NSF RET Site—Central Florida Space Science Institute Date: May, 2004 – April, 2007

15) Sponsor: Space Launch Corporation

Principal Investigator Funding: $29,965 Topic: High Burn Rate Solid Propellant Research Date: December, 2003 – May, 2004

16) Sponsor: Nelson Engineering (Donation)

Principal Investigator Funding: $10,000 ($10,000 + $20,000 match) Topic: Research and Teaching Laboratory Improvement Date: November, 2003 – May, 2004

17) Agency: Florida Space Grant Consortium

Principal Investigator Funding: $3,000 grant for summer undergraduate research Topic: Undergraduate Research on Heterogeneous Combustion for Aerospace Applications Date: May – August, 2003

18) Agency: UCF – In-house Research Grant

Principal Investigator Funding: $10,000 ($7.5K + $2.5K match) Topic: Injector System for Fast Liquid-Spray Combustion Studies Date: May – August, 2002

19) Agency: Florida Space Grant Consortium Principal Investigator Funding: $3,000 grant for summer undergraduate research Topic: Silane Combustion for Space Applications Date: May – August, 2002

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Submitted Proposals in 2016 Formal Proposals Written (January 2016- December 2016 only) Total number of formal TAMU/TEES proposals submitted this year: 11 (7 awarded, 3 under review, 1 declined) 1) Agency: Lynntech (SBIR Phase 2 to Air Force) Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $63,755 Topic: Aerosol Experiments Supporting the Next Generation Organ-on-a-Chip Submission Date: January, 2016 Status: Awarded 2) Agency: Siemens Canada Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $138,420 Topic: Siemens Chemical Kinetics and Flame Speed Data Submission Date: March, 2016 Status: Awarded 3) Agency: Lynntech (SBIR Phase 1 to Army) Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $25,143 Topic: Advanced Elastomeric Case Insulation for Solid Rocket Motors Submission Date: June, 2016 Status: declined 4) Agency: Autoliv Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $97,125 Topic: Kinetics Modeling of Airbag Propellant Exhaust Gases Submission Date: August, 2016 Status: awarded 5) Agency: Autoliv Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $151,275 Topic: Advanced Burning Rate Additives for Airbag Propellants Submission Date: August, 2016 Status: awarded 6) Agency: University Coalition for Fossil Fuel Energy Research (Department of Energy) Principal Investigator (Kulatilaka, Co-PI) Funding Requested: $398,832 ($199,416 credit) Topic: Validation of CFD Models for Turbulent, Supercritical CO2 Combustion Submission Date: Sept., 2016

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Status: in review 7) Agency: NSF Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $10,000 Topic: RET Supplement: Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion Submission Date: October, 2016 Status: awarded 8) Agency: NSF Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $10,000 Topic: Veteran’s Research Supplement: Undergraduate Research in Energy and Propulsion Submission Date: October, 2016 Status: awarded 9) Agency: Louisiana State University (prime: DOE Co-Optima) Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $299,778 Topic: Micro-Liter Fuel Characterization and Property Prediction Submission Date: October, 2016 Status: awarded 10) Agency: NSF Principal Investigator Funding Requested: $299,611 Topic: Chemical Kinetics of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds Used as Fire Suppressants

and Chemical Weapons Surrogates Submission Date: October, 2016 Status: under review 11) Agency: NSF Co-Principal Investigator (C. Mashuga, PI) Funding Requested: $324,033 ($101,717 credit) Topic: Experiments and Modeling of a Shock Wave Passing Over a Dust Layer Submission Date: October, 2016 Status: under review

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Publications

Journal Publications in Process

1) O. Mathieu, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Water Time-Histories and Ignition Delay Time Measurements for H2S Near Atmospheric Pressure,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, in press.

2) A. R. Demko, T. W. Allen, J. C. Thomas, M. Johnson, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L.

Petersen, “Comparison of Commercially Available and Synthesized Titania Nano-Additives in Composite HTPB/AP Propellant,” Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, in press.

3) C. Osorio, A. Morones, J. W. Hargis, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Effect of C2HF5

and C3HF7 on Methane and Propane Ignition and Laminar Flame Speed: Experimental and Numerical Evaluation,” submitted to Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Feb. 16, 2016.

4) J. W. Hargis and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Boundary-Layer Growth Effects on Reflected-

Shock Conditions in Bath Gases With and Without CO2,” AIAA Journal, in press. 5) A. R. Demko, T. W. Allen, C. Dillier, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal,

“Temperature Sensitivity of Composite Propellants Containing Novel Nano-Additive Catalysts,” submitted to Journal of Propulsion and Power on July 11, 2016.

6) A. Bond, H. Rughoonundun, E. L. Petersen, and M. Holtzapple, “Shock Treatment of Corn

Stover,” Biotechnology Progress, in press. 7) Y. Zhang, O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, G. Bourque, and H. J. Curran, “Assessing the

Predictions of a NOx Kinetic Mechanism on Recent Hydrogen and Syngas Experimental Data,” submitted to Combustion and Flame on Dec. 15, 2016.

Conference Submissions

1) C. Dillier, A. Demko, K. Grossman, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Temperature Sensitivity and High-Pressure Characteristics of AP/HTPB-Composite Propellants with Nano-Sized Additives,” abstract submitted to the 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, April 23-26, 2017, College Park, MD.

2) C. L. Keesee and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements of Conventional and

Alternative Liquid Fuels at Elevated Temperatures,” abstract submitted to the 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, April 23-26, 2017, College Park, MD.

3) O. Mathieu, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Measurements by Laser

Absorption of CO and H2O Time Histories during Nitromethane Pyrolysis,” abstract submitted to the 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, April 23-26, 2017, College Park, MD.

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4) O. Mathieu, W. D. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Studies of Sarin Surrogates,” abstract submitted to the 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, April 23-26, 2017, College Park, MD.

5) M. O’Neil, N. Niemiec, A. Demko, E. L. Petersen, and W. D. Kulatilaka, “Laser Sparks for

Detecting Metal Particles Released to Air during Combustion of Solid Propellants,” abstract submitted to the 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, April 23-26, 2017, College Park, MD.

6) T. Sikes, N. Niemiec, W. D. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Dilute

Sarin Simulants in H2 and CH4-Air Mixtures,” abstract submitted to the 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, April 23-26, 2017, College Park, MD.

7) O. Mathieu, C. Mulvihill, E. L. Petersen, Y. Zhang, and H. J. Curran, “CO and H2O Time-

Histories in Shock-Heated Blends of Methane and Ethane for Assessment of a Chemical Kinetics Model,” abstract prepared for ASME Turbo Expo 2017, June 26-30, 2017, Charlotte, NC, USA.

8) O. Mathieu, W. D. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate

(DMMP) Addition on H2, CH4, and C2H4 Ignition behind Reflected Shock Waves,” abstract submitted to the 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 9-14, 2017, Nagoya, Japan.

9) C. R. Mulvihill, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “CO and H2O Time-Histories in a Shock-

Heated H2S/CH4 Blend near Atmospheric Pressure,” abstract submitted to the 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 9-14, 2017, Nagoya, Japan.

10) O. Mathieu, W. D. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time Measurements of

Sarin Surrogate (TEP, DMMP)-Based Mixtures in a Heated Shock Tube,” abstract submitted to the 26th International Colloquium on Detonations, Explosions, and Reactive Systems, July 30 – Aug. 4, 2017, Boston, MA, USA.

11) O. Mathieu, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Study of Nitromethane

Oxidation: CO and H2O Time-Histories Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” abstract submitted to the 26th International Colloquium on Detonations, Explosions, and Reactive Systems, July 30 – Aug. 4, 2017, Boston, MA, USA.

Journal Publications

1) J. C. Thomas, A. R. Demko, T. E. Sammet, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Mechanical Properties of Composite AP/HTPB Propellants Containing Novel Titania Nanoparticles,” Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, Vol. 41, 2016, pp. 822-834.

2) H. G. Johnston, A. Y. Chowdhury, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Coal-

Limestone Mixtures on Dust Dispersion behind a Moving Shock Wave,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Vol. 44, 2016, pp. 551-563.

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3) K. D. Grossman, T. S. Sakthivel, C. Dillier, E. L. Petersen, and S. Seal, “Effect of Amine-Modified Boron Nitride (BN) on Ammonium Perchlorate Decomposition,” RSC Advances, Vol. 6, 2016, pp. 89635-89641.

4) O. Mathieu, B. Giri, A. R. Agard, T. N. Adams, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen,

“Nitromethane Ignition Behind Reflected Shock Waves: Experimental and Numerical Study,” Fuel, Vol. 182, 2016, pp. 597-612.

5) C.-W. Zhou, Y. Li, E. O’Connor, K. P. Somers, S. Thion, C. Keesee, O. Mathieu, E. L.

Petersen, T. A. DeVerter, M. A. Oehlschlaeger, G. Kukkadapu, C.-J. Sung, M. Alrefae, F. Khaled, A. Farooq, P. Dirrenberger, P.-A. Glaude, F. Battin-Leclerc, J. Santner, Y. Ju, T. Held, F. M. Haas, F. L. Dryer, and H. J. Curran, “A Comprehensive Experimental and Modeling Study of Isobutene Oxidation,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 167, 2016, pp. 353-379.

6) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Nano-Alumin-

um/Methane Hybrid Mixtures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 166, 2016, pp. 284-294. 7) A. Y. Chowdhury, B. D. Marks, H. G. Johnston, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “A New

Facility for Studying Shock-Wave Passage over Dust Layers,” Shock Waves, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2016, pp. 129-140.

8) J. Bugler, B. Marks, O. Mathieu, R. Archuleta, A. Camou, C. Gregoire, K. A. Heufer, E. L.

Petersen, and H. J. Curran, “An Ignition Delay Time and Chemical Kinetic Modeling Study of the Pentane Isomers,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 163, 2016, pp. 138-156.

9) J. W. Hargis and E. L. Petersen, “Methane Ignition in a Shock Tube with High Levels of CO2

Dilution: Consideration of the Reflected-Shock Bifurcation,” Energy & Fuels, Vol. 29, 2015, pp. 7712-7726.

10) R. E. Draper, D. L. Reid, T. S. Sakthivel, T. Sammet, A. Demko, E. L. Petersen, and S. Seal,

“Facile Nanoparticle Dispersion Detection in Energetic Composites by Rare Earth Doped in Metal Oxide Nanostructures,” RSC Advances, Vol. 5, 2015, pp. 68305-68313.

11) C. K. Westbrook, W. J. Pitz, M. Mehl, P.-A. Glaude, O. Herbinet, S. Bax, F. Battin-Leclerc,

O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, J. Bugler, and H. J. Curran, “Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of 2-Methyl-2-Butene: Allylic Hydrocarbon Kinetics,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 119, No. 28, 2015, pp. 7462-7480.

12) O. Mathieu, C. Keesee, C. Gregoire, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental and Chemical

Kinetics Study of the Effects of Halon 1211 (CF2BrCl) on the Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition of Light Hydrocarbons,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 119, No. 28, 2015, pp. 7611-7626.

13) A. Y. Chowdhury, H. G. Johnston, B. Marks, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of

Shock Strength on Dust Entrainment behind a Moving Shock Wave,” Journal of Loss Pre-vention in the Process Industries, Vol. 36, 2015, pp. 203-213.

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14) O. Mathieu, J. N. Pemelton, G. Bourque, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Induced Ignition of

Methane Sensitized by NO2 and N2O,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162, 2015, pp. 3053-3070.

15) K. W. McCown and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Methanol and Fumed Silica on the Linear

Burning Rates of Aqueous Hydroxylammonium Nitrate,” International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2015, pp. 1-12.

16) N. Donohoe, K. A. Heufer, C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, G. Bourque, R. Gordon, and H. J.

Curran, “Influence of Steam Dilution on the Ignition of Hydrogen, Syngas and Natural Gas Blends at Elevated Pressures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162, 2015, pp. 1126-1135.

17) O. Mathieu and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental and Modeling Study on the High-Temperature

Oxidation of Ammonia and Related NOx Chemistry,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162, 2015, pp. 554-570.

18) S. Ravi, T. G. Sikes, A. Morones, C. L. Keesee, and E. L. Petersen, “Comparative Study on

the Laminar Flame Speed Enhancement of Methane with Ethane and Ethylene Addition,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 35, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 679-686.

19) O. Mathieu, J. W. Hargis, A. Camou, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements Behind Reflected Shock Waves for a Representative Coal-Derived Syngas With and Without NH3 and H2S Impurities,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 35, Issue 3, 2015, pp. 3143-3150.

20) O. Mathieu, J. Goulier, F. Gourmel, M. S. Mannan, N. Chaumeix, and E. L. Petersen,

“Experimental Study of the Effect of CF3I Addition on the Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Speed of Methane, Ethylene, and Propane,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 35, Issue 3, 2015, pp. 2731-2739.

21) U. Burke, K. P. Somers, P. O’Toole, C. M. Zinner, N. Marquet, G. Bourque, E. L. Petersen,

W. K. Metcalfe, Z. Serinyel, and H. J. Curran, “An Ignition Delay and Kinetic Modeling Study of Methane, Dimethyl Ether, and Their Mixtures at High Pressures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162, 2015, pp. 315-330.

22) S. M. Burke, U. Burke, R. Mc Donagh, O. Mathieu, I. Osorio, C. Keesee, A. Morones, E. L.

Petersen, W. Wang, T. A. DeVerter, M. A. Oehlschlaeger, B. Rhodes, R. K. Hanson, D. Davidson, B. W. Weber, C.-J. Sung, J. Santner, Y. Ju, F. M. Haas, F. L. Dryer, E. N. Volkov, E. J. K. Nilsson, A. A. Konnov, M. Alrefae, F. Khaled, A. Farooq, P. Dirrenberger, P.-A. Glaude, F. Battin-Leclerc, and H. J. Curran, “An Experimental and Modeling Study of Propene Oxidation. Part 2: Ignition Delay Time and Flame Speed Measurements,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162, 2015, pp. 296-314.

23) M. M. Kopp, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “Rate Determination of the CO2* Chemilumin-

escence Reaction CO + O + M ⇄ CO2* + M,” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Vol. 47, 2015, pp. 50-72.

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24) C. Qui, A. F. Khalizov, B. Hogan, E. L. Petersen, and R. Zhang, “High Sensitivity of Diesel

Soot Properties and Radiative Impacts to Combustion Temperature,” Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 48, 2014, pp. 6444-6452.

25) K. W. McCown, A. R. Demko, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Techniques to Study

Linear Burning Rates of Heterogeneous Liquid Monopropellants,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2014, pp. 1027-1037.

26) K. W. McCown III and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Nano-Scale Additives on the Linear

Burning Rate of Nitromethane,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 161, 2014, pp. 1935-1943. 27) M. Lamnaouer, A. Kassab, E. Divo, N. Polley, R. Garza-Urquiza, and E. Petersen, “A

Conjugate Axisymmetric Model of a High-Pressure Shock-Tube Facility,” International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2014, pp. 873-890.

28) M. M. Kopp, E. L. Petersen, W. K. Metcalfe, S. Burke, and H. J. Curran, “Oxidation of

Ethylene-Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures, Part 2: Chemical Kinetics,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2014, pp. 799-811.

29) M. M. Kopp, N. S. Donato, E. L. Petersen, W. K. Metcalfe, S. Burke, and H. J. Curran,

“Oxidation of Ethylene-Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures, Part 1: Experimental Results,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2014, pp. 790-798.

30) N. Donohoe, A. Heufer, W. K. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, M. L. Davis, O. Mathieu, D. Plichta,

A. Morones, E. L. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “Ignition Delay Times, Laminar Flame Speeds, and Mechanism Validation for Natural Gas/Hydrogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 161, 2014, pp. 1432-1443.

31) O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, A. Heufer, N. Donohoe, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, F. Güthe, and

G. Bourque, “Numerical Study on the Effect of Real Syngas Compositions on Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds at Gas Turbine Conditions,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 136, 2014, pp. 011502-(9).

32) B. Rotavera, P. Dagaut, and E. L. Petersen, “Chemical Kinetics Modeling of n-Nonane

Oxidation in Oxygen/Argon Using Excited State Species Time Histories,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 161, 2014, pp. 1146-1163.

33) D. Reid, R. Draper, D. Richardson, A. Demko, T. Allen, E. Petersen, and S. Seal, “In-Situ

Synthesis of Polyurethane—TiO2 Nanocomposite and Performance in Solid Propellants,” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 2, 2014, pp. 2313-2322.

34) O. Mathieu, F. Deguillaume, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of H2S Addition on Hydrogen

Ignition behind Reflected Shock Waves: Experiments and Modeling,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 161, 2014, pp. 23-36.

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35) B. Rotavera and E. L. Petersen, “Blending Effects on Ignition Delay Times of Methyl Octanoate/n-Nonane/Methylcyclohexane,” Fuel, Vol. 115, 2014, pp. 264-281.

36) B. Rotavera and E. L. Petersen, “Model predictions of higher-order normal alkane ignition

from dilute shock-tube experiments,” Shock Waves, Vol. 23, 2013, pp. 345-359. 37) C. J. Aul, W. K. Metcalfe, S. M. Burke, H. J. Curran, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition and

Kinetic Modeling of Methane and Ethane Fuel Blends with Oxygen: a Design of Experiments Approach,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160, 2013, pp. 1153-1167.

38) C. H. Osorio, A. J. Vissotski, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Effect of CF3Br on C1-C3

Ignition and Laminar Flame Speed: Numerical and Experimental Evaluation,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160, 2013, pp. 1044-1059.

39) A. Kéromnès, W. K. Metcalfe, K. A. Heufer, N. Donahoe, A. K. Das, C. J. Sung, J. Herzler,

K. Naumann, P. Griebel, O. Mathieu, M. C. Krejci, E. L. Petersen, W. J. Pitz, and H. J. Curran, “An Experimental and Detailed Chemical Kinetic Modeling Study of Hydrogen and Syngas Mixture Oxidation at Elevated Pressures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160, 2013, pp. 995-1011.

40) S. Ravi, S. J. Peltier, and E. L. Petersen, “Analysis of the Impact of Impeller Geometry on the

Turbulent Statistics inside a Fan-Stirred, Cylindrical Flame Speed Vessel using PIV,” Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 54, 2013, pp. 1424.

41) B. Rotavera and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Behavior of Pure and Blended Methyl Octanoate, n-

Nonane, and Methylcyclohexane,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 34, 2013, pp. 435-442.

42) M. Brower, E. L. Petersen, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, M. Füri, G. Bourque, N. Aluri, and F.

Güthe, “Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Speed Calculations for Natural Gas/Hydrogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 135, 2013, pp. 021504(10).

43) M. Krejci, O. Mathieu, A. J. Vissotski, S. Ravi, T. G. Sikes, E. L. Petersen, A. Kéromnès, W.

Metcalfe, and H. J. Curran, “Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Data for the Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen and Syngas Fuel Blends,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 135, 2013, pp. 021503-(9).

44) O. Mathieu, M. M. Kopp, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Study of the Ignition of Multi-

Component Syngas Mixtures with and without Ammonia Impurities,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 34, Issue 2, 2013, pp. 3211-3218.

45) O. Mathieu, A. Levacque, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of NO2 Addition on Hydrogen Ignition

behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 34, Issue 1, 2013, pp. 633-640.

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46) N. L. Polley, M. Q. Egbert, and E. L. Petersen, “Methods for Re-Initiation and Critical Conditions for a Planar Detonation Transforming to a Cylindrical Detonation Within a Confined Volume,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160, 2013, pp. 212-221.

47) S. Ravi and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed Correlations for Pure Hydrogen and High-

Hydrogen-Content Syngas Blends with Various Diluents,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 37, 2012, pp. 19177-19189.

48) O. Mathieu, A. Levacque, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of N2O Addition on the Ignition of H2-

O2 Mixtures: Experimental and Detailed Kinetic Modeling Study,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 37, 2012, pp. 15393-15405.

49) M. Kopp, M. Brower, O. Mathieu, E. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “CO2* Chemiluminescence

Study at Low and Elevated Pressures,” Applied Physics B, Vol. 107, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 529-538.

50) K. Kreitz, E. Petersen, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Scale-up Effects of Nanoparticle Production on

the Burning Rate of Composite Propellant,” Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 184, 2012, pp. 750-766.

51) A. F. Khalizov, B. Hogan, C. Qiu, E. L. Petersen, and R. Zhang, “Characterization of Soot

Aerosol Produced from Combustion of Propane in a Shock Tube,” Aerosol Science and Technology, Vol. 46, 2012, pp. 925-936.

52) E. Petersen, M. Kopp, N. Donato, and F. Güthe, “Assessment of Current Chemiluminescence

Kinetics Models at Engine Conditions,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 134, May, 2012, p. 051501.

53) D. L. Reid, K. R. Kreitz, M. A. Stephens, J. E. S. King, P. Nachimuthu, E. L. Petersen, and S.

Seal, “Development of Highly Active Titania-Based Nanoparticles for Energetic Materials,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 115, No. 21, 2011, pp. 10412-10418.

54) W. Lowry, J. de Vries, M. Krejci, E. Petersen, Z. Serinyel, W. Metcalfe, H. Curran, and G.

Bourque, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling of Pure Alkanes and Alkane Blends at Elevated Pressures,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 133, 2011, pp. 091501-9.

55) C. Frazier, M. Lamnaouer, E. Divo, A. Kassab, and E. Petersen, “Effect of Wall Heat

Transfer on Shock-Tube Test Temperature at Long Times,” Shock Waves, Vol. 21, 2011, pp. 1-17.

56) W. B. Lowry, Z. Serinyel, M. C. Krejci, H. J. Curran, G. Bourque, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect

of Methane-Dimethyl Ether Fuel Blends on Flame Stability, Laminar Flame Speed, and Markstein Length,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 929-937.

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57) C. J. Aul, M. W. Crofton, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “A Diagnostic for Measuring H2O2 Concentration in a Shock Tube Using Tunable Laser Absorption Near 7.8 µm,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 709-716.

58) B. Rotavera, P. Diévart, C. Togbé, P. Dagaut, and E. L. Petersen, “Oxidation Kinetics of n-

Nonane: Measurements and Modeling of Ignition Delay Times and Product Concentrations,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 175-183.

59) J. de Vries, W. B. Lowry, Z. Serinyel, H. J. Curran, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame

Speed Measurements of Dimethyl Ether in Air at Pressures up to 10 atm,” Fuel, Vol. 90, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 331-338.

60) T. E. Sammet, M. A. Stephens, E. L. Petersen, and B. A. Corbin, “Assessing the Mixedness

of Composite Solid Rocket Propellants Using Fluorescent Particles,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 26, No. 5, 2010, pp. 987-992.

61) D. Healy, N. S. Donato, C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, C. M. Zinner, G. Bourque, and H. J.

Curran, “Isobutane Ignition Delay Time Measurements at High Pressure and Detailed Chemical Kinetic Simulations,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 157, 2010, pp. 1540-1551.

62) D. Healy, N. S. Donato, C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, C. M. Zinner, G. Bourque, and H. J.

Curran, “n-Butane: Ignition Delay Measurements at High Pressure and Detailed Chemical Kinetic Simulations,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 157, 2010, pp. 1526-1539.

63) M. Stephens, T. Sammet, E. Petersen, R. Carro, S. Wolf, and C. Smith, “Performance of

Ammonium-Perchlorate-Based Composite Propellant Using Nanoscale Aluminum,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2010, pp. 461-466.

64) M. A. Stephens, E. L. Petersen, R. Carro, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Multi-Parameter Study of

Nanoscale TiO2 and CeO2 Additives in Composite AP/HTPB Solid Propellants,” Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, Vol. 35, Issue 2, 2010, pp. 143-152.

65) D. Healy, M. M. Kopp, N. L. Polley, E. L. Petersen, G. Bourque, and H. J. Curran, “Methane-

/n-Butane Ignition Delay Measurements at High Pressure and Detailed Chemical Kinetic Simulations,” Energy & Fuels, Vol. 24, 2010, pp. 1617-1627.

66) D. Healy, D. M. Kalitan, C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, G. Bourque, and H. J. Curran, “Oxidation

of C1-C5 Alkane Quinternary Natural Gas Mixtures at High Pressures,” Energy & Fuels, Vol. 24, 2010, pp. 1521-1528.

67) N. Donato, C. Aul, E. Petersen, C. Zinner, H. Curran, and G. Bourque, “Ignition and

Oxidation of 50/50 Butane Isomer Blends,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 132, Issue 5, 2010, pp. 051502-9.

68) G. Bourque, D. Healy, H. Curran, C. Zinner, D. Kalitan, J. de Vries, C. Aul, and E. Petersen,

“Ignition and Flame Speed Kinetics of Two Natural Gas Blends with High Levels of Heavier

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Hydrocarbons,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 132, 2010, pp. 021504-11.

69) E. L. Petersen, “Interpreting Endwall and Sidewall Measurements in Shock-Tube Ignition

Studies,” Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 181, 2009, pp. 1123-1144. 70) M. A. Stephens, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, R. Carro, and S. Seal, “Nano Additives and

Plateau Burning Rates in Ammonium-Perchlorate-Based Composite Solid Propellants,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 25, No. 5, 2009, pp. 1068-1078.

71) M. Lamnaouer, R. C. Ryder, A. Brankovic, and E. L. Petersen, “Reduced Combustion Time

Model for Methane in Gas Turbine Flow Fields,” Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2009, pp. 145-155.

72) J. D. Mertens, D. M. Kalitan, A. B. Barrett, and E. L. Petersen, “Determination of the Rate of

H + O2 + M → HO2 + M (M = N2, Ar, H2O) from Ignition of Syngas at Practical Condi-tions,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 32, 2009, pp. 295-303.

73) B. Rotavera, A. Kumar, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Ceria Nanoparticles on Soot

Inception and Growth in Toluene/Oxygen/Argon Mixtures,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 32, 2009, pp. 811-819.

74) N. S. Donato and E. L. Petersen, “Simplified Correlation Models for CO/H2 Chemical

Reaction Times,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 33, No. 24, 2008, pp. 7565-7579.

75) D. Healy, H. J. Curran, S. Dooley, J. M. Simmie, D. M., Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, and G.

Bourque, “Methane/Propane Mixture Oxidation at High Pressures and at High, Intermediate and Low Temperatures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 155, 2008, pp. 451-461.

76) D. Healy, H. J. Curran, J. M. Simmie, D. M. Kalitan, C. M. Zinner, A. B. Barrett, E. L.

Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Methane/Ethane/Propane Mixture Oxidation at High Pressures and at High, Intermediate and Low Temperatures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 155, 2008, pp. 441-448.

77) T. Lieuwen, V. McDonell, E. Petersen, and D. Santavicca, “Fuel Flexibility Influences on

Premixed-Combustor Blowout, Flashback, Autoignition, and Instability,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 130, 2008, pp. 011506-10.

78) D. M. Kalitan, J. D. Mertens, M. W. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition and Oxidation of

Lean CO/H2 Fuel Blends in Air,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 23, No. 6, 2007, pp. 1291-1303.

79) E. L. Petersen, J. M. Hall, S. D. Smith, J. de Vries, A.R. Amadio, and M. W. Crofton,

“Ignition of Lean Methane-Based Fuel Blends at Gas Turbine Pressures,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 129, 2007, pp. 937-944.

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80) J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, S. L. Simmons, M. J. A. Rickard, D. M. Kalitan, and E. L. Petersen, “Ethane Ignition and Oxidation behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 150, 2007, pp. 137-150.

81) D. L. Reid, A. E. Russo, R. V. Carro, M. A. Stephens, A. R. LePage, T. C. Spalding, E. L.

Petersen, and S. Seal, “Nanoscale Additives Tailor Energetic Materials,” Nano Letters, Vol. 7, No. 7, 2007, pp. 2157-2161.

82) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, A. Barrett, S. C. Reehal, J. D. Mertens, D. J. Beerer, R. Hack,

and V. McDonell, “New Syngas/Air Ignition Data at Elevated Pressure and Comparison to Current Kinetics Models,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 149, 2007, pp. 244-247.

83) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, S. L. Simmons, G. Bourque, H. J. Curran, and J. M. Simmie,

“Methane/Propane Oxidation at High Pressures: Experimental and Detailed Chemical Kinetic Modeling,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 447-454.

84) J. de Vries and E. L. Petersen, “Autoignition of Methane-Based Fuel Blends under Gas

Turbine Conditions,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 3163-3171. 85) A. R. Amadio, M. W. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “Test-Time Extension behind Reflected

Shock Waves using CO2-He and C3H8-He Driver Mixtures,” Shock Waves, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2006, pp. 157-165.

86) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “An Optimized Kinetics Model for OH Chemiluminescence at

High Temperatures and Atmospheric Pressures,” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Vol. 38, 2006, pp. 714-724.

87) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “Measurements of Reflected-Shock Bifurcation Over a

Wide Range of Gas Composition and Pressure,” Shock Waves, Vol. 15, 2006, pp. 333-340. 88) J. M. Hall, S. C. Reehal, and E. L. Petersen, “Kinetics of OH Chemiluminescence in the

Presence of Silicon,” Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 425, 2006, pp. 229-233. 89) D. M. Kalitan, J. M. Hall, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition and Oxidation of Ethylene-Oxygen-

Diluent Mixtures with and without Silane Addition,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 21, No. 6, 2005, pp. 1045-1056.

90) E. L. Petersen, M. J. A. Rickard, M. W. Crofton, E. D. Abbey, M. J. Traum, and D. M.

Kalitan, “A Facility for Gas- and Condensed-Phase Measurements behind Shock Waves,” Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 16, 2005, pp. 1716-1729.

91) J. M. Hall, M. J. A. Rickard, and E. L. Petersen, “Comparison of Characteristic Time

Diagnostics for Ignition and Oxidation of Fuel/Oxidizer Mixtures Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 177, 2005, pp. 455-483.

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92) M. W. Crofton and E. L. Petersen, “Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy in a Particle-Forming Environment for the Detection of SiH2,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, 2005, pp. 1583-1589.

93) M. J. A. Rickard, J. M. Hall, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Silane Addition on Acetylene

Ignition behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, 2005, pp. 1915-1923.

94) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, and M. J. A. Rickard, “Reflected Shock Ignition of

SiH4/H2/O2/Ar and SiH4/CH4/O2/Ar Mixtures,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2004, pp. 665-674.

95) E. L. Petersen and M. W. Crofton, “Measurements of High-Temperature Silane Pyrolysis

Using SiH4 IR Emission and SiH2 Laser Absorption,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 107, No. 50, 2003, pp. 10988-10995.

96) E. L. Petersen, M. J. A. Rickard, and R. P. Welle, “High-Temperature Nonreacting Flow

Fields Generated by a Hypersonic Chemical Laser Nozzle,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2003, pp. 420-422.

97) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “Improved Turbulent Boundary-Layer Model for Shock

Tubes,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 7, 2003, pp. 1314-1322. 98) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “Nonideal Effects behind Reflected Shock Waves in a

High-Pressure Shock Tube,” Shock Waves, Vol. 10, 2001, pp. 405-420. 99) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “Reduced Kinetics Mechanisms for Ram Accelerator

Combustion,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1999, pp. 591-600. 100) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Kinetics Modeling of Shock-Induced

Ignition in Low-Dilution CH4/O2 Mixtures at High Pressures and Intermediate Temperatures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 117, 1999, pp. 272-290.

101) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Ignition Delay Times of Ram

Accelerator CH4/O2/Diluent Mixtures,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1999, pp. 82-91.

102) D. F. Davidson, R. W. Bates, E. L. Petersen, and R. K. Hanson, “Shock Tube

Measurements of the Equation of State of Argon,” International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1998, pp. 1585-1594.

103) M. Röhrig, E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, R. K. Hanson, and C. T. Bowman,

“Measurement of the Rate Coefficient of the Reaction CH + O2 → Products in the Temperature Range 2200 to 2600 K,” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Vol. 29, 1997, pp. 781-789.

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104) M. Röhrig, E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “A Shock Tube Study of the Pyrolysis of NO2,” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Vol. 29, 1997, pp. 483-493.

105) E. L. Petersen, M. Röhrig, D. F. Davidson, R. K. Hanson, and C. T. Bowman, “High-

Pressure Methane Oxidation Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 26, 1996, pp. 799-806.

106) D. F. Davidson, E. L. Petersen, M. Röhrig, R. K. Hanson, and C. T. Bowman,

“Measurement of the Rate Coefficient of H + O2 + M → HO2 + M for M = Ar and N2 at High Pressures,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 26, 1996, pp. 481-488.

107) M. Röhrig, E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “The Pressure Dependence

of the Thermal Decomposition of N2O,” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Vol. 28, 1996, pp. 599-608.

108) D. F. Davidson, M. Röhrig, E. L. Petersen, M. D. DiRosa, and R. K. Hanson,

“Measurements of the OH A-X (0,0) 306 nm Absorption Bandhead at 60 atm and 1735 K,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 55, 1996, pp. 755-762.

Conference Proceedings

1) M. O’Neil, N. Niemiec, A. Demko, E. L. Petersen, and W. D. Kulatilaka, “Characterization of Emissions from Metalized Energetic Formulations Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” AIAA Paper 2017-0385, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

2) N. A. Niemiec, T. G. Sikes, E. L. Petersen, and W. Kulatilaka, “Development of

Spectroscopic Characterization Tools for Reactions Involving Counter-WMD Simulants,” AIAA Paper 2017-0388, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

3) C. A. M. Dillier, A. R. Demko, J. M. Stahl, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, and D. L. Reid

“Temperature Sensitivity of AP/HTPB-Based Rocket Propellants Using a New High-Pressure Strand Burner,” AIAA Paper 2017-0830, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

4) G. R. Morrow and E. L. Petersen, “The Effects of AP Particle Size and Concentration on

AP/HTPB Composite Propellant Burning Rates,” AIAA Paper 2017-0831, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

5) J. W. Hargis and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Boundary-Layer Growth Effects on Reflected-

Shock Conditions in Bath Gases with and without CO2,” AIAA Paper 2017-1470, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

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6) A. Morones, V. J. Leon, and E. L. Petersen, “Reconfigurable Fan-Stirred Flame Bomb with Optical Access,” AIAA Paper 2017-1783, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

7) O. Mathieu, W. D. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Studies of Tri-Ethyl-

Phosphate (TEP) Kinetics at High Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2017-1795, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

8) C. R. Mulvihill, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Time History Measurements of

CO and H2O Using IR Laser Absorption,” AIAA Paper 2017-1797, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

9) T. Sikes, N. Niemiec, W. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Dilute

Tri-Ethyl Phosphate in H2- and CH4-Air Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 2017-1962, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

10) A. R. Demko, C. Dillier, G. Morrow, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, K. Grossman, and S. Seal,

“Laboratory-Scale Burning of Composite Propellant Using In-Situ Synthesized Iron Oxide,” AIAA Paper 2016-5115, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

11) G. R. Morrow, A. R. Demko, and E. L. Petersen, “Modern Scanning Electron Microscopy in

the Study of Solid Propellant Combustion: Surface Structure and Elemental Identification via EDS,” AIAA Paper 2016-4594, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

12) C. A. M. Dillier, A. R. Demko, T. Sammet, J. C. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, K. Grossman, and

S. Seal, “Burning Rate and Ignition Delay Times of AP/HTPB-Based Solid Rocket Propellants Containing Graphene,” AIAA Paper 2016-4690, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

13) J. C. Thomas, J. M. Stahl, G. R. Morrow, and E. L. Petersen, “Design of a Lab-Scale Hybrid

Rocket Thrust Stand,” AIAA Paper 2016-4965, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

14) A. R. Demko and E. L. Petersen, “Relative Combustion Efficiency Measurement of

Composite Propellants in a Constant-Volume Strand Burner,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

15) J. W. Hargis and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Mixture Composition on Boundary Layer Growth

and Subsequent Variation in Test Conditions Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

16) O. Mathieu, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Water Time-Histories and Ignition Delay Time

Measurements in Shock Tubes for H2S Near Atmospheric Pressure,” 2016 Spring Technical

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Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

17) A. Morones, V. Leon, and E. L. Petersen, “Detailed Turbulence Characterization of a Fan-

Stirred Vessel with Two Different Impeller Designs,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

18) C. Mulvihill and E. L. Petersen, “A Shock-Tube Study of the Effects of Impurities on H2/O2

Kinetics Using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption at 1.38 Microns,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

19) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Sensitivity Analysis of Stoichiometric

Methane/Air Laminar Flame Speed Measurements Using a Spherical Flame,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

20) Nakamura, Y., Iwai, Y., Itoh, M., Morisawa, Y., Sasaki, T., Cusano, D., Harris, M., and

Petersen, E., “Development of Combustor for Supercritical CO2 Turbine,” International Gas Turbine Congress 2015 Tokyo, Nov. 15-20, 2015, Tokyo, Japan.

21) O. Mathieu, C. Gregoire, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Study of the Addition Effect of

CF2BrCl on the Ignition of Light Hydrocarbons,” 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (25th ICDERS), Leeds, UK, Aug. 2 – 7, 2015.

22) O. Mathieu, B. Giri, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “Nitromethane Ignition Behind

Reflected Shock Waves,” 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (25th ICDERS), Leeds, UK, Aug. 2 – 7, 2015.

23) A. R. Demko, J. C. Thomas, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Ignition

Delay Times of Composite Solid Propellants Using Novel Nano-Additive Catalysts,” AIAA Paper 2015-4106, Propulsion and Energy 2015, July 27 – 29, 2015, Orlando, FL.

24) T. Sammet, G. Morrow, C. Dillier, A. R. Demko, and E. L. Petersen, “Aging Effects of

Composite AP/HTPB Propellants Containing Nano-Sized Additives,” AIAA Paper 2015-3973, Propulsion and Energy 2015, July 27 – 29, 2015, Orlando, FL.

25) J. C. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, J. D. DeSain, and B. B. Brady, “Enhancement of Regression

Rates in Hybrid Rockets with HTPB Fuel Grains by Metallic Additives,” AIAA Paper 2015-4041, Propulsion and Energy 2015, July 27 – 29, 2015, Orlando, FL.

26) S. Ravi, A. Morones, E. L. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “Effect of Hydrogen Addition on the

Flame Speeds of Natural Gas Blends under Uniform Turbulent Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2015-42903, ASME Turbo Expo 2015, June 15-19, 2015, Montreal, Canada.

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27) C. L. Keesee, E. L. Petersen, K. Zhang, and H. J. Curran, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements of Synthetic Gas Blends with Hydrocarbon Impurities,” ASME Paper GT2015-42905, ASME Turbo Expo 2015, June 15-19, 2015, Montreal, Canada.

28) O. Mathieu, C. L. Keesee, C. Gregoire, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Halon 1211 (CF2BrCl)

on the Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition of CH4, C2H4, and C3H8: Experimental and Chemical Kinetics Study,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

29) J. W. Hargis, M. Gill, and E. L. Petersen, “Methane Ignition in a Shock Tube with High

Levels of CO2 Dilution,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

30) O. Mathieu, B. Giri, N. Chaumeix, S. Abid, C. -E. Paillard, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen,

“Nitromethane Combustion Study: Ignition Delay Times and Decomposition Profiles behind Reflected Shock Waves and Detailed Kinetics Modeling,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

31) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Nano-Aluminum on the Laminar

Flame Speed of CH4,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

32) A. R. Demko, C. A. Dillier, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Times of

Composite Solid Propellants Using Novel Nano-Additive Catalysts,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

33) C. Dillier, A. Demko, T. Sammet, K. Grossman, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Determining

the Effects of Graphene on the Burning Rate and Strength of AP/HTPB-Based Solid Rocket Propellants,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

34) J. C. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, J. D. DeSain, and B. B. Brady, “Enhancement of Hybrid

Rockets with HTPB Fuel Grains by Particulate Additives,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

35) C. Mulvihill and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Time-History Measurements of H2O in the

H2/O2 System Using IR Laser Absorption Spectroscopy,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

36) J. Stahl, G. Homan-Cruz, and E. L. Petersen, “Comparison of Liquid Monopropellant

Burning Rates from Pressure Data and High-Speed Video,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

37) A. R. Demko, J. C. Thomas, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Tempera-

ture Sensitivity of Composite Propellants Containing Novel Nano-Additive Catalysts,” AIAA Paper No. 2014-3691, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

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38) G. D. Homan-Cruz, K. W. McCown III, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Nano-Scale Additives and Methanol on the Linear Burning Rates of Aqueous HAN Solutions,” AIAA Paper No. 2014-3566, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

39) E. L. Petersen, T. E. Sammet, and D. Ranjan, “Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in

Energy and Propulsion: An NSF REU Site at Texas A&M University,” AIAA Paper No. 2014-3601, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

40) J. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, B. Brady, and J. DeSain, “Hybrid Rocket Burning Rate Enhance-

ment by Nano-Scale Additives in HTPB Fuel Grains,” AIAA Paper No. 2014-3955, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

41) O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, H. J. Curran, F. Güthe, and G. Bourque, “The Effect of Impurities

on Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds of Syngas Mixtures at Gas Turbine Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2014-25411, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, June 16-20, 2014, Düsseldorf, Germany.

42) A. Morones, S. Ravi, D. Plichta, E. L. Petersen, H. J. Curran, G. Bourque, F. Güthe, and T.

Wind, “Laminar and Turbulent Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling for Natural Gas/Hydrogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2014-26742, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, June 16-20, 2014, Düsseldorf, Germany.

43) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speeds of an Aerosol Mixture

Containing Nano-Aluminum in CH4/O2/N2,” Tenth International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, Bergen, Norway, 10-14 June, 2014.

44) A. Y. Chowdhury, B. Marks, H. G. Johnston, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Effect of

Shock Strength and Layer Depth on Dust Entrainment behind a Moving Shock Wave,” Tenth International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, Bergen, Norway, 10-14 June, 2014 – Winner, Best Paper Award.

45) K. W. McCown and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Methanol and Fumed Silica on the Linear

Burning Rates of Aqueous Hydroxylammonium Nitrate,” 10th International Symposium on Special Topics in Chemical Propulsion & Energetic Materials (10-ISICP), Portiers, France, June 2-6, 2014.

46) O. Mathieu, J. Hargis, A. Camou, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements Behind Reflected Shock Waves for a Representative Coal-Derived Syngas With and Without NH3 and H2S Impurities,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

47) O. Mathieu, J. Goulier, F. Gourmel, M. S. Mannan, N. Chaumeix, and E. L. Petersen,

“Experimental Study of the Addition Effects of CF3I on the Oxidation Properties of Light Hydrocarbons,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

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48) E. Vivanco, D. Pastrich, J. Anderson, and E. L. Petersen, “A New Shock-Tube Facility for

the Study of High-Temperature Chemical Kinetics,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

49) A. Camou, D. Cusano, and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a Mid-IR Carbon Monoxide

Sensor for a High-Pressure Combustor,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

50) C. Mulvihill, C. Aul, S. Thion, and E. L. Petersen, “Using UV Absorption Spectroscopy to

Measure the Time History of the Hydroxyl Radical in a Shock Tube,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

51) C. Rosas, H. Chen, E. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “The Effect of Non-Uniform Distribution

of Obstacles on Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition (DDT),” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

52) A. R. Demko and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a CO2 Laser Ignition System to Test Solid

Propellant Strands,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

53) K. W. McCown III and E. L. Petersen, “Modified Burning Rates of Aqueous HAN Solutions

Containing Methanol and Metal Oxides,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

54) J. C. Thomas, A. R. Demko, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Mechanical

Properties of Composite AP/HTPB Propellants with Titania Nanoparticles,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

55) O. Mathieu, C. L. Keesee, A. Morones, E. L. Petersen, S. M. Burke, and H. J. Curran,

“Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Speed Measurements of Propene,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

56) S. Ravi, E. L. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “Effects of Hydrogen Addition on the Turbulent

Displacement Speeds of Natural Gas Blends (C1-C5 Alkanes),” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

57) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Influence of Nano-Aluminum on Stoichiometric

CH4/O2/N2 Laminar Flame Speed” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

58) S. Ravi, T. G. Sikes, A. Morones, C. L. Keesee, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed of

Methane with Ethane and Ethylene Addition,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

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59) S. Ravi and E. L. Petersen, “Global Displacement Speeds of Methane/Air Measured in a Fan-

Stirred Flame Speed Vessel,” ICDERS 2013, 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, July 28 – Aug. 2, 2013.

60) J. M. Pemelton, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Induced Ignition of Methane

Sensitized by NO2 and N2O,” ICDERS 2013, 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, July 28 – Aug. 2, 2013.

61) A. R. Demko, T. W. Allen, M. Johnson, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Comparison

of Commercially Available and Synthesized Titania Nano-Additives on the Burning Rate of Composite HTPB/AP Propellant Samples,” ICDERS 2013, 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, July 28 – Aug. 2, 2013.

62) A. Camou, J. E. Vivanco, D. M. Cusano, and E. L. Petersen, “Laser Absorption

Measurements of CO at Elevated Pressures Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Paper 278, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

63) B. Marks, E. L. Petersen, A. Chowdhury, and M. S. Mannan, “A New Facility for Studying

Shock Wave Passage Over Dust Layers,” Paper 273, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

64) O. Mathieu, F. Deguillaume, and E. L. Petersen, “Reflected-Shock Ignition of H2-O2-Ar

Mixtures with Addition of H2S,” Paper 232, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

65) M. L. Brower and E. L. Petersen, “Sensitivity of Shock-Tube Chemiluminescence

Measurements to the Optical Setup,” Paper 228, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

66) M. L. Brower, O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, N. Donohoe, A. Heufer, W. K. Metcalfe, H. J.

Curran, G. Bourque, and F. Güthe, “Ignition Delay Time Experiments for Natural Gas/Hyd-rogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2013-95151, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2013, June 3-7, 2013, San Antonio, TX.

67) O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, A. Heufer, N. Donohoe, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, F. Güthe, and

G. Bourque, “Numerical Study on the Effect of Real Syngas Compositions on Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds at Gas Turbine Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2013-95156, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2013, June 3-7, 2013, San Antonio, TX.

68) D. Plichta, O. Mathieu, E. Petersen, G. Bourque, S. Burke, H. Curran, W. Metcalfe, and F.

Güthe, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Natural Gas Blends with Hydrogen and Elevated Pressures and Temperatures,” Paper #070LT-0329, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

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69) K. W. McCown III and E. L. Petersen, “The Effects of Nanoscale Additives on the Linear Burning Rate of Nitromethane at High Pressure,” Paper #070HE-0127, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

70) T. W. Allen, A. R. Demko, M. Johnson, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, R. Draper,

and S. Seal, “Study of Laboratory-Scale Burning of Composite Solid Propellant for Novel Methods of Nanoparticle Synthesis,” Paper #070HE-0091, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

71) C. H. Osorio, A. Morones, D. Plichta, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Influence of C2HF5

and C3HF7 on CH4 and C3H8 Combustion: Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Measurements,” Paper #070FR-0098, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

72) S. Ravi, A. Morones, and E. Petersen, “Evaluation of Numerical Turbulent Combustion

Models Using Flame Speed Measurements from a Recently Developed Fan-Stirred Explosion Vessel,” Paper #070LT-0096, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

73) O. Mathieu and E. L. Petersen, “High-Pressure Ignition Kinetics of 2-Methyl-2-Butene

Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Paper #070RK-0052, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

74) O. Mathieu and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Measurements of Ignition Delay Times for

Ammonia,” Paper #070RK-0053, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

75) C. Osorio, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Can Fire Suppressants Promote Ignition? A

Study of HFC-125 and HFC-227,” for AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety, April 28 – May 2, 2013, San Antonio, TX.

76) T. W. Allen, A. R. Demko, M. Johnson, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, R. Draper,

and S. Seal, “Laboratory-Scale Burning of Composite Solid Propellant for Studying Novel Nanoparticle Synthesis Methods,” AIAA Paper 2013-0821, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

77) A. J. Vissotski, T. Sikes, A. Camou, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental

Facility for Laminar, Heterogeneous Flame Propagation in a Nano-Aluminum Aerosol,” AIAA Paper 2013-0297, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

78) L. Sandberg, E. L. Petersen, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Ignition of a Liquid Hydrocarbon

Containing Nano-Sized Aluminum Using an Aerosol Shock Tube,” AIAA Paper 2013-0295, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

79) B. Marks, O. Mathieu, R. Archuleta, E. L. Petersen, J. Bugler, A. Heufer, and H. Curran,

“Ignition Delay Time Measurements and Modeling of n-Pentane and iso-Pentane at Elevated

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Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2013-0160, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

80) C. Frazier, A. R. Demko, and E. L. Petersen, “Modeling Composite Solid Propellant with

Catalytic Nanoadditives,” AIAA Paper 2013-0820, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

81) K. W. McCown III, W. C. Warren, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Techniques to Study

the Effects of Nano-Scale Additives on the Burning Rates of Liquid Monopropellants,” AIAA Paper 2013-0298, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

82) B. Rotavera, A. J. Vissotski, M. C. Krejci, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed

Measurements of Methyl Octanoate, n-Nonane, and Methylcyclohexane,” AIAA Paper 2013-1166, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

83) D. Plichta, E. L. Petersen, S. Burke, and H. Curran, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Hydrocarbons

with Helium Dilution at Raised Pressures and Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2013-1164, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

84) C. J. Aul and E. L. Petersen, “Sensing Key Species During Fuel Oxidation in a Shock Tube

Using Absorption Spectroscopy,” AIAA Paper 2013-0561, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

85) M. Kopp, E. L. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “Towards an Updated Kinetics Model of CO2*

Chemiluminescence,” AIAA Paper 2013-0559, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

86) S. Ravi, A. M. Ruelas, and E. L. Petersen, “Measurement of Turbulent Flame Propagation

Rates of Methane Using a New Facility,” AIAA Paper 2013-1184, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

87) Lamnaouer, M., Kassab, A. J., Divo, E., Garza-Urquiza, R., Polley, N., and Petersen, E. L.,

“A Conjugate Axi-symmetric Model of a High-Pressure Shock-Tube Facility,” Numerical Heat Transfer 2012, ECCOMAS Special Interest Conference, Gliwice-Wrocław, Poland, 4-6 September, 2012.

88) M. Brower, E. Petersen, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, N. Aluri, F. Güthe, M. Füri, and G.

Bourque, “Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Speed Calculations for Natural Gas/Hydrogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2012-69310, 57th ASME Turbo Expo, June 11-15, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.

89) M. Krejci, O. Mathieu, A. Vissotski, S. Ravi, T. Sikes, E. Petersen, Kéromnès, A., Metcalfe,

W., and H. Curran, “Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Data for the Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen and Syngas Fuel Blends,” ASME Paper GT2012-69290, 57th ASME Turbo Expo, June 11-15, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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90) Mathieu, O., Levacque, A., and Petersen, E. L., “Shock-Tube Study of the Effects of NO2 Addition on Hydrogen Ignition,” Paper 12S-15, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

91) Mathieu, O., Kopp, M. M., and Petersen, E. L., “Ignition Kinetics of a Multi-Component

Syngas Mixture with and without Ammonia Impurities,” Paper 12S-23, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

92) M. L. Brower and E. L. Petersen, “A Study to Determine the Effects of the Optical Setup on

Shock-Tube Chemiluminescence Measurements,” Paper 12S-93, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

93) B. Rotavera and E. L. Petersen, “Detailed Chemical Kinetic Analysis of Blended Methyl

Octanoate/n-Nonane/Methylcyclohexane,” Paper 12S-14, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

94) M. M. Kopp, M. L. Brower, O. Mathieu, F. Güthe, and E. L. Petersen, “CO2* Chemilumin-

escence Study at Low and Elevated Pressures,” Paper 12S-45, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

95) S. Ravi, S. J. Peltier, R. A. Humble, and E. L. Petersen, “Design and Development of a Flame

Speed Vessel to Study Flame Propagation in Homogeneous and Isotropic Turbulence,” Paper 12S-92, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

96) C. H. Osorio, A. Vissotski, E. L. Petersen, and S. Mannan, “Kinetic Modeling and Experi-

mental Evaluation of Un-Stretched Freely Expanding Flames in Halon 1301-Alkane-Air Mixtures,” Paper 12S-81, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

97) T. Allen, D. Reid, A. Demko, R. Draper, S. Seal, and E. Petersen, “In-Situ Nano-Assembly of

Titania Nanoparticle Burning Rate Enhancers in Solid Composite Propellant,” Paper 12S-44, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

98) C. J. Aul, A. Hsu, M. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “A Shock-Tube Study on Petroleum-Der-

ived Aerospace Fuels and a Fischer-Tropsch Surrogate,” Paper 12S-52, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

99) B. Marks, O. Mathieu, R. Archuleta, E. L. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements of n-Pentane at Elevated Pressures,” Paper 12S-74, Spring Technical Meet-ings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

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100) A. R. Demko, M. Johnson, T. W. Allen, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Comparison of Commercially Available and Synthesized Titania Nanoadditives on the Burning Rate of HTPB/AP Composite Propellant Samples,” Paper 12S-71, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

101) M. C. Krejci, A. J .Vissotski, S. Ravi, W. J. Metcalfe, A. Keromnes, H. J. Curran, and E.

L. Petersen, “Effect of Steam Dilution on Laminar Flame Speeds of Syngas Fuel Blends at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures,” Paper 12S-02, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

102) A. Vissotski, A. Camou, S. Mannan, and E. Petersen, “Development of an Experimental

Facility for Flame Speed Measurements in Powdered Aerosols,” Paper 12S-03, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

103) W. C. Warren, K. McCown, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Techniques for the Study

of Ionic Liquid Combustion at High Pressure,” Paper 12S-51, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

104) A. Levacque, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of N2O Addition on the Ignition of

H2-O2 Mixtures: Experimental and Detailed Modeling Study,” 2012 Spring Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 19-20, 2012, Phoenix, AZ.

105) Rotavera, B., Warren, W. C., Petersen, E. L., and Kidd, B., “Progress in Development of

an Ignition Kinetics Model of Ionic Liquid-Based Monopropellants,” JANNAF 8th Modeling and Simulation/6th Liquid Propulsion/5th Spacecraft Propulsion Joint Subcommittee Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2011, Huntsville, AL.

106) Warren, W. C., Rotavera, B., and Petersen, E. L., “Burning Rate and Spectroscopic

Investigation of an Ionic Liquid-Based Monopropellant at Pressures up to 310 Atmospheres,” JANNAF 8th Modeling and Simulation/6th Liquid Propulsion/5th Spacecraft Propulsion Joint Subcommittee Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2011, Huntsville, AL.

107) N. Polley, M. Q. Egbert, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimentally Observed Methods of Re-

Initiation during Detonation Diffraction into a Confined Volume,” 23rd International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 24 – 29, 2011, Irvine, CA.

108) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, H. Curran, M. Fikri, and C. Schulz, “Interpretation of Low-

Temperature, High-Pressure Ignition Data from a Shock Tube with Significant Pre-Ignition Pressure Rise,” 23rd International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 24 – 29, 2011, Irvine, CA.

109) M. W. Crofton, P. T. Stout, M. M. Micci, and E. L. Petersen, “Particle-Impact Ignition

Measurements in a High-Pressure Oxygen Shock Tube,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

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110) B. Rotavera and E. Petersen, “Shock-Induced Ignition of n-Undecane and Comparison to

Other High-Molecular-Weight n-Alkanes,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

111) C. J. Aul, M. W. Crofton, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “Measurement of H2O2

Broadening Parameters Near 7.8 µm with a Shock Tube,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

112) B. Hogan, A. Khalizov, E. Petersen, and R. Zhang, “Characterization of Soot Particles

Produced from the Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels in a Shock Tube,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

113) W. K. Metcalfe, S. M. Burke, C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, and H. J. Curran, “A Detailed

Chemical Kinetic Modelling and Experimental Study of C1-C2 Hydrocarbons,” Fifth European Combustion Meeting, June 28 – July 1, 2011, Cardiff, Wales.

114) E. Petersen, M. Kopp, N. Donato, and F. Güthe, “Assessment of Current

Chemiluminescence Kinetics Models at Engine Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2011-45914, 56th ASME Turbo Expo, June 6-10, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.

115) Y. Kochar, J. Seitzman, T. Lieuwen, W. Metcalfe, S. Burke, H. Curran, M. Krejci, W.

Lowry, E. Petersen, and G. Bouque, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling of Alkane Blends at Elevated Pressures with Various Diluents,” ASME Paper GT2011-45122, 56th ASME Turbo Expo, June 6-10, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.

116) K. R. Kreitz, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Catalytic Nanoparticle Additives in

Composite Solid Propellant with Emphasis on Additive Dispersion and Burning Rate,” 44th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, April 18-22, 2011, Arlington, VA.

117) W. Warren, B. Rotavera, K. McCown, C. J. Aul, E. Petersen, and B. Kidd, “Investigating

the Ignition Kinetics of HAN/HEHN Propellant Mixtures,” 44th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, April 18-22, 2011, Arlington, VA.

118) B. Hogan, A. Khalizov, E. Petersen, and R. Zhang, “Analysis of Shock Tube Generated

Particulates from Fuel-Rich Mixtures of Propane, Oxygen, and Argon,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

119) M. C. Krejci, A. J. Vissotski, W. B. Lowry, S. Ravi, and E. L. Petersen, “Development of

a High-Temperature and High-Pressure Vessel for Laminar Flame Speed Measurements,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

120) C. Frazier and E. L. Petersen, “Toward a Complete Modeling of Solid Propellant Strand

Burner Experiments with Catalytic Additives,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

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121) K. R. Kreitz, M. Johnson, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Burning Rate Enhancement of Solid Propellants Using Catalytic Nanoparticles with Emphasis on Additive Dispersion,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

122) B. Rotavera, P. Dagaut, P. Diévart, and E. L. Petersen, “High-Temperature Chemical

Kinetics of Excited-State Hydroxyl Radicals during n-Nonane Oxidation,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

123) J. Pemelton, N. Marquet, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, and E. L. Petersen, “Oxidation of

Dimethyl Ether and Methane in Air at Low and High Pressures,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

124) C. H. Osorio, E. L. Petersen, and S. Mannan, “Kinetic Modeling and Experimental Study

of CF3Br Effect on Methane and Ethane Oxidation behind Reflected Shock Waves,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

125) M. M. Kopp, M. L. Brower, F. Güthe, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Filter Choice on

OH* Chemiluminescence Kinetics at Low and Elevated Pressures,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

126) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Determination of H2O2 Pressure

Broadening Near 7.8 µm at Varying Conditions within a Shock Tube Experiment,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

127) M. C. Krejci, A. J. Vissotski, W. B. Lowry, E. L. Petersen, W. Metcalfe, S. Burke, H.

Curran, and G. Bourque, “Effect of Helium Dilution on Flame Stability and Laminar Flame Speeds of Hydrocarbon Fuel Blends at Elevated Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2011-244, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4 – 7, 2011.

128) K. R. Kreitz, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Relative Dispersion of Catalytic

Nanoparticle Additives and AP Particles in Composite Solid Propellant and the Effect on Burning Rate,” AIAA Paper 2011-418, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4 – 7, 2011.

129) N. L. Polley, M. Q. Egbert, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Study of the Diffraction of

a Planar Detonation Wave into a Confined Volume,” AIAA Paper 2011-796, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4 – 7, 2011.

130) M. W. Crofton, P. T. Stout, T. V. Albright, M. D. Worshum, J. L. Emdee, and E. L.

Petersen, “Development and Characterization of a Particle-Impact Ignition Facility,” AIAA Paper 2010-7133, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 46th Joint Propulsion Conference, Nashville, TN, 25-28 July 2010.

131) M. W. Crofton and E. L. Petersen, “Particle Impact Ignition in High Pressure Oxygen:

Initial Results,” AIAA Paper 2010-7134, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 46th Joint Propulsion Conference, Nashville, TN, 25-28 July 2010.

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132) W. Lowry, J. de Vries, M. Krejci, E. Petersen, Z. Serinyel, W. Metcalfe, H. Curran, and

G. Bourque, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling of Pure Alkanes and Alkane Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper No. GT2010-23050, 55th ASME Turbo Expo, Glasgow, U.K., June 14-18, 2010.

133) B. Rotavera, N. Polley, E. Petersen, K. Scheu, M. Crofton, and G. Bourque, “Ignition and

Combustion of Heavy Hydrocarbons Using an Aerosol Shock-Tube Approach,” ASME Paper No. GT2010-22844, 55th ASME Turbo Expo, Glasgow, U.K., June 14-18, 2010.

134) N. S. Donato, B. Hogan, E. L. Petersen, and F. Guethe, “Assessment of Current

Chemiluminescence Kinetics Models at Elevated Pressures,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

135) C. Frazier, M. Lamnaouer, A. Kassab, E. Divo, and E. Petersen, “Simulation of Heat

Transfer Effects in Shock Tubes over Long Test Times,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

136) N. L. Polley, M. Q. Egbert, and E. L. Petersen, “A Facility for Studying the Propagation

of a Planar Detonation into a Confined Volume” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

137) B. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, P. Diévart, C. Togbé, and P. Dagaut, “Behavior of OH*

Species during Oxidation of n-Nonane,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

138) C. J. Aul, M. W. Crofton, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “A Diagnostic for Measuring

H2O2 Concentration in a Shock Tube using Tunable Laser Absorption near 7.8 µm,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

139) W. B. Lowry, J. de Vries, E. L. Petersen, Z. Serinyel, and H. Curran, “High-Pressure

Flame Speed Measurements of Dimethyl Ether in Air with Uncertainty Analysis,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

140) K. Kreitz, J. Johnson, E. Petersen, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Scale-up Effects of Nanoparticle

Production on the Burning Rate of Composite Propellant,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

141) W. B. Lowry, M. C. Krejci, E. L. Petersen, Z. Serinyel, H. Curran, and G. Bourque,

“Effect of Methane-Dimethyl Ether Fuel Blends on Flame Stability, Laminar Flame Speed, and Markstein Length,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Comb-ustion Institute, March 22 – 23, 2010, Boulder, CO.

142) M. Lamnaouer, A. J. Kassab, E. Divo, R. Garza Urquiza, N. L. Polley, and E. L. Petersen,

“Time Accurate Simulation of Shock Propagation and Reflection in an Axi-Symmetric Shock

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Tube,” AIAA Paper 2010-926, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, 4-7 Jan., 2010.

143) M. M. Kopp, N. S. Donato, E. L. Petersen, W. K. Metcalfe, Z. Serinyel, and H. J. Curran,

“Ignition and Oxidation of Ethylene-Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2010-1512, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 4-7 Jan., 2010.

144) N. Donato, C. Aul, E. Petersen, C. Zinner, H. Curran, and G. Bourque, “Ignition and

Oxidation of 50/50 n-Butane/iso-Butane Blends,” ASME Paper GT2009-59673, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2009: Power for Land, Sea and Air, June 8-12, 2009, Orlando, FL.

145) C. J. Aul and E. L. Petersen, “Early Ignition Phenomena in Low-Temperature, High-

Pressure Shock-Tube Experiments for Non-diluted Alkane Blends in Air,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

146) N. S. Donato, C. Aul, N. Polley, and E. L. Petersen, “High-Pressure Ignition and

Oxidation of Ethylene-Air Mixtures,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

147) N. Donato, C. Aul, E. Petersen, H. Curran, and G. Bourque, “Oxidation Kinetics of

Butane Isomer Blends at Elevated Pressure,” Paper 12F3, 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

148) J. de Vries, W. Lowry, E. L. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Laminar Flame Speeds of

Methane, Ethane, and Methane/Ethane Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

149) K. Kreitz, M. Stephens, C. Frazier, E. Petersen, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Tailoring the

Burning Rate of Composite Propellants using Nano-Particle Additives,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

150) Z. Serinyel, H. J. Curran, C. M. Zinner, C. J. Aul, N. S. Donato, and E. L. Petersen,

“Shock-Tube Ignition Delay Time Measurements and Chemical Kinetics Modelling for Mixtures of Dimethyl Ether and Methane in Air,” 4th European Combustion Meeting, April 14-17, 2009, Vienna Austria.

151) D. Healy, C. Zinner, D. Kalitan, C. J. Aul, G. Bourque, E. L. Petersen, and H. J. Curran,

“Natural Gas—A Study of the Autoignition of C1-C5 Blends,” 4th European Combustion Meeting, April 14-17, 2009, Vienna Austria.

152) M. Stephens, E. Petersen, R. Carro, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Nano Additives and Plateau

Burning Rates in Composite Propellants,” AIAA Paper 2008-4790, 44th AIAA /ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

153) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, B. C. Walker, and H. J. Curran, "Ignition of Methane and

Ethane Blends with Oxygen at Engine Conditions,” AIAA Paper 2008-4768, 44th AIAA

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/ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

154) T. Sammet, M. Stephens, E. Petersen, and B. Corbin, “Assessing the Mixedness of

Composite Solid Rocket Propellants Using Fluorescent Particles,” AIAA Paper 2008-5054, 44th AIAA /ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

155) B. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, A. Kumar, S. Seal, and T. D. Hain, “Toluene Combustion in

the Presence of Ceria Nanoparticles: A Shock-Tube Study,” AIAA Paper 2008-4765, 44th AIAA /ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

156) G. Bourque, D. Healy, H. Curran, C. Zinner, D. Kalitan, J. de Vries, C.Aul, and E. L.

Petersen, “Ignition and Flame Speed Kinetics of Two Natural Gas Blends with High Levels of Heavier Hydrocarbons,” ASME Paper GT2008-51344, ASME Turbo Expo 2008, Berlin, Germany, June 9-13, 2008. Winner – Best Paper Award, Combustion & Fuels Subcommittee

157) A. Srinivasan, W. Ellis, J. F. Crittenden, W. E. Lear, B. Rotavera, and E. L. Petersen,

“Fischer-Tropsch Fuel Characterization via Microturbine Testing and Fundamental Combustion Measurements,” ASME Paper GT2008-51447, ASME Turbo Expo 2008, Berlin, Germany, June 9-13, 2008.

158) M. A. Stephens, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Multi-Parameter Study of

Nanoscale TiO2 and CeO2 Additives in Composite AP/HTPB Solid Propellants,” 42nd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts, May 12-16, 2008.

159) N. S. Donato and E. L. Petersen, “Simplified Correlation Models for CO/H2 Chemical

Reaction Times,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

160) J. de Vries, E. L. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Methane and

Ethane Fuel Mixtures in Air at Intermediate Pressures,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

161) B. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, A. Kumar, and S. Seal, “Effect of Ceria Nanoparticles on

Early Soot Formation in Toluene/Oxygen/Argon Mixtures,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

162) M. A Stephens, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, M. Janish, and S. Seal, “High-Powered

Microscopy and Burning Rates of Solid Composite Propellants Containing Nanoparticles,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

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163) A. B. Barrett and E. L. Petersen, “Vaporization of Single- and Two-Component TiO2 and SiO2 Nanoparticles and their Resulting Emission Spectra,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

164) E. L. Petersen and H. J. Curran, “Interpretation of Shock-Tube Ignition Measurements of

Certain Undiluted Alkane-Air Mixtures at Higher Pressures and Lower Temperatures,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

165) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, B. C. Walker, and H. J. Curran, “Experiments and Kinetics

Modeling of Methane-Ethane-Oxygen Mixtures Diluted in Argon,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

166) J. D. Mertens, S. S. Mussmann, D. M. Kalitan, and E. L. Petersen, “A Chemical Kinetics

Model for the Fast Ignition of Syngas at Lower Temperatures and Higher Pressures,” Paper 08S-3, 2008 Spring Meeting, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of Southern California, March 16-18, 2008.

167) E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time Measurements at Practical Conditions Using a

Shock Tube,” Paper No. 0914, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

168) J. de Vries, C. Aul, A. Barrett, D. Lambe, and E. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Development for

High-Pressure and Low-Temperature Chemical Kinetics Experiments,” Paper No. 0913, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

169) B. Rotavera and E. Petersen, “Atomized Fuel Combustion in the Reflected-Shock

Region,” Paper No. 0912, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

170) E. Petersen, M. Lamnaouer, J. de Vries, H. Curran, J. Simmie, M. Fikri, C. Schulz, and

G. Bourque, “Discrepancies between Shock Tube and Rapid Compression Machine Ignition at Low Temperatures and High Pressures,” Paper No. 0911, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

171) C. Frazier, A. Kassab, and E. Petersen, “Wall Heat Transfer in Shock Tubes at Long Test

Times,” Paper No. 0910, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

172) E. Petersen, J. Arvanetes, A. LePage, G. Carro and A. Powell, “Monitoring Strand Burner

Combustion Products Using Emission Spectroscopy,” AIAA Paper 2007-5767, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

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173) M. Stephens, T. Sammet, A. LePage, R. Carro, and E. Petersen, “Comparison of Hand and Mechanically Mixed AP/HTPB Solid Composite Propellants,” AIAA Paper 2007-5765, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

174) V. Antonovski, B. M. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, J. F. Crittenden, and W. E. Lear,

“Combustion Measurements of Synthetic Fuels at Gas Turbine Conditions,” AIAA Paper 2007-5667, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

175) B. Rotavera and E. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Combustion Studies of Atomized Fuels in the

Reflected-Shock Region,” AIAA Paper 2007-5687, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

176) M. Lamnaouer, C. Zinner, B. Rotavera, E. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Butane Oxidation

at Elevated Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2007-5658, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

177) G. Bourque, D. Healy, H. Curran, J. Simmie, J. de Vries, V. Antonovski, B. Corbin, C.

Zinner, and E. Petersen, “Effect of Higher Order Hydrocarbons on Methane-Based Fuel Chemistry at Gas Turbine Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2007-28039, 52nd ASME Turbo Expo, May 14-17, 2007, Montreal, Canada.

178) S. C. Reehal and E. L. Petersen, “Reflected-Shock Ignition of Syngas at Engine Pressures

and Comparison to Kinetics Models,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA. Winner—Best Paper, Undergraduate Category.

179) M. A. Stephens and E. L. Petersen, “Addition Methods of Nanoscale Additives in Solid

Composite Propellants,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA.

180) A. LePage and E. L. Petersen, “Combustion Product Analysis of HTPB/AP Composite

Propellants Using Emission Spectroscopy,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA.

181) B. A. Corbin and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements in a New

Constant-Volume Vessel,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA.

182) V. Antonovski, C. Zinner, A. Barrett, D. Kalitan, and E. Petersen, “Ignition of

Methane/Ethane/Propane Mixtures at Engine Pressures,” Paper E13, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

183) D. M. Kalitan and E. L. Petersen, “Nano-Aluminum Aerosol Characterization with

Application to Heterogeneous Shock-Tube Combustion,” Paper D18, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

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184) J. de Vries, B. A. Corbin, and E. L. Petersen, “A Facility for High-Pressure Laminar Flame Speed Measurements,” Paper A20, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

185) S. C. Reehal, D. M. Kalitan, T. Hair, A. Barrett, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements of Synthesis Gas Mixtures at Engine Pressures,” Paper C24, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

186) A. B. Barrett, S. C. Reehal, and E. L. Petersen, “Measurement of Ignition Delay Time for

a Syngas/Air Mixture Containing Water Vapor,” Paper C25, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

187) E. L. Petersen, “On the Use of Endwall Emission as a Shock-Tube Ignition Diagnostic,”

Paper G8, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA. 188) M. Lamnaouer, E. L. Petersen, R. C. Ryder, and A. Brankovic, “Reduced Combustion

Time Model for Methane in Gas Turbine Flow Fields,” AIAA Paper 2007-0385, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 8 - 11 Jan 2007, Reno, NV.

189) E. L. Petersen, “Hydrocarbon-Air Ignition Experiments at Elevated Pressures,” 41st

JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, 4 – 8 Dec., 2006, San Diego, CA. 190) M. Stephens, A. Powell, D. Miranda, H. Shah, L. Nguyen, and E. Petersen, “A New Lab-

Scale Mixing Facility for Composite Solid Propellants with Nanoadditives,” 41st JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, 4 – 8 Dec., 2006, San Diego, CA.

191) M. A. Stephens, T. Sammet, R. Carro, A. LePage, D. Reid, S. Seal, and E. Petersen,

“New Additives for Modifying the Burn Rate of Composite Solid Rocket Propellants,” AIAA Paper 2006-4948, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 9-12 July, 2006, Sacramento, CA.

192) B. Rotavera, A. R. Amadio, V. Antonovski, and E. L. Petersen, “New Approaches for

Fundamental Rocket Injector Studies Using a Shock Tube,” AIAA Paper 2006-4725, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 9-12 July, 2006, Sacramento, CA.

193) D. M. Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “A Shock-Tube Study of Aluminum

Oxidation at Elevated Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2006-4405, 42nd AIAA/ASME/-SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 9-12 July, 2006, Sacramento, CA.

194) D. M. Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, J. Mertens, and M. W. Crofton, “Ignition of Lean

CO/H2/Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2006-90488, 51st ASME Turbo Expo, May 8-11, 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

195) T. Lieuwen, V. McDonell, E. Petersen, and D. Santavicca, “Fuel Flexibility Influences on

Premixed-Combustor Blowout, Flashback, Autoignition, and Instability,” ASME Paper GT2006-90770, 51st ASME Turbo Expo, May 8-11, 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

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196) A. Brankovic, R. C. Ryder, and E. L. Petersen, “Time-Dependent Simulation of Fuel-Flexible Burners,” AIAA Paper 2006-0806, 44th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Reno, NV.

197) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “A High-Pressure Kinetics Model for the Ignition of

Natural-Gas Fuel Blends,” AIAA Paper 2006-0353, 44th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Reno, NV.

198) E. L. Petersen and R. N. Kumar, “Aerospace Science and Engineering Research

Experience for Teachers: the First Two Years,” AIAA Paper 2006-0679, 44th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Reno, NV.

199) J. Ward, A. Leonessa, and E. Petersen, “Reduction of Vortex-Driven Oscillations in a

Choked Duct Through Adaptive Control,” ASME paper IMECE2005-81378, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL.

200) J. de Vries and E. Petersen, “Design and Validation of a Reduced Test Matrix for the

Autoignition of Gas Turbine Fuel Blends,” ASME Paper IMECE2005-80040, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL.

201) D. M. Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “A Shock-Tube Study of The Ignition

and Oxidation Characteristics for CO/H2 Fuel Blends in Air,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 17-18, 2005, Stanford, CA.

202) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Direct Determination of the Dominant CH(A) Formation

Reaction and its Rate Coefficient for 1200 < T < 2300 K,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 17-18, 2005, Stanford, CA.

203) J. L. Small, M. A. Stephens, S. Deshpande, E. L. Petersen, and S. Seal, “Burn Rate

Sensitization of Solid Propellants Using a Nano-Titania Additive,” Paper No. 150, 20th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 31-August 5, 2005, Montreal, Canada.

204) E. L. Petersen, J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. R. Amadio, S. D. Smith, and M. W. Crofton,

“Acceleration of Shock-Induced Ignition in CH4/Air and CO/Air Mixtures Using Hydrogen Addition,” 20th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 31-August 5, 2005.

205) J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, M. W. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “A Shock-Tube Study of

CH4/C2H6 and CH4/C3H8 Fuel Blends under Gas Turbine Conditions,” 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India.

206) D. M. Kalitan, M. W. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “Hydroxyl Radical Measurements in

Highly Diluted CO/H2/O2/Ar Mixtures,” 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India.

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207) A. R. Amadio, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Driver-Gas Tailoring for Chemical

Kinetics Experiments using Unconventional Driver Mixtures,” 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India.

208) M. Stephens, R. Carro, S. Wolf, T. Sammet, E. Petersen, and C. Smith, “Performance of

AP-Based Composite Propellant Containing Nanoscale Aluminum,” AIAA Paper 2005-4470, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

209) D. M. Kalitan and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition and Oxidation of Lean CO/H2 Fuel Blends in

Air,” AIAA Paper 2005-3767, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

210) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a Chemical Kinetics Mechanism for

CH4/H2/Air Ignition at Elevated Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2005-3768, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

211) R. Carro, J. Arvanetes, A. Powell, M. Stephens, E. Petersen, and C. Smith, “High-

Pressure Testing of Composite Solid Propellant Mixtures: Burner Facility Characterization,” AIAA Paper 2005-3617, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

212) E. L. Petersen, S. D. Smith, J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. Amadio, and M. W. Crofton,

“Ignition of Fuel-Lean Natural Gas Blends at Gas Turbine Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2005-68517, 50th ASME Turbo Expo, June 6-9, 2005, Reno, NV.

213) M. A. Stephens and E. L. Petersen, “Burn Rate Measurements of Bimodal Ammonium

Perchlorate in HTPB/Al Composite Rocket Propellant,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 4-5, 2005.

214) J. de Vries and E. L. Petersen, “Toward a Reduced DOE Matrix for the Combustion of

Gas Turbine Fuel Blends,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 4-5, 2005. 215) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “A High-Pressure Kinetics Model for the Ignition of

Natural-Gas Fuel Blends,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 4-5, 2005. Winner—Best Paper, Graduate Category

216) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. Amadio, and M. W. Crofton,

“Ignition of Fuel-Lean CO/H2/Air Fuel Blends,” Proceedings of The 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

217) A. R. Amadio, J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Shock-Tube

Tailoring for Low-Temperature Chemical Kinetics,” Proceedings of The 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

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218) J. Arvanetes, M. A. Stephens, R. Carro, A. Powell, S. Wolf, E. L. Petersen, C. Smith, and G. Whittinghill, “Burn Rate Measurements of AP-Based Composite Propellants at Elevated Pressures,” Proceedings of The 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

219) J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a Chemical Kinetics

Mechanism for C2Hx Ignition in the Presence of Silane,” Proceedings of The 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

220) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “An Optimized Chemical Kinetics Model for OH

Chemiluminescence,” Proceedings of The 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

221) J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, A. Amadio, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Reflected-Shock

Ignition of CH4/C2H6/Air Fuel Blends,” Proceedings of The 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

222) E. L. Petersen and J. de Vries, “Measuring the Ignition of Fuel Blends using a Design of

Experiments Approach,” AIAA Paper 2005-1165, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV.

223) J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. R. Amadio, and E. L. Petersen, “Towards a Kinetics Model of

CH Chemiluminescence,” AIAA Paper 2005-1318, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV.

224) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Evaluation of Several Detailed Chemical Kinetics

Mechanisms for the High-Temperature Oxidation of C2Hx Fuels,” AIAA Paper 2005-0138, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV. Winner—Best Paper, National Undergraduate Paper Competition.

225) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, M. J. A. Rickard, and M. W. Crofton, “Silane Oxidation

behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Paper No. 2162, 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Beijing, China, July 11-16, 2004.

226) M. W. Crofton and E. L. Petersen, “Application of the FM Spectroscopic Technique to

SiH2 Detection in a Shock Tube,” Paper No. 2161, 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Beijing, China, July 11-16, 2004.

227) J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, and M. J. A. Rickard, “A Shock-

Tube Study of the Oxidation of C2H6/O2/Ar and C2H6/SiH4/O2/Ar Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 2004-3370, 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 11-14, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

228) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Kinetics of OH Chemiluminescence in the Presence of

Hydrocarbons,” AIAA Paper 2004-4164, 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 11-14, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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229) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Evaluation of Several Detailed Kinetics Mechanisms for the High-Temperature Oxidation of C2Hx Fuels,” AIAA 55th Annual Southeastern Regional Student Conference, April 5-6, 2004, Memphis, TN. Winner—Best Paper, Undergraduate Category.

230) E. L. Petersen, J. M. Hall, D. M. Kalitan, and M. J. A. Rickard, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements of C2Hx Fuels and Comparison to Several Detailed Kinetics Mechanisms,” ASME Paper GT2004-53926, ASME Turbo Expo 2004, Vienna Austria, June 14-17, 2004.

231) E. L. Petersen and S. D. Smith, “Interaction of Reflected Shock Waves with Solid or

Liquid Particulates,” AIAA Paper 2004-0973, 42nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 5-8, 2004, Reno, NV.

232) D. M. Kalitan, M. J. A. Rickard, J. M. Hall, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Measurements

of Ethylene-Oxygen-Diluent Mixtures with and without Silane Addition,” AIAA Paper 2004-1323, 42nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 5-8, 2004, Reno, NV.

233) J. M. Hall, E. L. Petersen, and M. J. A. Rickard, “Comparison of Characteristic Time

Diagnostics for Ignition and Oxidation of Fuel/Oxidizer Mixtures Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Paper No. 03F-57, 2003 Fall Meeting, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 20 & 21, Los Angeles, CA.

234) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, and M. J. A. Rickard, “Calibration and Chemical Kinetics

Modeling of an OH Chemiluminescence Diagnostic,” AIAA Paper 2003-4493, 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20-23, 2003, Huntsville, AL.

235) E. L. Petersen, S. Bhosale, Z. El-Zahab, P. Mack, and S. Smith, “A Shock-Tube Facility

for Spray-Combustion Studies and Reacting-Flow Visualization,” AIAA Paper 2003-3881, 33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, June 23-26, 2003, Orlando, FL.

236) E. L. Petersen, Kalitan, D. M., and Rickard, M. J. A., “Chemical Kinetics of OH*

Chemiluminescence in High-Temperature Reacting Flows,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 16-19, 2003 Chicago, IL.

237) Crofton, M. W. and Petersen, E. L., “Application of the FM Spectroscopic Technique to

SiH2 Shock-Tube Detection,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 16-19, 2003 Chicago, IL.

238) Rickard, M. J. A. and Petersen, E. L., “Effects of Silane Addition on Acetylene and

Ethane Ignition Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 16-19, 2003 Chicago, IL.

239) E. L. Petersen and M. W. Crofton, “Ignition and Oxidation of Dilute Silane-Oxidizer

Mixtures behind Reflected Shock Waves,” AIAA Paper 2002-3875, 38th AIAA/ASME/-SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 7-10, 2002, Indianapolis, IN.

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240) E. L. Petersen and R. P. Welle, “Studies on Single- and Two-Component Nanoparticle Decomposition Using a Shock Tube,” Paper No. 2376, 23rd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Fort Worth, TX, July 22-27, 2001.

241) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “Measurements of Reflected-Shock Bifurcation in a

High-Pressure Shock Tube,” Paper No. 2377, 23rd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Fort Worth, TX, July 22-27, 2001.

242) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “An Improved Turbulent Boundary-Layer Model for

Shock Tubes,” AIAA Paper 2001-2855, AIAA 31st Fluid Dynamics Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 11-14, 2001.

243) E. L. Petersen, R. P. Welle, M. J. Traum, E. D. Abbey, and M. J. A. Rickard, “A New

Shock-Tube Facility for Studying Combustion Phenomena in Mixtures Containing Condensed Species,” ASME Paper NHTC2001-20136, Proceedings of NHTC′01, 35th National Heat Transfer Conference, June 10-12, 2001.

244) E. L. Petersen, “Solid- and Liquid-Phase Combustion Measurements Using a Shock

Tube: A Review,” JANNAF 37th Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Nov. 13-17, 2000. 245) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Coupling between Internal Vortex Shedding and the

Axial Acoustic Modes in a Choked Duct Flow: New Experiments,” Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division—2000, FED-Vol. 253, ASME, 2000, pp. 645-652.

246) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Secondary Injection in a Model Solid Rocket Motor

for the Suppression of Vortex-Driven Instability,” AIAA Paper 2000-3697, 36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Huntsville, July 16-19, 2000.

247) E. L. Petersen and R. P. Welle, “Shock Tube Studies of Hypersonic Flow Fields

Generated by a Chemical-Laser Nozzle System,” Proceedings of The 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Ball, G. J., Hillier, R., and Roberts, G. T. (Eds.), University of Southampton, Southampton, Paper 1631, pp. 483-488, 2000.

248) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Control of Vortex-Induced Oscillations in a Model

Solid Rocket Motor: Flow Characterization and Secondary Injection Experiments,” AIAA Paper 99-2506, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Los Angeles, June 20-24, 1999.

249) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Active Control of Vortex-Driven Oscillations in a

Solid Rocket Motor Using a Cold-Flow Simulation,” AIAA Paper 99-0860, 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, 11-14 Jan. 1999.

250) M. R. Kamel, C. I. Morris, A. Ben-Yakar, E. L. Petersen, and R. K. Hanson,

“Experimental Investigation of Ram-Accelerator Flow Fields and Combustion Kinetics,” Ram Accelerators: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Ram Accelerators, Takayama, A. and Sasoh, A. (Ed.), Springer, Berlin, 1998, pp. 281-294.

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251) E. L. Petersen, R. W. Bates, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Development of Laser

Absorption Techniques for Shock Tube Studies at Elevated Pressures,” Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves, Houwing, A. F. P. (Ed.), Paper No. 4605, 1997.

252) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Reduced Kinetics Mechanisms for

Ram Accelerator Combustion,” AIAA Paper 97-2892, 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 7-9 July 1997, Seattle, WA.

253) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Ram Accelerator Mixture Chemistry:

Kinetics Modeling and Ignition Measurements,” CPIA pub. 653, 1996 JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Vol. I, 1997, 395-407.

254) D. F. Davidson, E. L. Petersen, R. W. Bates, and R. K. Hanson, “Real Gas Effects at High

Pressures and Temperatures in Shock Tube Studies,” CPIA Pub. 653, 1996 JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Vol. I, 1997, pp. 49-56.

255) E. L. Petersen, R. W. Bates, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Laser Absorption and

Infrared Emission Measurements in a High-Pressure Shock Tube,” AIAA Paper 97-0316, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 6-9 Jan. 1997, Reno, NV.

256) D. F. Davidson, R. W. Bates, E. L. Petersen, and R. K. Hanson, “Shock Tube

Measurements of the Equation of State of Argon,” AIAA Paper 97-0984, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 6-9 Jan. 1997, Reno, NV.

257) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, M. Röhrig, and R. K. Hanson, “High-Pressure Shock-

Tube Measurements of Ignition Times in Stoichiometric H2/O2/Ar Mixtures,” Shock Waves - Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Sturtevant, B., Shephard, J. E., and Hornung, H. G. (Ed.), World Scientific, New Jersey, 1996, pp. 941-946.

258) D. F. Davidson, M. Röhrig, E. L. Petersen, M. D. DiRosa, and R. K. Hanson,

“Measurements of the Absorption Spectrum of the OH A-X (0,0) 306-nm Bandhead at High Pressures,” Shock Waves - Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Sturtevant, B., Shephard, J. E., and Hornung, H. G. (Ed.), World Scientific, New Jersey, 1996, pp. 923-928.

259) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Ignition Delay Times of Ram

Accelerator Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 96-2681, 32nd Joint Propulsion Conference, 1-3 July 1996, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

260) E. L. Petersen, M. Röhrig, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Shock-Induced Ignition of

High-Pressure H2-O2-Ar and CH4-O2-Ar Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 95-3113, 31st Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, 10-12 July 1995, San Diego, CA.

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261) D. J. Howell, E. L. Petersen, and J. A. Clark, “Performance Characteristics of LOX/H2, Tangential-Entry, Swirl-Coaxial, Rocket Injectors,” AIAA Paper 93-0228, 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, 11-14 Jan. 1993, Reno, NV.

262) E. L. Petersen, V. P. Roan, and J. N. Pfahler, “Experimental Investigation of Supersonic-

Primary Dissimilar-Fluid Ejectors,” AIAA Paper 92-3793, 28th Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 6-8 July 1992, Nashville, TN.

263) G. B. Cox Jr. and E. L. Petersen, “Liquid Stability Mechanisms Program Summary,” 28th

JANNAF Combustion Meeting, 28 Oct - 1 Nov. 1991, San Antonio, TX. 264) E. L. Petersen, R. Rozelle, and P. J. Borgel, “Characterization and Wall Compatibility

Testing of a 40K Pound Thrust Class Swirl-Coaxial Injector and Calorimeter Combustion Chamber,” AIAA Paper 91-1873, 27th Joint Propulsion Conference, 24-26 June 1991, Sacramento, CA.

Published Reports and Magazines 1) C. H. Osorio, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Understanding Halon 1301 Properties,”

Fire and Safety Magazine, Fall 2013. 2) E. L. Petersen, M. W. Crofton, and T. V. Albright, “Performance Analysis of Setup for

Particle-Impingement Oxidation Experiment,” Aerospace Report No. ATR-2008(8267)-2, January 19, 2009.

3) E. L. Petersen, “A Shock Tube and Diagnostics for Chemistry Measurements at Elevated

Pressures with Application to Methane Ignition,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, March 1998; also: Topical Report TSD-111.

4) E. L. Petersen, G. B. Cox Jr., and Evans, T. T., “Final Report - Liquid Stability

Mechanisms,” PL-TR-93-3044, Edwards AFB, April 1994. 5) E. L. Petersen, “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Ejectors Employing

Dissimilar Fluids,” M. S. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, May 1990.

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Formal Presentations List for Eric L. Petersen 1) C. A. M. Dillier, A. R. Demko, J. M. Stahl, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, and D. L. Reid

“Temperature Sensitivity of AP/HTPB-Based Rocket Propellants Using a New High-Pressure Strand Burner,” AIAA Paper 2017-0830, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

2) E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Studies for the Refinement of Chemical Kinetics Mechanisms

for Power Generation and Chemical Weapon Simulants,” Chemical Kinetics for Aerospace Application, Dec. 7 – 9, 2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

3) E. L. Petersen, “Fundamental Experiments for the Study of Chemically Reacting Flows for

Power Generation and Process Safety,” Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Aug. 24, 2016, Doha, Qatar.

4) O. Mathieu, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Water Time-Histories and

Ignition Delay Time Measurements for H2S Near Atmospheric Pressure,” 36th International Symposium on Combustion, July 31 – Aug. 5, 2016, Seoul, Korea.

5) E. L. Petersen, “Reflected-Shock Experiments in Mixtures with Exotic Bath Gases,” 11th

International Workshop on Shock Tube Technology, DLR, June 29 – July 1, 2016, Göttingen, Germany.

6) O. Mathieu, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Water Time-Histories and Ignition Delay

Time Measurements in Shock Tubes for H2S Near Atmospheric Pressure,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

7) E. L. Petersen, “Rocket Propellant and Nanoparticle Combustion Studies at Texas A&M

University,” Shell Seminar Series, University of Texas at El Paso, Sept. 17, 2015, El Paso, TX.

8) E. L. Petersen, “Chemical Kinetic Measurements of Fire Suppressants and Combustion

Studies for Process Safety Application Using Shock Tubes and Laminar Flames,” seminar, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Aug. 26, 2015, Gaithersburg, MD.

9) O. Mathieu, C. Gregoire, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Study of the Addition Effect of

CF2BrCl on the Ignition of Light Hydrocarbons,” 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (25th ICDERS), Leeds, UK, Aug. 2 – 7, 2015.

10) O. Mathieu, B. Giri, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “Nitromethane Ignition Behind

Reflected Shock Waves,” 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (25th ICDERS), Leeds, UK, Aug. 2 – 7, 2015.

11) E. L. Petersen, “Fundamental Experiments for the Study of Propellant and Fuel Combustion

Chemistry,” invited talk, Sydney E. Fuchs Seminar Series, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Sept. 19, 2014, Baton Rouge, LA.

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12) E. L. Petersen, “Fundamental Experiments for the Study of Propellant Chemical Kinetics,”

invited talk, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aug. 27, 2014, Aberdeen, MD.

13) O. Mathieu, J. W. Hargis, A. Camou, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements Behind Reflected Shock Waves for a Representative Coal-Derived Syngas With and Without NH3 and H2S Impurities,” 35th International Symposium on Combustion, Aug. 3-8, 2014, San Francisco, CA.

14) O. Mathieu, J. Goulier, F. Gourmel, M. S. Mannan, N. Chaumeix, and E. L. Petersen,

“Experimental Study of the Effect of CF3I Addition on the Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Speed of Methane, Ethylene, and Propane,” 35th International Symposium on Combustion, Aug. 3-8, 2014, San Francisco, CA.

15) E. L. Petersen, T. E. Sammet, and D. Ranjan, “Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in

Energy and Propulsion: An NSF REU Site at Texas A&M University,” AIAA Paper No. 2014-3601, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

16) O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, H. J. Curran, F. Güthe, and G. Bourque, “The Effect of

Impurities on Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds of Syngas Mixtures at Gas Turbine Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2014-25411, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, June 16-20, 2014, Düsseldorf, Germany.

17) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speeds of an Aerosol Mixture

Containing Nano-Aluminum in CH4/O2/N2,” Tenth International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, Bergen, Norway, 10-14 June, 2014.

18) A. Y. Chowdhury, B. Marks, H. G. Johnston, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Effect of

Shock Strength and Layer Depth on Dust Entrainment behind a Moving Shock Wave,” Tenth International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, Bergen, Norway, 10-14 June, 2014 – Winner, Best Paper Award.

19) K. W. McCown and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Methanol and Fumed Silica on the Linear

Burning Rates of Aqueous Hydroxylammonium Nitrate,” 10th International Symposium on Special Topics in Chemical Propulsion & Energetic Materials (10-ISICP), Portiers, France, June 2-6, 2014.

20) A. Morones, S. Ravi, D. Plichta, E. L. Petersen, H. J. Curran, G. Bourque, F. Güthe, and T.

Wind, “Laminar and Turbulent Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling for Natural Gas/Hydrogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2014-26742, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, June 16-20, 2014, Düsseldorf, Germany.

21) E. L. Petersen, “Reacting-Flow Studies for Propulsion, Process Safety, and Power

Generation,” Professional Lecture and Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Jan. 29, 2014.

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22) S. Ravi and E. L. Petersen, “Global Displacement Speeds of Methane/Air Measured in a

Fan-Stirred Flame Speed Vessel,” ICDERS 2013, 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, July 28 – Aug. 2, 2013.

23) J. M. Pemelton, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Induced Ignition of Methane

Sensitized by NO2 and N2O,” ICDERS 2013, 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, July 28 – Aug. 2, 2013.

24) A. R. Demko, T. W. Allen, M. Johnson, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen,

“Comparison of Commercially Available and Synthesized Titania Nano-Additives on the Burning Rate of Composite HTPB/AP Propellant Samples,” ICDERS 2013, 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, July 28 – Aug. 2, 2013.

25) M. L. Brower and E. L. Petersen, “Sensitivity of Shock-Tube Chemiluminescence

Measurements to the Optical Setup,” Paper 228, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

26) O. Mathieu, F. Deguillaume, and E. L. Petersen, “Reflected-Shock Ignition of H2-O2-Ar

Mixtures with Addition of H2S,” Paper 232, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

27) B. Marks, E. L. Petersen, A. Chowdhury, and M. S. Mannan, “A New Facility for Studying

Shock Wave Passage Over Dust Layers,” Paper 273, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

28) A. Camou, J. E. Vivanco, D. M. Cusano, and E. L. Petersen, “Laser Absorption

Measurements of CO at Elevated Pressures Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Paper 278, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013, Madison, WI.

29) O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, A. Heufer, N. Donohoe, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, F. Güthe,

and G. Bourque, “Numerical Study on the Effect of Real Syngas Compositions on Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds at Gas Turbine Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2013-95156, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2013, June 3-7, 2013, San Antonio, TX.

30) E. L. Petersen, “Measurements of Ground-State Hydroxyl Radicals Using OH X→A

Absorption Spectroscopy for Chemical Kinetics Studies in a Shock Tube,” Physics Department Colloquium, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, April 8, 2013.

31) M. Kopp, E. L. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “Towards an Updated Kinetics Model of CO2*

Chemiluminescence,” AIAA Paper 2013-0559, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

32) B. Rotavera, A. J. Vissotski, M. C. Krejci, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed

Measurements of Methyl Octanoate, n-Nonane, and Methylcyclohexane,” AIAA Paper 2013-1166, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

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33) E. L. Petersen, “Chemical Kinetics Measurements for Ignition, Oxidation, and Flame Speeds

of Gas Turbine-Relevant Fuels at Elevated Pressure,” Invited Seminar, CNRS, Orleans, France, June 18, 2012.

34) M. Krejci, O. Mathieu, A. Vissotski, S. Ravi, T. Sikes, E. Petersen, Kéromnès, A., Metcalfe,

W., and H. Curran, “Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Data for the Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen and Syngas Fuel Blends,” ASME Paper GT2012-69290, 57th ASME Turbo Expo, June 11-15, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.

35) E. L. Petersen, “High-Pressure Chemical Kinetics Measurements for Ignition, Oxidation,

and Flame Speeds of Gas Turbine-Relevant Fuels,” Department Seminar, Mechanical Engin-eering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, April 18, 2012.

36) E. L. Petersen, High-Pressure Chemical Kinetics Measurements for Ignition, Oxidation, and

Flame Speeds of Gas Turbine-Relevant Fuels,” Department Seminar, Mechanical Engineer-ing, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, March 30, 2012.

37) E. L. Petersen, “Uncertainties in Shock-Tube and Flame Speed Measurements at Extreme

Conditions,” Seminar to Center for Predictive Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX, March 22, 2012.

38) E. L. Petersen, “Soot Formation Experiments Using a Shock Tube,” Atmospheric Sciences

Department Seminar, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, March 20, 2012. 39) Rotavera, B., Warren, W. C., Petersen, E. L., and Kidd, B., “Progress in Development of an

Ignition Kinetics Model of Ionic Liquid-Based Monopropellants,” JANNAF 8th Modeling and Simulation/6th Liquid Propulsion/5th Spacecraft Propulsion Joint Subcommittee Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2011, Huntsville, AL.

40) E. L. Petersen, “Measuring Shock-Tube Ignition and Oxidation at Elevated Pressures,”

Workshop on Techniques for High-Pressure Combustion, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, Aug. 30 – Sept. 1, 2011.

41) N. Polley, M. Q. Egbert, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimentally Observed Methods of Re-

Initiation during Detonation Diffraction into a Confined Volume,” 23rd International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 24 – 29, 2011, Irvine, CA.

42) B. Rotavera and E. Petersen, “Shock-Induced Ignition of n-Undecane and Comparison to

Other High-Molecular-Weight n-Alkanes,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

43) C. J. Aul, M. W. Crofton, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “Measurement of H2O2

Broadening Parameters Near 7.8 µm with a Shock Tube,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

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44) B. Hogan, A. Khalizov, E. Petersen, and R. Zhang, “Characterization of Soot Particles Produced from the Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels in a Shock Tube,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

45) E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube and Flame Speed Measurements for Biofuel and Hydrocarbon

Kinetics,” Invited Talk, Indo-U.S. Workshop on Biofuel Combustion and Sprays, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, June 22-23, 2011.

46) E. Petersen, M. Kopp, N. Donato, and F. Güthe, “Assessment of Current Chemilumines-

cence Kinetics Models at Engine Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2011-45914, 56th ASME Turbo Expo, June 6-10, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.

47) W. Warren, B. Rotavera, K. McCown, C. J. Aul, E. Petersen, and B. Kidd, “Investigating the

Ignition Kinetics of HAN/HEHN-Based Propellant Mixtures,” 44th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, April 18-22, 2011, Arlington, VA.

48) K. R. Kreitz, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Catalytic Nanoparticle Additives in

Composite Solid Propellant with Emphasis on Additive Dispersion and Burning Rate,” 44th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, April 18-22, 2011, Arlington, VA.

49) K. R. Kreitz, M. Johnson, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Burning Rate Enhance-

ment of Solid Propellants Using Catalytic Nanoparticles with Emphasis on Additive Disper-sion,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

50) C. H. Osorio, E. L. Petersen, and S. Mannan, “Kinetic Modeling and Experimental Study of

CF3Br Effect on Methane and Ethane Oxidation behind Reflected Shock Waves,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

51) E. L. Petersen, “Fuel Blend Database for Kinetics Model Development and Validation at

Gas Turbine Conditions,” Invited Talk as part of the GE Combustion Symposium, GE Infra Energy, Greenville, SC, 25 Jan., 2011.

52) M. C. Krejci, A. J. Vissotski, W. B. Lowry, E. L. Petersen, W. Metcalfe, S. Burke, H.

Curran, and G. Bourque, “Effect of Helium Dilution on Flame Stability and Laminar Flame Speeds of Hydrocarbon Fuel Blends at Elevated Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2011-244, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4 – 7, 2011.

53) E. L. Petersen, “Combustion and Propulsion Activities in the Petersen Research Group,”

Seminar at the University of Southern California, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department, Los Angeles, CA, 11 November, 2010.

54) E. L. Petersen, “Turbulent Flame Speeds and NOx Kinetics of HHC Fuels with

Contaminants and High Dilution Levels,” 2010 University Turbine Systems Research Workshop, State College, PA, 19 October, 2010.

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55) E. L. Petersen, “C1-C4 Mechanism Development Experiments and Modeling,” Invited talk at the First Kinetics Symposium at General Electric Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY, 17-18 August, 2010.

56) E. L. Petersen, “Assessment of Current Chemiluminescence Kinetics Models at Elevated

Pressures,” Seminar at Alstom Ltd., Birr, Switzerland, May 17, 2010. 57) M. Lamnaouer, E. Divo, E. Petersen, and A. Kassab, “Conjugate Heat Transfer Modeling in

an Axi-Symmetric Shock Tube,” IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010.

58) E. L. Petersen, “High Temperatures, High Pressures, and High Speeds—Everyday Life in a

Gas Dynamics Laboratory,” MEEN 681 Graduate Seminar, Spring 2010, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, April 21, 2010.

59) W. B. Lowry, J. de Vries, E. L. Petersen, Z. Serinyel, and H. Curran, “High-Pressure Flame

Speed Measurements of Dimethyl Ether in Air with Uncertainty Analysis,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

60) E. L. Petersen, “Toward a Comprehensive C1-C5 Hydrocarbon Database for Chemical

Kinetics Mechanism Development,” invited seminar at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 24 Feb., 2010.

61) M. M. Kopp, N. S. Donato, E. L. Petersen, W. K. Metcalfe, Z. Serinyel, and H. J. Curran,

“Ignition and Oxidation of Ethylene-Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2010-1512, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 4-7 Jan., 2010.

62) C. J. Aul and E. L. Petersen, “Early Ignition Phenomena in Low-Temperature, High-

Pressure Shock-Tube Experiments for Non-diluted Alkane Blends in Air,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

63) E. L. Petersen, “Mechanisms for Early Ignition in Hydrogen-Based Fuels,” Invited talk at

ICEPAG 2009 (International Colloquium on Environmentally Preferred Advanced Power Generation), Newport Beach, CA, February 11, 2009.

64) E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds of Fuel Blends at Gas

Turbine Pressures,” seminar at Alstom, Baden, Switzerland, November 13, 2008. 65) E. L. Petersen, “How Shock Waves can be Used to Study Fuel-Blend Ignition Chemistry at

Engine Conditions,” Chemistry Department, National University of Ireland, Galway, November 11, 2008.

66) E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Times of Fuel Blends at Gas Turbine Pressures,” seminar at

Yale University, Mechanical Engineering, New Haven, CT, July 24, 2008.

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67) E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Times of Fuel Blends at Gas Turbine Pressures,” seminar at Precision Combustion Incorporated, North Haven, CT, July 24, 2008.

68) E. L. Petersen, “Fuel Blend Ignition Measurements at Elevated Pressures Using a Shock

Tube and a Rapid Compression Machine With Kinetics Modeling,” seminar at CNRS, Orleans, France, June 16, 2008.

69) A. Srinivasan, W. Ellis, J. F. Crittenden, W. E. Lear, B. Rotavera, and E. L. Petersen,

“Fischer-Tropsch Fuel Characterization via Microturbine Testing and Fundamental Combustion Measurements,” ASME Paper GT2008-51447, ASME Turbo Expo 2008, Berlin, Germany, June 9-13, 2008.

70) E. L. Petersen and H. J. Curran, “Interpretation of Shock-Tube Ignition Measurements of

Certain Undiluted Alkane-Air Mixtures at Higher Pressures and Lower Temperatures,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

71) B. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, A. Kumar, and S. Seal, “Effect of Ceria Nanoparticles on Early

Soot Formation in Toluene/Oxygen/Argon Mixtures,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

72) E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Measurements of OH and CH Chemiluminescence,”

Chemiluminescence and Heat Release, International Workshop of the Research Focus, University of Bielefeld, October 1-2, 2007, Bielefeld, Germany.

73) E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time Measurements at Practical Conditions Using a Shock

Tube,” Invited Plenary Lecture, Paper No. 0914, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

74) C. Frazier, A. Kassab, and E. Petersen, “Wall Heat Transfer in Shock Tubes at Long Test

Times,” Paper No. 0910, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

75) G. Bourque, D. Healy, H. Curran, J. Simmie, J. de Vries, V. Antonovski, B. Corbin, C.

Zinner, and E. Petersen, “Effect of Higher Order Hydrocarbons on Methane-Based Fuel Chemistry at Gas Turbine Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2007-28039, 52nd ASME Turbo Expo, May 14-17, 2007, Montreal, Canada.

76) E. L. Petersen, “On the Use of Endwall Emission as a Shock-Tube Ignition Diagnostic,”

Paper G8, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA. 77) S. C. Reehal, D. M. Kalitan, T. Hair, A. Barrett, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements of Synthesis Gas Mixtures at Engine Pressures,” Paper C24, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

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78) E. L. Petersen, “Combustion Research at UCF: Ignition Chemistry, Gas Dynamics, and Solid Propellants,” Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, March 9, 2007.

79) E. L. Petersen, “Hydrocarbon-Air Ignition Experiments at Elevated Pressures,” 41st

JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, 4 – 8 Dec., 2006, San Diego, CA. 80) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, S. L. Simmons, G. Bourque, H. J. Curran, and J. M. Simmie,

“Methane/Propane Oxidation at High Pressures: Experimental and Detailed Chemical Kinetic Modeling,” 31st International Symposium on Combustion, 6-11 Aug., 2006, Heidelberg, Germany.

81) E. Petersen, D. Kalitan, A. Barrett, J. de Vries, and S. Reehal, “Chemical Kinetics Measure-

ments in Shock Tubes at High Pressures and Low Temperatures,” 19th International Sympos-ium on Gas Kinetics, Orléans, France, July 22-27, 2006.

82) B. Rotavera, A. R. Amadio, V. Antonovski, and E. L. Petersen, “New Approaches for

Fundamental Rocket Injector Studies Using a Shock Tube,” AIAA Paper 2006-4725, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 9-12 July, 2006, Sacramento, CA.

83) A. Brankovic, R. C. Ryder, and E. L. Petersen, “Time-Dependent Simulation of Fuel-

Flexible Burners,” AIAA Paper 2006-0806, 44th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Reno, NV.

84) E. L. Petersen and R. N. Kumar, “Aerospace Science and Engineering Research Experience

for Teachers: the First Two Years,” AIAA Paper 2006-0679, 44th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Reno, NV.

85) E. Petersen, D. Kalitan, S. Simmons, and H. Curran, “Effect of Higher-Order Hydrocarbons

on the Ignition of Lean Methane-Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Nov. 13-15, 2005, Orlando, FL.

86) E. L. Petersen, “Combustion Chemistry at Practical Engine Conditions,” Invited Panel

Presentation, Grand Challenges in Fire and Combustion Research, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Nov. 11, 2005, Orlando, FL.

87) E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Techniques for Studying Ignition at Lower Temperatures,”

GALCIT Fluid Mechanics Seminar, California Institute of Technology, Oct. 14, 2005, Pasadena, CA.

88) E. L. Petersen, “Propulsion and Reacting Flow Research,” ASME Florida Section Meeting,

Sept. 15, 2005, Orlando, FL. 89) J. L. Small, M. A. Stephens, S. Deshpande, E. L. Petersen, and S. Seal, “Burn Rate

Sensitization of Solid Propellants Using a Nano-Titania Additive,” 20th International

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Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 31-August 5, 2005, Montreal, Canada.

90) E. L. Petersen, J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. R. Amadio, S. D. Smith, and M. W. Crofton,

“Acceleration of Shock-Induced Ignition in CH4/Air and CO/Air Mixtures Using Hydrogen Addition,” 20th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 31-August 5, 2005, Montreal, Canada.

91) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a Chemical Kinetics Mechanism for

CH4/H2/Air Ignition at Elevated Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2005-3768, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

92) E. L. Petersen, S. D. Smith, J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. Amadio, and M. W. Crofton,

“Ignition of Fuel-Lean Natural Gas Blends at Gas Turbine Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2005-68517, 50th ASME Turbo Expo, June 6-9, 2005, Reno, NV.

93) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. Amadio, and M. W. Crofton,

“Ignition of Fuel-Lean CO/H2/Air Fuel Blends,” 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

94) E. L. Petersen and J. de Vries, “Measuring the Ignition of Fuel Blends using a Design of

Experiments Approach,” AIAA Paper 2005-1165, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV.

95) M. W. Crofton and E. L. Petersen, “Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy in a Particle-

Forming Environment for the Detection of SiH2,” Thirtieth International Symposium on Combustion, Chicago, IL, July 26-30, 2004.

96) E. L. Petersen, J. M. Hall, D. M. Kalitan, and M. J. A. Rickard, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements of C2Hx Fuels and Comparison to Several Detailed Kinetics Mechanisms,” ASME Paper GT2004-53926, ASME Turbo Expo 2004, Vienna Austria, June 14-17, 2004.

97) E. L. Petersen and S. D. Smith, “Interaction of Reflected Shock Waves with Solid or Liquid

Particulates,” AIAA Paper 2004-0973, 42nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 5-8, 2004, Reno, NV.

98) D. M. Kalitan, M. J. A. Rickard, J. M. Hall, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Measurements of

Ethylene-Oxygen-Diluent Mixtures with and without Silane Addition,” AIAA Paper 2004-1323, 42nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 5-8, 2004, Reno, NV.

99) D. M. Kalitan and E. L. Petersen, “Evaluation of Several Chemical Kinetics Mechanisms of

Silane Ignition and Oxidation at Elevated Temperatures,” The 2003 Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 26-29, 2003, University Park, PA.

100) J. M. Hall, E. L. Petersen, and M. J. A. Rickard, “Comparison of Characteristic Time

Diagnostics for Ignition and Oxidation of Fuel/Oxidizer Mixtures Behind Reflected Shock

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Waves,” Paper No. 03F-57, 2003 Fall Meeting, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 20 & 21, Los Angeles, CA.

101) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, and M. J. A. Rickard, “Calibration and Chemical Kinetics

Modeling of an OH Chemiluminescence Diagnostic,” AIAA Paper 2003-4493, 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20-23, 2003, Huntsville, AL.

102) E. L. Petersen, S. Bhosale, Z. El-Zahab, P. Mack, and S. Smith, “A Shock-Tube Facility

for Spray-Combustion Studies and Reacting-Flow Visualization,” AIAA Paper 2003-3881, 33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, June 23-26, 2003, Orlando, FL.

103) E. L. Petersen, “Shock Waves, Lasers and Rockets: A Career in Aerospace,” AIAA

Central Florida Section Meeting, Jan. 30, 2003, Orlando, FL. 104) E. L. Petersen, Kalitan, D. M., and Rickard, M. J. A., “Chemical Kinetics of OH*

Chemiluminescence in High-Temperature Reacting Flows,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 16-19, 2003 Chicago, IL.

105) E. L. Petersen and M. W. Crofton, “Ignition and Oxidation of Dilute Silane-Oxidizer

Mixtures behind Reflected Shock Waves,” AIAA Paper 2002-3875, 38th AIAA/ASME/-SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 7-10, 2002, Indianapolis, IN.

106) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “An Improved Turbulent Boundary-Layer Model for

Shock Tubes,” AIAA Paper 2001-2855, AIAA 31st Fluid Dynamics Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 11-14, 2001.

107) E. L. Petersen, R. P. Welle, M. J. Traum, E. D. Abbey, and M. J. A. Rickard, “A New

Shock-Tube Facility for Studying Combustion Phenomena in Mixtures Containing Condensed Species,” ASME Paper NHTC2001-20136, 35th National Heat Transfer Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 10-12, 2001.

108) E. L. Petersen, “On the Accuracy of Heterogeneous Shock-Tube Measurements

Involving Aerosols,” Paper No. 23, 2nd Joint Meeting, United States Sections, The Combustion Institute, Oakland, CA, March 25-28, 2001.

109) E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Measurements of Solid- and Liquid-Phase Combustion

with Emphasis on Aerospace Applications,” Fall Seminar Series, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Jan. 29, 2001.

110) E. L. Petersen, “Solid- and Liquid-Phase Combustion Measurements Using a Shock

Tube: A Review,” JANNAF 37th Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Nov. 13-17, 2000. 111) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Coupling between Internal Vortex Shedding and the

Axial Acoustic Modes in a Choked Duct Flow: New Experiments,” 2000 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Forum on Fluid Transients, Orlando, Fl, Nov. 5-10, 2000.

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112) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Secondary Injection in a Model Solid Rocket Motor

for the Suppression of Vortex-Driven Instability,” AIAA Paper 2000-3697, 36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Huntsville, July 16-19, 2000.

113) E. L. Petersen, “Shock Tube Measurements of Heterogeneous Combustion Phenomena,”

Paper No. 00S-45, Spring 2000 Meeting, Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Golden, CO, March 13-14, 2000.

114) E. L. Petersen, “Shock Tube Studies at The Aerospace Corporation,” Fall Seminar

Series, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Sept. 15, 1999.

115) E. L. Petersen and R. P. Welle, “Shock Tube Studies of Hypersonic Flow Fields

Generated by a Chemical-Laser Nozzle System,” Paper 1631, The 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, University of Southampton, London, July 18-23, 1999.

116) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Control of Vortex-Induced Oscillations in a Model

Solid Rocket Motor: Flow Characterization and Secondary Injection Experiments,” AIAA Paper 99-2506, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Los Angeles, June 20-24, 1999.

117) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “Nonideal Effects behind Reflected Shock Waves in a

High-Pressure Shock Tube,”1999 Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 15-17, 1999.

118) E. L. Petersen and J. W. Murdock, “Active Control of Vortex-Driven Oscillations in a

Solid Rocket Motor Using a Cold-Flow Simulation,” AIAA Paper 99-0860, 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, 11-14 Jan. 1999.

119) E. L. Petersen, R. W. Bates, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Development of Laser

Absorption Techniques for Shock Tube Studies at Elevated Pressures,” Paper No. 4605, The 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves, Great Keppel Island, Australia, July 20-25, 1997.

120) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Reduced Kinetics Mechanisms for

Ram Accelerator Combustion,” AIAA Paper 97-2892, 33rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 7-9 July 1997, Seattle, WA.

121) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Kinetics Modeling of Shock-Induced

Ignition in Low-Dilution CH4/O2 Mixtures at High Pressures and Intermediate Temperatures,” Paper 97S-066, 1997 Spring Meeting, Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Sandia National Lab, Livermore, CA, April 14-15, 1997.

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122) E. L. Petersen, R. W. Bates, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Laser Absorption and Infrared Emission Measurements in a High-Pressure Shock Tube,” AIAA Paper 97-0316, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 6-9 Jan. 1997, Reno, NV.

123) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Ram Accelerator Mixture

Chemistry: Kinetics Modeling and Ignition Measurements,” 1996 JANNAF 33rd Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Nov. 4-8, 1996.

124) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Ignition Delay Times of Ram

Accelerator Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 96-2681, 32nd Joint Propulsion Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 1-3, 1996.

125) E. L. Petersen, M. Röhrig, D. F. Davidson, R. K. Hanson, and C. T. Bowman, “High-

Pressure Methane Oxidation Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Twenty-Sixth Symposium (International) on Combustion, Naples, Italy, July 28-Aug. 2, 1996.

126) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, M. Röhrig, R. K. Hanson, and C. T. Bowman, “A Shock

Tube Study of High-Pressure Methane Oxidation,” Paper 95F-153, 1995 Fall Meeting, Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Stanford, CA, Oct. 30-31, 1995.

127) E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, M. Röhrig, and R. K. Hanson, “High-Pressure Shock-

Tube Measurements of Ignition Times in Stoichiometric H2/O2/Ar Mixtures,” The 20th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Pasadena, CA, July 23-28, 1995.

128) E. L. Petersen, M. Röhrig, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “Shock-Induced Ignition

of High-Pressure H2-O2-Ar and CH4-O2-Ar Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 95-3113, 31st Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, CA, July 10-12, 1995.

129) E. L. Petersen, V. P. Roan, and J. N. Pfahler, “Experimental Investigation of Supersonic-

Primary Dissimilar-Fluid Ejectors,” AIAA Paper 92-3793, 28th Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Nashville, TN, July 6-8, 1992.

130) E. L. Petersen, R. Rozelle, and P. J. Borgel, “Characterization and Wall Compatibility

Testing of a 40K Pound Thrust Class Swirl-Coaxial Injector and Calorimeter Combustion Chamber,” AIAA Paper 91-1873, 27th Joint Propulsion Conference, Sacramento, CA, June 24-26, 1991.

Presentations Given by a Co-Author (Presenter underlined) 1) M. O’Neil, N. Niemiec, A. Demko, E. L. Petersen, and W. D. Kulatilaka, “Characterization

of Emissions from Metalized Energetic Formulations Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” AIAA Paper 2017-0385, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

2) N. A. Niemiec, T. G. Sikes, E. L. Petersen, and W. Kulatilaka, “Development of

Spectroscopic Characterization Tools for Reactions Involving Counter-WMD Simulants,”

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AIAA Paper 2017-0388, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

3) G. R. Morrow and E. L. Petersen, “The Effects of AP Particle Size and Concentration on

AP/HTPB Composite Propellant Burning Rates,” AIAA Paper 2017-0831, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

4) J. W. Hargis and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Boundary-Layer Growth Effects on

Reflected-Shock Conditions in Bath Gases with and without CO2,” AIAA Paper 2017-1470, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

5) A. Morones, V. J. Leon, and E. L. Petersen, “Reconfigurable Fan-Stirred Flame Bomb with

Optical Access,” AIAA Paper 2017-1783, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

6) O. Mathieu, W. D. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Studies of Tri-Ethyl-

Phosphate (TEP) Kinetics at High Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2017-1795, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

7) C. R. Mulvihill, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Time History Measurements

of CO and H2O Using IR Laser Absorption,” AIAA Paper 2017-1797, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

8) T. Sikes, N. Niemiec, W. Kulatilaka, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Dilute

Tri-Ethyl Phosphate in H2- and CH4-Air Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 2017-1962, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2017, Jan. 9 – 13, 2017, Grapevine, TX.

9) A. R. Demko, C. Dillier, G. Morrow, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, K. Grossman, and S. Seal,

“Laboratory-Scale Burning of Composite Propellant Using In-Situ Synthesized Iron Oxide,” AIAA Paper 2016-5115, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

10) G. R. Morrow, A. R. Demko, and E. L. Petersen, “Modern Scanning Electron Microscopy in

the Study of Solid Propellant Combustion: Surface Structure and Elemental Identification via EDS,” AIAA Paper 2016-4594, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

11) C. A. M. Dillier, A. R. Demko, T. Sammet, J. C. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, K. Grossman, and

S. Seal, “Burning Rate and Ignition Delay Times of AP/HTPB-Based Solid Rocket Propellants Containing Graphene,” AIAA Paper 2016-4690, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

12) J. C. Thomas, J. M. Stahl, G. R. Morrow, and E. L. Petersen, “Design of a Lab-Scale Hybrid

Rocket Thrust Stand,” AIAA Paper 2016-4965, 52nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 25-27, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.

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13) A. R. Demko and E. L. Petersen, “Relative Combustion Efficiency Measurement of Composite Propellants in a Constant-Volume Strand Burner,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

14) J. W. Hargis and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Mixture Composition on Boundary Layer Growth

and Subsequent Variation in Test Conditions Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

15) A. Morones, V. Leon, and E. L. Petersen, “Detailed Turbulence Characterization of a Fan-

Stirred Vessel with Two Different Impeller Designs,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

16) C. Mulvihill and E. L. Petersen, “A Shock-Tube Study of the Effects of Impurities on H2/O2

Kinetics Using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption at 1.38 Microns,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

17) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Sensitivity Analysis of Stoichiometric

Methane/Air Laminar Flame Speed Measurements Using a Spherical Flame,” 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, 2016, Knoxville, TN.

18) A. R. Demko, J. C. Thomas, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Ignition

Delay Times of Composite Solid Propellants Using Novel Nano-Additive Catalysts,” AIAA Paper 2015-4106, Propulsion and Energy 2015, July 27 – 29, 2015, Orlando, FL.

19) T. Sammet, G. Morrow, C. Dillier, A. R. Demko, and E. L. Petersen, “Aging Effects of

Composite AP/HTPB Propellants Containing Nano-Sized Additives,” AIAA Paper 2015-3973, Propulsion and Energy 2015, July 27 – 29, 2015, Orlando, FL.

20) J. C. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, J. D. DeSain, and B. B. Brady, “Enhancement of Regression

Rates in Hybrid Rockets with HTPB Fuel Grains by Metallic Additives,” AIAA Paper 2015-4041, Propulsion and Energy 2015, July 27 – 29, 2015, Orlando, FL.

21) S. Ravi, A. Morones, E. L. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “Effect of Hydrogen Addition on the

Flame Speeds of Natural Gas Blends under Uniform Turbulent Conditions,” ASME Paper GT2015-42903, ASME Turbo Expo 2015, June 15-19, 2015, Montreal, Canada.

22) C. L. Keesee, E. L. Petersen, K. Zhang, and H. J. Curran, “Laminar Flame Speed

Measurements of Synthetic Gas Blends with Hydrocarbon Impurities,” ASME Paper GT2015-42905, ASME Turbo Expo 2015, June 15-19, 2015, Montreal, Canada.

23) O. Mathieu, C. L. Keesee, C. Gregoire, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Halon 1211

(CF2BrCl) on the Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition of CH4, C2H4, and C3H8: Experimental

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and Chemical Kinetics Study,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

24) J. W. Hargis, M. Gill, and E. L. Petersen, “Methane Ignition in a Shock Tube with High

Levels of CO2 Dilution,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

25) O. Mathieu, B. Giri, N. Chaumeix, S. Abid, C. -E. Paillard, J. D. Mertens, and E. L.

Petersen, “Nitromethane Combustion Study: Ignition Delay Times and Decomposition Profiles behind Reflected Shock Waves and Detailed Kinetics Modeling,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

26) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Nano-Aluminum on the Laminar

Flame Speed of CH4,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

27) A. R. Demko, C. A. Dillier, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Times of

Composite Solid Propellants Using Novel Nano-Additive Catalysts,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

28) C. Dillier, A. Demko, T. Sammet, K. Grossman, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Determining

the Effects of Graphene on the Burning Rate and Strength of AP/HTPB-Based Solid Rocket Propellants,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

29) J. C. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, J. D. DeSain, and B. B. Brady, “Enhancement of Hybrid

Rockets with HTPB Fuel Grains by Particulate Additives,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

30) C. Mulvihill and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Time-History Measurements of H2O in the

H2/O2 System Using IR Laser Absorption Spectroscopy,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

31) J. Stahl, G. Homan-Cruz, and E. L. Petersen, “Comparison of Liquid Monopropellant

Burning Rates from Pressure Data and High-Speed Video,” 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

32) S. Ravi, T. G. Sikes, A. Morones, C. L. Keesee, and E. L. Petersen, “Comparative Study on

the Laminar Flame Speed Enhancement of Methane with Ethane and Ethylene Addition,” 35th International Symposium on Combustion, Aug. 3-8, 2014, San Francisco, CA.

33) A. R. Demko, J. C. Thomas, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Temper-

ature Sensitivity of Composite Propellants Containing Novel Nano-Additive Catalysts,” AIAA Paper No. 2014-3691, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

34) K. W. McCown III, G. Homan-Cruz, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of Nano-Scale Additives

and Methanol on the Linear Burning Rates of Aqueous HAN Solutions,” AIAA Paper No.

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2014-3566, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

35) J. Thomas, E. L. Petersen, B. Brady, and J. DeSain, “Hybrid Rocket Burning Rate Enhance-

ment by Nano-Scale Additives in HTPB Fuel Grains,” AIAA Paper No. 2014-3955, 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2014.

36) O. Mathieu, J. Hargis, A. Camou, C. Mulvihill, and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements Behind Reflected Shock Waves for a Representative Coal-Derived Syngas With and Without NH3 and H2S Impurities,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

37) O. Mathieu, J. Goulier, F. Gourmel, M. S. Mannan, N. Chaumeix, and E. L. Petersen,

“Experimental Study of the Addition Effects of CF3I on the Oxidation Properties of Light Hydrocarbons,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

38) E. Vivanco, D. Pastrich, J. Anderson, and E. L. Petersen, “A New Shock-Tube Facility for

the Study of High-Temperature Chemical Kinetics,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

39) A. Camou, D. Cusano, and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a Mid-IR Carbon Monoxide

Sensor for a High-Pressure Combustor,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

40) C. Mulvihill, C. Aul, S. Thion, and E. L. Petersen, “Using UV Absorption Spectroscopy to

Measure the Time History of the Hydroxyl Radical in a Shock Tube,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

41) C. Rosas, H. Chen, E. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “The Effect of Non-Uniform

Distribution of Obstacles on Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition (DDT),” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

42) A. R. Demko and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a CO2 Laser Ignition System to Test

Solid Propellant Strands,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

43) K. W. McCown III and E. L. Petersen, “Modified Burning Rates of Aqueous HAN Solutions

Containing Methanol and Metal Oxides,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

44) J. C. Thomas, A. R. Demko, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal,

“Mechanical Properties of Composite AP/HTPB Propellants with Titania Nanoparticles,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

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45) O. Mathieu, C. L. Keesee, A. Morones, E. L. Petersen, S. M. Burke, and H. J. Curran,

“Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Speed Measurements of Propene,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

46) S. Ravi, E. L. Petersen, and F. Güthe, “Effects of Hydrogen Addition on the Turbulent

Displacement Speeds of Natural Gas Blends (C1-C5 Alkanes),” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

47) T. Sikes, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Influence of Nano-Aluminum on

Stoichiometric CH4/O2/N2 Laminar Flame Speed” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

48) S. Ravi, T. G. Sikes, A. Morones, C. L. Keesee, and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed

of Methane with Ethane and Ethylene Addition,” Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 16-18, 2014.

49) M. L. Brower, O. Mathieu, E. L. Petersen, N. Donohoe, A. Heufer, W. K. Metcalfe, H. J.

Curran, G. Bourque, and F. Güthe, “Ignition Delay Time Experiments for Natural Gas/Hyd-rogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2013-95151, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2013, June 3-7, 2013, San Antonio, TX.

50) D. Plichta, O. Mathieu, E. Petersen, G. Bourque, S. Burke, H. Curran, W. Metcalfe, and F.

Güthe, T. Sikes, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Natural Gas Blends with Hydrogen and Elevated Pressures and Temperatures,” Paper #070LT-0329, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

51) K. W. McCown III and E. L. Petersen, “The Effects of Nanoscale Additives on the Linear

Burning Rate of Nitromethane at High Pressure,” Paper #070HE-0127, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

52) T. W. Allen, A. R. Demko, M. Johnson, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, R. Draper,

and S. Seal, “Study of Laboratory-Scale Burning of Composite Solid Propellant for Novel Methods of Nanoparticle Synthesis,” Paper #070HE-0091, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

53) C. H. Osorio, A. Morones, D. Plichta, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Influence of

C2HF5 and C3HF7 on CH4 and C3H8 Combustion: Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Measurements,” Paper #070FR-0098, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

54) S. Ravi, A. Morones, and E. Petersen, “Evaluation of Numerical Turbulent Combustion

Models Using Flame Speed Measurements from a Recently Developed Fan-Stirred Explosion Vessel,” Paper #070LT-0096, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

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55) O. Mathieu and E. L. Petersen, “High-Pressure Ignition Kinetics of 2-Methyl-2-Butene Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Paper #070RK-0052, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

56) O. Mathieu and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Measurements of Ignition Delay Times for

Ammonia,” Paper #070RK-0053, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Utah, May 19-22, 2013.

57) C. Osorio, E. L. Petersen, and M. S. Mannan, “Can Fire Suppressants Promote Ignition? A

Study of HFC-125 and HFC-227,” for AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety, April 28 – May 2, 2012, San Antonio, TX.

58) T. W. Allen, A. R. Demko, M. Johnson, T. Sammet, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, R. Draper,

and S. Seal, “Laboratory-Scale Burning of Composite Solid Propellant for Studying Novel Nanoparticle Synthesis Methods,” AIAA Paper 2013-0821, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

59) A. J. Vissotski, T. Sikes, A. Camou, M. S. Mannan, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental

Facility for Laminar, Heterogeneous Flame Propagation in a Nano-Aluminum Aerosol,” AIAA Paper 2013-0297, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

60) L. Sandberg, E. L. Petersen, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Ignition of a Liquid Hydrocarbon

Containing Nano-Sized Aluminum Using an Aerosol Shock Tube,” AIAA Paper 2013-0295, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

61) B. Marks, O. Mathieu, R. Archuleta, E. L. Petersen, J. Bugler, A. Heufer, and H. Curran,

“Ignition Delay Time Measurements and Modeling of n-Pentane and iso-Pentane at Elevated Pressures,” AIAA Paper 2013-0160, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

62) C. Frazier, A. R. Demko, and E. L. Petersen, “Modeling Composite Solid Propellant with

Catalytic Nanoadditives,” AIAA Paper 2013-0820, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

63) K. W. McCown III, W. C. Warren, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Techniques to Study

the Effects of Nano-Scale Additives on the Burning Rates of Liquid Monopropellants,” AIAA Paper 2013-0298, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

64) D. Plichta, E. L. Petersen, S. Burke, and H. Curran, “Laminar Flame Speeds of

Hydrocarbons with Helium Dilution at Raised Pressures and Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2013-1164, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

65) C. J. Aul and E. L. Petersen, “Sensing Key Species During Fuel Oxidation in a Shock Tube

Using Absorption Spectroscopy,” AIAA Paper 2013-0561, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

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66) S. Ravi, A. M. Ruelas, and E. L. Petersen, “Measurement of Turbulent Flame Propagation

Rates of Methane Using a New Facility,” AIAA Paper 2013-1184, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 7 – 10, 2013, Grapevine, TX.

67) Lamnaouer, M., Kassab, A. J., Divo, E., Garza-Urquiza, R., Polley, N., and Petersen, E. L.,

“A Conjugate Axi-symmetric Model of a High-Pressure Shock-Tube Facility,” Numerical Heat Transfer 2012, ECCOMAS Special Interest Conference, Gliwice-Wrocław, Poland, 4-6 September, 2012.

68) B. Rotavera and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition Behavior of Pure and Blended Methyl Octanoate,

n-Nonane, and Methylcyclohexane,” 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, Poland, July 29-Aug. 3, 2012.

69) O. Mathieu, M. M. Kopp, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Study of the Ignition of Multi-

Component Syngas Mixtures with and without Ammonia Impurities,” 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, Poland, July 29-Aug. 3, 2012.

70) O. Mathieu, A. Levacque, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of NO2 Addition on Hydrogen

Ignition behind Reflected Shock Waves,” 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, Poland, July 29-Aug. 3, 2012.

71) M. Brower, E. Petersen, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, N. Aluri, F. Güthe, M. Füri, and G.

Bourque, “Ignition Delay Time and Laminar Flame Speed Calculations for Natural Gas/Hy-drogen Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2012-69310, 57th ASME Turbo Expo, June 11-15, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.

72) Mathieu, O., Levacque, A., and Petersen, E. L., “Shock-Tube Study of the Effects of NO2

Addition on Hydrogen Ignition,” Paper 12S-15, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

73) Mathieu, O., Kopp, M. M., and Petersen, E. L., “Ignition Kinetics of a Multi-Component

Syngas Mixture with and without Ammonia Impurities,” Paper 12S-23, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

74) M. L. Brower and E. L. Petersen, “A Study to Determine the Effects of the Optical Setup on

Shock-Tube Chemiluminescence Measurements,” Paper 12S-93, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

75) B. Rotavera and E. L. Petersen, “Detailed Chemical Kinetic Analysis of Blended Methyl

Octanoate/n-Nonane/Methylcyclohexane,” Paper 12S-14, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

76) M. M. Kopp, M. L. Brower, O. Mathieu, F. Güthe, and E. L. Petersen, “CO2* Chemilumin-

escence Study at Low and Elevated Pressures,” 12S-45, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

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77) S. Ravi, S. J. Peltier, R. A. Humble, and E. L. Petersen, “Design and Development of a

Flame Speed Vessel to Study Flame Propagation in Homogeneous and Isotropic Turbulence,” Paper 12S-92, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

78) C. H. Osorio, A. Vissotski, E. L. Petersen, and S. Mannan, “Kinetic Modeling and

Experimental Evaluation of Un-Stretched Freely Expanding Flames in Halon 1301-Alkane-Air Mixtures,” Paper 12S-81, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

79) T. Allen, D. Reid, A. Demko, R. Draper, S. Seal, and E. Petersen, “In-Situ Nano-Assembly

of Titania Nanoparticle Burning Rate Enhancers in Solid Composite Propellant,” Paper 12S-44, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

80) C. J. Aul, A. Hsu, M. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “A Shock-Tube Study on Petroleum-

Derived Aerospace Fuels and a Fischer-Tropsch Surrogate,” Paper 12S-52, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

81) B. Marks, O. Mathieu, R. Archuleta, E. L. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Ignition Delay Time

Measurements of n-Pentane at Elevated Pressures,” Paper 12S-74, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

82) A. R. Demko, M. Johnson, T. W. Allen, D. L. Reid, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen,

“Comparison of Commercially Available and Synthesized Titania Nanoadditives on the Burning Rate of HTPB/AP Composite Propellant Samples,” Paper 12S-71, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

83) M. C. Krejci, A. J .Vissotski, S. Ravi, W. J. Metcalfe, A. Keromnes, H. J. Curran, and E. L.

Petersen, “Effect of Steam Dilution on Laminar Flame Speeds of Syngas Fuel Blends at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures,” Paper 12S-02, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

84) A. Vissotski, A. Camou, S. Mannan, and E. Petersen, “Development of an Experimental

Facility for Flame Speed Measurements in Powdered Aerosols,” Paper 12S-03, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

85) W. C. Warren, K. McCown, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Techniques for the Study of

Ionic Liquid Combustion at High Pressure,” Paper 12S-51, Spring Technical Meetings of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 22-24, 2012, Dayton, Ohio.

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86) C. Osorio, E. Petersen, and S. Mannan, “Search of Suitable Halon 1301-Like Fire Suppressants Based on Flame Inhibition Mechanism Understanding,” AIChE 2012 Spring Meeting, April 1 – 5, 2012, Houston, TX.

87) C. Rosas, S. Nayak, E. Petersen, and S. Mannan, “Experimental and Computational Fluid

Dynamics (CFD) Studies of Deflagration to Detonation Transition,” AIChE 2012 Spring Meeting, April 1 – 5, 2012, Houston, TX.

88) A. Levacque, O. Mathieu, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of N2O Addition on the Ignition of

H2-O2 Mixtures: Experimental and Detailed Modeling Study,” 2012 Spring Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 19-20, 2012, Phoenix, AZ.

89) R. Draper, S. Das, D. Reid, S. Seal, and E. Petersen, “A Novel Method of Bio-Conjugation

of Catalytic Nanoparticles,” TMS 2012—141st Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL March 11-15, 2012.

90) Warren, W. C., Rotavera, B., and Petersen, E. L., “Burning Rate and Spectroscopic

Investigation of an Ionic Liquid-Based Monopropellant at Pressures up to 310 Atmospheres,” JANNAF 8th Modeling and Simulation/6th Liquid Propulsion/5th Spacecraft Propulsion Joint Subcommittee Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2011, Huntsville, AL.

91) M. W. Crofton, P. T. Stout, M. M. Micci, and E. L. Petersen, “Particle-Impact Ignition

Measurements in a High-Pressure Oxygen Shock Tube,” 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2011, Manchester, UK.

92) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, H. Curran, M. Fikri, and C. Schulz, “Interpretation of Low-

Temperature, High-Pressure Ignition Data from a Shock Tube with Significant Pre-Ignition Pressure Rise,” 23rd International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, July 24 – 29, 2011, Irvine, CA.

93) W. K. Metcalfe, S. M. Burke, C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, and H. J. Curran, “A Detailed

Chemical Kinetic Modelling and Experimental Study of C1-C2 Hydrocarbons,” Fifth European Combustion Meeting, June 28 – July 1, 2011, Cardiff, Wales.

94) Y. Kochar, J. Seitzman, T. Lieuwen, W. Metcalfe, S. Burke, H. Curran, M. Krejci, W.

Lowry, E. Petersen, and G. Bouque, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling of Alkane Blends at Elevated Pressures with Various Diluents,” ASME Paper GT2011-45122, 56th ASME Turbo Expo, June 6-10, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.

95) B. Hogan, A. Khalizov, E. Petersen, and R. Zhang, “Analysis of Shock Tube Generated

Particulates from Fuel-Rich Mixtures of Propane, Oxygen, and Argon,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

96) M. C. Krejci, A. J. Vissotski, W. B. Lowry, S. Ravi, and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a

High-Temperature and High-Pressure Vessel for Laminar Flame Speed Measurements,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

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97) C. Frazier and E. L. Petersen, “Toward a Complete Modeling of Solid Propellant Strand

Burner Experiments with Catalytic Additives,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

98) B. Rotavera, P. Dagaut, P. Diévart, and E. L. Petersen, “High-Temperature Chemical

Kinetics of Excited-State Hydroxyl Radicals during n-Nonane Oxidation,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

99) J. Pemelton, N. Marquet, W. Metcalfe, H. J. Curran, and E. L. Petersen, “Oxidation of

Dimethyl Ether and Methane in Air at Low and High Pressures,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

100) M. M. Kopp, M. L. Brower, F. Güthe, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Filter Choice on

OH* Chemiluminescence Kinetics at Low and Elevated Pressures,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

101) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Determination of H2O2 Pressure

Broadening Near 7.8 µm at Varying Conditions within a Shock Tube Experiment,” 7th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 20-23, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

102) N. L. Polley, M. Q. Egbert, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Study of the Diffraction of

a Planar Detonation Wave into a Confined Volume,” AIAA Paper 2011-796, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4 – 7, 2011.

103) K. R. Kreitz, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Relative Dispersion of Catalytic

Nanoparticle Additives and AP Particles in Composite Solid Propellant and the Effect on Burning Rate,” AIAA Paper 2011-418, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4 – 7, 2011.

104) C. J. Aul, M. W. Crofton, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “A Diagnostic for

Measuring H2O2 Concentration in a Shock Tube Using Tunable Laser Absorption Near 7.8 µm,” 33rd International Symposium on Combustion, Beijing, China, 1-6 August, 2010.

105) W. B. Lowry, Z. Serinyel, M. C. Krejci, H. J. Curran, E. L. Petersen, and G. Bourque,

“Effect of Methane-Dimethyl Ether Fuel Blends on Flame Stability, Laminar Flame Speed, and Markstein Length,” 33rd International Symposium on Combustion, Beijing, China, 1-6 August, 2010.

106) B. Rotavera, P. Diévart, C. Togbé, P. Dagaut, and E. Petersen, “Oxidation Kinetics of n-

Nonane: Measurements and Modeling of Ignition Delay Times and Product Concentrations,” 33rd International Symposium on Combustion, Beijing, China, 1-6 August, 2010.

107) M. W. Crofton, P. T. Stout, T. V. Albright, M. D. Worshum, J. L. Emdee, and E. L.

Petersen, “Development and Characterization of a Particle-Impact Ignition Facility,” AIAA Paper 2010-7133, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 46th Joint Propulsion Conference, Nashville, TN, 25-28 July 2010.

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108) M. W. Crofton and E. L. Petersen, “Particle Impact Ignition in High Pressure Oxygen:

Initial Results,” AIAA Paper 2010-7134, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 46th Joint Propulsion Conference, Nashville, TN, 25-28 July 2010.

109) W. Lowry, J. de Vries, M. Krejci, E. Petersen, Z. Serinyel, W. Metcalfe, H. Curran, and

G. Bourque, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling of Pure Alkanes and Alkane Blends at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper No. GT2010-23050, 55th ASME Turbo Expo, Glasgow, U.K., June 14-18, 2010.

110) B. Rotavera, N. Polley, E. Petersen, K. Scheu, M. Crofton, and G. Bourque, “Ignition

and Combustion of Heavy Hydrocarbons Using an Aerosol Shock-Tube Approach,” ASME Paper No. GT2010-22844, 55th ASME Turbo Expo, Glasgow, U.K., June 14-18, 2010.

111) N. S. Donato, B. Hogan, E. L. Petersen, and F. Guethe, “Assessment of Current

Chemiluminescence Kinetics Models at Elevated Pressures,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

112) C. Frazier, M. Lamnaouer, A. Kassab, E. Divo, and E. Petersen, “Simulation of Heat

Transfer Effects in Shock Tubes over Long Test Times,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

113) N. L. Polley, M. Q. Egbert, and E. L. Petersen, “A Facility for Studying the Propagation

of a Planar Detonation into a Confined Volume” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

114) B. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, P. Diévart, C. Togbé, and P. Dagaut, “Behavior of OH*

Species during Oxidation of n-Nonane,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

115) C. J. Aul, M. W. Crofton, J. D. Mertens, and E. L. Petersen, “A Diagnostic for

Measuring H2O2 Concentration in a Shock Tube using Tunable Laser Absorption near 7.8 µm,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21 – 23, 2010, Champaign, IL.

116) W. B. Lowry, M. C. Krejci, E. L. Petersen, Z. Serinyel, H. Curran, and G. Bourque,

“Effect of Methane-Dimethyl Ether Fuel Blends on Flame Stability, Laminar Flame Speed, and Markstein Length,” 2010 Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Comb-ustion Institute, March 22 – 23, 2010, Boulder, CO.

117) M. Lamnaouer, A. J. Kassab, E. Divo, R. Garza Urquiza, N. L. Polley, and E. L.

Petersen, “Time Accurate Simulation of Shock Propagation and Reflection in an Axi-Symmetric Shock Tube,” AIAA Paper 2010-926, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, 4-7 Jan., 2010.

118) C. J. Aul, N. Donato, and E. L. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Ignition Data and Kinetics

Modeling Discrepancies in the Low-Temperature, High-Pressure Regime for Natural Gas

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Blends,” 27th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 19-24, 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia.

119) C. J. Aul, B. Rotavera, N. Donato, E. L. Petersen, H. Curran, and G. Bourque,

“Oxidation of Normal- and iso-Butane Over a Broad Range of Stoichiometry, Pressure, and Temperature,” 27th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 19-24, 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia.

120) N. Donato, C. Aul, E. Petersen, C. Zinner, H. Curran, and G. Bourque, “Ignition and

Oxidation of 50/50 n-Butane/iso-Butane Blends,” ASME Paper GT2009-59673, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2009: Power for Land, Sea and Air, June 8-12, 2009, Orlando, FL.

121) N. S. Donato, C. Aul, N. Polley, and E. L. Petersen, “High-Pressure Ignition and

Oxidation of Ethylene-Air Mixtures,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

122) N. Donato, C. Aul, E. Petersen, H. Curran, and G. Bourque, “Oxidation Kinetics of

Butane Isomer Blends at Elevated Pressure,” Paper 12F3, 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

123) J. de Vries, W. Lowry, E. L. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Laminar Flame Speeds of

Methane, Ethane, and Methane/Ethane Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

124) K. Kreitz, M. Stephens, C. Frazier, E. Petersen, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Tailoring the

Burning Rate of Composite Propellants using Nano-Particle Additives,” 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI.

125) Z. Serinyel, H. J. Curran, C. M. Zinner, C. J. Aul, N. S. Donato, and E. L. Petersen,

“Shock-Tube Ignition Delay Time Measurements and Chemical Kinetics Modelling for Mixtures of Dimethyl Ether and Methane in Air,” 4th European Combustion Meeting, April 14-17, 2009, Vienna Austria.

126) D. Healy, C. Zinner, D. Kalitan, C. J. Aul, G. Bourque, E. L. Petersen, and H. J. Curran,

“Natural Gas—A Study of the Autoignition of C1-C5 Blends,” 4th European Combustion Meeting, April 14-17, 2009, Vienna Austria.

127) D. Reid, J. King, S. Seal, M. Stephens, R. Carro, and E. Petersen, “Exotic Burning Rates

in Composite Solid Propellant Using Nanoscale Titania Catalysts,” American Ceramic Society ACerS 2009, 33rd International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, January 18-23, 2009.

128) J. D. Mertens, D. M. Kalitan, A. B. Barrett, and E. L. Petersen, “Determination of the

Rate of H + O2 + M → HO2 + M (M = N2, Ar, H2O) from Ignition of Syngas at Practical Conditions,” 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, Montreal, Canada, August 3-8, 2008.

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129) T. Sammet, M. Stephens, E. Petersen, and B. Corbin, “Assessing the Mixedness of Composite Solid Rocket Propellants Using Fluorescent Particles,” AIAA Paper 2008-5054, 44th AIAA /ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

130) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, B. C. Walker, and H. J. Curran, "Ignition of Methane and

Ethane Blends with Oxygen at Engine Conditions,” AIAA Paper 2008-4768, 44th AIAA /ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

131) M. Stephens, E. Petersen, R. Carro, D. Reid, and S. Seal, “Nano Additives and Plateau

Burning Rates in Composite Propellants,” AIAA Paper 2008-4790, 44th AIAA /ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

132) B. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, A. Kumar, and S. Seal, “Toluene Combustion in the

Presence of Ceria Nanoparticles: A Shock-Tube Study,” AIAA Paper 2008-4765, 44th AIAA /ASME /SAE /ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 20 – 23, 2008, Hartford, CT.

133) G. Bourque, D. Healy, H. Curran, C. Zinner, D. Kalitan, J. de Vries, C.Aul, and E. L.

Petersen, “Ignition and Flame Speed Kinetics of Two Natural Gas Blends with High Levels of Heavier Hydrocarbons,” ASME Paper GT2008-51344, ASME Turbo Expo 2008, Berlin, Germany, June 9-13, 2008.

134) M. A. Stephens, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, and S. Seal, “Multi-Parameter Study of

Nanoscale TiO2 and CeO2 Additives in Composite AP/HTPB Solid Propellants,” 42nd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts, May 12-16, 2008.

135) N. S. Donato and E. L. Petersen, “Simplified Correlation Models for CO/H2 Chemical

Reaction Times,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

136) J. de Vries, E. L. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Laminar Flame Speeds of Methane and

Ethane Fuel Mixtures in Air at Intermediate Pressures,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

137) M. A Stephens, E. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, M. Janish, and S. Seal, “High-Powered

Microscopy and Burning Rates of Solid Composite Propellants Containing Nanoparticles,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

138) A. B. Barrett and E. L. Petersen, “Vaporization of Single- and Two-Component TiO2

and SiO2 Nanoparticles and their Resulting Emission Spectra,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

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139) C. J. Aul, E. L. Petersen, B. C. Walker, and H. J. Curran, “Experiments and Kinetics Modeling of Methane-Ethane-Oxygen Mixtures Diluted in Argon,” Proceedings of the 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of Southern California, April 20-22, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL.

140) J. D. Mertens, S. S. Mussmann, D. M. Kalitan, and E. L. Petersen, “A Chemical Kinetics

Model for the Fast Ignition of Syngas at Lower Temperatures and Higher Pressures,” Paper 08S-3, 2008 Spring Meeting, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 16-18, 2008.

141) C. J. Aul, J. de Vries, and E. L. Petersen, “New Shock-Tube Facility for Studies of

chemical Kinetics at Engine Conditions,” Eastern States Fall Technical Meeting, University of Virginia, Oct. 21-25, 2007.

142) M. A. Stephens, D. Reid, G. Carro, A. LePage, S. Seal, and E. L. Petersen, “Effects of

Dioctyl Sulfosuccinate on the Burning Rate of HTPB/AP Solid Composite Propellants,” Eastern States Fall Technical Meeting, University of Virginia, Oct. 21-25, 2007.

143) C. M. Zinner and E. L. Petersen, “Methane and Dimethyl Ether Oxidation at Elevated

Temperatures and Pressures," Eastern States Fall Technical Meeting, University of Virginia, Oct. 21-25, 2007.

144) J. de Vries, C. Aul, A. Barrett, D. Lambe, and E. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Development

for High-Pressure and Low-Temperature Chemical Kinetics Experiments,” Paper No. 0913, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

145) B. Rotavera and E. Petersen, “Atomized Fuel Combustion in the Reflected-Shock

Region,” Paper No. 0912, 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 15-20, 2007, Göttingen, Germany.

146) E. Petersen, J. Arvanetes, A. LePage, G. Carro and A. Powell (M. Stephens),

“Monitoring Strand Burner Combustion Products Using Emission Spectroscopy,” AIAA Paper 2007-5767, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

147) M. Stephens, T. Sammet, A. LePage, R. Carro, and E. Petersen, “Comparison of Hand

and Mechanically Mixed AP/HTPB Solid Composite Propellants,” AIAA Paper 2007-5765, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

148) V. Antonovski, B. M. Rotavera, E. L. Petersen, J. F. Crittenden, and W. E. Lear,

“Combustion Measurements of Synthetic Fuels at Gas Turbine Conditions,” AIAA Paper 2007-5667, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

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149) B. Rotavera and E. Petersen, “Shock-Tube Combustion Studies of Atomized Fuels in the Reflected-Shock Region,” AIAA Paper 2007-5687, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

150) M. Lamnaouer, C. Zinner, B. Rotavera, E. Petersen, and G. Bourque, “Butane Oxidation

at Elevated Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2007-5658, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 8-11 July, 2007, Cincinnati, OH.

151) S. C. Reehal and E. L. Petersen, “Reflected-Shock Ignition of Syngas at Engine

Pressures and Comparison to Kinetics Models,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA.

152) M. A. Stephens and E. L. Petersen, “Addition Methods of Nanoscale Additives in Solid

Composite Propellants,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA.

153) A. LePage and E. L. Petersen, “Combustion Product Analysis of HTPB/AP Composite

Propellants Using Emission Spectroscopy,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA.

154) B. A. Corbin and E. L. Petersen, “Laminar Flame Speed Measurements in a New

Constant-Volume Vessel,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 2-3, 2007, Savannah, GA.

155) D. M. Kalitan and E. L. Petersen, “Nano-Aluminum Aerosol Characterization with

Application to Heterogeneous Shock-Tube Combustion,” Paper D18, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

156) J. de Vries, B. A. Corbin, and E. L. Petersen, “A Facility for High-Pressure Laminar

Flame Speed Measurements,” Paper A20, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

157) A. B. Barrett, S. C. Reehal, and E. L. Petersen, “Measurement of Ignition Delay Time

for a Syngas/Air Mixture Containing Water Vapor,” Paper C25, 5th U.S. Combustion Meeting, March 25-27, 2007, San Diego, CA.

158) Reid, D., Seal, S., and Petersen, E., “Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum-Based

Energetic Nanoparticles,” presentation for 2007 Nanomaterials: Fabrication, Properties and Applications, 2007 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Feb 27-Mar. 1, 2007, Orlando, FL. Submitted August, 2006.

159) M. Lamnaouer, E. L. Petersen, R. C. Ryder, and A. Brankovic, “Reduced Combustion

Time Model for Methane in Gas Turbine Flow Fields,” AIAA Paper 2007-0385, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 8 - 11 Jan 2007, Reno, NV.

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160) M. Stephens, A. Powell, D. Miranda, H. Shah, L. Nguyen, and E. Petersen, “A New Lab-Scale Mixing Facility for Composite Solid Propellants with Nanoadditives,” 41st JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, 4 – 8 Dec., 2006, San Diego, CA.

161) J. de Vries and E. L. Petersen, “Autoignition of Methane-Based Fuel Blends under Gas

Turbine Conditions,” 31st International Symposium on Combustion, 6-11 Aug., 2006, Heidelberg, Germany.

162) M. A. Stephens, T. Sammet, R. Carro, A. LePage, D. Reid, S. Seal, and E. Petersen,

“New Additives for Modifying the Burn Rate of Composite Solid Rocket Propellants,” AIAA Paper 2006-4948, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 9-12 July, 2006, Sacramento, CA.

163) D. M. Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “A Shock-Tube Study of Aluminum

Oxidation at Elevated Temperatures,” AIAA Paper 2006-4405, 42nd AIAA/ASME/-SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 9-12 July, 2006, Sacramento, CA.

164) D. M. Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, J. Mertens, and M. W. Crofton, “Ignition of Lean

CO/H2/Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” ASME Paper GT2006-90488, 51st ASME Turbo Expo, May 8-11, 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

165) T. Lieuwen, V. McDonnell, E. Petersen, and D. Santavicca, “Fuel Flexibility Influences

on Premixed-Combustor Blowout, Flashback, Autoignition, and Instability,” ASME Paper GT2006-90770, 51st ASME Turbo Expo, May 8-11, 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

166) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “A High-Pressure Kinetics Model for the Ignition of

Natural-Gas Fuel Blends,” AIAA Paper 2006-0353, 44th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Reno, NV.

167) J. de Vries and E. Petersen, “Design and Validation of a Reduced Test Matrix for the

Autoignition of Gas Turbine Fuel Blends,” ASME Paper IMECE2005-80040, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL.

168) J. Ward, A. Leonessa, and E. Petersen, “Reduction of Vortex-Driven Oscillations in a

Choked Duct Through Adaptive Control,” ASME paper IMECE2005-81378, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL.

169) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Kinetics of OH Chemiluminescence in the Presence of

Silicon,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Nov. 13-15, 2005, Orlando, FL.

170) J. de Vries, A. Amadio, J. Hall, S. Simmons, and E. L. Petersen, “Experimental Study on

the Low-Temperature Ignition Behavior of Gas Turbine Fuel Blends,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Nov. 13-15, 2005, Orlando, FL.

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171) M. Stephens, R. Carro, J. Arvanetes, A. LePage, A. Powell, T. Sammet, and E. Petersen, “Impact of Nanoscale Aluminum on the Burn Rate of Composite Propellants Manufactured using Conventional Mixing Techniques,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Nov. 13-15, 2005, Orlando, FL.

172) J. M. Hall, E. L. Petersen, “Development of a Chemical Kinetics Mechanism for

CH4/H2/Air Ignition at Elevated Pressures,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Nov. 13-15, 2005, Orlando, FL; submitted Sept. 21, 2005.

173) D. M. Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, and J. D. Mertens,” A Shock-Tube Study of the Ignition

and Oxidation Characteristics of Syngas at Elevated Pressures,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Nov. 13-15, 2005, Orlando, FL; submitted Sept. 21, 2005.

174) D. M. Kalitan, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “A Shock-Tube Study of The Ignition

and Oxidation Characteristics for CO/H2 Fuel Blends in Air,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 17-18, 2005, Stanford, CA.

175) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Direct Determination of the Dominant CH(A) Formation

Reaction and its Rate Coefficient for 1200 < T < 2300 K,” Fall 2005 Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 17-18, 2005, Stanford, CA.

176) M. Stephens, R. Carro, S. Wolf, T. Sammet, E. Petersen, and C. Smith, “Performance of

AP-Based Composite Propellant Containing Nanoscale Aluminum,” AIAA Paper 2005-4470, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

177) D. M. Kalitan and E. L. Petersen, “Ignition and Oxidation of Lean CO/H2 Fuel Blends in

Air,” AIAA Paper 2005-3767, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

178) R. Carro, J. Arvanetes, A. Powell, M. Stephens, E. Petersen, and C. Smith, “High-

Pressure Testing of Composite Solid Propellant Mixtures: Burner Facility Characterization,” AIAA Paper 2005-3617, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 10-13, 2005, Tucson, AZ.

179) J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, M. W. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “A Shock-Tube Study of

CH4/C2H6 and CH4/C3H8 Fuel Blends under Gas Turbine Conditions,” 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India.

180) D. M. Kalitan, M. W. Crofton, and E. L. Petersen, “Hydroxyl Radical Measurements in

Highly Diluted CO/H2/O2/Ar Mixtures,” 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India.

181) A. R. Amadio, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Driver-Gas Tailoring for Chemical

Kinetics Experiments using Unconventional Driver Mixtures,” 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India.

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182) M. A. Stephens and E. L. Petersen, “Burn Rate Measurements of Bimodal Ammonium

Perchlorate in HTPB/Al Composite Rocket Propellant,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 4-5, 2005.

183) J. de Vries and E. L. Petersen, “Toward a Reduced DOE Matrix for the Combustion of

Gas Turbine Fuel Blends,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 4-5, 2005. 184) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “A High-Pressure Kinetics Model for the Ignition of

Natural-Gas Fuel Blends,” AIAA Region II Student Conference, April 4-5, 2005. Winner—Best Paper, Graduate Category

185) A. R. Amadio, J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Shock-Tube

Tailoring for Low-Temperature Chemical Kinetics,” 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

186) J. Arvanetes, M. A. Stephens, R. Carro, A. Powell, S. Wolf, E. L. Petersen, C. Smith,

and G. Whittinghill, “Burn Rate Measurements of AP-Based Composite Propellants at Elevated Pressures,” 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

187) J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, and E. L. Petersen, “Development of a Chemical Kinetics

Mechanism for C2Hx Ignition in the Presence of Silane,” 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

188) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “An Optimized Chemical Kinetics Model for OH

Chemiluminescence,” 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

189) J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, A. Amadio, E. L. Petersen, and M. W. Crofton, “Reflected-Shock

Ignition of CH4/C2H6/Air Fuel Blends,” 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005.

190) J. M. Hall, J. de Vries, A. R. Amadio, and E. L. Petersen, “Towards a Kinetics Model of

CH Chemiluminescence,” AIAA Paper 2005-1318, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV.

191) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Evaluation of Several Detailed Chemical Kinetics

Mechanisms for the High-Temperature Oxidation of C2Hx Fuels,” AIAA Paper 2005-0138, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV. Winner—Best Paper, National Undergraduate Paper Competition.

192) M. J. A. Rickard, J. M. Hall, and E. L. Petersen, “Effect of Silane Addition on Acetylene

Ignition behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Thirtieth International Symposium on Combustion, Chicago, IL, July 26-30, 2004.

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193) E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, M. J. A. Rickard, and M. W. Crofton, “Silane Oxidation behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Paper No. 2162, 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Beijing, China, July 11-16, 2004.

194) M. W. Crofton and E. L. Petersen, “Application of the FM Spectroscopic Technique to

SiH2 Detection in a Shock Tube,” Paper No. 2161, 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Beijing, China, July 11-16, 2004.

195) J. de Vries, J. M. Hall, E. L. Petersen, D. M. Kalitan, and M. J. A. Rickard, “A Shock-

Tube Study of the Oxidation of C2H6/O2/Ar and C2H6/SiH4/O2/Ar Mixtures,” AIAA Paper 2004-3370, 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 11-14, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

196) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Kinetics of OH Chemiluminescence in the Presence of

Hydrocarbons,” AIAA Paper 2004-4164, 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 11-14, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

197) J. M. Hall and E. L. Petersen, “Evaluation of Several Detailed Kinetics Mechanisms for

the High-Temperature Oxidation of C2Hx Fuels,” AIAA 55th Annual Southeastern Regional Student Conference, April 5-6, 2004, Memphis, TN. Winner—Best Paper, Undergraduate Category.

198) Crofton, M. W. and Petersen, E. L., “Application of the FM Spectroscopic Technique to

SiH2 Shock-Tube Detection,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 16-19, 2003 Chicago, IL.

199) Rickard, M. J. A. and Petersen, E. L., “Effects of Silane Addition on Acetylene and

Ethane Ignition Behind Reflected Shock Waves,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 16-19, 2003 Chicago, IL.

200) E. L. Petersen and R. K. Hanson, “Measurements of Reflected-Shock Bifurcation in a

High-Pressure Shock Tube,” Paper No. 2377, 23rd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Fort Worth, TX, July 22-27, 2001.

201) E. L. Petersen and R. P. Welle, “Studies on Single- and Two-Component Nanoparticle

Decomposition Using a Shock Tube,” Paper No. 2376, 23rd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Fort Worth, TX, July 22-27, 2001.

202) D. F. Davidson, E. L. Petersen, R. W. Bates, and R. K. Hanson, “Real Gas Effects at

High Pressures and Temperatures in Shock Tube Studies,” CPIA Pub. 653, 1996 JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Vol. I, 1997, pp. 49-56.

203) D. F. Davidson, R. W. Bates, E. L. Petersen, and R. K. Hanson, “Shock Tube

Measurements of the Equation of State of Argon,” AIAA Paper 97-0984, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 6-9 Jan. 1997, Reno, NV.

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204) M. Röhrig, E. L. Petersen, D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson, “A Shock Tube Study of the Pyrolysis of NO2,” Paper 95F-156, 1995 Fall Meeting, Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Stanford, CA, Oct. 30-31, 1995.

205) D. F. Davidson, M. Röhrig, E. L. Petersen, M. D. DiRosa, and R. K. Hanson,

“Measurements of the Absorption Spectrum of the OH A-X (0,0) 306-nm Bandhead at High Pressures,” The 20th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Pasadena, CA, July 23-28, 1995.

206) D. J. Howell, E. L. Petersen, and J. A. Clark, “Performance Characteristics of LOX/H2,

Tangential-Entry, Swirl-Coaxial, Rocket Injectors,” AIAA Paper 93-0228, 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, 11-14 Jan. 1993, Reno, NV.

207) G. B. Cox Jr. and E. L. Petersen, “Liquid Stability Mechanisms Program Summary,” 28th

JANNAF Combustion Meeting, 28 Oct - 1 Nov. 1991, San Antonio, TX.

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Patents U.S. 7,419,516 B1 (9/2/2008) “Use of Oxide Nanoparticles in Soot Reduction,” Seal, Petersen, Deshpande, Patil, Kuiry U.S. 7,931,763 B2 (4/26/2011) “Burn Rate Sensitization of Solid Propellants Using a Nano-Titania Additive,” Seal, Petersen, Small, Stephens, Arvanetes, Deshpande U.S. 7,959,690 B1 (6/14/2011) “Nanoparticles for Soot Reduction,” Seal, Petersen, Deshpande, Patil, Chandrakuiry U.S. 8,114,229 B1 (2/14/2012) “Self-Extinguishable Solid Propellant,” Petersen, Seal, Stephens, Reid, Carro, Sammet, LePage U.S. 8,336,287 (12/25/2012) “Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Having Self-Extinguishing Propellant Grain and Systems Therefrom,” Petersen, Seal, Stephens, Reid, Carro, Sammet, LePage U.S. Patent Application 13/797,044 (awarded 12/2/2016) “Compositions Having Aluminum Particles Dispersed in a Continuous Phase,” Reid, Seal, Petersen Japanese Patent Number 6055539 (12/9/2016) “Compositions Having Aluminum Particles Dispersed in a Continuous Phase and a Method of Forming Thereof,” Reid, Seal, Petersen U.S. Patent Application 13/797,448 (filed 3/8/2013) “Polymer Composite Having Dispersed Transition Metal Oxide Particles,” Reid, Draper, Seal, Petersen

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Committees, Service, and Awards Committee Membership and Service– Texas A&M University

• Tenure and Promotion Committee, Chair (2016 – present) • Post-Tenure Review Committee (2014 – present) • Chair, Mentoring Committee (2014 – 2016) • Tenure and Promotion Committee (2013 – 2015) • Department Advisory Committee (2013-2016) • Chair, Strategic Planning Committee (2013 – present) • National Security Task Force committee (College) (Spring 2013) • Faculty Search Committees (2010-11; 2011-12; 2012-13; 2013-14) • Chair, Graduate Program Review Committee (2012-2013) • Graduate Studies Committee (2009 – 2015) • PI of REU Site: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and Combustion

(2010 – present) • Pi Tau Sigma Faculty Advisor (2008-2012) • Diversity Fellowship reviewer (Spr11)

Committee Membership – University of Central Florida For the University and College (UCF)

• Honors Committee (F05 – F07) • Undergraduate Research Council (F05 – F07) • Undergraduate Course Review Committee (F01 – Spr03)

For MMAE Department (UCF)

• Steering Committee (F06 – F07) • Performance Evaluation Committee (F05 – F07) • Undergraduate Committee (Fall04 – Sum05) • Graduate Committee (F03 – Sum04) • Honor and Awards Committee (Fall 01 – Sum04) • Undergraduate Course Committee (Fall 02 – Spr03) • Laboratory Improvement Committee (Spring 03 – present)

Professional Service Activities

• Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Oct., 2016 • Session Co-Chair, 36th International Symposium on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, Aug.

2016. • Associate Editor, Journal of Propulsion and Power (2016 – present) • Program Co-Chair, 2016 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of

the Combustion Institute, May 15-17, Knoxville, TN. • Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, March, 2016. • External examiner, Thesis Defense, CNRS and University of Orleans, Orleans,

France, Dec. 14, 2015. • Session Organizer and Co-Chair, 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of

Explosions and Reactive Systems, Aug. 2 – 7, 2015, Leeds, UK.

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• Associate Editor, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (2015 – present)

• Program Co-Chair, 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

• Session Chair, 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 17-20, 2015, Cincinnati, OH.

• Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Nov. 2014. • Session Chair, 35th International Symposium on Combustion, Aug. 4-8, 2014, San

Francisco, CA. • Session Chair, Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the

Combustion Institute, Mar. 16-18, 2014, Tulsa, OK. • External Thesis Examiner, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland,

Department of Chemistry – Fiona Gillespie, Ph.D. Candidate (Feb. 2014) • Invited External Reviewer, Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences and

Engineering Division, Nov. 2013 • Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Nov. 2013 • Proposal Review Panel, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sept.

2013 • Editorial Board Member, Combustion and Flame (2013 – present) • Board Member and Treasurer, Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive

Systems (Aug. 2013 – present) • Colloquium Co-Chair, ICDERS 2013 – 24th International Colloquium on the

Dynamics of Explosives and Reactive Systems, July 28 – Aug. 2, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan

• Board Member, Shock Wave Institute (July 2013 – present) • Session Chair, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 14-19, 2013,

Madison, WI, USA • Board Member, Central States Section of the Combustion Institute (May 2013 –

present) • Session Chair, 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 19-22, 2013, Ogden, UT. • External Thesis Examiner, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Mechanical

Engineering Department – Jimmy Vereault, Ph.D. Candidate (Mar. 2011) • Session Co-Chair, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL

(Jan. 2011) • Session Chair, 33rd International Symposium on Combustion, Beijing, China (Aug.

2010) • External Thesis Examiner, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland,

Department of Chemistry – Darren Healy, Ph.D. Candidate (Oct. 2009) • Faculty Advisor, TAMU Pi Tau Sigma (Aug. 2008 – May 2012) • Board Member and Secretary, Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive

Systems (Aug. 2009 – Aug. 2013) • Session Chair, 2009 ASME Turbo Expo, Orlando, FL (June 2009) • NSF Review Panels, CBET Division • Invited Session Chair, NSF Hydrogen Combustion Workshop (April 2006) • Co-Organizer, Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion

Institute, UCF, Orlando, FL (Nov. 2005)

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• Session Chair, Fall 2005 Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Orlando, FL (Nov. 2005)

• Session Chair, 20th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Montreal, Canada (Aug. 2005)

• NSF Review Panel, CST Division (April 2005) • Session Chair, 4th Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute,

Philadelphia, PA (Mar. 2005) • Faculty Advisor, UCF AIAA (Fall 2002-Dec. 2008) • Faculty Advisor, UCF Sigma Gamma Tau Honor Society (May 2004-Dec. 2008) • Judge, Florida Science Olympiad, Cypress Creek HS, Orlando, FL (Mar. 2005) • Advisor, SAE Heavy Lift Airplane Team (2003, 2004, 2005) • Advisor, AIAA DBF/Electric Airplane Team (2003, 2004, 2005) • Open House Mock Lecture, “Rocket Science at UCF,” (April 2004) • Board member, local ASME chapter (Florida section, Region XI) (2002-2003) • Career Day, Winter Park High School, presenter (Fall 2003, Fall 2002) • Represented Florida section of ASME at Regional Administrative Conference (April

2002, Jackson, MS) • Judge for SAE AeroEast Heavy Lift Airplane design competition, Cocoa/Deland, FL

(2002, 2004, 2005) Honors and Awards 2015 The James J. Cain Graduate Teaching Award, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering 2014 Best Paper Award, X ISHPMIE (Tenth International Symposium on Hazards,

Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions), Bergen, Norway, June 2014. 2013 Nelson-Jackson Professor 2011 TEES Fellow Award 2011 Teaching Excellence Award for Fall 2010 2010 ASME Fellow 2010 Faculty Fellow, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center 2010 Leland T. Jordan Career Development Professorship 2010 Teaching Excellence Award for Fall 2009 2009 Best Paper Award, 2008 ASME Turbo Expo, Combustion & Fuels Subcommittee 2009 Outstanding Laboratory Safety Inspection of the Month, Texas A&M, May 2009 2007 Research Incentive Award, UCF 2007 Best Paper, AIAA Annual Southeastern Regional Conference, UG Category 2006 Outstanding Researcher Award, Assistant Professor, CECS, UCF 2006 Teaching Incentive Program Award, UCF 2006 Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Year, UCF 2006 NSF CAREER Award 2005 Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Year, UCF 2005 Best Paper, AIAA Annual Southeastern Regional Conference, Graduate Category 2005 Best Paper, AIAA National Student Conference, Undergraduate Category 2004 Pi Tau Sigma Advisor of the Year, UCF 2004 Best Paper, AIAA Annual Southeastern Regional Conference, UG Category 2003 CECS Professor of the Year (for MMAE), UCF 2003 Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Year, UCF 2000, 1998 Performance Award (2); outstanding efforts, The Aerospace Corporation.

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1995 Chuck Hawley Seminar Award; best seminar, ‘94-’95 school year, Stanford. 1993, 1991 Incentive Award (2); outstanding accomplishments, Pratt & Whitney. 1991 NASA Group Achievement Award; NLS Subscale Injector test team. 1991 Special Award; Pratt & Whitney, NLS injector design and analysis. 1988 - 1990 Florida Graduate Scholars Fund Fellowship, University of Florida. 1988 - 1990 United Technologies Propulsion Research Fellowship, University of Florida. 1986 - 1988 INPO Scholarship, U. of Central Florida. Other Member of Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, and Sigma Gamma Tau engineering honor

societies. Consulting

• Parametric Solutions, Inc. (2012 – 2014) Consultant on high-pressure combustion chemistry and experimental diagnostics for combustion and reacting flows

• The Aerospace Corporation. (2001-present) Consultant on matters related to rocket

propulsion and experiments related to fluid mechanics, combustion, and propulsion • Power Systems Manufacturing (PSM). (2006) Performed calculations related to gas

turbine combustion system.

• SATOP (Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program). (2003-2007) Served as a consultant on NASA/SATOP program projects, mostly related to fluid flow properties, etc.

• Space Launch Corporation. (2001-2003) Consultant on matters involving space launch using chemical propulsion.

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