Page • Building on the strong expertise in diagnostics techniques for elementary processes, described in other sections of Experimental Capabilities, the CRF is a leader in combining multiple advanced diagnostics to completely characterize complex systems and in applying diagnostics to the challenging environments that occur in real-world energy technologies. This approach leads to...
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Isaac Wesley Ekoto
Staff Page • Manager, Engine Combustion. Biography Isaac Ekoto earned his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University in 2006. Isaac has been at Sandia National Laboratories since 2007 where he has worked on projects related to diesel engine combustion and hydrogen safety. He currently is the Principal Investigator of the Gasoline...
Jackie Chen
Staff Page • Senior Scientist, Chemistry, Combustion and Materials Science Center. Biography Jacqueline H. Chen has contributed broadly to research in direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent combustion focusing on fundamental turbulence-chemistry interactions relevant to engines. She is also developing a mesoscopic and continuum simulation framework to understand how nonequilibrium chemical processes affect...
Jackie Chen inducted into Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame
Post, March 15, 2016 • by Michael Padilla Jackie Chen, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility, will be inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame on March 19 in Oakland, California. Jackie is being honored in the area of science and technology for her contributions...
Jackie Chen to give keynote address at ISC High performance conference in Germany
Post, February 17, 2016 • By Michael Padilla Jackie Chen, distinguished member of technical staff at the Combustion Research Facility, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address on Tuesday, June 21, at the ISC High Performance conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The keynote session will highlight contributions from female researchers and scientists in advancing the field...
January 2012
Post, March 7, 2012 • January 17 Transportation Energy Center Director, Bob Carling, conducted the CRF portion of the Leadership Livermore Annual Tour. Leadership Livermore is a program created by the Livermore Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the City of Livermore to bring different individuals and organizations together to get a “behind the scenes”...
Joe Pratt Presented Market Transformation Work at Two Conferences
Post, November 7, 2013 • Joe Pratt presented work for DOE’s Market Transformation group at two international conferences. At the Society of Automotive Engineers Aerospace Alternative Fuels and Associated Environmental Impacts Symposium in Brussels, Belgium on June 13, 2013, Joe gave a DOE-prepared talk on the work the Market Transformation group is doing in the...
Jonathan H. Frank
Staff Page • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Combustion Research Facility, Reacting Flows. Biography As the Principal Investigator of the Advanced Imaging Laboratory, Jonathan Frank has extensive experience in the development and application of laser diagnostics for multidimensional imaging of chemically reacting flows. As a leader in his field, he has made important...
Judit Zádor
Staff Page • Theoretical Chemical Kinetics . Biography Judit joined Sandia in 2007 and is currently a Distinguished Member of Staff. Her research lies in the broad field of theoretical reaction kinetics, and addresses problems in combustion, atmospheric chemistry, and heterogeneous catalysis. She works on automated kinetics calculations and leads the development of...
Judit Zádor Elected Fellow of The Combustion Institute
Post, March 5, 2024 • Judit Zádor (8353), a physical chemist, has been elected a 2024 Fellow of The Combustion Institute “for exceptional contributions in theoretical chemical kinetics and innovations in approaches for automating quantum chemical calculations.” The lifetime honorific title of Fellow is a testament to active participation in the combustion field through publications...
Julien Luc Manin
Staff Page • Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Applied Combustion. Biography Dr. Manin obtained his MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering and in Automotive and Transportation Systems in France, in 2006. He completed his PhD in Physics and Mechanical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, in 2011. Dr. Manin has been...
June Visitors
Post, August 9, 2013 • Jesse Quinlan 5/20/13–6/14/138351 Visiting StudentHosted by Joe Oefelein Jesse Quinlan, a graduate student at the University of Virginia (UV) who is also affiliated with NASA Langley Research Center, collaborated with researchers at the CRF over several weeks on a project to help develop combustion models applicable to the supersonic combustion...
Khachik Sargsyan
Staff Page • Principal Member of the Technical Staff . Biography Dr. Khachik Sargsyan is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. Before working in staff and postdoctoral positions at Sandia, he received his Ph.D. in Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann...
Kinetics of Elusive Intermediates
Page • Complex chemical reaction networks like those that occur in combustion and in atmospheric chemistry can contain thousands of interlocked chemical transformations. Frequently, important aspects of the overall chemistry depend on a few key reactions, for example, the chain-branching reactions that increase the number of reactive free radicals and drive hydrocarbon...
Kinetics of Hydrocarbon Oxidation
Page • Technical Details Figure 1 Oxidation turns hydrocarbons into water and carbon dioxide through an interconnected web of reactions. The hydrocarbon’s molecular structure and the conditions of oxidation, such as temperature, pressure, and composition, profoundly impact phenomena ranging from air quality to engine performance. In this aspect of our chemical physics...
Krupa Ramasesha
Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff, CRF, Gas Phase Chemical Physics. Biography Krupa Ramasesha is a Principal Investigator at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, where she is leading a research program investigating ultrafast dynamics in gas phase and condensed phase systems, funded by the DOE/BES Gas Phase Chemical Physics Program and the...
Laser Diagnostics for Cryogenic Gas Releases
Page • Technical Details Figure 1 Research and development efforts both inside and outside the Labs are aimed at providing a fundamental understanding of cryogenic hydrogen dispersion and flames. Experiments are used to validate models that are, in turn, used to inform safety, codes and standards for infrastructure that uses liquid hydrogen,...
Laser-heated Stagnation Flow Reactor (LSFR)
Page • Figure 1 Figure 1 Shown here is the virtually accessible laser-heated stagnation flow reactor (LSFR) for characterizing redox chemistry of materials under extreme conditions. The LSFR is equipped with a solid-state laser to replicate the high energy flux and rapid heating rates that materials encounter in a concentrating solar reactor....
Laura M. McCaslin
Staff Page • Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Combustion Research Facility. Biography Laura M. McCaslin is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the CRF at Sandia. Her research program centers on computing the dynamics of molecular systems and materials. Her research program spans many areas, including atmospheric chemistry, photochemistry, quantum...
Leaner Lifted-Flame Combustion: An ideal companion for biofuels
Post, July 31, 2012 • When Aristotle said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, he probably wasn’t thinking of engines and biofuels. But his famous quote applies perfectly to the synergy between Leaner Lifted-Flame Combustion (LLFC) and oxygenated biofuels. Each technology has its own limitations, but combining the two may...
Long-Path Absorption
Page • Sensitive cavity-enhanced absorption spectrometry for gas-phase chemical kinetics Figure 1 (Left) SULI intern Zachary Decker operates the time-resolved broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectrometer under the mentorship of PI Leonid Sheps. (Right) The time-resolved UV absorption spectrum of Criegee intermediate CH2OO Technical Details Absorption of photons from the IR to the UV...
Low-Temperature Gasoline Engine Combustion Laboratory
Page • Low-temperature gasoline combustion (LTGC) strategies encompass both homogeneous and stratified charge compression ignition (HCCI and SCCI) combustion technologies. These technologies achieve high, diesel-like efficiencies and very low emissions of NOx and particulate. In an LTGC engine, the piston compresses a dilute, premixed fuel/air charge that autoignites and burns volumetrically. The charge...
Lyle M. Pickett
Staff Page • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Engine Combustion Research. Biography Since 2002, Lyle Pickett has been the Principal Investigator for the Spray Combustion project in the Engine Combustion Research Department of the Combustion Research Facility at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. Lyle graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a...
Lyle Pickett awarded SAE John Johnson Award
Post, May 15, 2012 • 2012 SAE President, Frank O. Klegon, Dr. John H. Johnson, Michigan Technological University and award winners Lyle Pickett, Cherian A. Idicheria, Caroline L. Genzale, and Dennis L. Siebers CRF researcher Lyle Pickett was recently awarded the 2011 SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines. Lyle was recognized...
Lyle Pickett Named SAE Fellow
Post, October 21, 2013 • Lyle Pickett has been named a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Established in 1975, the Fellow grade honors and recognizes important engineering, scientific, and leadership achievements to enhance the status of SAE’s contributions to the profession and to society. Lyle was selected based on his pioneering research...
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