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CRF Researchers honored at SAE World Congress
Post, May 22, 2012 • Three Sandians from the Engine Combustion group were honored at the 2012 SAE World Congress Awards Ceremony on April 24 in Detroit. Lyle Pickett was presented with the 2011 SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines, Ben Peterson received the Russell S. Springer Award, and Chuck Mueller...

CRF Visitor Program News August 2011
Post, August 22, 2011 • Gaurav Bansal, post-doc with Jackie Chen Gaurav‘s research was supported by the Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center. He worked on direct numerical simulation (DNS) of homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion with di-methyl ether, an oxygenated fuel, DNS of pulsating flame instabilities, and isometric mapping to identify reduced parameterizations in combustion....
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CRF Visitor Program News May 2011
Post, May 22, 2011 • CRF Visitors Darwin Arifin and Torrie Aston, visitors with Tony McDaniel Darwin Arifin Torrie Aston Torrie and Darwin are part of an ongoing collaboration between the CRF and students from the University of Colorado, Boulder.   Brian Fisher, post-doc with Chuck Meuller Brian Fisher Brian Fisher worked as a post-doctoral...
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Dennis Siebers Leaves Behind a Lasting Legacy in Engine Combustion Research
Post, July 8, 2014 • Dennis Siebers Nearly 40 years ago, Dennis Siebers was drawn to Sandia for the opportunity to perform “exceptional service in the national interest.” In July, his 38-year career at Sandia, most of it spent in the CRF, came to a close with his retirement. “It’s difficult to measure the impact...
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Habib Najm, Lyle Pickett, and Chris Carlen receive 2014 CRF awards
Post, November 25, 2014 • Robert Barlow, left, was awarded the Combustion Institute’s Alfred C. Edgerton Gold Medal. To his right are this year’s CRF awards recipients, Lyle Pickett, Habib Najm, and Chris Carlen, who were chosen by their peers. (Photos by Dino Vournas) The CRF is proud to announce Habib Najm as the winner...
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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...
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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...
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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...

New Conceptual Insights into Diesel Engine Fuel-Injection Processes
Post, March 12, 2014 • By Joe Oefelein By combining advanced theory and high-fidelity large eddy simulation, CRF researchers Rainer Dahms and Joe Oefelein have provided new conceptual insights that promise to improve the understanding and prediction of fuel-injection processes at high-pressure diesel engine conditions. Their results, which were corroborated by experiments performed by CRF...
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SAE International Honors CRF Researchers for Outstanding Presentations
Post, July 25, 2014 • Joseph Oefelein Solid technical work is great—but the ability to communicate effectively about that work is equally critical. To acknowledge the importance of good communication—and maintain a high quality of presentation at its technical meeting—SAE International established the SAE Excellence in Oral Presentation award in 1972. This year, two Sandians,...
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Working Toward Success: A Look at the Engine Combustion Network
Post, October 12, 2012 • American industrialist Henry Ford once said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success will take care of itself.” Ford was no doubt speaking on the basis of his business expertise but some 150 years later, his ideas of success are still in motion at the Combustion Research Facility (CRF)....
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