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- Worked in a small-bore optically accessible diesel engine lab.- Investigated the effects of soy- and palm-based biofuels on the in-cylinder sources of UHC and CO emissions from a light-duty diesel engine operating in a partially premixed combustion regime. - Studied properties of the in-cylinder swirl flow using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)..

- Worked in a port-fueled optically accessible engine lab.- Conducted high-resolution in-cylinder laser-induced fluorescence measurements in a port-fueled optical engine.- Investigated properties of fine-scale fuel/air mixing by examining the behavior of the passive scalar energy and dissipation fields.- Determined saturation limits of 3-pentanone.

- Worked in a high-pressure hydrogen injection lab.- Developed Schlieren optical system to image high-pressure hydrogen jets produced by an automotive gaseous fuel injector.- Investigated penetration behavior of underexpanded jets and compared experimental results to traditional gas jet theory.- Supervised undergraduate research fellows in subsequent gas.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive EngineersAdvisor: Jaal B. Ghandhi Dissertation Topic: High Resolution Passive Scalar.

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive EngineersAdvisor: Jaal B. Ghandhi Thesis Topic: Transient High-Pressure Hydrogen Jet.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering