Research

Some Past Projects Include:

The effect of oxygenated fuel additives on diesel engine combustion and emissions, including biodiesel (methyl soyate/diesel fuel blends)
Ultra-clean transportation fuels, investigation of Fischer-Tropsch diesel fuels
Hydrogen assisted combustion in SI and CI engines
Impact of refinery integration of coal-based streams on gasoline and diesel fuels
Fuel and lubricant interactions, particularly involving effects of soot loading on lubricant performance and properties
Impacts of fuel formulation and combustion conditions on the surface chemistry, nanostructure and oxidative reactivity of diesel soot
Impacts of gasoline composition on homogeneous charge compression ignition engine performance

Fuel Formulation Impacts on Gasoline HCCI and the Factors that affect and Control Fuel Performance, ConocoPhillips.
Clean and Efficient Diesel Locomotive, US DOE (subcontract from General Electric),co-funded by Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
Impact of Biodiesel Fueling on Diesel Soot Characteristics and the Potential Influence on Engine Lubricant of these Soot Characteristics, National Biodiesel Board.
Determination of the Underlying Cause of the Biodiesel NOx Effect in Common Rail Diesel Engines, Cornell University (Northeast Sun Grant Initiative), co-PIs: A.L. Boehman and D.C. Haworth.
Sasol-Penn State Alliance: Research and Training of a Student in the Area of Thermal Oxidative Stability of Jet Fuel and Fabrication of Batch and Flow Reactor Systems, Sasol Fuel Chemistry Group.