Former Graduate Students

Many dissertations/theses not linked to directly below are available for loan through Penn State University Libraries

2010-Present

Paige Nardozzo (M.S. 2016) "Diffusion Flame Studies of Solid Fuels with Nitrous Oxide"

Hyung Sub Sim (Ph.D. 2015) "Understanding the Role of Multifunctional Nanoengineered Particulate Additives on Supercritical Pyrolysis and Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels/Propellants"

Michelle K. Christensen (Ph.D. 2012) "Flow Reactor Autoignition Studies of Iso-octane at High Pressures and Low-to-intermediate Temperatures"

Daniel J. Elies (M.S. 2012) "Autoignition of Hydrogen and Syngas with Air in a Turbulent Flow Reactor"

Justin M. Locke (Ph.D. 2011) "High Speed Diagnostics for Characterization of Oxygen / Hydrogen Rocket Injector Flowfields"

2000-2009

William M. Marshall (Ph.D. 2008 / M.S. 2003) "Experimental Studies on Combustion Instabilities in a Multi-Element, Rectangular Rocket Chamber"

Dustin W. Davis (Ph.D. 2006) "On the behavior of a shear -coaxial jet, spanning sub- to supercritical pressures, with and without an externally imposed transverse acoustic field"

Danielle M. Kalitan (M.S. 2005) "A characterization study of two swirl coaxial injectors for a liquid oxygen/gaseous methane rocket engine"

John M. Cramer (Ph.D. 2004) "Performance characteristics of a rocket-ejector operating with a single or twin thruster configuration"

Christopher B. Greene (M.S. 2002) "Design and experimentation of a tangential orifice swirl injector using liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen"

Mayumi U. Greene (M.S. 2002) "Experimental study of rocket based combined cycle rocket-ejector mode for JP-7/GO₂ propellants"

Matthew K. Lehman (Ph.D. 2000) "Mixing and reaction processes in rocket based combined cycle and conventional rocket engines"

Amy B. Reeb (M.S. 2000) "Shear coaxial injector liquid oxygen/gaseous hydrogen propellant studies for liquid rocket applications"

1990-1999

John Schmidt (M.S. 1999) "Impinging jet flow structure and its impact on combustion instability"

Jerome Jacquemard (M.S. 1999) "Investigation of liquid hydrocarbon fuel injection at high-pressure and high-temperature conditions"

Kristin L. Miller (M.S. 1998) "Combustion characteristics of liquid propellant rocket injector sprays"

Shamim A. Rahman (Ph.D. 1997) "Primary atomization study of a swirl coaxial liquid propellant rocket injector"

Michael J. Foust (Ph.D. 1997) "An experimental investigation of gaseous propellant rocket injectors using Raman spectroscopy"

William E. Anderson (Ph.D. 1996) "The effects of atomization on combustion stability"

Daric W. Escher (M.S. 1996) "Design and preliminary hot fire and cold flow testing of pintle injectors"

Kimberly N. Clemons (M.S. 1996) "The combustion of RP-1 droplets for tripropellant applications under oxygen rich conditions"

Marlow D. Moser (Ph.D. 1995) "Flowfield characterization in a uni-element rocket chamber"

Harry M. Ryan III (Ph.D. 1995) "Fundamental study of impinging jet atomization"

Kenneth D. Philippart (M.S. 1995) "Diagnostic developments for velocity and temperature measurements in uni-element rocket environments"

John J. Merenich (M.S. 1994) "OH-radical imaging and velocity field measurements in a gaseous hydrogen/oxygen rocket"

Michelle A. Beisler (M.S. 1994) "Shear Coaxial Injector Atomization in a LOX/GH₂ Propellant Rocket"

Cryogenic Combustion Lab

Former Graduate Students

2010-Present

2000-2009

1990-1999