Principal Investigator

Hong G. Im, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering​​

Research Interests: Fuels and combustion, Numerical analysis, Fluid mechanics, High fidelity simulation of reacting flows, Computational fluid dynamics, Combustion Modeling

Research Scientists

Francisco Hernández Pérez, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, Computational science and engineering, Combustion science and technology

Junjun Guo, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Numerical simulation, Soot modeling, Oxy-fuel combustion

Postdoctoral Fellows

Erica Quadarella, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Turbulence-chemistry interaction, CFD of turbulent flames

Jiabo Zhang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Energy Conversion, Chemical Kinetics, Combustion

Mohammad Rafi Malik, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Numerical Combustion, Principal Component Analysis, Reduced-order models, PCA, Low-dimensional manifolds

Raghib Shakeel, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Numerical Combustion, Burner Design, Oxyfuel Combustion, Dual Annulus Swirl Burners, ICEs, RANS, LES

Takuya Tomidokoro, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Flame Dynamics, Inhomogeneous Combustion, Alternative Fuels, Flame-Wall Interaction

Xinlei Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: High fidelity simulation of reacting flows, Engine combustion modeling, Chemical kinetics mechanisms

PhD Students

Alberto Ceschin

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: CFD, multiphase and multicomponent spray modelling, DNS/LES, OpenFOAM

Alessandro Carinci

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: CFD, HPC, GPU

Juan Restrepo Cano

Ph.D. student

Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, catalytic oil upgrading, spray modelling

Kevin Moreno Cabezas

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Internal Combustion Engines, Modelling, CFD Simulations, Thermodynamics, Combustion

Ruslan Khamedov

Ms/PhD student

Research Interests: CFD, Combustion Modeling, DNS/LES of turbulent reacting flows

Suliman Abdelwahid

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Modelling of Reacting Flows, Sustainable Fuels

Vijayamanikandan Vijayarangan

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Computational Combustion, Turbulence Modelling, Machine Learning

Masters Students

Abdullah Zaihi

MS Student

Research Interests: CFD Modelling, Carbon Capture Technology, Converge Simulation Software

Xiao Shao

MS / Ph.D. Student