Mechanical Engineering Consultant: Internal Combustion Engines, Combustion Technology, Alternative Fuels, Emissions and Exhaust Treatment

Expertise

• Conventional and alternative fuels for passenger cars and trucks.
• Gasoline and diesel engine combustion.
• Exhaust gas analysis.
• Gasoline and diesel exhaust after treatment (TWC, DOC, fuel reformer, LNT, SCR, DPF).

Experience

Undisclosed University, Assistant Research Scientist, 2003 - Present

Gasoline combustion technology.

• Exhaust after treatment and catalysis of gasoline engine emissions.
• Exhaust hydrocarbon identification and origin analysis.
• Alternative fuels.
• Engine friction.

Diesel engine:

• Combustion
• Diesel oxidation catalysts
• Lean NOx traps (LNT)
• Selective catalytic reduction (LNT)
• Diesel particulate filters (DPF)
• Low temperature premixed diesel combustion

AVL Powertrain Inc., Plymouth, MI, Analysis/Project Engineer,1998 - 2002

• Gas dynamic, thermodynamic and combustion simulation of internal combustion engines.
• Variable valve actuation.
• Hydrogen combustion.

AVL LIST GmbH, Graz, Austria, Research Engineer, 1995 - 1997

• Gas dynamics of intake and exhaust systems of internal combustion engines.

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• SAE member, invited speaker, conference session organizer
• ASME associate member, conference session chair
• Reviewer for: ASME Journal of Engineering of Gas Turbines and Power; SAE Technical Papers and Transactions; International Journal of Engine Research; International Journal of Thermal Sciences; Energy and Fuels.

Credentials

• Fulbright Scholar

Publications

• 26 peer-reviewed publications.
• Authored numerous journal publications.
• Abstracts and conference proceedings.

Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering with Minor in Germanic Studies, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana