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11.15.07 Updated versions of the Fundamental Kinetics Database are now available: Volume #1; Volume #2; Supporting files for Volume #2.

10.10.07 Volume #2 of the Fundamental Kinetics Database is now available. (Volume #1 is found here.) This two-volume work covers important concepts of chemical kinetics, the shock tubes that are used to generate the database, as well as the database itself.

09.25.07 The Kay Bradley Award was awarded to Dr. David Davidson. Recipients of this award are nominated by students from across the School of Engineering. Eligibility is based on the staff member's ability to incite enthusiasm in students, while maintaining high levels of "professionalism, friendliness, integrity and devotion". Congratulations Dave! The entire Hanson group is proud to have you as a member.

07.07.06 The Bernard Lewis Fellowship was awarded to Tonghun Lee. This award was established to encourage high quality research in combustion by young scientists and engineers. Congratulations Tonghun!

07.07.06 Nine people from the Hanson Group have been chosen to present at the 31st International Symposium on Combustion in Heidelberg, Germany this August. The individuals and the papers they will present are as follows:

Dave Davidson: “Methyl Concentration Histories During Iso-octane and N-heptane Oxidation and Pyrolysis”
Dan Haylett: (Poster): "Ignition Times of Low Vapor Pressure Fuels By the Shock Heating of an Aerosol"
Adam Klingbeil: "Tunable Mid-IR Laser Absorption Sensor for Time-Resolved Hydrocarbon Fuel Measurements"
Tonghun Lee: “Experimental Evaluation of Strategies for Quantitative Laser-induced-fluorescence Imaging of Nitric Oxide in High-pressure Flames (1 60bar)”
Hejie Li: “Active Control of Lean Blowout in a Swirl-stabilized Combustor Using a Tunable Diode Laser”
Dan Mattision: “In-cylinder Gas Temperature and Water Concentration Measurements in HCCI Engines Using a Multiplexed-wavelength Diode-laser System: Sensor Development and Initial Demonstration,”
Matt Oehlschlaeger: "Thermal Decomposition of Toluene: Overall Rate and Branching Ratio"
Greg Rieker: “Rapid Measurements of Temperature and H2O Concentration in IC Engines with a Spark Plug-mounted Diode Laser Sensor”
Venkatesh Vasudevan: “High-temperature Measurements of the Rates of the Reactions CH2O+M Products and CH2O+O2 Products”

01.16.06 NOW AVAILABLE - the first volume of the Stanford "Fundamental Kinetics Database Utilizing Shock Tube Measurements". "Volume 1: Ignition Delay Time Measurements" summarizes shock tube ignition delay time measurements performed at Stanford University in the laboratories of Professor R. K. Hanson and Dr. D. F. Davidson. Two other volumes are in preparation: "Volume 2: Concentration Time History Measurements"; and "Volume 3: Reaction Rate Coefficient Measurements".
Download "Volume 1: Ignition Delay Time Measurements" (pdf)

09.08.05 Announcement of collaborative research with Nissan Motor Company and Physical Sciences, Inc. -- "New diode laser-based sensor for localized temperature near the spark plug of piston engines" press release

07.07.04 The Bernard Lewis Fellowship was awarded to Matthew Oehlschlaeger. This award was established to encourage high quality research in combustion by young scientists and engineers. Congratulations Matt!

Congratulations to Jon Koch, Matt Oehlschlaeger, Xin Zhou, Lin Ma, Kent Lyle, Tom Hanson, Dan Mattison, Tonghun Lee, and Xiang "Sherry" Liu for their recent successful Ph.D. dissertation defenses.

For information about research positions click here.

07.06 Presentations at the 42nd AIAA Joint Propulsion Meeting, Sacramento, CA by:

D.A. Rothamer and R.K. Hanson, “Visualization of High-Speed Flows using Infrared Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (IRPLIF) of CO and CO2,” paper AIAA-2006-4300
H. Li, X. Zhou, J.B. Jeffries, and R.K. Hanson, “Sensing and Control of Combustion Instabilities in Swirl-Stabilized Combustors using a Diode Laser,” paper AIAA-2006-4395
S. Vasu, D.F. Davidson, and R.K. Hanson, “Shock Tube Ignition Times and Modeling of Jet Fuel Mixtures,” AIAA-2006-4402
A. Houle, K. Nakakita, W. Heltsley, J.B. Jeffries, and R.K. Hanson, "Diode Laser Absorption Measurements of Supersonic Flows in an Expansion Tube," paper AIAA-2006-4444
W. Heltsley, J. Snyder, A. Houle,D.F. Davidson, M. Mungal, and R.K. Hanson, "Design and Characterization of the Stanford 6-inch Expansion Tube," paper AIAA-2006-4443

07.06 Presentations at the 19th Int. Symp on Gas Kinetics, Orleans, France, by Prof. D. M. Golden:

V. Vasudevan, R.K. Hanson, C.T. Bowman, and D.M. Golden, "High-temperature Shock Tube Measurements of Methyl Radical Decomposition,"

01.06 Presentations at 44th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV,by:

A.E. Klingbeil, J.B. Jeffries, and R.K. Hanson, "3.39 micron Laser Absorption Sensor for Ethylene and Propane Measurements in a Pulse Detonation Engine," paper AIAA-2006-0925
R.K. Hanson and J.B. Jeffries, "Diode Laser Sensor for Ground Testing," paper AIAA-2006-3441 (invited).

09.06 Presentations by Prof. R. K. Hanson:

“Advances in Diode Laser Sensors for Combustion and Propulsion,” Invited School of Mech. Engring. Dept. Seminar, Purdue Univ., Sept. 14, 2006.
“Applications of Laser Diagnostics to Combustion and Propulsion,” Invited Special Lecture, Lund Univ. Laser Center, Lund Univ., Sweden Sept. 19, 2006.

02.06 Presentations by Prof. R. K. Hanson:

R.K. Hanson and J.B. Jeffries, “Advances in Diode Laser Absorption Sensors for Combustion and Propulsion,” invited paper and presentation, LACSEA (Laser Applications to Chemical and Environmental Analysis), Incline Village, Nevada, Feb 5-9, 2006.
R.K. Hanson, “Advances in Diode Laser Sensors for Combustion and Propulsion,” Keynote speaker at Zinn Combustion Laboratory Naming Ceremony, Georgia Tech., May 18, 2006.

08.06 Presentation by Dr. D. F. Davidson:

JANNAF Workshop on Research and Development Required to Implement New Energetic Ingredients in Munitions: “Shock Tube Studies of Energetic Materials: Old, New, and Future,” August 29, 2006.

01.06 44th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics:

Xiang Liu, Jay B. Jeffries, Ronald K. Hanson, “Measurement of Non-uniform Temperature Distribution Measurement Using Line-of-sight Absorption Spectroscopy,” AIAA 2006-834.
Adam E. Klingbeil, Jay B. Jeffries, and Ronald K. Hanson, Kevin M. Hinckley, m Laser Absorption Sensor for Ethylene and PropanemAnthony J. Dean, “3.39 Measurements in a Pulse Detonation Engine,” AIAA 2006-925.

06 Presentation by Prof. R. K. Hanson:

Ronald K. Hanson (invited) and Jay B. Jeffries, “Advances in Diode Laser Absorption Sensors for Combustion and Propulsion,” in Laser Applications to Chemical, Security, and Environmental Analysis, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2006.

07.06 Joint Propulsion Meeting, Sacramento, CA:

H. Li, X. Zhou, J.B. Jeffries, R.K. Hanson, “Sensing and Control of Combustion Instabilities in Swirl-Stabilized Combustors using a Diode Laser,” AIAA 2006- 4395.

06 Presentation by Prof. R. K. Hanson:

R.K. Hanson, “Lasers/Combustion/Propulsion/Chemistry/Physics: An Overview of Current Research,” Thermosciences Division Seminar, Stanford University, October, 2006.
R.K. Hanson, (Invited) “Laser Diagnostics for Reacting Flows,” AFOSR Annual Meeting on Air Breathing Propulsion, June, 2006.
R.K. Hanson, (Invited) “Advances in Tunable Diode Laser Sensing for Combustion and Propulsion,” Symposium to Honor Professor B.T. Zinn, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, May, 2006.

06 Presentations by Jay B. Jeffries:

Jay B. Jeffries (invited) and Ronald K. Hanson, “Advances in Diode Laser Sensors for Propulsion and Combustion, Seminar, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, March 2006.
Jay B. Jeffries (invited) and Ronald K. Hanson, “Optical Diagnostics for Practical Applications,” Ballistic Fire Initiation Workshop, Joint Aircraft Survivability Program, Nellis, AFB, September 2006