SPONSORED RESEARCH

 

Current Projects

 

·        Small-Scale Flow Experiments to Support Development of Hydrogen Codes and Safety Standards, Sandia National Laboratory, $155,000, July 07 – Dec. 08, Principal Investigator (100%).

·        Biofuel Combustion, Southern Company, $76,130, Feb 2007 – May 2008, co-Principal Investigator (100%).

·        Energy Conversion for Sustainable Environment: Doctoral Fellowships in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Education, $950,000 including match from the University of Alabama, 2006-2009, Principal Investigator (20%).

·        High-Speed Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry to Quantify Buoyancy Effects in Transitional/Turbulent Gas Jet Flames, NASA, $300,000 including $40,320 match from the University of Alabama, 2005-2007, Principal Investigator (100%).

Completed

·        Passive Combustion Control for Turbine Engine Noise Reduction, Ultramet Corp (through US Navy), $39,000, Jan 2007 – December 2007, Principal Investigator (100%).

·        Porous Media Combustor Concepts for Propulsion Gas Turbines, Army Research Office, US Department of Defense (through University of Oklahoma), $59,996 including $18,996 match from the University of Alabama, 2005-2006, Principal Investigator (100%).

·        Porous Media Combustor Concepts for Propulsion Gas Turbines, Army Research Office, US Department of Defense, $450,000 including $150,000 match the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, with S.R. Gollahalli (co-PI), 2002-2005, Principal Investigator (60%), Retained at the University of Oklahoma.

·        Environmentally Benign Energy Utilization: Doctoral Fellowships in Mechanical Engineering, US Department of Education, $719,925, including $127,985 match from the University of Oklahoma, with Fink, Gollahalli, Lai, and Parthasarathy, 2003-2006, Principal Investigator (43%), Retained at the University of Oklahoma.

·        Gravitational Effects on Flow Stability and Transition in Low Density Jets, NASA, $407,000, including $62,000 match from University of Oklahoma, with R. Parthasarathy (co-Investigator), April 2000-August 2004, Principal Investigator (60%)

·        Advanced Hybrid Power, CASI Oklahoma, $80,924, 2003-2004. Principal Investigator (100%)

·        Evaluation of Porous Media Combustion Concept for Fuel Flexible Gas Turbines, University of Oklahoma Research Council, $6,000, Nov. 2001-August 2002. Principal Investigator (100%)

·        Development of a Calibration System for the Pitot Static Probes on the B-1B Aircraft, CACI-ASG (funded through Tinker Air Force Base),  $45,188, with R. Parthasarathy, June-August 2001, co-Principal Investigator (40%)

·        Test Apparatus for Jet Engine Fuel Flow Meter Calibration, CACI-ASG, Oklahoma City (funded through Tinker Air Force Base), $115,356 with W. Sutton (co-Principal Investigator), January 2001- May 2001, Principal Investigator (60%)

·        Non-Catalytic Porous Combustion for Turbine Burner Applications, MER Corporation, Tucson, (funded through Wright Patterson Air Force Base), $25,000, October 2000-August 2001, Principal Investigator (100%)

·        Advanced Hybrid Power at Tinker Air Force Base, CACI-ASG, Oklahoma City (funded through Tinker Air Force Base), $25,200, June 2000-May 2001, Principal Investigator (100%)

·        Alternate Fuels for Gas Turbine Combustion, South Carolina Institute for Energy Studies (SCIES), Clemson, SC, $18,419, May 1999-May 2000, Principal Investigator (100%)

·        Transitional Flames in Microgravity, University of Oklahoma, $12,000 (with College of Engineering Match), January 1999-January 2000, Principal Investigator (100%)

·        Effects of Energy Release on Near Field Flow Structure of Gas Jets, NASA Headquarters, $450,000, with S.R. Gollahalli (co-Investigator), June 1994-Nov 1998, PI (60%)

·        Improving Aerodynamics of the Intercooler Flow Path for the Development of High Efficiency Gas Turbines, $322,512 including $25,000 share from University of Oklahoma, with S.R. Gollahalli (co-Principal Investigator), July 1994-June 1997, Principal Investigator (60%)

·        Laser System for Combustion Diagnostics, National Science Foundation, $147,000 including $92,000 match from University of Oklahoma, with S.R. Gollahalli, 1995-1996, co-Principal Investigator (50%)

·        Liquid Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel in the Heavy Trucking Industry, US Department of Energy, Bartlesville, OK, $700,000, with W. Sutton, May 1993‑Sept.1996. Personal Role/Share: co-Principal Investigator (10%)

·        Flow Experiments in a Mixer-Ejector, University of Oklahoma, $5,000, 1995.

·        Experimental Research on Gas Turbine Combustors, University of Oklahoma, $7500, 1994.

 

Co-Investigator on the Following Grants

·        Experimental Verification of a Compressor Diffuser Flow Field with Air Extraction in a State‑of‑the Art American Made Industrial Gas Turbine for IGCC System, Department of Energy, Morgantown, WV, $1,208,491, with T.T. Yang, 1991‑1993.

·        Systems Study on Integration of Air‑Blown Coal Gasification System with a High Performance Gas Turbine, Department of Energy, Morgantown, WV, $551,428, with T.T. Yang, 1989‑1990.

·        Low‑Btu Gas Combustion Model Evaluation, GE Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY, $253,435, with T.T. Yang, 1989‑1990.