Academic Responsabilities
Student Supervisor:
Teaching:
Student Supervisor at UIC
Ph.D. and M.S.E.
P. Sarkar
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 96 – Spring, 2000
J. Cohen
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 96 – Fall 99
H. Jiang
M.S.E. Completed, Spring 97 – Spring 99
S. Slaughter
M.S.E. Completed, Spring 97 – Fall, 99
A. Jain
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 99 – Spring 2001
A. Isanovic
M.S.E. Completed, Spring 98 – Spring, 2003
R. Sivaramakrishanan
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 2002,
PhD Fall, 2004. An Experimental and Modeling Study of the Combustion of Toluene
N. K. Srinivasan
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 2002,
Ashwin Raman
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 00 – Spring 2005
PhD, Fall 2007 Role of Diacetylene in Soot Formation – Experimental and Modeling Study
Hari Ramamoorthy M.S.E. Completed, Spring 2002
Kartik Venkataraman M.S.E. Completed, Spring 2002
Srinivas Durgam
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 01 –Spring 2006
Weiyong Tang
Fall 01 –Spring, 2005.
PhD Spring, 2005. On the Recombination of Propargyl Radicals and Subsequent
C6H6 Isomerization
Cheryl Miller
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 01 – Spring 2005
Arun Satheesh Kumar Raju
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 2004.
Harikrishnan Vasudevan
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 01 – Fall 2004
Yuming Liu M.S.E. Completed, Spring 2003.
Gabriel Duran
M.S.E. Completed, Fall 04- Summer, 06
Brad Culbertson
PhD Fall 2009. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Reaction Rates for the Reactions of Carbon with Carbon Dioxide and Water
Andrea Comandini
PhD student, Fall 07 – Fall 11; M.S.E. Completed, Fall 03- Spring 05. High Pressure Chemistry of Phenyl Radical Reactions With Acetylene
Stephen Garner
PhD student, Fall 06 – Spring 2011. Biologically Derived Diesel Fuel and NOX Formation: An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Saturated and Unsaturated C8 Fatty Acid Methyl Esters
Tom Malewicki
PhD student, Spring 07 – Fall 2012. Development of a High Temperature Chemical Surrogate Model for Jet a Using a High Pressure Shock Tube
Soumya Gudiyella
PhD student, Spring 07 – Spring 12. An Experimental and Modeling Study of the Combustion of Aromatic Surrogate Jet Fuel Components
Bharat Srinivasan
M.S.E. Completed, Spring 07 – Summer 08
Alex Fridlyand
PhD student, Fall 09 – Present
Xiao Fu
PhD student, Fall 09 – Present
Dylan Lawson
M.S.E. student, Fall 09 – Spring 12
Xu Han M.S.E. student, Fall 10-Present
Post- Doctoral Associates
R. Tranter
Spring 97 – Spring 2004 °
D. Fulle
Spring 97 - Fall 98 °
Emi Ikeda
Summer 97- August 99°, ° with Prof. Kiefer
KO. Lee
Summer 97- June, 99
Jennifer Dunn
Summer 2004 – July 2005
Raghu Sivaramakrishnan
Spring 2005 – Fall 2007
Undergraduates At UIC
Diane Tate, summer 1999
Mike Virre, Spring, Summer and Fall 1999, Spring 2000
Xavier Rosado, Spring 2000
Ruben Muna, Fall 1999, Spring, Summer and Fall 2000, Spring 2001
Albert Lee, Spring 2000
Snehal Patel, Summer 2000
Laura Terdy, Fall 2000
Ephraim Capili, Fall 2000
Carmen Outlaw, Spring, 1999, Summer 1999
Michelle Castendo, Summer 1999
Michelle Dickens, Fall 2001
Prince Brown, Fall 2004
Diego Velez, Fall 2005
Stephen Garner, Fall 2005, Spring 2006
Courtney Ford, Spring 2007-Spring 2008
Dennis Hernandez, Spring 2007-Spring 2008
Noe Carrizales, Spring 2007-Spring 2008
Lawrence Semel, Summer 2008-Fall 2008
David Garon, Fall 2010, Spring 2011
Christine Wiesner, Fall 2012
Student Supervisor at Princeton
Ph.D.
T.A. Litzinger 9/81 - 1985*
A.B. Lovell 9/84 - 1988*
G. Linteris 9/85 - 6/90*,**
J. Emdee 9/86 - 9/90*
K. Davis 9/87 - 9/92*
C. Shaddix 9/88 - 9/94*
P. Papas 9/88 - 9/94*
R. Butler 9/89 - 6/01*
S. Klotz 9/92 – 1/98*
C. Mikolaiszak 9/92 - 9/95*
M. Pecullan 9/93 - 5/97*
S. Zeppieri 9/92 – 6/99*
J. Stewart 9/94 – 6/99*
J. Leylegian 9/94 - 9/95‡
M.S.
J. Brehm 9/92 - 6/95*, ‡
G. Davis 9/92 - 6/94*
J. Euchner M.S. 1980*
C. Venkat M.S. 1981*
S.L. Murphy M.S. 1982*
E.J. Burke M.S. 1983*
B.S. Research Theses
M. Levinson B.S.E. 1981*
J. Cramer B.S. 1984*
S. Kennedy B.S.E. 1986**
C. Cheng B.S.E. 1985**
D. Dillon B.S. 1982*
K. Ritchie B.S. 1984*
P. Askey B.S. 1986,
,*
B. Bernstein B.S.E. 1987**
F. Frigerio B.S.E. 1995*
* with I. Glassman
** with F.L. Dryer
‡ with C.K. Law
Teaching at UIC
Introduction to Thermodynamics, MIE 205, Spring 2004
Introduction to Thermodynamics, Chem. Eng 201, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999.
Intermediate Thermodynamics, Mech. Eng. 325, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2008,
Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Fall 2012
Material and Energy Balances, Chem. Eng. 210, Fall, 1999.
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Chem. Eng. 301, Fall, 1997, Spring 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2001
Combustion Engineering, Chem. Eng. 421, Spring, 1998, Spring 2001
Air Pollution Engineering, Chem. Eng. 450, Fall, 1998, Spring, 2000, Spring 2007
Transport Phenomena I, Spring 2000
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chem. Eng. 321, Fall, 2000.
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. MIE 212, Fall 2004.
Advanced Thermodynamics, MIE 501, Spring 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2009, Fall 2011
Plasma Engineering, MIE 533, Fall 2007
Thermophysics of Gas Flow, MIE 531, Fall 2008
Propulsion Theory, MIE 415, Spring 2010, Spring 2012
Compressible Flow Theory, MIE 419, Fall 2010, Fall 2012
Teaching at Princeton
1995 Special Topics in Combustion - Supercritical Fluids in Combustion
1994, 1995 Thermodynamics Laboratory, MAE 221
1990, 1992, 1996 Special Topics in Combustion - Estimation Techniques for Chemical Kinetics, MAE
1989-1992 French Language Examiner, MAE Dept., Princeton University
1986-1992 Experimental Methods in Combustion, MAE 512
Prior Teaching
1972 - 1977 Hunter College - laboratory and recitation sections
1970 - 1972 Junior High School Science - New York State teaching license received