Outstanding Student Presentation

The Outstanding Student Presentation award is granted for the best presentation by a student at the biennial Spring Technical Meeting.

YearRecipientInstitutionAdvisorPresentation title
2018Fernando Veiga-LópezUniversidad Carlos III de MadridExperimental analysis of the oscillatory motion of premixed flames propagating in a Héle–Shaw cell
2018Stephen W. GribUniversity of KentuckyUnsteady negative edge flames in a periodic flow
2016Chloe E. DedicIowa State UniversityExperimental measurements and modeling of Q-branch N2 hybrid fs/ps coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering at elevated pressures
2016Mark GragstonUniversity of TennesseeQuantitative measurements of atomic oxygen in elevated pressure hydrocarbon flame
2016Jiyuan KangCase Western Reserve UniversityComputer tomography based structure characterization of expanded intumescent coatings for fire protection
2016Varun RameshUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonMeasurement of nitrogen oxides in constant volume combustion vessel exhaust
2014Kenneth W. McCown IIITexas A&M UniversityE.L. PetersenModified burning rates of aqueous HAN solutions containing methanol and metal oxides
2014Joseph MeadowsUniversity of AlabamaA.K. AgrawalTime-resolved PIV measurements in lean premixed swirl stabilized combustor without and with porous inert media for acoustic control
2014Michael A. PennyTexas A&M UniversityT.J. JacobsEfficiency improvements with low heat rejection concepts applied to low temperature combustion
2014Evan VargasTexas Tech UniversityM.L. PantoyaThe effects of particle size and packing density on microwave heating of aluminum powder compacts
2010Maria AgathouUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignD.C. KyritsisA comparative experimental study of butanol electrosprays through phase-doppler anemometry
2008Melissa HoltmeyerWashington University in St. LouisR. AxelbaumBlow-off behavior for oxy-coal flames with varying oxygen-enrichment in N2 and CO2 environments
2006Jignesh MaunUniversity of MarylandP. SunderlandThin film pyrometry with a digital still camera
2004Tershia PinderUniversity of MichiganA. AtreyaAn experimental investigation of the effect of fuel concentration and velocity fluctuations on non-premixed jet flames
2002Sha ZhangUniversity of KentuckyJ.M. McDonoughA low-order discrete dynamical system model of turbulent fluctuations in a reduced mechanism for H2–O2 combustion