Welcoming Dr. Gan Xiao
Dated: July 1, 2024
Dr. Gan Xiao has joined CCL as a postdoctoral researcher. He brings in his expertise in combustion modeling and kinetics reduction to our group.
Our collaborative work on atomistic exploration of soot is now published
Dated: July 1, 2024
We have published two papers based on our ongoing collaboration on unravelling the mysteries of soot with Dr. Eirini Goudeli's group and Dr. Georgios Kelesidis. In the first paper (published in JPC-A; preprint) we investigated the internal structure of incipient soot at an atomic level and in the second paper (published in Fuel; preprint) we presented detailed calculations of and correlations between various physical and chemical properties of soot.
Evan and Tim wins the WSGC fellowship
Dated: June 1, 2024
Evan Gventer and Tim Day have won WSGC fellowship for summer research! Evan started his Ph.D. on molecular exploration of soot in Spring of 2023. Tim has been an undergraduate researcher in CCL since summer of 2023, and now he is continuing his research as a masters student. Congratulations, Evan and Tim!
How much did air pollution change in Milwaukee during COVID lockdowns?
Dated: March 6, 2023
COVID-19 lockdowns impacted the quality of air in Milwaukee. We have now published our measurements on this(Impact of traffic on air pollution in a mid-sized urban city during COVID-19 lockdowns). This work was a part of our collaboration with Dr. Walter McDonald's group and with Drs. Patrick McNamara and Maggie McNamara.
Tomás Saraceno: Entangled AirDated: January 5, 2023 CCL is co-organizing an exhibition featuring celebrated contemporary artist Tomás Saraceno. The exhibition will showcase research by CCL in exploring the physics of soot and its impact on our world. The exhibition will run from January 20 to May 21, 2023. Learn more about it here. |
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Our paper is accepted in JQSRT
Dated: December 5, 2022
Our paper Comparison of Spherical Harmonics Method and Discrete Ordinates Method for Radiative Transfer in a Turbulent Jet Flame is now accepted in the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. This paper is a product of an active collaboration with Dr. Ge at Oak Ridge National Lab. You can find more about it here.
The Secrets of Soot
Dated: Sep 16, 2022
Our research is on the spotlight in this article published in Marquette Today: The Secrets of Soot. Read the article here.
MAFIA-MD is accepted in Computer Physics Communications
Dated: February 16, 2022
Our analysis tool Molecular arrangement and fringe identification and analysis from molecular dynamics (MAFIA-MD) is now accepted as a peer-reviewed software in Computer Physics Communications. This software can batch-analyze a seriese of structural and chemical features from reactive molecular dyanmics simulation. You can find more about it here.
CCL recieves NSF CAREER grant
Dated: January 26, 2022
CCL recieves the prestigious NSF CAREER grant titled, "CAREER: A scalable multiscale modeling framework to explore soot formation in reacting flows".
This project will include a series of modeling techniques includnig molecular dynamics, machine learning, and computational fluid dynamics to develop efficient and accurate soot models for combustion systems.
UG Research oppritunities available (closed)
Dated: January 16, 2022
A funded research opprtunity is available for interested students to do paid summer research on "Hardware, Embedded Software, and Analytics for Environment Quality Monitoring". The application deadline is February 15, 2022. See here for more details.
Ms. Onwuzurike defended her M.S. thesis
Dated: July 16, 2021
Ms. Otito Onwuzurike successfully defended her M.S. thesis titled "Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling of Pollutants in Milwaukee Using AERMOD". Congratulations!
In her M.S. work, Ms. Onwuzurike used the AERMOD (an industry standard in regulatory monitoring of aerial pollutant dispersion) to model dispersion from complex sources such as traffic and a waste water reclamation facility. She also created a model to calculate background pollution level based on traffic metrics.
Mr. Mukut's co-authored paper on soot coalescence is accepted in Carbon
Dated: April 19, 2021
Mr. Mukut's co-authored paper "The coalescence of incipient soot clusters" has been accepted in Carbon (Impact Factor: 8.8). This work is part of a collaboration between Dr. Eirini Goudeli of University of Melbourne and CCL. In this paper, the physics and chemistry of soot coalescence has been explored - for the first time - using molecualr dynamics simulations. (Links: Carbon / Accepted manuscript)
Ms. David defended her M.S. thesis
Dated: March 31, 2021
Ms. Chloe David successfully defended her M.S. thesis titled "Accuracy and Computational Cost Assessment of Radiation Solvers for Combustion Simulations". Congratulations!
In her M.S. work, Ms. David compared spherical harmonics, discrete ordinate and Monte Carlo-based solvers for a combustion simualtion. She also performed a deatiled computational cost assessment of a Monte Carlo-based radiation sovler.
Mr. Tauer defended his M.S. thesis
Dated: March 30, 2021
Mr. Alec Tauer successfully defended his M.S. thesis titled "CFD Modeling of Aerial Dispersion of Pollutants in Urban Environments". Congratulations!
In his M.S. work, Mr. Tauer developed a new method to accurately capture variations in wind speed and direction that will lead to more accurate aerial dispersion modeling of pollutants.
Dr. Roy recieved a grant on engineering education
Dated: March 16, 2021
Dr. Roy, in collaboration with Dr. Amber Young-Brice from College of Nursing and Ms. Jenna Lassila from Engineering Success Center, recieved a grant to conduct a community of practice to explore ways to improve engineering education by employing strategies based on grit and self-regulation. See more about this project.
Ms. David's paper on radiation modeling is accepted in SHTC
Dated: February 19, 2021
Ms. David's co-authored paper "Comparison of Radiation Models for a Turbulent Piloted Methane/Air Jet Flame: A Frozen-Field Study" has been accepted for presentation in the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Coference (SHTC). This work is part of a collaboration between Dr. Wenjun Ge of Oak Ridge National Lab and CCL. In this paper, various radiation solvers are compared for their accuracy and computational cost.
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