Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

Research: Renewable Energy Emissions and Air Quality Computational Methods Combustion and Fuels Advanced Propulsion

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Renewable Energy

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High-Impact Publications

Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells – Nature Energy (2019)

Chemical and Physical Properties of Algal Methyl Ester Biodiesel Containing Varying Levels of Methyl Eicosapentaenoate and Methyl Docosahexaenoate –Algal Research (2012)

Quantitative Measurements of Direct N2O Emissions from Microalgae Cultivation –Environmental Science & Technology (2011)

Measurement of Acoustic Properties of Microalgae and Implications on the Performance of Ultrasonic Harvesting Systems –Algal Research (2018)

Effect of Microalgae Cell Composition and Size on Responsiveness to Ultrasonic Harvesting –Journal of Applied Phycology (2019)

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Renewable Energy

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Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells – Nature Energy (2019)

Chemical and Physical Properties of Algal Methyl Ester Biodiesel Containing Varying Levels of Methyl Eicosapentaenoate and Methyl Docosahexaenoate –Algal Research (2012)

Quantitative Measurements of Direct N2O Emissions from Microalgae Cultivation –Environmental Science & Technology (2011)

Measurement of Acoustic Properties of Microalgae and Implications on the Performance of Ultrasonic Harvesting Systems –Algal Research (2018)

Effect of Microalgae Cell Composition and Size on Responsiveness to Ultrasonic Harvesting –Journal of Applied Phycology (2019)

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Emissions and Air Quality

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Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions – Science (2018)

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Emissions and Air Quality

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Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions – Science (2018)

Combustion and Fuels

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Control of Early Flame Kernel Growth by Multi-Wavelength Laser Pulses for Enhanced Ignition –Scientific Reports (2017)

Open-path cavity ring-down methane sensor for mobile monitoring of natural gas emissions –Optics Express (2019)

The effects of fuel properties, air flow rates, secondary air inlet geometry, and operating mode on the performance of TLUD semi-gasifier cookstoves –Environmental Science & Technology (2016)

Development and Validation of a Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanism for Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Natural Gas/Diesel Dual-Fuel Engines –Energy and Fuels (2016)

Autoignition Characterization of Primary Reference Fuels and n-Heptane/n-Butanol mixtures in a Constant Volume Combustion Device and Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine –Energy and Fuels (2013)

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Combustion and Fuels

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Control of Early Flame Kernel Growth by Multi-Wavelength Laser Pulses for Enhanced Ignition –Scientific Reports (2017)

Open-path cavity ring-down methane sensor for mobile monitoring of natural gas emissions –Optics Express (2019)

The effects of fuel properties, air flow rates, secondary air inlet geometry, and operating mode on the performance of TLUD semi-gasifier cookstoves –Environmental Science & Technology (2016)

Development and Validation of a Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanism for Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Natural Gas/Diesel Dual-Fuel Engines –Energy and Fuels (2016)

Autoignition Characterization of Primary Reference Fuels and n-Heptane/n-Butanol mixtures in a Constant Volume Combustion Device and Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine –Energy and Fuels (2013)

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Computational Methods

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Comparative life cycle assessment of fixed and single axis tracking systems for photovoltaics –Journal of Cleaner Production (2019)

Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of an attached growth algal biorefinery –Bioresource Technology (2016)

Conversion of Distiller’s Grains to Renewable Fuels and High Value Protein: Integrated Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment –Environmental Science and Technology (2019)

Temporal Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Life Cycle Assessment –Environmental Science and Technology (2019)

Economic viability of multiple algal biorefining pathways and the impact of public policies –Applied Energy (2019)

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Computational Methods

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Comparative life cycle assessment of fixed and single axis tracking systems for photovoltaics –Journal of Cleaner Production (2019)

Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of an attached growth algal biorefinery –Bioresource Technology (2016)

Conversion of Distiller’s Grains to Renewable Fuels and High Value Protein: Integrated Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment –Environmental Science and Technology (2019)

Temporal Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Life Cycle Assessment –Environmental Science and Technology (2019)

Economic viability of multiple algal biorefining pathways and the impact of public policies –Applied Energy (2019)

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Advanced Propulsion

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