UTSR Faculty Fellowship Program
In 1998 and 1999, the UTSR Program released a call for applications for the Faculty Fellowship Program. Fellows were selected on a competitive basis by the South Carolina Institute for Energy Studies (SCIES). The program provided university faculty with valuable and unique opportunities for visits and short term relocations (up to 3 months) to work with gas turbine manufacturers in research, engineering and design. The faculty members provided beneficial technology input to the gas turbine companies while receiving a greater understanding of the technology needs and issues of the gas turbine industry. Faculty activities included experimental and analytical work at gas turbine companies, finalizing part of a reference book on thermochromatic liquid crystals for heat transfer experiments, and development delivery of short course lectures on combustion dynamics and control.
The industrial experience gained by the AGTSR Fellows reduced the gap between the fundamental research typically conducted in university laboratories and the research implementation needs of the gas turbine industry. The UTSR Faculty Fellowship Program:
- provided a mechanism to stimulate and accelerate the practical application of gas turbine R&D through faculty
members working in industry
- furthered professional knowledge through faculty members pursuing practical research problems in industrial
settings
- provided faculty perspectives to better prepare students for careers in the gas turbine industry
- enhanced industry-university interactions to develop long-term working relationships with U S gas turbine companies
Faculty |
University |
Company |
Research Title |
Minking Chyu |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Solar Turbines, Inc.
Contact: Boris Glezer |
High Temperature Application of Thermographic Phosphors |
Fred Culick |
California Institute of Technology |
Pratt & Whitney, UTRC |
A Short Course and Research Collaboration for Dynamics and Control of Internal Reacting Flows |
Abraham Engeda |
Michigan State University |
Allison Engine Company
Contacts: J.R. Fagan, Jr, David Sayre |
Compressor Volute Design
Part I: Theory on Volutes
Part II: The Redesign of the Allison Volute |
Jay Gore |
Purdue University |
Allison Engine Company
Contact: Mohan Razdan |
Radiation Heat Transfer Studies of Natural Gas Air Flames for Application to Gas Turbine Combustor Design Codes |
Ramendra Roy |
Arizona State University |
Solar Turbines, Inc.
Contact: Michael Fox |
Experimental and Computational Study of Disk Cavity Sealing and Cooling |
Faculty |
University |
Company |
Research Title |
A. K. Agrawal |
University of Oklahoma |
Solar Turbines, Inc.
Contacts: Ken Smith, Mohan Sood |
Alternate Fuels for Gas Turbine Combustors |
Forrest E. Ames |
University of North Dakota |
Solar Turbines, Inc.
Contact: Boris Glezer |
Characterization of Low NOx Combustion System Turbulence and Associated Heat Transfer to First Stage Nozzles |
Cengiz Camci |
Pennsylvania State University |
General Electric Company
Contact: Ron Bunker |
Implementation of the “Invariant h” Method in Liquid Crystal Thermometry Based Heat Transfer Research Including Film Cooling |
Phil Ligrani |
University of Utah |
General Electric Company
Contact: Ron Bunker |
Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics Measured in the Vicinity of Attached Bucket Tip Shrouds |
For more information regarding the Faculty Fellowship Program, please contact Dr. Richard A. Wenglarz, UTSR Manager of Research. |
