UTSR Professor-Student Inventory
Since its inception, the UTSR program has involved more than 600 individuals, a majority of which were university personnel. Universities also relied heavily on collaborations from industry. Some individuals have suggested that the training of competent professional staff in the university environment is the most important facet of UTSR as these individuals are the future of the gas turbine industry. For specific information regarding the contributions from university faculty, students and industry, click below on each individual project.
SR007
University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator: Robert Dibble
Project Title: Ultra Low Gas Turbine Emissions Using Catalytic and Non Catalytic Porous Combustors
| Co-Principal Investigators: Jyh-Yuan Chen and Robert F. Sawyer |
SR008
Vanderbilt University
Principal Investigator: Arthur Mellor
Project Title: NOx and CO Emissions Models for Gas-Fired, Lean Premixed Combustion Turbines
SR009
Purdue University
Principal Investigator: Paul E. Sojka
Project Title: NOx Abatement in Advanced Gas Turbines
| Co-Principal Investigators: Jay P. Gore and Normand M. Laurendeau |
SR010
Lehigh University
Principal Investigator: Arnold Marder
Project Title: Functionally Graded Material for Thermal Barrier Coatings in Advanced Gas Turbine Systems
Co-Principal Investigator:
K. Barmak
Research Associates: H.M. Chan, M.P. Harmer, L. Friedersdorf, S. Wu, S. W. Banovic, C.M. Petronis and D. G. Puerta |
SR011
Texas A & M University
Principal Investigator: J.C. Han
Project Title: Advanced Turbine Cooling, Heat Transfer, and Aerodynamic Studies
Co-Principal Investigator:
M.T. Schobeiri
PhD: Sandip Dutta, James Parsons, Srinath Ekkad, Hui Du, GM S. Azad, Kumar Akella, Ashish Krishna, Patrick Sparkman, Magdy Atiia, Jose John, R. Greendyke, K. Pappu and P. Chakka
M.S.: Yizhe Huang, Yuming Zhang and L. Wright |
SR012
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Sam Zamrick
Project Title: Life Prediction of Advanced Materials for Gas Turbine Application: The Effects of Thermomechanical Strain/Temperature Cycling on Fatigue Life and Crack Growth of Coated in 738LC Material
Co-Principal Investigator:
Donald A. Koss
Post-Doctoral: Mark L. Renauld and Ravindra Annigeri
Undergraduate: Jason Williams
Consultant: Asok Ray, Mechanical Engineering Department |
SR013
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Principal Investigator: Uri Vandsburger
Project Title: Advanced Combustion Technologies for Gas Turbine Power Plants
| Co-Principal Investigators: Seshu Desu and Larry Roe |
SR014
Brigham Young University
Principal Investigator: Paul O. Hedman
Project Title: Combustion Modeling in Advanced Gas Turbine Systems
Project Director: L. Douglas Smoot
Senior Investigators: B. Scott Brewster and Thomas H. Fletcher
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SR015
Louisiana State University
Principal Investigator: Samanta Acharya
Project Title: Vortex-Generator Induced Enhanced Heat Transfer in Gas Turbine Blade Coolant Channels With Rotation
Co-Principal Investigators: Tod A. Myrum, Dimitris Nikitopoulos and Joel Tohline
Students: Richard Hibbs, Yi Chen, Guy Pointel, Chirdeep Sharma, Pradipta Panigrahi and Vasilis Eliades |
SR016
Clarkson University
Principal Investigator: Ronald LaFleur
Project Title: Reduction of Turbine Endwall Total Pressure Loss and Heat Transfer Using the Ice Formation Design Method
Research Team Members: Michael Halter, Juan Araujo, John Reynolds, Tim Whitten, Susan Jauch, Brian Scotti and Steven Sperling
Consultant for Research Team: Lee S. Langston |
SR017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Gerald Guenette
Project Title: The Effects of Rotation on the Internal Heat Transfer in Turbine Blades
Co-Principal Investigator: Jack L. Kerrebrock
Research Student: George J. Govatzidakis |
SR018
Cornell University
Principal Investigator: Stephen B. Pope
Project Title: Manifold Methods for Methane Combustion
Post Doctoral Associates: Bo Yang and Vivek Saxena
PhD: Jun Xu |
SR019
Purdue University
Principal Investigator: Sanford Fleeter
Project Title: Advanced Multistage Turbine Blade Aerodynamics, Performance, Cooling and Heat Transfer
| Co-Principal Investigator: Patrick B. Lawless |
SR020
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator: Scott Samuelsen
Project Title: The Role of Mixedness and Length Scale on Performance and Emissions in a GTE Can Combustor
Co-Principal Investigator: John C. LaRue
Research Students: Darrell Guillaume and Suresh Vilayanur |
SR021
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Richard Goldstein
Project Title: Experimental and Computational Studies of Film Cooling with Compound Angle Injection
Co-Principal Investigators: E.R.G. Eckert, S.V. Patankar and T.W. Simon
Research Students: M. Behre, S. Burd, P. Jin, R.W. Kaszeta, A. Leitner, R. Oke, R. Olson, S.J. Olson, A. Radmehr, L. Stone and H.P. Wang |
SR022
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator: Vimal Desai
Project Title: Compatibility of Gas Turbine Materials With Steam Cooling
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Graduate Research Assistants: Dnyanesh Tamboli and Yakin Patel |
SR023
Carnegie Mellon University
Principal Investigator: Minking Chyu
Project Title: Development and Application of a Novel Optical Temperature/Heat Cooling Flux Sensor for Advanced Blade Cooling Research and Engine Thermal Diagnostics
| Graduate Assistants: Yufeng Yu and Joseph Yeh |
SR024
Clemson University
Principal Investigator: James Leylek
Project Title: Advanced Design Methodology Using Combined Computational Experimental Techniques for Gas Turbine Film Cooling
Co-Principal Investigator: James A. Liburdy
Research Students: Jeffrey Butkiewicz, Keith Walters, Kevin McGovern, Daniel Hyams, Robert Brittingham, John Farmer, David Seager and Phillip Berger |
SR025
University of Wyoming
Principal Investigator: Paul Dellenback
Project Title: The Impact of Turbulence on Heat Transfer in Internal Flows
| Co-Principal Investigator: Roger Radomsky |
SR026/SR040
Michigan State University
Principal Investigator: Abraham Engeda
Project Title: Steam Cooled Gas Turbine Blade
| Co-Principal Investigator: John R. Lloyd |
SR027
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: W. B. Carter
Project Title: Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposited Coatings For Thermal Barrier Coating Systems
Co-Principal Investigator: Janet Hampikian
Research Students: G.W. Book, M.R. Hendrick, E. Enin-Okut, D.J. Ryan, D.W. Stollberg and B. Valek |
SR028
University of Maryland
Principal Investigator: Ashwani Gupta
Project Title: Advanced Concepts for High Efficiency and Low NOx Gas Turbine Combustor Development
Co-Principal Investigator: Mark J. Lewis
Graduate Student: S. Qi
Research Associates: M. Birouk, Jerold Chen, Andre Marshall, Armin Wellhoffer and Harald Kafitz |
SR029
University of Oklahoma
Principal Investigator: Ajay Agrawal
Project Title: Improving Aerodynamics of the Intercooler Flow Path for the Development of High Efficiency Gas Turbines
Co-Principal Investigators: S.R. Gollahalli, A. Tinneti, Y. Gao
Research Associates: Frank Carter, John Allen and Mathew Jackson |
SR030
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator: Maurice Gell
Project Title: Bond Strength and Stress Measurements in Thermal Barrier Coatings
Co-Principal Investigator: Eric Jordan
Post Doctoral Fellow: Jiangtian Cheng
Student Researchers: Krishnakumar Viadyanathan, Brent Barber, Kevin Schlichting and Kathleen McCarron |
SR031
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Ben Zinn
Project Title: Active Control of Combustion Instabilities in Low NOx Gas Turbines
| Co-Principal Investigator: Y. Neumeier |
SR032
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Robert J. Santoro
Project Title: Combustion Instability Studies for Application In Low Emissions, High Performance Land-Based Gas Turbine Combustors
Co-Principal Investigators: D.A. Santavicca and V. Wang
Research Associates: V. Smith, J. Raiser and J. McKee |
SR033
Arizona State University
Principal Investigator: Ramendra Roy
Project Title: Flow and Heat Transfer in Gas Turbine Disk Cavities Subject to Non-Uniform External Pressure Field
Post-Doctoral Researcher: Guoping Xu
Graduate Research Students: V. Agarwal, S. Devasenathipathy, L. Meier, Y. Zhao, J. He and J. Feng |
SR034
Clemson University
Principal Investigator: Ting Wang
Project Title: Innovative Schemes for Closed-Loop Air/Stream Cooling of Advanced Gas Turbine Systems
Co-Principal Investigators: J. Leo Gaddis
PhD
: Tao Guo and Xianchang Li |
SR035
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator: Amir Faghri
Project Title: Heat Pipe Turbine Vane Cooling
Co-Principal Investigator: Lee Langston
Research Associates: Zhijun Zuo and Theresa Roy |
SR036
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Bud Lakshminarayana
Project Title: Improved Modeling Techniques for Turbomachinery Flow Fields
Co-Principal Investigator: P. Brown
Research Associate: D. LeBlanc |
SR037
Syracuse University
Principal Investigator: Thong Dang
Project Title: Development of an Advanced Three-Dimensional And Viscous Aerodynamic Design Method For Turbomachine Components in Utility and Industrial Gas Turbine Applications
| Research Student: Sachin V. Damle |
SR038
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Gerald Guenette
Project Title: The Effects of Rotation on the Fluid Mechanics Of Internal Turbine Blade Cooling
| Research Associate : Professor J. L. Kerrebrock |
SR039
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator: Vimal Desai
Project Title: Compatibility of Gas Turbine Materials With Steam Cooling
SR040
Michigan State University
Principal Investigator: Abraham Engeda
Project Title: Steam Cooled Gas Turbine Blade
| Co-Principal Investigator: John R. Lloyd |
SR042
Cleveland State University
Principal Investigator: Kang Lee
Project Title: Development of Refractory Oxide and Glass Ceramic-YSZ Dual Layer TBC Top Coats For Advanced Land Based Gas Turbines
Co-Principal Investigator: Surendra N. Tewari
Post-Doctoral Fellow: C. Ramachandra |
SR043
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator: Karen Thole
Project Title: Detailed Flow and Thermal Field Measurements on a Scaled-Up Stator Vane
Co-Principal Investigator: David G. Bogard (University of Texas, Austin)
Graduate Researchers: Roger W. Radomsky, Brian Kang and Boris Bangert at University of Wisconsin and Marcus D. Polanka, Virginia C. Witteveld, J. Michael Cutbirth and Marcia I. Ethridge at University of Texas, Austin
Undergraduate Researcher: Michael Simonich at University of Texas, Austin |
SR044
Purdue University
Principal Investigator: Jay Gore
Project Title: Miniature Infrared Emission Based Temperature Sensor and Light-Off Detector
Co-Principal Investigator: Yudava Sivathanu
Student Researchers: Andrew Lloyd, Sabrina Zhu, Jun Ji and Yuan Zheng |
SR045
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Choon S. Tan
Project Title: Impact of Endwall Flow and Wakes on Multistage Compressor Performance and Design
| Graduate Research Assistants: Yang-Sheng Tzeng and Boris Sirakov |
SR046
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator: Fred Pettit
Project Title: Chemical and Mechanical Instabilities at Thermal Barrier Coating Interfaces
Co-Principal Investigators: Gerald H. Meier, Maruice Gell and Eric H. Jordan at University of Connecticut, Jack L. Beuth at Carnegie Mellon University
Undergraduate Assistant: Troy Baker, Jonathon Shank and Lynn Ortman
M.S.: Matthew Stiger and Aditad Visanonta at Carnegie Mellon University |
SR047
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator: Katherine Faber
Project Title: SPPS for Advanced Thermal Barrier Coatings
Co-Principal Investigator: Daniel Boss
Visiting Professor: Antonio Ramirez (University of Seville)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Rodney W. Trice
PhD: Jennifer Mawdsely and Jennifer Su
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Cyndi Batson and Christopher Sharff |
SR048
University of California, Davis
Principal Investigator: Vincent Capece
Project Title: An Experimental Investigation of the Three Dimensional Flow in the Clearance Region of Cantilevered Stator Vanes With and Without Hub Rotation
Co-Principal Investigator: Ian M. Kennedy
Student Researcher: Daniel L. Flowers
Internship Fellows: Jeremy Hewton and Alberto Ayala |
SR049
Cornell University
Principal Investigator: Stephen B. Pope
Project Title: Development and Implementation of Accurate and Efficient Combustion Chemistry for Gas Turbine Combustor Simulations
Co-Principal Investigators: M.S. Anand and Mohan K. Razdan (Rolls Royce Corporation)
Post Doctoral: V. Saxena and P. Jenny
PhD: Jun Xu, M. Muradoglu and Q. Tang
Internship Fellows: V. Saxena and Jun Xu served as Internship Fellows at Rolls Royce Corporation |
SR050
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Domenic Santavicca
Project Title: Sensors for Measuring Primary Zone Equivalence Ratio In Lean Premixed Combustors
Co-Principal Investigator: Jongguen Lee
Graduate Student: S.A. Miller
Post-Doctoral Researcher: R. Bandaru |
SR062
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator: Scott Samuelsen
Project Title: Mechanistic Study of Critical Technology Issues in Natural-Gas Fired Gas Turbine Combustion
Co-Principal Investigator: Vince McDonell
Research Students: Rene Flores, Matthew Dudik, Junhua Chen and Ryan Bullock |
SR063
California Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Fred Culick
Project Title: Nonuniformities of Mixture Ratio as a Mechanism of Combustion Instabilities in Lean Pre-Mixed Combustors
Post-Doctoral Scholar: Albert Ratner
Research Students: Giorgio Isella, Konstantin Matveev, Steve Palm, Winston Pun, Claude Seywert and Grant Swenson |
SR064
Purdue University
Principal Investigator: Satish Raymadhyani
Project Title: Airfoil Trailing Edge Cooling
Co-Principal Investigators: Michael W. Plesniak and Patrick B. Lawless
Graduate Research Assistants: Aaron Brundage and Neal Venters |
SR065
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Principal Investigator: Uri Vandsburger
Project Title: Development of Modular, Reduced -Order Models For Prediction of Combustion Instabilities
Co-Principal Investigators: William Baumann, Harsha Chelliah and William Saunders
PhD: C. Fannin, V.K. Khanna, X. Huang and P. Chatterjee
M.S.: L. Nord and S. Liljenberg |
SR066
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Janet Hampikian
Project Title: Improvements in Thermal Barrier Coating Durability Via Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition
Co-Principal Investigator: W. B. Carter
Research Students: David Stollberg, Jack Griffin, Edu Enin-Okut, Glen Hill, Kumar Kelekanjeri and Michael Huang |
SR067
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator: Vimal Desai
Project Title: Non-Destructive Evaluation and Monitoring of TBC By Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
| Research Associate: John Goedjen |
SR068
University of California, Santa Barbara
Principal Investigator: Carlos G. Levi
Project Title: A Mechanism-Based Approach to Life Prediction and Non-Destructive Evaluation for Thermal Barrier Coatings
Co-Principal Investigators: Anthony G. Evans (original Principal Investigator) and David R. Clarke
PhD: Noemi Rebollo
M.S.: Edward A.G. Shillington and Jennifer R. Litty
Undergraduates: Jennifer B. Pritchard, Will Gans and Dylan Jones
Post-Doctoral: Vladimir Tolpygo and Ming Y. He
Visiting Scholars: Xiao Peng and Carsten Menicke
Extramural Contributors: J.W. Hutchinson, A. Rabiei, A. Karlsson and D.R. Mumm |
SR069
Purdue University
Principal Investigator: Sanford Fleeter
Project Title: Turbine Blade Tip, Endwall and Platform Heat Transfer Including Rotation Effects
| Co-Principal Investigator: Patrick B. Lawless |
SR071
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Richard Goldstein
Project Title: Edge Cooling Heat Transfer on Turbine Blades
| Co-Principal Investigators: C. Camci, E.R.G. Eckert, S.V. Patankar |
SR073
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator: Eric Jordan
Project Title: Development of Laser Fluorescence as a Non-Destructive Inspection Technique for Thermal Barrier Coatings
Co-Principal Investigators: Maurice Gell, David R. Clarke (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Post Doctoral Fellow: Yong Ho Sohn
Graduate Student Researchers: K. Vaidyanathan, L. Xie, J.H. Kim, S. Sridharan,
M. Madhwal
Research Associates: H. Yu, E. Tolpygo, Dr. Peter Revez (Cornell University) |
SR074
University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator: Robert Dibble
Project Title: Fuel-Air Mixing Explored with optical Probes, Tomography,and Large Eddy Simulations
Co-Principal Investigator: J. Y. Chen
Graduate Student: James Girard |
SR075
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Ben Zinn
Project Title: Extending the Lean Blowout Limits of Low Nox Gas Turbines by Control of Combustion Instabilities
| Co-Principal Investigators: Yedidia Neumeier and Tim Lieuwen |
SR076
Mississippi State University
Principal Investigator: B.K. Hodge
Project Title: Real Surface Effects on Turbine Heat Transfer and Aerodynamic Performance
Co-Principal Investigators: Jeffrey Bons (Brigham Young University), Richard Rivir (AFRL, U.S. Air Force) and Rolf Sondergaard (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)
Research Associates: Robert P. Taylor, Stephen T. McClain and B.K. Hodge-(all at Mississippi State University), Nikki Widmor (University of Dayton Research Institute)
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SR077
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator: Fred Pettit
Project Title: Interaction of Stream/Air Mixtures with Turbine Airfoil Alloys and Coatings
Co-Principal Investigator: Gerald H. Meier
Research Student: Kivilcim Onal |
SR078
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Robert J. Santoro
Project Title: Dual Fuel Issues Related to Performance, Emissions and Combustion Instability in Gas Turbine Systems
| Co-Principal Investigator: Vigor Yang |
SR079
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Bud Lakshminarayana
Project Title: Turbine Tip Clearance Region Desensitization
Co-Principal Investigators: C. Camci and R.J. Goldstein
Visiting Professors: Debashis Dey, Levent Kavurmacioglu
Research Assistant: X. Xiao, J. Tallman, Bumsoo Han, M. Papa, F. Gori, V. Srinivasan |
SR080
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator: Jay Kapat
Project Title: Tip Clearance Heat Transfer and Desensitization in High Pressure Turbines
Co-Principal Investigator: Alain Kassab
M.S.: Michael Durham, Junfen Qiu, Joseph Tapley
PhD: Qi Yin
Post Doctoral Associate: Eduardo Divo
Undergraduate: Chris Douglass, Kenichi Yamagishi |
SR081
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator: Nitin Padture
Project Title: Advanced Thermal Barrier Coating for Industrial Gas Turbine Engines
Co-Principal Investigator: Maurice Gell
Faculty Collaborations: Paul G. Klemens, Fred Pettit (University of Pittsburgh) and Gerald Meier (University of Pittsburgh)
Research Students: Jie Wu, Xuezheng Wei, Brandon Berke |
SR082
Texas A&M University
Principal Investigator: J.C Han
Project Title: Rotating and Stationary Rectangular Cooling Passages Heat Transfer and Friction and Turbulators and Dimples
Co-Principal Investigators: Phil Ligrani (University of Utah) and H.C. Chen (Texas A&M University)
Research Associate: Professor Kuan Chen
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: Gazi I. Mahmood
Graduate Student: Se Youl Won, N. K. Burgess, M. M. Oliveira
Research Assistants: Jeff Harrison, Eli Comeau, Arthur Fox, Jacob Kingston, David Kenney, Sarah Peddicord |
SR083
Virginia Commonwealth University
Principal Investigator: Eric Sandgren
Project Title: Improved Performance and Durability in Gas Turbines Through Airfoil Clocking and Hot Streak Management
Co-Principal Investigators: Paul D. Orkwis (University of Cincinnati) and Daniel J. Dorney (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Consultants: Dr. Doug Sondak (Boston University), Vipul K. Gupta (University of Cincinnati)
Research Associates: Dr. Brian Mitchell, Dr. Scott Hunter, Shane Lennon, Dave Topp, Matt Goettke
Graduate Student: Robert Croft |
SR084
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator: Scott Samuelsen
Project Title: Correlation of Ignition Delay with Fuel Composition and State for Application to Gas Turbine Combustion
Co-Principal Investigator: Vince McDonell
Graduate Student Researchers: Junhua Chen, Viken Jermakian |
SR085
Purdue University
Principal Investigator: Jay Gore
Project Title: Measurements for Improved Understanding of Combustion Dynamics in Lean Premixed Gas Turbine Combustor Flames
| Post Doctoral Research Associate: Jun Ji |
SR086
University of North Dakota
Principal Investigator: Forrest Ames
Project Title: Characterization of Catalytic Combustor Turbulence and Its influence on Vane and Endwall Heat Transfer and Endwall Film Cooling
Graduate Research Associates: Pierre Barot, Matt Argenziano,
PhD: Chao Wang
Senior Design Project Team #1: Dan Pelarski, Robert Stengel, Scott Ciocetto, Jeremy Stocke, Bobba Shrimpa
Senior Design Project Team #2: Rob Coughlin, Jennifer Endicott, Ryan Frederick, David Motter
Summer Research Assistants: Troy Lassle, Mark Hettwer, Brad Wall, Scott Lindsfor, Dominik Steinhauer, Jeff Scully |
SR087
University of Washington
Principal Investigator: Philip Malte
Project Title: The Staged Prevaporizing Premixing Injector: High Pressure Evaluation
PhD: Ryan Edmonds
Graduate Research Assistants: Andrew Campbell Lee, Igor Novosselov, Stephen de Bruyn Kops |
SR088
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator: Minking Chyu
Project Title: Experimental and Computational Studies of the Nozzle Endwall Region of Advanced Gas Turbines
| Co-Principal Investigators: Tom I-P. Shih and Terrence W. Simon |
SR089
Louisiana State University
Principal Investigator: Sumanta Acharya
Project Title: Internal Cooling in leading and Trailing Edge Passages With Rotational and Buoyancy
Co-Principal Investigator: Dimitris Nikitopoulos
Research Associate: Arun Saha
PhD: Fuguo Zhou
M.S.: Peeyush Agarwal and Jonathan Lagrone |
SR090
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Domenic Santavicca
Project Title: Optimization of the Injector Fuel Distribution for Stable, Low Emissions Combustion in Lean Premixed Gas Turbine Combustors
Research Associate: Jongguen Lee
Graduate Students: Kwanwoo Kim and Jose Samperio |
SR091
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator: Maurice Gell
Project Title: Thermal Barrier Coatings and Metallic Coatings with Improved Durability
Co-Principal Investigator: Eric Jordan
Research Associates: J. Shen, M. Wen, Fang Wu, S.J. Lanney, G.H. Meier, F.S. Pettit, Jing Liu amd Yongho Sohn |
SR092
University of Texas, Austin
Principal Investigator: David Bogard
Project Title: Attenuation of Hot Streaks With the Nozzle Guide Vane and Endwall
Co-Principal Investigator: Karen A. Thole (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Graduate Researchers: Sean Jenkins, Krishnakumar Varadarajan, Daniel D. Snook, Daniel G. Knost and Jeffrey Prausa |
SR093
University of California, Santa Barbara
Principal Investigator: David R. Clarke
Project Title: A Science Based Approach to Enhanced Zirconia Based Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbine Application
| Co-Principal Investigators: Carlos G. Levi and Anthony G. Evans (Princeton University) |
SR094
Texas A&M University
Principal Investigator: J.C. Han
Project Title: Rotating Heat Transfer in High Aspect Ratio Rectangular Cooling Passages with Shaped Turbulators
| Co-Principal Investigators: H.C. Chen |
SR095
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Ben Zinn
Project Title: Understanding and Control of Combustion Dynamics in Gas Turbine Combustors
| Co-Principal Investigators: Yedidia Neumeier and Tim Lieuwen |
SR096
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Terrence Simon
Project Title: Aerothermal Effects of Interfacial Leakage and Film Cooling Schemes with Endwall and Leading Edge Contouring
Co-Principal Investigator: Richard J. Goldstein
Research Assistants: J. D. Piggush, Marco Papa, Sangjo Han |
SR097
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator: Eric Jordan
Project Title: Measurement of Three Critical Parameters as a Basis for a Simple Life Prediction Method
Co-Principal Investigator: Maurice Gell
Student Researchers: Mei Wen and Swetha Sridharan |
SR098
Louisiana State University
Principal Investigator: Sumanta Acharya
Project Title: Experiments and Computations on Film Cooled End Wall with Contouring
PhD: Gazi Mahmood and Arun Saha
M.S.: Ross Gustafson, Fuguo Zhou and James Post |
SR099
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Principal Investigator: Uri Vandsburger
Project Title: Modeling and Control of Ultra-Lean Premixed Combustion Dynamics for Gas Turbines
| Co-Principal Investigators: William Baumann, William Saunders and Robert L. West |
SR100
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Principal Investigator: Danesh Tafti
Project Title: Enhanced Prediction Techniques Based on Time Accurate Simulations for Turbine Blade Internal Cooling
Co-Principal Investigator: Karen A. Thole
Student Research Associates: Evan Sewall, Aroon Viswanathan and Samer Abdel-Wahab, Scott Walsh |
SR101
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator: Fred Pettit
Project Title: Mechanism-Based Testing Methodology for Improving the Oxidation, Hot Corrosion and Impact Resistance of High Temperature Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbines
Co-Principal Investigator: Gerald Meier
Research Associate: Jack L. Beuth (Carnegie Mellon University)
Ph.D. Students: Qin Ma and Mathew J. Stiger |
SR102
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Jerry Seitzman
Project Title: Advanced Sensor Approaches for Monitoring and Control of Gas Turbine Combustors
| Co-Principal Investigator: Tim Lieuwen |
SR103
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator: Y. H. Sohn
Project Title: Assessments of Failure Mechanisms for Thermal Barrier Coatings by Photoluminescence, Electrochemical Impedance and Focused Ion Beam
Co-Principal Investigators: Vimal Desai and Lucille A. Giannuzzi
Ph.D.: Balaji Jarayaj
M.S.: Balaji Jarayaj, Barbara Franke, Srinivas Vishweswaraiah, Sankar Laxman
B.S.: Barbara Franke, Christopher Petorak, Travis Patterson,
D. Miranda
Research Assistants: Candice Wirth, Charles O'Toole, J. Liu,
J. Byeon, B. Jayaraj, J.W. Byeon, A.M. Karlsson, B.W. Kempshall, S.K. Jha, R.R. Vanfleet, J. Kimmel, C.K. Lee,
A.J. Burns,
R. Subramanian, B.W. Kempshall, L.A. Giannuzzi,
K.S. Murphy |
SR104
Brigham Young University
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Bons
Project Title: Turbine Surface Degradation With Services and Its Effects on Performance
| Co-Principal Investigators: Richard Rivir, Rolf Sondergaard (Air Force Research Laboratory), Z.J. Wang (Michigan State University), Tom Shih (Iowa State University), Awatef Hamed and Widen Tabakoff (University of Cincinnati) |
SR105
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator: Scott Sanders
Project Title: Advanced Optical Sensor for Monitoring and Control of Multiple Gas and Turbine-Blade Properties
Co-Principal Investigator:
Undergraduate Research Fellow: Renata Bartula |
SR106
Cleveland State University
Principal Investigator: Surendra N. Tewari
Project Title: Spectroscopic In-Situ Non-Destructive Evaluation to Monitor the Health of Thermal Barrier Coatings
Co-Principal Investigator: Kang Lee (Previous PI)
Post Doctoral: Guofeng Chen |
SR107
University of Connecticut
Principal Investigator: Eric Jordan
Project Title: Superior Thermal Barrier Coatings for Industrial Gas Turbine Engines Using a Novel Solution Plasma Spray Process
Co-Principal Investigators: Maurice Gell (University of Connecticut), Nitin P. Padture (Ohio State University), Dr. Xinqin Ma: Inframat Corporation
Research Assistants: Amol Jadhav, Dianyeng Chen, Fang Wu |
SR108
Clemson University
Principal Investigator: John Wagner
Project Title: An Advanced Diagnostic and Prognostic System for Gas Turbine Generator Sets With Experimental Validation
Co-Principal Investigator: J. Leo Gaddis
Research Assistants: Hany F. Bassily, S. Shanbhag, Peter Lukens, Rajat Sekhon, Derek Stellwagen, Trey Bolchoz |
SR109
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Domenic Santavicca
Project Title: The Effects of Fuel Distribution, Velocity Distribution, and Fuel Composition on Static and Dynamic Instabilities and NOx Emissions in Lean Premixed Combustors
| Co-Principal Investigator: Jong Guen Lee |
SR110
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Principal Investigator: Karen Thole
Project Title: Improved Film Cooling Performance for Turbine Vanes and Endwalls with Realistic Surface Condtion
Co-Principal Investigator: David Bogard (University of Texas, Austin)
Research Associates: N. Sundaram, Nick D. Cardwell, Scot K. Waye (University of Texas at Austin), Patricia Demling (University of Texas at Austin) |
SR111
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Tim Lieuwen
Project Title: Combustion Instability and Blowout Characteristics of Fuel Flexible Combustors
Co-Principal Investigator: Ben Zinn
Research Associates: Qingguo Zhang, David R. Noble, Santosh J. Shanbhogue |
SR112
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator: Scott Samuelsen
Project Title: Correlation of Ignition Delay With IGCC Type Fuels
Co-Principal Investigator: Vince McDonell
Graduate Student Researcher: Mayumi Greene
Undergraduate Student Researcher: David Beerer |
SR113
Texas A&M University
Principal Investigator: J.C. Han
Project Title: Heat Transfer from Rotating Blade Platforms With and Without Film Cooling
| Co-Principal Investigator: M.T. Shoebeiri |
SR114
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator: Eric Petersen
Project Title: Combustion Characterization and Modeling of Fuel Blends for Power Generation Gas Turbines
Co-Principal Investigator: Fang Xu
Student Researchers: Joel Hall, Mouna Lamnaouer, Danielle Kalitan, A.R. Amadio, Jaap de Vries, Stefanie Simmons, John D. Mertens (Trinity College, Hartford, CT), Henry Curran (National University of Ireland, Galway Ireland) |
SR115
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator: Minking Chyu
Project Title: Effects of Coating Blockage and Deposits on Film Cooling Effectiveness and Heat Transfer
| Co-Principal Investigator: Tom I-P. Shih (Iowa State University) |
SR116
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator: Fred Pettit
Project Title: Investigation of Materials Performances in High Moisture Environments Including Corrosive Contaminants Typical of Those Arising by Using Alternate Fuels in Gas Turbines
| Co-Principal Investigator: Gerald Meier |
SR117
Pennsylvania State University
Principal Investigator: Robert J. Santoro
Project Title: Autoignition Studies of Syngas and Hydrogen (SGH) Fuels
| Co-Principal Investigator: George L. Guillet and Sibtosh Pal |
SR118
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator: Yong-Ho Sohn
Project Title: Degradation of Thermal Barrier Coatings with Syngas Combustion: Testing by Hyperbaric Advanced Development Environmental Simulator (HADES) and Characterization by Advanced Electron Microscopy
Co-Principal Investigator: Vimal Desai
Research Associates: Biao Yan, Prabakar Mohan, Monica Hopkins, Michael Thompson and Jing Liu, Ph.D. |
SR119
University of North Dakota
Principal Investigator: Forrest Ames
Project Title: Aero Losses, Heat Transfer, Discharge Coefficients for Different Vane Trailing Edge Configurations for Syngas Fired Turbines
Co-Principal Investigator: Phil Ligrani (Previous Co-PI, now at Oxford University, UK)
Research Associates: Nathan Fiala and Jake Johnson (University of North Dakota), Vijay Krishnan and Dr. Qiang Zhang (University of Utah), Indrajit Jaswal |
SR120
Brigham Young University
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Bons
Project Title: Deposition of Alternative (Syngas) Fuels on Turbine Blades with Film Cooling
| Co-Principal Investigator: Thomas Fletcher |
SR121
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Ahmed Ghoniem
Project Title: Fundamental Studies in Syngas Premixed Combustion Dynamics
| Co-Principal Investigator: Anuradha M. Annaswamy |
SR122
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Jerry Seitzman
Project Title: Turbulent Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling of Syngas Fuels
| Co-Principal Investigator: Tim Lieuwen |
SR123
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Principal Investigator: Danesh Tafti
Project Title: Syngas Particulate Deposition and Erosion at the Leading Edge of a Turbine Blade with Film Cooling
| Co-Principal Investigator: Uri Vandsburger and W. NG |
SR124
University of Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator: Gerald Meier
Project Title: Materials for Oxy-Fuel Turbomachine Conditions
| Co-Principal Investigator: Fred Pettit |
SR125
University of California, Santa Barbara
Principal Investigator: Ted Bennett
Project Title: Evaluating Coatings for Current and Future Service with Thermal Property Measurements
| Co-Principal Investigator: |
SR126
University of Colorado
Principal Investigator: John Daily
Project Title: High Pressure Kinetics of Syngas and Nearly Pure Hydrogen Fuels
| Co-Principal Investigator: Melvin C. Branch |
SR127
University of Texas, Austin
Principal Investigator: David Bogard
Project Title: Simulating Particle Deposition and Mitigating Deposition Degradation Effects in Film Cooled Turbine Sections
| Co-Principal Investigator: Karen Thole, Pennsylvania State University |
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