NSF I-Corp
Virtual Thermal Fluids LLC has been selected to participate NSF regional I-Corps program.
Paper published in Computers & Fluids
The paper " reactingFoam-SCI: An Open Source CFD Platform for Reacting Flow Simulation " has been published in Computers & Fluids. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1ZDlTAQO4fW-N
simulation of annular combustor
Our simulation result was featured by the Combustion Institute. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByFqGeAnC_w/
ASME ICEF 2019
Dr. Haiwen Ge has been appointed as one of the Session Organizers of ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference 2019. The conference will be held at Chicago in October 20-23, 2019.
High school student presented SAE paper
Mr. Neel Shah, a high school student of Detroit Country Day School, presented our SAE paper titled as " Prediction of Autoignition and Flame Properties for Multicomponent Fuels Using Machine Learning Techniques" at the SAE World Congress.
Vice Chair of the SAE General Powertrains Development Committee
Dr. Haiwen Ge has been elected as Vice Chair of the SAE General Powertrains Development Committee. His term will be 2019-2021.
reviewer for DOE AMR
Dr. Haiwen Ge was selected as a reviewer for the 2019 U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Annual Merit Review (AMR).
Paper accepted by International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
Dr. Ge collaborated with Dr. Gaofeng Wang's team at Zhejiang University to conduct a numerical study of ignition process of an annular combustor. The paper was accepted for publication by International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. Title: Simulations of flame propagation during the ignition process in an annular multiple-injector combustor Abstract: Ignition process is a critical issue in combustion systems. It is particularly important for reliability and safety prospects of aero-engine. In this work, the burner-to-burner propagation during ignition process in a full annular multiple-injector combustor is numerically investigated and validated by comparing with the experiments. The annular multiple-injector experimental setup features sixteen swirling injectors and two quartz tubes providing optical accesses to high-speed imaging of flames. A Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) model, Adaptive Mesh Re finement…
Dr. Ge won SAE Outstanding Oral Presentation Award
Dr. Ge won the SAE Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the 2019 SAE International Powertrains Fuels & Lubricants Meeting held at San Antonio, TX.
Prof. He published one paper in Nature
Prof. Rui He published her latest research on journal Nature Communication. The title is "Raman fingerprint of two terahertz spin wave branches in a two-dimensional honeycomb Ising ferromagnet". https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07547-6 https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2018/12/Stories/rui-he-undergrad-student-research-paper-published Abstract: Two-dimensional (2D) magnetism has been long sought-after and only very recently realized in atomic crystals of magnetic van der Waals materials. So far, a comprehensive understanding of the magnetic excitations in such 2D magnets remains missing. Here we report polarized micro-Raman spectroscopy studies on a 2D honeycomb ferromagnet CrI3. We show the definitive evidence of two sets of zero-momentum spin waves at frequencies of 2.28 terahertz (THz) and 3.75 THz, respectively, that are three orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional ferromagnets. By tracking the thickness dependence of both spin waves, we reveal that both are surface spin waves…