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2014-2016 Activities - Central States Section of The Combustion Institute Page 1 of 6 Report to the Combustion Institute on the Activities of the Central States Section of The Combustion Institute 2014-2016 This report documents Section activities during the period from the 35th up to the 36th International Symposia on Combustion, spanning the period 2014-08-01 – 2016-06-30. Organization The Central States Section (CSS) of The Combustion Institute is composed of those members of The Combustion Institute who reside in the central states region of the United States, viz. Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. At the end of this reporting period, the CSS had 287 active members, of which 130 were students. The Central States Section was incorporated on 1969 March 16 and maintains its status as a not- for-profit corporation in the State of Illinois (Tonghun Lee, registered agent). The corporate officers for 2015-2017 are Charles E.A. Finney (President), Tonghun Lee (Treasurer), and Kathleen M. Tacina (Secretary). The Section organizational executive authority is vested in its officers and Board of Advisors. During the 2013-2017 period encompassing this reporting period, the officers and chairs of the Central States Section were as follows: Position 2013-2015 2015-2017 Chair Ajay K. Agrawal Charles E.A. Finney Chair-Elect Charles E.A. Finney Charles E. Baukal, Jr. Treasurer Nick G. Glumac Tonghun Lee Secretary Charles E. Baukal, Jr. Kathleen M. Tacina Program Chair Waruna Kulatilaka Robert S. Tranter Program Vice-Chair Indrek S. Wichman Eric L. Petersen Webmaster Charles E.A. Finney Charles E.A. Finney Auditor Margaret Wooldridge vacant Outreach Chair Timothy J. Jacobs Timothy J. Jacobs Combustion Art Competition Chair Sandra L. Olson Sandra L. Olson Past Chair Nick G. Glumac Ajay K. Agrawal Elections for officers are conducted in odd-numbered years, and for advisors during even- numbered years, during the Section’s Annual Business Meeting held in conjunction with the Spring Technical Meeting or the US National Combustion Meeting. Terms of office begin at the end of the encompassing technical meeting.
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2014-2016 Activities - Central States Section of The Combustion Institute
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ReporttotheCombustionInstituteontheActivitiesoftheCentralStatesSection
ofTheCombustionInstitute
2014-2016ThisreportdocumentsSectionactivitiesduringtheperiodfromthe35thuptothe36thInternationalSymposiaonCombustion,spanningtheperiod2014-08-01–2016-06-30.OrganizationTheCentralStatesSection(CSS)ofTheCombustionInstituteiscomposedofthosemembersofTheCombustionInstitutewhoresideinthecentralstatesregionoftheUnitedStates,viz.Alabama,Arkansas,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Kentucky,Louisiana,Michigan,Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,Nebraska,NorthDakota,Ohio,Oklahoma,SouthDakota,Tennessee,Texas,andWisconsin.Attheendofthisreportingperiod,theCSShad287activemembers,ofwhich130werestudents.TheCentralStatesSectionwasincorporatedon1969March16andmaintainsitsstatusasanot-for-profitcorporationintheStateofIllinois(TonghunLee,registeredagent).Thecorporateofficersfor2015-2017areCharlesE.A.Finney(President),TonghunLee(Treasurer),andKathleenM.Tacina(Secretary).TheSectionorganizationalexecutiveauthorityisvestedinitsofficersandBoardofAdvisors.Duringthe2013-2017periodencompassingthisreportingperiod,theofficersandchairsoftheCentralStatesSectionwereasfollows:
Position 2013-2015 2015-2017Chair AjayK.Agrawal CharlesE.A.FinneyChair-Elect CharlesE.A.Finney CharlesE.Baukal,Jr.Treasurer NickG.Glumac TonghunLeeSecretary CharlesE.Baukal,Jr. KathleenM.TacinaProgramChair WarunaKulatilaka RobertS.TranterProgramVice-Chair IndrekS.Wichman EricL.PetersenWebmaster CharlesE.A.Finney CharlesE.A.FinneyAuditor MargaretWooldridge vacantOutreachChair TimothyJ.Jacobs TimothyJ.JacobsCombustionArtCompetitionChair SandraL.Olson SandraL.OlsonPastChair NickG.Glumac AjayK.Agrawal
Electionsforofficersareconductedinodd-numberedyears,andforadvisorsduringeven-numberedyears,duringtheSection’sAnnualBusinessMeetingheldinconjunctionwiththeSpringTechnicalMeetingortheUSNationalCombustionMeeting.Termsofofficebeginattheendoftheencompassingtechnicalmeeting.
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TheSectionrepresentativestotheUSSectionsofTheCombustionInstituteexecutiveboardduringthisreportingperiodwereNickG.Glumac(2009-2015),AjayK.Agrawal(2011-2017;Chair2015-2017);CharlesE.A.Finney(2013-2019)andCharlesE.Baukal,Jr.(2015-2021).TechnicalandbusinessactivitiesIn2015,theSection’stechnicalmeetingwasencompassedinhostingthe9thUSNationalCombustionMeeting,heldMay17-20inCincinnati,Ohio.MichaelA.BenjaminofGEAviationservedasthelocalhost.Therewasatotalof466participants,ofwhich37%werestudents.TheSectionconducteditsCombustionArtCompetition(seebelowforresults).In2016,theSpringTechnicalMeetingwasheldMay15-17inKnoxville,Tennessee,wheretheSectionmarkedits50thanniversarymeeting.TheBredesenCenterforInterdisciplinaryResearchandGraduateEducationattheUniversityofTennesseeservedasthelocalhost.Therewere108attendees,including50students(46%).TheCombustionArtCompetitionwasheldwithitslargestnumberentrieseverforaSection-levelcompetition(seebelowforresults),andonerecipientoftheHighSchoolTeacherOutreachGrant,Mr.JasonRoberts,addressedthemembershipduringitsAnnualBusinessMeeting.Prof.KennethBrezinskyoftheUniversityofIllinoisatChicagodeliveredtheJamesE.PetersPlenaryLectureon“UICsinglepulseshocktubestudiesoffuelsandtheunansweredquestionstheyraise”;Dr.KevinR.WilsonofLawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratorydeliveredaplenarylecturetitled“Interfacialchemistryoforganicaerosols”;andDr.JamesP.SzybistofOakRidgeNationalLaboratorydeliveredaplenarylecturetitled“Opportuniesforimprovedefficiencyinsparkignitedengines”.Additionally,therewere87technicalpresentationsbyparticipants.ThefollowingstudentswererecognizedwithawardsforanOutstandingStudentPresentation:
• ChloeE.Dedic(IowaStateUniversity):“ExperimentalmeasurementsandmodelingofQ-branchN2hybridfs/pscoherentanti-StokesRamanscatteringatelevatedpressures”
• MarkGragston(UniversityofTennessee):“Quantitativemeasurementsofatomicoxygeninelevatedpressurehydrocarbonflame”
• JiyuanKang(CaseWesternReserveUniversity):“Computertomographybasedstructurecharacterizationofexpandedintumescentcoatingsforfireprotection”
• VarunRamesh(UniversityofWisconsin-Madison):“Measurementofnitrogenoxidesinconstantvolumecombustionvesselexhaust”
AttheAnnualBusinessMeeting,theSectionmembershipreëlectedSureshK.Aggarwal,MichaelA.BenjaminandTimothyJ.JacobstoasecondtermontheBoardofAdvisorsandelectedWilliamF.NorthropoftheUniversityofMinnesotatoafirstterm.TheSectioncontinueditssupportforstudentstravelingtopresentattheInternationalSymposiumonCombustion.TheSectionwillsupporttravelforSectionstudentspresentingatthe36thSymposiuminSeoul,andtherecipientoftheJamesE.PetersTravelFellowshipwillbelistedinthenextbiennialactivityreport.
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OutreachactivitiesTheSectioncontinuedtwooutreachactivities,theHighSchoolTeacherOutreachGrantandtheCombustionArtCompetition.HighSchoolTeacherOutreachGrantTheCentralStatesSectionawardsgrantstohigh-schoolteachersproposalsfordevelopingandintroducingacombustionscience-based(i.e.,appliedchemistry)learningmoduleintotheircoursecurriculum.TheCSShasfourmajorobjectivesinsupportingthisgrantaward:
1. toexposehighschoolstudentstothepresentandfuturechallengesofcombustionscienceresearchanddevelopmentoftechnology,
2. toaugmenthighschoolteachers’currentandon-goingeffortstoenhanceSTEM-based(science,technology,engineering,andmathematics)curricula,
3. tocoordinateamentor/menteerelationshipbetweencombustionresearcherandteacher,and
4. toinvestintheeducationofpotentialfuturecombustionscientistsandengineers.Thefirstgrantwasawardedin2012.Hereisthewinnerfor2015:2015:Mr.JasonRoberts,ScienceDepartmentChairandAPPhysicsteacheratKenwoodAcademyHighSchool(Chicago,Illinois),wastherecipientofa$5000grantfromtheCentralStatesSectionoftheCombustionInstitutetodevelopcombustionscience-basedlearningmaterialstoadvancescience,technology,engineering,andmathematics(STEM)learningforhighschoolstudents.Mr.Roberts’proposal,titled“ThePowerofRockets”,wasreviewedbyapanelofcombustionscienceexpertsfromaroundthecountryandselectedbasedonitshighrankingsamongseveralmerit-basedcriteria.Mr.Robertsisdevelopinglearningmodulesthatcenteronspecificfeaturesofcombustionchemistry,suchasfuel-oxidizerstoichiometry,adiabaticflametemperature,andtheenergyreleasethatisrequiredtothrustrocketenginesintotheair.Additionally,Mr.Robertsiscombiningcombustionchemistrywithappliedmechanics,sothatstudentslearnaboutlinearthrustandrotationalmotion.Studentsareexpectedtofirstpredict,usingfundamentalcalculations,thethrustandsubsequentflightheightexertedbydifferentlydesignedrocketengines.Studentswillthenhavetheopportunitytocomparetheirpredictionsagainstevidence-basedaverages(i.e.,actualrocketflights).Mr.RobertsisworkingcloselywithDr.MarcBaumgardner,acombustionscientistatColoradoStateUniversity.Mr.Robertswasrecognizedatthe9thU.S.NationalCombustionMeeting,May17–20,2015inCincinnati,Ohio,andupdatedtheSectionmembershipatthe2016SpringTechnicalMeeting,May15–17inKnoxville,Tennessee.Detailsofallthegrantssince2012areavailableattheSectionwebsiteathttp://cssci.org/outreach/grants.html.CombustionArtCompetitionInitiatedbytheCentralStatesSectionin2004,theCombustionArtCompetitionawardscreativityandtechnicalskillinvisualizationofcombustion-relatedphenomena.TheSectionoffersthe
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competitionyearlyatSectionorUSnationalmeetingsandawardscashprizes.In2013,theawardschangedfromastraightrankedplacementtotopentriesfortechnicalmeritandartisticmerit;meetingattendeesvoteoncompetitionentries.Winningentriesofallcompetitionsfrom2004to2016areviewableattheSectionwebsiteathttp://cssci.org.The2015and2016winningentriesarereportedbelow.2015:Atthe9thUSNationalMeetinginCincinnati,Ohio,thefollowingprizeswereawarded:
• PrizeforArtisticMerit—“Afrit(Arabianmythology)-TheFireMonster”bySayanBiswasandLiQiao(PurdueUniversity)
• PrizeforTechnicalMerit—“StarsandStripes”byMichaelSoo,JanPalecka,PhilJulien,SamWhiteley,JamesVickery,SamGoroshin,DavidFrostandJeffBergthorson(McGillUniversity)
• HonorableMentionforArtisticMerit—“CombustionArcoiris(rainbow)”byAndresF.Colorado(UniversityofCaliforniaIrvine)
• HonorableMentionforArtisiticMerit—“FireEyes”byMohsenGhamariandAlbertRatner(UniversityofIowa)
• HonorableMentionforTechnicalMerit—“TurbulentPremixedV-Flame”byYukiMinamoto(SandiaNationalLaboratories)andMamoruTanahashi(TokyoInstituteofTechnology)
• HonorableMentionforTechnicalMerit—“Soot:IntheWinkofanEye”byYuhaoXu(Cornell),Yu-ChengLiu(U.Michigan-Flint),MichaelHicks(NASA)andThomasAvedisian(Cornell)
Winningentryofthe2015PrizeforArtisticMerit“Afrit(Arabianmythology)-TheFireMonster”
“Highspeedschlierenphotographyofpre-chambergeneratedturbulentjetignitionofleanCH4/air-potentialsolutiontoultraleancombustion.Devil'sfaceismadeofwrinkledturbulentflames.Hornsarecomposedoftwoflame-jetsfrompre-chamber
combustion.Thehotpuffontopofdevil'sheadrepresentsinitiationofignitioninmaincombustionchamber.Thisimagecontainsallthreephasesofprechambergeneratedjetignitionprocess,namely,thepre-chamberflame-jet,mainchamberignitionpoint
andflamepropagation.”SayanBiswasandLiQiao(PurdueUniversity)
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Winningentryofthe2015PrizeforTechnicalMerit
“StarsandStripes”“Flameletsinanironparticlesuspensionpassingthroughquenchingchannels.Agglomeratesburndiscretelyintheafterglowof
theflame.”MichaelSoo,JanPalecka,PhilJulien,SamWhiteley,JamesVickery,SamGoroshin,DavidFrostandJeffBergthorson(McGill
University)2016:AttheSpringTechnicalMeetinginKnoxville,Tennessee,thefollowingprizeswereawarded:
• PrizeforArtisticMerit—“BabyinFlame”byAkshayGopan,AdewaleAdeosun,ZhiweiYang,TianxiangLi,andRichardL.Axelbaum(WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis)
• PrizeforTechnicalMerit—“Bang!TransitiontoDetonation-Astorytoldin87frames”byChloeE.Dedic,AlexR.Tietz,andJamesB.Michael(IowaStateUniversity)
• HonorableMention—“MesmerizingMicro-WorldofaMonopropellantMatrix(4M)”bySayanBiswas,ShouryaJain,andLiQiao(PurdueUniversity)
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Winningentryofthe2016PrizeforArtisticMerit
“BabyinFlame”“Ababybornfromtheflame,likeinthelegendsoftheEast.Imagetakenfromadown-fired,co-axial,non-premixed,methane-air
flameinalaboratorycombustorusingaCanonEOS550Datanexposuretimeof1/400s.”AkshayGopan,AdewaleAdeosun,ZhiweiYang,TianxiangLi,andRichardL.Axelbaum(WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis)
Winningentryofthe2016PrizeforTechnicalMerit
“Bang!TransitiontoDetonation-Astorytoldin87frames”“Anethylene-oxygenmixturewithanequivalenceratioof0.7wasignitedusingasparkgapatoneendofa0.6mlong,2mmdiameterquartztube.Flamechemiluminescencethroughthetubewasrecordedat300Hz,andresultingframesaredisplayedsequentiallyfromtoptobottom.Theflameacceleratesalongthetube,transitioningfromdeflagrationtodetonationwitha
suddenincreaseinflameluminosityasthepredictedtemperaturejumpsto3778K.ThedetonationwavetravelsataconstantvelocityneartheChapman-Jouguetvelocityof2200m/s.Alowervelocitywaveisalsovisiblepropagatingfromthetransition
pointtowardsthetubeentrance.”ChloeE.Dedic,AlexR.Tietz,andJamesB.Michael(IowaStateUniversity)
