Professor Ömer L. Gülder
I joined UTIAS in November 2001 and I lead an experimental research program in Combustion and Propulsion.
My group's research has been in the field of turbulent combustion, premixed flame propagation, soot formation in combustion, radiation and chemical kinetics interactions, development and use of experimental optical diagnostics in combustion systems, gas turbine combustion, combustion in reciprocating engines, structure of fuel sprays, fuel technology, combustion of pyrophoric fuels and radiation from flames. I am the author and coauthor of more than 250 papers in these areas. I served on the editorial boards of Combustion and Flame, International Journal of Engine Research, and International Journal of Thermal Sciences. I also served on the Board of Directors of the Combustion Institute between 2000 and 2012, and I was the Chair of the Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute from 1991 to 2001.
Group Photo - (January 2017)
Post-Doctoral Fellows/Visiting Researchers/Research Staff
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Name |
Research Area |
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Leo NATAJ |
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Highg-pressure combustion research facility |
Facility manager |
Current Graduate Students
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Name |
Thesis Subject Area |
Degree |
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| Abdalrazik ALI |
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Premixed turbulent combustion |
Co-supervised (Prof. Talei) PhD |
| Ral BIELAWSKI |
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Premixed turbulent combustion simulation |
Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) M.A.Sc |
| Ritesh MAURYA |
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Gas turbine combustion |
PhD |
| Yash RAJAN |
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Soot formation |
PhD Co-supervised (Prof. Karatas) |
| Praful KUMAR |
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Premixed turbulent Combustion |
PhD |
| Amirhossein Azimi |
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PhD |
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| Daniel CORMIER |
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Soot diagnostics |
PhD Co-supervised (Prof. Karatas) |
| Rajat SAWANNI |
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High pressure soot formation | PhD |
| Rayne SUNG |
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Aviation fuel thermal stability | PhD |
| Graeme SUPEENE |
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Numerical simulation of aviation fuel sprays at elevated temperatures |
Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) PhD |
| Rahul VISHWANATH |
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Avaition gas turbine
combustion
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PhD |
| Mohammad RAZAVI |
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Soot formation in a micro flow reactor | M.A.Sc |
Alumni
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Name |
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Thesis/Area |
Current Position |
Décio BENTO, M.A.Sc. (2005) |
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Soot formation in propane-air laminar diffusion flames at elevated pressures. |
Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology Inc., Ottawa |
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Kevin Thomson, PhD (2005)
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Soot formation in annular non-premixed laminar flames of methane-air at pressures of 0.1 to 4.0 MPa. (co-supervisor E. J. Weckman, Waterloo) |
Program Director, NRC Canada |
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Esen CINTOSUN M.A.Sc. (2005) |
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Analysis of premixed turbulent flame front images obtained by Mie scattering and laser-induced fluorescence of OH | Golder Associates Ltd, Toronto |
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Frédéric Dandavino M.A.Sc. (2005) |
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Development of a two-line atomic fluorescence technique for temperature measurement in diffusion flames | Lead Test Engineer, GE Montreal |
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Natalie K. GALLEY
M.A.Sc. (2006)
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Investigation of thermal flame structure in lean turbulent premixed methane-air flames by Rayleigh scattering | Technical Advisor, Fish & Richardson, Boston |
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M.
Kathleen BOHAN
M.A.Sc. (2006)
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Soot formation in laminar diffusion flames of gas mixtures | Siemens Canada - ADGT, Montreal |
| Srivatsava PURANAM M.A.Sc. (2006) |
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Flame surface density of turbulent premixed flames at medium to high turbulence intensities | Senior Research Engineer at Lockheed Martin |
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Marie-Pierre VAILLANCOURT
M.A.Sc. (2006)
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High pressure soot formation in non-smoking methane-air laminar diffusion flames from 1.5 MPa to 6.0 MPa | Air Canada Technical Services, Montreal |
Eugene ZASSOKO 4th year thesis(2006) |
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Design methodology of surrogate fuels that mimic the chemistry and physical properties of jet fuels. |
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Paul MANDATORI M.A.Sc. (2006) |
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Soot formation in ethane-air coflow laminar diffusion flames at elevated pressures | DECA Aviation Engineering, Toronto |
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Dr. Guillaume DAYMA Postdoctoral Fellow (2006) |
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Chemical kinetics |
Professor, University of Orléans and CNRS-ICARE, France
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Dr. David PAVÉPostdoctoral Fellow (2004-2006) |
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Laser-based combustion diagnostics / premixed turbulent flames | Cabinet Debay Intellectual Property Law Firm, France |
Alex LIN4th year thesis (2008)
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Soot formation rates at high pressures |
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| Natalie PANEK M.A.Sc. (2009) |
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An Investigation of Ethylene Laminar Diffusion Flames at Sub-Atmospheric Pressures to Simulate Microgravity | MDA, Toronto |
| Quinn JIEN 4th year thesis (2009) |
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Ignition quality of hydrocarbon fuels. | |
| Graham FELTHAM USRA Summer student researcher (2009) |
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Laminar burning velocities of transportation fuels. | Aerodynamicist at Atieva, San Francisco |
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Frank T. C. Yuen PhD (2009) |
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Experimental investigation of the dynamics and structure of lean-premixed turbulent combustion. |
Teaching Fellow Aircraft Engineering Hong Kong |
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Peter
JOO
PhD
(2010)
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Soot formation in non-premixed laminar flames at subcritical and
supercritical pressures.
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Research Scientist University of Central Florida |
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Trevor KEMPTHORNE
M.A.Sc. (2010)
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Development of a laser-induced incandescence system. | Rigstar Industrial Telecom Calgary |
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Wen LiN PhD (2010) |
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Large Eddy Simulation of Premixed Turbulent Combustion Using Flame Surface Density Approach. Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) |
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| Owen WONG MASc (2010) |
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Design and development of
an apparatus
to study aviation jet fuel thermal stability
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Pratt and Whitney Canada, Toronto |
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Dr. Mario COMMODO Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010) |
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Thermal oxidative stability of jet fuels; soot formation
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Scientist, CNR, STEMS, Napoli, Italy |
| Sintia BEJATOVIC MASc (2010) |
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Discrete Explicit Filtering Techniques for LES with AMR . Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) |
Maya Simulation, Montreal |
| Marc CHAREST PhD (2010) |
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Modelling of soot formation at sub- and
super-atmospheric
pressures, and at zero gravity.
Co-supervised (Prof. Groth)
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Scientist, Los Alamos National Labs |
| Gorngrit INTASOPA MASc (2011) |
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Soot measurements in high-pressure diffusion flames of gaseous and liquid fuels | National Research Council Canada |
| Francisco E. Hernandez Perez PhD (2011) |
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Subfilter Scale Modelling for Large Eddy Simulation of Lean Hydrogen-Enriched Turbulent Premixed Combustion. Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) | Research Associate, KAUST |
| Daniel CORMIER MASc (2011) |
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Laser-induced incandescence of soot for high-pressure combustion diagnostics | PhD Candidate, UTIAS |
| George PANAGIOTOGLOU BASc (2011) |
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Premixed turbulent combustion | Sustaining Engineering Team Lead at MDA, Toronto |
| Kevin PUI BASc (2011) |
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Ignition quality and sooting propensity of aviation fuels | |
| Sanaz GHASEMI MASc (2012) |
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Laser-induced incandescence of soot at high pressures | Researcher TD Toronto |
| Arup BARUA MASc (2012) |
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Soot formation in diffusion flames of alternative turbine fuels at high pressures | B/E Aerospace, Everett, Washington |
| Weiqing FANG UTEA Summer student researcher (2012) |
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Burning speeds of alcohols | Graduate student at York University |
| Roger Anthony FRANCIS BASc(2013) |
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Combustion characteristics of blends of biofuels with Jet A1
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Pratt and Whitney Canada, Toronto |
| Navid NOURIAN BASc (2013) |
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Ignition characteristics of alcohol fuels | TransCanada, Oil & Energy, Calgary |
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Ali NASSERI MASc (2013) |
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Development of surrogates for aviation jet fuels |
Aerospace Consultant Montreal |
| Timothy KWAN MASC (2013) |
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Extinction limits of laminar diffusion counterflow flames of various gaseous fuels including syngas and biogas. | Sr Mech. Design Engineer, Body Systems Tesla |
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Jason Liang MASc (2013) |
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Design and development of an experimental apparatus to study jet fuel coking in small gas turbine fuel nozzles |
Engineer, MDA, Toronto |
| Ivo FABRIS MASc candidate (lapsed as January 2014) |
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Thermal stability of aviation fuels | Research Engineer, U of Western Ont. |
| Weichao WANG MASc (2014) |
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Experimental and numerical investigation of structure and extinction limits of biofuels in laminar counterflow diffusion flames (with Prof. Groth) | Pratt and Whitney Canada, Toronto |
| Christopher HALMO MASc (2014) |
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Study of Turbulent Swirl-Stabilized Non-Premixed Ethylene Flames in a Model Combustor |
Imperial Oil refinery, Sarnia |
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Emre KARATAS PhD (2014)
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High-Pressure Soot Formation and Diffusion Flame Extinction Characteristics of Gaseous and Liquid Fuels |
Professor Aerospace Engineering Toronto Metropolitan University |
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Zhao LiU MASc (2014) |
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Modelling of thermal oxidative stability of jet fuels |
NAVTECH Aviation, Waterloo |
| Nasim SHAHBAZIAN PhD (2015) |
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Subfilter Scale Combustion Modelling for Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Premixed Flames. Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) |
Senior consulting engineer, Siemens, Seattle |
| Adam O'BriEn MASc (2015) |
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Numerical Simulation of Thermoacoustic Response of Laboratory Scale Premixed Multi-Slit Burner Flames. Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) |
Software Engineer Siemens Boston |
| Sina KHEIRKHAH PhD (2015) |
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Experimental study of turbulent premixed combustion in V-shaped flames |
Professor, University of British Columbia |
| Adriana DACA MASc (2016) |
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Soot Formation at High Pressures in Laminar Liquid and Gaseous Fuel Flames |
PhD Student Concordia U Montreal |
| Alex VARGAS MASc (2016) |
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Thermophoretic sampling of soot at high pressures |
Engineer, MDA, Toronto |
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Parsa TAMADONFAR PhD (2016)
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Experimental investigation of premixed turbulent hydrocarbon/air Bunsen flames |
Postdoctoral researcher, Aalto University |
| Olivia HOUSTON Summer student researcher (2016) |
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Swirl-stabilized turbulent combustion |
McGill University |
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Dr. Moah CHRISTENSEN (2017) |
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High-pressure soot formation | |
| Neell YOUNG MASc (2017) |
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Characteristics of aviation biofuels | Canadian Space Agency |
| Zijun XU BASc (2018) |
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Aviation jet fuels | |
| Ben GIGONE MASc (2018) |
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Soot morphology at high pressures | Regional Manager Primerica |
| Elizabeth GRIFFIN MASc (2018) |
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Soot formation propensity of liquid fuels at high pressures | Data Analyst Canfor Vancouver |
| Sandipan CHATTERJEE PhD (2018) |
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Swirl-stabilized turbulent combustion | |
| Cody BAUER MASc (2019) |
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Swirl-stabilized spray combustion | Propulsion engineer, Blue Origin |
| Lu-Yin WANG PhD (2019) |
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Turbulent non-premixed combustion | Professor Aviation Technology Seneca College |
| Mohammed Widaatalla BASc (2019) |
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Sooting tendency of hydrocarbons | |
| Mohammad RAZAVI BASc (2019) |
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Jet fuel coking measurements in carbon burnoff apparatus | M.A.Sc Candidate, UTIAS |
| Peter CARNIGLIA MASc (2021) |
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Gas turbine combustion |
Defence Scientist, DRDC Ottawa |
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Sara KHAN MASc (2019) |
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Aviation fuel thermal stability |
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| Dominic MORTIMER (withdrawn) |
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Soot formation and diagnostics |
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| Taylor RAULT MASc (2020) |
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Swirl-stabilized spray combustion |
PhD Candidate, Stanford U |
| Shirley YANG MASc (2020) |
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High pressure soot formation |
PhD Candidate, McGill U |
| Jacob WEBER MASc (2022) |
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Swirl-stabilized spray
combustion of Jet-A
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Pratt and Whitney Canada, Toronto |
Current Funding:
- ORF-RE
- Pratt and Whitney Canada
- NSERC: Discovery , RTIG & Alliance
- CFI /ORF
