Mechanical Engineering

Eric Petersen
Associate Professor
Office: 110 Engineering/Physics Building Office Wing
Phone: 979-845-1257 Fax: 979-845-3081
Email: epetersen@tamu.edu
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Curriculum Vita

INTEREST AREAS

Combustion, propulsion, shock waves, chemical kinetics, solid rocket propellants, laser diagnostics, spectroscopy, compressible flow, shock tubes, gas turbine combustion,fluid mechanics, aerosols, advanced additives, high-speed aerodynamics, and liquid rocket combustion.

EDUCATION
  • Stanford University, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (1998)
  • University of Florida, M.S., Mechanical Engineering (1990)
  • University of Central Florida, B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1988)
EXPERIENCE

  • Texas A&M, Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor (Jan 2008 - Present)
  • Central Florida, MMAE, Associate Professor (May 2006 - Dec 2007)
  • Central Florida, MMAE, Assistant Professor (Aug 2001 - April 2006)
  • University of California, Irvine, MAE, Lecturer (Sep 1998 - Dec 2000)
  • Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo CA, Research Scientist (May 1997 - Aug 2001)
  • Stanford, HTGL, ME, Research Assistant (June 1993 - May 1997)
  • Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach FL, Analytical Engineer (May 1990 - Jun 1993)
  • Florida, Mechanical Engineering, Research Assistant (Aug 1988 - May 1990)

    • HONORS AND AWARDS
    • Research Incentive Award, UCF (2007)
    • Oustanding Researcher Award, UCF (2006)
    • NSF CAREER Award (2006-2011)
    • Professor of the Year, MMAE, UCF (2003, 2005, 2006)
    • Advisor of the Year, MMAE, UCF (2004)
    • Performance Award, Aerospace Corp. (1998, 2000)
    • Chuck Hawley Seminar Award, Stanford (1995)
    • NASA Group Achievement Award (1991)
    • United Technologies Propulsion Research Fellow (1988-1990)
    • Florida Graduate Scholars' Fund Fellow (1988-1990)
    • INPO Scholarship (1986-1988)
    RECENT PUBLICATIONS
    • B. Rotavera, A. Kumar, S. Seal, and E.L. Petersen, Effect of Ceria Nanoparticles on Soot Inception and Growth in Toluene/Oxygen/Argon Mixtures, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 32, 2009, pp. 811-819.
    • J.D. Mertens, D.M. Kalitan, A.B. Barrett, and E.L. Petersen, Determination of the Rate of H + O2 + M = HO2 + M (M = N2, Ar, H2O) from Ignition of Syngas at Practical Condi-tions, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 32, 2009, pp. 295-303.
    • N.S. Donato and E.L. Petersen, Simplified Correlation Models for CO/H2 Chemical Reaction Times, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 33, No. 24, 2008, pp. 7565-7579.
    • D. Healy, H.J. Curran, S. Dooley, J.M. Simmie, D.M. Kalitan, E. Petersen, and G. Bourque, Methane/Propane Mixture Oxidation at High Pressures and at High, Intermediate and Low Temperatures, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 155, 2008, pp. 451-461.
    • D. Healy, H.J. Curran, J.M. Simmie, D.M. Kalitan, C.M. Zinner, A.B. Barrett, E.L. Petersen, and G. Bourque, Methane/Ethane/Propane Mixture Oxidation at High Pressures and at High, Intermediate and Low Temperatures, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 155, 2008, pp. 441-448.
    • D.M. Kalitan, J.D. Mertens, M.W. Crofton, and E.L. Petersen, Ignition and Oxidation of Lean CO/H2 Fuel Blends in Air, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 23, No. 6, 2007, pp. 1291-1303.
    • T. Lieuwen, V. McDonell, E. Petersen, and D. Santavicca, Fuel Flexibility Influences on Premixed-Combustor Blowout, Flashback, Autoignition, and Instability, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 130, 2008, pp. 011506-10.
    • E.L. Petersen, J.M. Hall, S.D. Smith, J. de Vries, A.R. Amadio, and M.W. Crofton, Ignition of Lean Methane-Based Fuel Blends at Gas Turbine Pressures, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 129, 2007, pp. 937-944.
    • J. de Vries, J.M. Hall, S.L. Simmons, M.J.A. Rickard, D.M. Kalitan, and E.L. Petersen, Ethane Ignition and Oxidation behind Reflected Shock Waves, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 150, 2007, pp. 137-150.
    • D.L. Reid, A.E. Russo, R.V. Carro, M.A. Stephens, A.R. LePage, T.C. Spalding, E.L. Petersen, and S. Seal, Nanoscale Additives Tailor Energetic Materials, Nano Letters, Vol. 7, No. 7, 2007, pp. 2157-2161.
    • E.L. Petersen, D.M. Kalitan, A. Barrett, S.C. Reehal, J.D. Mertens, D.J. Beerer, R. Hack, and V. McDonell, New Syngas/Air Ignition Data at Elevated Pressure and Comparison to Current Kinetics Models, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 149, 2007, pp. 244-247.
    • E.L. Petersen, D.M. Kalitan, S.L. Simmons, G. Bourque, H.J. Curran, and J.M. Simmie, Methane/Propane Oxidation at High Pressures: Experimental and Detailed Chemical Kinetic Modeling, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 447-454.
    • J. de Vries and E.L. Petersen, Autoignition of Methane-Based Fuel Blends under Gas Turbine Conditions, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 3163-3171.
    • A.R. Amadio, M.W. Crofton, and E.L. Petersen, Test-Time Extension behind Reflected Shock Waves using CO2-He and C3H8-He Driver Mixtures, Shock Waves, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2006, pp. 157-165.
    • J.M. Hall and E.L. Petersen, An Optimized Kinetics Model for OH Chemiluminescence at High Temperatures and Atmospheric Pressures, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Vol. 38, 2006, pp. 714-724.
    • E.L. Petersen and R.K. Hanson, Measurements of Reflected-Shock Bifurcation Over a Wide Range of Gas Composition and Pressure, Shock Waves, Vol. 15, 2006, pp. 333-340.
    • J.M. Hall, S.C. Reehal, and E.L. Petersen, Kinetics of OH Chemiluminescence in the Presence of Silicon, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 425, 2006, pp. 229-233.
    • D.M. Kalitan, J.M. Hall, and E.L. Petersen, Ignition and Oxidation of Ethylene-Oxygen-Diluent Mixtures with and without Silane Addition, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 21, No. 6, 2005, pp. 1045-1056.
    • E.L. Petersen, M.J.A. Rickard, M.W. Crofton, E.D. Abbey, M.J. Traum, and D.M. Kalitan, A Facility for Gas- and Condensed-Phase Measurements behind Shock Waves, Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 16, 2005, pp. 1716-1729.
    • J.M. Hall, M.J.A. Rickard, and E.L. Petersen, Comparison of Characteristic Time Diagnostics for Ignition and Oxidation of Fuel/Oxidizer Mixtures Behind Reflected Shock Waves, Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 177, 2005, pp. 455-483.
    • M.W. Crofton and E.L. Petersen, Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy in a Particle-Forming Environment for the Detection of SiH2, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, 2005, pp. 1583-1589.
    • M.J.A. Rickard, J.M. Hall, and E.L. Petersen, Effect of Silane Addition on Acetylene Ignition behind Reflected Shock Waves, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, 2005, pp. 1915-1923.
    • E.L. Petersen, D.M. Kalitan, and M.J.A. Rickard, Reflected Shock Ignition of SiH4/H2/O2/Ar and SiH4/CH4/O2/Ar Mixtures, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2004, pp. 665-674.
    • E.L. Petersen and M.W. Crofton, Measurements of High-Temperature Silane Pyrolysis Using SiH4 IR Emission and SiH2 Laser Absorption, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 107, No. 50, 2003, pp. 10988-10995.
    • E.L. Petersen, M.J.A. Rickard, and R.P. Welle, High-Temperature Nonreacting Flow Fields Generated by a Hypersonic Chemical Laser Nozzle, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2003, pp. 420-422.