Engines & Fuels Experts

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Raj Sekar, Section Leader, Engine and Emissions Research
phone: 630/252-5101, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: rsekar@anl.gov

• MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin
• MBA, Research & Development Management, Indiana University
• 30+ years of experience in engine research (15 years at Cummins Engine Company)
• 5 patents, 35+ reviewed publications in engine-related technologies

Bipin Bihari, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-6492, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: bihari@anl.gov

• PhD, Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
• Experience in optical diagnostics techniques and laser spectroscopy
• Author or co-author of 58+ articles

Munidhar S. Biruduganti, Research Engineer
phone: 630/252-1765, fax: 630/252-3443, email: mbiruduganti@anl.gov

• MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama
• 10 years of experience in Engine Research
• Emissions control, nitrogen-enriched intake air system
• 12+ peer-reviewed publications

Steve Ciatti, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-5635, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: sciatti@anl.gov

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• 12 years of experience in engine testing
• Involved in U.S. Department of Energy rail and locomotive initiatives
• Light-duty diesel research
• In-cylinder combustion visualization

Yuri Georgievski, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-3706, fax: 630/252-9292, e-mail: ygeorgi@anl.gov

• PhD, Physical Chemistry, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 1995
• 40 publications, 12 presentations

Sreenath Gupta, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-6089, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: sgupta@anl.gov

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
• 10+ years of experience in combustion laser diagnostics
• Research interests include particulate emissions from engines, diesel spray characterization and ignition in natural gas engines
• 16 conference papers and journal articles

Alan Kastengren, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: 630/252-3116, fax: 630/252-3443, email: akastengren@anl.gov

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 3 years of experience in X-ray fuel spray measurements
• Co-author of 8 peer-reviewed journal articles and 12 conference papers

Matt Lagessie, Senior Electromechanical Technician
phone: 630/252-9723, fax: 630/252-1652, e-mail: mlagessie@anl.gov

• 25 years of experience with internal combustion engines

Kyeong Lee, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-9403, fax: 630/252-3443, email: klee@anl.gov

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Diesel engine designer at Ssangyong Motor Company, Korea
• Soot morphology, emissions control

Doug Longman, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-4257, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: dlongman@anl.gov

• BS, Engineering, University of Illinois
• 15 years of experience in engine testing
• 2 patents
• Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive engine testing
• Alternative and renewable fuels

Steve McConnell, Lead Fuels Engineer
phone: 630/252-3080, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: smcconnell@anl.gov

• MS, Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University
• 10 years of engine and vehicle test experience
• Alternative and renewable fuels research
• Direct-injection, spark-ignition engine research

Patrick McPartlin, Emissions Measurement Specialist
phone: 630/252-1656, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: pmcpartlin@anl.gov

• 22 years of vehicle and engine test experience

Chris Powell, Engine Research Scientist
phone: 630/252-9027, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: powell@anl.gov

• BS, Chemistry, Indiana University
• PhD, Chemical Physics, Michigan State University
• Five years of experience studying fuel sprays and combustion, including the first ever X-ray measurements of fuel sprays
• 25+ peer-reviewed publications and 20 presentations at National and International Scientific Meetings

Charles Roehm, Mechanical Engineer, Special Term Appointment
phone: 630/252-9375, fax: 630/252-3443, e-mail: croehm@anl.gov

• Advanced light-duty diesel combustion concepts

E. El-Hannouny, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-4976, fax: 630/252-3443, email: essam@anl.gov

• PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Engine Research Center
• High-speed laser imaging for fuel spray, optical and X-ray techniques, engine combustion and emissions
• 8 papers

Thomas Wallner, Mechanical Engineer
phone: 630/252-3003, fax: 630/252-3443, email: twallner@anl.gov

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Graz University of Technology
• Single- and multi-cylinder hydrogen engine research
• Direct-injection, spark-ignition engine research
• Alternative and renewable fuels research
• 25+ peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international conferences
• 1 patent on injection strategies for hydrogen engines

January 2010