T.-W. Lee, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona 85287-6106
USA

Telephone:    (480) 965-7989
Fax:              (480) 965-1384
E-mail:          attwl@asu.edu

Expertise:    Thermal/Flow Diagnostics
                   CFD Modeling (FLUENT, CHEMKIN)
                   FT-IR for Material Characterization (Gas, Liquid and Solid Samples)
                   Combustion Systems and Their Effects on Environment
                   Fuel Spray Diagnostics
                   Fuel System Safety and Characterization

Facilities:
                     Laser-Based Flow and Thermal Measurement Systems for Flowfield, Temperature, Fuel/Air Mixing)
                      High-Speed Digital Imaging System (1000 fps)/Image Processing
                      CFD Packages (FLUENT, CHEMKIN, UNIC-CFD) for Modeling of Complex Flows with
                            Heat Transfer and Chemical Reactions
                      Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer (Chemical Analyses including Pollutant Monitoring)
                     Spray Testing Rig

Recent Research Topics:
                Fuel Vapor Dynamics and Ignition
                 Fuel Air Mixing and Combustion in Gas-Turbine Engines
                 Turbulent Premixed Flame Propagation
                 Turbulent and Laminar Partially Premixed Flames
                 Flow and Thermal Sensors and Laser Diagnostic Measurements
                 Pollutant Monitoring and Reduction Technologies


My Education:  Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan.
                          M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan.
                          B.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Ohio State University.

Journal Publications:

Lee, T.-W., Gore, J.P., Faeth, G.M. and Birk, A.  "Analysis of Combusting High-Pressure Monopropellant Sprays", Combustion Sci. and Tech., Vol. 57, pp. 95-112.

Lee, T.-W., Tseng, L.K. and Faeth, G.M.  "Separated Flow Considerations for Pressure Atomized Combusting Monopropellant Sprays", AIAA Paper 89-0049; also, J. Prop. Power, Vol. 6, pp. 382-391.

Lee, T.-W. and Faeth, G.M.  "Structure and Mixing Properties of Combusting Monopropellant Sprays", AIAA Paper 90-0463; also, J. Prop. Power, Vol. 8, pp. 271-279.

Lee, T.-W., North, G.L. and Santavicca, D.A. (1992).  "Curvature and Orientation Statistics of Turbulent Premixed Flame Fronts", Combustion Sci. and Tech., Vol. 84, pp. 121-132.

Lee, T.-W. and Santavicca, D.A. (1993).  "Flame Front Geometry and Stretch during Interactions of Premixed Flames with Vortices", Combustion Sci. and Tech., Vol. 90, pp. 211-229.

Lee, T.-W., North, G.L. and Santavicca, D.A. (1993).  "Surface Properties of Turbulent Premixed Propane/Air Flames at Various Lewis Numbers", Combustion and Flame, Vol. 93, pp. 445-456.

Lee, T.-W., Lee, J.G., Nye, D.A. and Santavicca, D.A. (1993). "Local Response and Surface
Properties of Premixed Flames During Interactions with Kármán Vortex Streets", Combustion and Flame, Vol. 94, pp. 146-160.

Quay, B., Lee, T.-W., Ni, T. and Santoro R. J. (1994). "Spatially-Resolved Measurements of Soot Volume Fraction Using Laser-Induced Incandescence", Combustion and Flame, Vol. 97, pp. 384-392.

Lee, T.-W. (1995).  "Scaling of Vortex-Induced Flame Stretch Profiles" Combustion Sci. and Tech., Vol. 102, pp. 301-307.

Lee, J.G., Lee, T.-W., Nye, D.A. and Santavicca, D.A. (1995).  "Lewis Number Effects on Premixed Flames Interacting with Turbulent Kármán Vortex Streets", presented at Twenty-Fifth Symposium (International) on Combustion, published in Combustion and Flame, Vol. 100, pp. 161-168.

Lee, T.-W., Shankland, R. and Fenton, M. (1995).  "Flame Curvature Statistics in Axisymmetric Turbulent Jet Flames", Combustion Sci. and Tech., Vol. 108, pp. 31-46.

Lee, T.-W. and Mitrovic, A. (1996).  "Liquid Core Structure of Pressure-Atomized Sprays via Laser Tomographic Imaging", Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 6, pp. 111-126.

Nye, D.A., Lee, J.G., Lee, T.-W. and Santavicca, D.A. (1996).  "Flame Stretch Measurements during the Interaction of Premixed Flames and Karman Vortex Streets Using PIV", Combustion and Flame, Vol. 105, pp. 167-179.

Lee, T.-W. and Mitrovic, A. (1997).  "Highly Turbulent Premixed Flames Stabilized in a Co-Axial Jet Flame Burner", Twenty-Sixth Symposium (International) on Combustion, pp. 455-460.

Lee, T.-W., Fenton, M. and Shankland, R. (1997).  "Effects of Variable Partial Premixing on
Turbulent Jet Flame Structure", Combustion and Flame, 109, 536.

Lee, T.-W. and Mitrovic, A. (1997).  "Structure of Lean Turbulent Partially-Premixed Flames Stabilized in a Co-Axial Jet Flame Burner", Combustion Sci. and Tech., 127, 231.

Mitrovic, A. and Lee, T.-W. (1998).  "Soot Formation Characteristics of Laminar Partially Premixed Flames", Combustion and Flame, 115, 437.

Lee, T.-W. and Tseng, A.A. (1998).  "Planar and Variable-Diameter Jets for Uniform Droplet Sprays", Journal of Metal, Vol. 50, p. 24.

Lee, T.-W. and Mitrovic, A. (1999). "Soot Volume Fraction Measurements in the Soot Forming Region of Ethylene-Air Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames”, Combustion Sci. and Tech., 140:29.

Lee, T.-W. and Mitrovic, A., and Wang, T. (1999). "Structure of Turbulent Partially Premixed Flames: Partial Premixing of Fuel in Premixed Streams", Combustion and Flame, 121:378.

Lee, T.-W. (2000).  “Ignition Mechanisms of Jet-A Fuel Vapor in Confined Environment”,  AIAA Journal, 38:1989.

Lee, T.-W., Jain, V., and Kozola, S. (2001).  "Measurments of Minimum Ignition Energy by Using Laser Sparks for Hydrocarbon Fuels in Air: Propane, Dodecane and Jet-A Fuel", Combustion and Flame, in press.