Conference Description
The Laser Diagnostics in Energy and Combustion Science GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The meeting welcomes contributions from researchers at the frontier of new developments and applications of laser and optical diagnostics. Energy systems all over the world are changing very rapidly. On one hand, fossil fuels will continue to provide much of the energy for transportation systems, particularly for aeroengines and space applications. However, future power, heating, and transportation systems are likely to diversify to decarbonized sources such as hydrogen, ammonia, and other synthetic or bio-based fuels; operate at higher pressures; utilize detonation-based combustion; and introduce hybridized systems to increase efficiency and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. These technological innovations pose challenges to the understanding, modeling, and optimization of novel energy systems. This conference will focus on the advances in optical diagnostics and data analysis that are needed to achieve a fundamental and applied understanding of key thermodynamic and chemical processes occurring within these systems, particularly at severe conditions associated with unconventional (e.g., decarbonized) fuels; extreme transients (e.g., shocks and detonations); high-speed flows (e.g., supersonic combustion or aerothermal flows); limited optical access (e.g., multiphase systems); and interfacial phenomena (e.g., catalysis, deposition, and pyrolysis) over a wide range of temperatures, pressures, chemical compositions, and non-equilibrium states. New diagnostic approaches developed to address these challenging conditions require exploitation of advanced light sources, detection systems, and/or mathematical models to enable new measurement capabilities; careful consideration of sources of uncertainty under relevant conditions; and strategies for improving accuracy, precision, and resolution.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by March 11, 2023. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Prospects in Ultrafast Lasers and Spectroscopy
Discussion Leaders
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Simone Hochgreb (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Speakers
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Ursula Keller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
New Light Sources for High-Speed Imaging and Spectroscopy
Discussion Leaders
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Ursula Keller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Mikhail Slipchenko (Spectral Energies, LLC; Purdue University, United States)
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Mitchell Spearrin (University of California Los Angeles, United States)
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James Michael (Iowa State University, United States)
Diagnostics for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Discussion Leaders
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Claire Villevieille (CNRS - LEPMI, France)
Speakers
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Eugene Smotkin (Northeastern University, United States)
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Christian Brackmann (Lund University, Sweden)
Advances in Measurements for High-Speed Flows
Discussion Leaders
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Paul Danehy (NASA Langley Research Center, United States)
Speakers
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Yi Mazumdar (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
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Timothy Fahringer (NASA Langley Research Center, United States)
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Naibo Jiang (Spectral Energies LLC, United States)
Interrogating Droplets, Aerosols, and Particulates
Discussion Leaders
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Yannis Hardalupas (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Speakers
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Carmela Russo (CNR, Italy)
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Lars Zigan (Universität der Bundeswehr München (UniBw M), Germany)
In Situ Diagnostics for Engine Applications
Discussion Leaders
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Mitchell Spearrin (University of California Los Angeles, United States)
Speakers
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Gaetano Magnotti (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
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Venkat Athmanathan (Purdue University, United States)
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Julien Manin (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
High-Resolution Particle Image Velocimetry
Discussion Leaders
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Daniel Schanz (German Aerospace Center, Germany)
Speakers
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Jerry Westerweel (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
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Jeffrey Sutton (Ohio State University, United States)
Advances in Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
Discussion Leaders
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Sean Kearney (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
Speakers
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Ali Hosseinnia (Lund University, Sweden)
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Chloe Dedic (University of Virginia, United States)
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Daniel Richardson (Sandia National Laboratory, United States)
Optical Diagnostics for Surface and Near-Surface Reactions
Discussion Leaders
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Johan Zetterberg (Lund University, Sweden)
Speakers
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Christian Hess (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)
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Benoit Fond (ONERA - the French Aerospace Lab, France)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers
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Francesca De Domenico (TU Delft, The Netherlands)
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Jacqueline O'Connor (Pennsylvania State University, United States)