Deanna Lacoste, Ph.D.

Faculty

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Research Interests

Professor Lacoste‘s research interests are in plasma-assisted combustion and flame dynamics, with special emphasis on control of thermoacoustic instabilities by non-equilibrium plasma discharges. She is also interested in detonation and development of optical diagnostics for combustion and electrical discharges.

Selected Publications


  • Enhancement of the lean stability and blow-off limits of methane-air swirl flames at elevated pressures by nanoseco...
    F. Di Sabatino, D.A. Lacoste
    J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.53, 355201, (2020)
  • Femtosecond two-photon laser-induced fluorescence imaging of atomic hydrogen in a laminar methane-air flame assiste...
    D. Del Cont-Bernard, M. Ruchkina, P. Ding, J. Bood, A. Ehn, D.A. Lacoste
    Plasma Sources Sci. Technol.29, 065011, (2020)
  • Enhancement of the transition to detonation of a turbulent hydrogen–air flame by nanosecond repetitively pulsed pla...
    J.A.T. Gray, D.A. Lacoste
    Combust. Flame199, 258-266, (2019)
  • Comparison of electrical breakdowns produces by a nanosecond high-voltage pulse applied to metallic and composite m...
    A. Reguig, B. Ramljak, K.P. Chatelain, J.S. Damazo, E. Kwon, D.A. Lacoste
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.47(10), 4683-4690, (2019)
  • Effect of pressure on the transfer functions of premixed methane and propane swirl flames
    F. Di Sabatino, T.F. Guiberti, W.R. Boyette, W.L. Roberts, J.P. Moeck, D.A. Lacoste
    Combust. Flame193, 272-282, (2018)

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Combustion Science, The University of Poitiers, France, 2002
  • M.S., Aerodynamics, Combustion and Thermodynamics, The University of Poitiers, France, 1999
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, French Institute for Advanced Mechanical Engineering (IFMA), France, 1998

Professional Profile

  • 2021-Present: Associate Professor, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2016-2021: Assistant Professor, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2014-2016: Research scientist, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2003-2014: Research engineer, CNRS – Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay-Malabry, France

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)
  • Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

High pressure combustion Thermo acoustic instabilities Optical diagnostics