Ph.D. Students

Abdullah Zaihi

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Hydrogen, Spray, H2 Combustion, Simulation, CFD, CONVEREG Science Software

Abdulrahman Asiri

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Sooting Hydrogen Flames, Sustainable Technologies, Circular Carbon Economy

Aessa Alabdrabalnabi

MS/Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Pyrolysis, Machine learning, MSW

Ahmed Ihab Haroun

MS / Ph.D. Student

Aibolat Dyuisenakhmetov

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Diesel Engines, Sprays, Turbochargers

Akhmad Faruq Alhikami

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Spray Ignition, Alternative fuels combustion, Optical diagnostics

Alberto Ceschin

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: CFD, multiphase and multicomponent spray modelling, DNS/LES, OpenFOAM

Alessandro Carinci

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: CFD, HPC, GPU

Alfaisal Albalawi

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Autoignition of Fuels, High pressure combustion, Lifted flame, MILD Combustion

Ali Altowilib

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Hydrogen Transport and Storage Technologies, Life cycle assessment, Energy Transition

Ali Elkhazraji

​M.S./Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: LTHR, P-T diagrams, Argon

Amit Kunte

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: CFD, Electrolysis, Numerical Methods, Clean energy

Ammar Alkhalifa

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Experimental Combustion, Plasma

Aswath Mohanan

Ph.D. Student

Bassam S. Aljohani

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Combustion Engines

César Lucio Cifuentes

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Renewable Energy, Hydrodynamics, Aerodynamics, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vortex-induced Vibrations, Wake-induced Vibrations

Chengcheng Zhao

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Alternative fuels, Biofuels, Life cycle assessment

Chiara Canciani

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Ultrasonic Waves, Ultrasonically Induced Cavitation, Metal Oxides Leaching, Heavy Fuels, Gasification

Christopher Wagstaff

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Cryogenic Carbon Capture, Solids-formation, Separations

Cristian Avila Jimenez

​Ph.D. Student

Daniel Vigarinho de Campos

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: ​Combustion, Compressible Flow, Experimental Research, Power Generation

Dapeng Liu

Ph.D. student

Diana Ezendeeva

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Advanced laser diagnostics, Fluid Dynamics, Clean Combustion

Duc Duy Nguyen

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Internal Combustion Engines, Clean-Burning Fuel, Hydrogen

Edwin Guevara Romero

MS|Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Petroleomics, Heavy Fuel Oil, Analytical Chemistry

Edwing Grajales Gonzalez

​MS | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Computational Chemistry, chemical kinetic modeling

Elia Colleoni

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Pyrolysis, SARA, HFO, VRO, ODS, Desulfurization

Emad Al Ibrahim

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Machine learning, Modeling and Simulation

Fabiyan Angikath

MS | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: ​Modeling antagonistic effect​

Fahad Almatrafi

MS | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Internal Combustion Engines, Machine learning

Faseeh AbdulRahman Kulangara Kandiyil

Ph.D. student

Research Interests: computational fluid dynamics, Process Modeling, ​Combustion

Gianmaria Viciconte

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Heavy Fuel (HFO) Valorization, Oxidative Desulfurization of HFO, Sonochemistry

Giuseppe Pezzella

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Adsorption, CO2 capture

Hammam Aljabri

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for reactive and non-reactive flows, IC engines, Numerical analysis

Haytham Hamad Alhamed

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment, Energy Economics, Renewable Energy, Drilling Tools, Drilling Automation

Holkan Vazquez Sanchez

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Life cycle assessment, Sustainability, Circular Economy, Carbon capture, Ecology, Renewable Energy

Ihsan Farouki

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Microwave, Spectroscopy, Kinetics

Jiajun Li

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: ​Combustion, Clean energy, Laser Diagnostics

Jin Park

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laser Diagnostics, Fuel reforming, Plasma applications

Jinan Aljaziri

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Biomass pyrolysis, Biofuels, Chemical kinetics

Juan Giraldo Delgado

MS Student

Research Interests: Machine learning applied to ICE, Prediction of fuel-engine behavior, Fuel high throughput screening, AI applied to Chemical Engineering

Juan Restrepo Cano

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: computational fluid dynamics, Chemical kinetics, catalytic oil upgrading, Lattice-Boltzmann modelling

Kalim Uddeen

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: High efficiency ICE, Knock, Optical & Laser Diagnostic, Low emissions

Kevin Moreno Cabezas

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Internal Combustion Engines, Modelling, CFD Simulations, Thermodynamics, combustion1

Khaiyom Hakimov

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Pre-chamber combustion, Chemical kinetics, Future Fuels

Khalid Alhazmi

​MS | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Machine learning, Chemical Reactions, Modeling, Process Optimization

Khalid Aljohani

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Shock Tube, Chemical kinetics, Laser diagnostic, Ignition related studiesIgnition related studies

Lele Ren

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: ​Combustion, Clean energy, Laser Diagnostics, MILD Combustion

Lorenzo Angelilli

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: CFD, OH-PLIF, High pressure combustion, Spray

Maojin Gong

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: FIV, Renewable Energy, CFD, Flow Around Cylinder

Md Zafar Ali Khan

MS | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Clean Combustion, Machine learning, Optimization, Decarbonization

Mengtian Jin

Ph.D. Student

Michael A. Oyinloye

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Cryogenic Carbon Capture, Desublimation, Fluid-flow Modelling

Moaz Omar Lehaibi

​​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: ​Laminar Burning speed and ignition time delay combustion

Mohamad Abou Daher

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Chemical kinetics, Heterogeneous Catalysts, Clean Fuels

Mohammad Adil

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laser Diagnostics, Shock Tube

Mohammad Adil

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Chemical kinetics, Heat Transfer

Mohammed Almomtan

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Machine learning, Numerical Optimization, combustion kinetics

Muhammad Bukar

MS | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Combustion and Laser Diagnostics

Myriam Belmekki

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Chemical kinetics, Shock Tube Studies, laser absorption spectroscopy, Theoretical rate calculations

Nader N Shohdy

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Thermal Acoustics Instabilities, Plasma-assisted Ammonia Flame

Natalia Munoz Munoz

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Cryogenic Combustion

Nicole Laws

​MS | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Hot Corrosion

Niraj Panthi

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laser Diagnostics, Aerodynamics, High Pressure Engine Combustion, Supersonic Flows, Shock waves

Nursulu Kuzhagaliyeva

​MS | PhD Student

Research Interests: Numerical analysis, fuel design, prediction of reaction kinetics using machine learning

Omar Zaki Arab

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laminar and Turbulent flame speed, High pressure combustion, Experimental Combustion, computational fluid dynamics

Pohan Chen

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Modeling of Multiphase Flows, computational fluid dynamics, Spray Modeling

Priybrat Sharma

​Ph.D. Students

Research Interests: Laser Diagnostics, Internal Combustion Engines, Advance Combustion Technologies, Diagnostics Development

Raul Andres Serrano Bayona

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Autothermal Reforming, Experimental set-up, Kinetic Modelling

Renston Jake Fernandes

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Spark-ignition Engines, e-Fuels, Combustion Technology, Powercharging

Roman Zamchii

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Cold Atmospheric Plasma of Gas Discharges

Ruofan Sun

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: CO2, electrochemistry

Ruslan Khamedov

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: computational fluid dynamics, High fidelity simulation,, Combustion modeling

Samir Rojas Chavez

​Ph.D. Student

Sangeeth Sanal

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Computational fluid mechanics of reactive and non-reactive flows

Seunghwan Bang

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laminar Flames, Lifted flame, Plasma assisted combustion1, Laser Diagnostics

Sirio Brunialti

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Kinetics, ​Combustion, Fuel

Suliman Abdelwahid

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Modelling of Reacting Flows, Sustainable Fuels

Sultan Alturkistani

Ph.D. Student

Suman Basnet

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Oxy-fuel combustion, MILD Combustion, CFD Simulations, Laser Diagnostics

Sunho Park

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Flame response under electric fields​

Tairan Wang

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Quantum chemistry, Machine learning

Vigneshwaran Sankar

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Propulsion and Combustion

Vijayamanikandan Vijayarangan

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Computational Combustion, Turbulence Modeling, Machine learning

Wenxian Tang

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Combustuon, Biofuels, PM emissions

Wonsik Song

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Flame propagating characteristics, Ignition and extinction, Flame instability, High fidelity simulation (LES and DNS), OpenFOAM

Xiao Shao

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: CFD, Data-driven, Plasma assisted combustion1

Xinguang Luo

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laser Diagnostics, combustion1, Raman Scattering

Xinyang Wang

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: CFR Engine, Spark-Ignition Engine, Hydrogen Fuel, Low-Carbon Fuel, Post-Treatment of Emission

Yada Leo Li

Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Fuel, Spectroscopy, Laser Sensors

Yitong Zhai

​Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: combustion1, Kinetic model, Catalysis

Yujia Wu

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Coal Combustion, Organic Pollutants, Condensable Particulate Matter (CPM), Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Emission Characteristics

Zeinab Al Hadi

Ms/Ph.D. student

Research Interests: Laser Diagnostics, Raman Scattering, Rayleigh