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Research Facility Our combustion and energy system laboratory is presently equipped with the following research tools and instruments: · 2x BOC Edwards RV8 series oil-sealed vacuum pumps · 3x LeCroy Corp. WaveJet 324 Oscilloscopes (200MHz, 4 Ch. 2GS/s and 500 kpts/ch) ·
1x Rigol Digital Oscilloscope 50MHz DS1052E ·
1x Rigol Digital Oscilloscope 100MHz DS1102E · Infrared Thermal Imagining System (shared with Dr. Siddiqui) · Model pco.1200hs high speed digital CMOS camera · Casio Exilim EX-F1 high-speed digital camera · Water table facility for surface wave experiments · Kulite XCS-190L-5D with In-Line Amp Pressure Transducer · 5x PCB 113B24 pressure transducers and signal conditioners · Standard PIV system (Laser and Programmable Control Unit and DaVis software from LaVision, Inc.). · Two HR4000+ OceanOptics broadband spectrometer systems · Newport Apex Hg(Xe) Arc lamp source 200 Watts · Computing facility: · Dell Precision 390 workstation (2.4GHz dual-core, 4MB L2 cache, 2GB ram memory) · Dell Precision T3400 workstation (1.8GHz dual core, 2MB L2 cache, 1GB ram memory) · Dell Vostro Desktop 200s (1.80GHz dual core, 1MB L2 cache, 2GB ram memory) · Dell Vostro Desktop 200s (3.00GHz dual core, 6MB L2 cache, 2GB ram memory) ·
Dell Vostro Desktop 200s (2.20GHz dual core, 2MB L2 cache, 1GB ram
memory) ·
Dell Vostro Desktop 200s (2.40GHz dual core, 1MB L2 cache, 2GB ram
memory) · Dell New Inspiron 15 Laptop (2.16GHz Dual core, 1MB cache, 2GB ram memory) · Dell Vostro Desktop 230s (3.06GHz dual core, 2MB L2 cache, 4GB ram memory) · Three IBM R60 Thinkpad Laptops (Core 2 Duo 1.83G T5600 1G 320GB) · One IBM Z61t Thinkpad Laptop (Core 2 Duo 1.83G T5600 3G 500GB) · One HP Tablet PC Laptop (Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 2GB RAM) · One HP Compaq 2510p Laptop (2GB RAM, 80 GB, Dual Core Linux OS) · One DELL Core2Duo Laptop Ubuntu Linux 64-bit 2.1GHz 2GB RAM · CFDesign Software by Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. · Fluent Software by ANSYS, Inc. · PCTPro-2000 Gas Sorption Analyzer by Hy-Energy Scientific Instruments (for Hydrogen Storage Research) · Time-resolved PIV system from LaVision, Inc. (shared with Dr. Kadem from CFI support) · 2-D laminar flowing soap film tunnel · Combustion flame nanoparticle synthesis setup Previous and current research Grant Supports Concordia
Research Start-Up Fund (year 2007) Program
Title: Research on combustion of alternative fuels and applied energy systems NSERC Research
Tools and Instruments Grant (year 2007) Program
Title: A high pressure shock/detonation tube facility for the study of
combustion characteristics and detonation properties of future alternative
fuels NSERC Discovery
Grant (year 2007-2012) Program
Title: On the combustion characteristics and safety aspects of future
alternative fuels Faculty Program
in Support of Research Theses (year 2007, 2008, 2009) NSERC
Supplemental Strategic Project Grant (year 2008-2010) co-applicant Program
Title: Development of a concentrated solar energy system with an improved
water splitting process using nanotechnology for efficient hydrogen
production Concordia Seed
Funding Program (year 2007-2008)
Principal Investigator Program
Title: Study of Micro-combustion Thrusters Using Nano-Catalysts
for Advanced Aerospace Application NSERC Research
Tools and Instruments Grant (year 2008) co-applicant Program
Title: An Infrared Thermal Imagining System Research
Service Contract (2009) Title:
3-D CFD Investigation of Two-Phase Flow Injectors Concordia Seed
Funding Program – Team grant (year 2008-2009) co-PI Program
Title: A New Frontier in Understanding the Stability and Pattern Formation of
Vortex Ring Ensembles Petro-Canada
Young Innovator Awards (year 2008-2009) Recipient Program
Title: Design and Analysis of Novel Materials for Reversible Hydrogen Storage Concordia Seed
Funding Program – Individual grant
(year 2008-2009) PI Program
Title: Improving wind power production through a combined experimental
and numerical study of aerodynamics and turbulent flow structure behind
scaled wind turbines Concordia Seed
Funding Program – Team grant
(year 2009-2010) co-PI Program Title: A New Generation of Heat Exchanger Design for Reliable, Efficient and Economical Operation NSERC Research
Tools and Instruments Grant (year 2010) Program
Title: A compact and portable Nd:YAG
dual cavity pulsed laser system for alternative energy and fluid dynamics
research FRQNT Établissement de nouveaux chercheurs (year 2010-2012) Program Title: Étude expérimentale et numérique de la
structure et des limites de détonation en présence de fortes pertes dues aux
conditions limites NSERC Engage
Grant (year 2011) with General Dynamics Program Title: The fire safety of propellant handling buildings and equipments NSERC Discovery
Grant (year 2012-2016) Program Title: Computational modeling and experimental study of the combustion
dynamics and explosive effects of energetic, multiphase systems NSERC Engage
Grant (year 2013) with Program
Title: Validation of conjugate heat
transfer CFD methods for low porosity impingement cooling systems FRQNT Projet de recherche
en équipe (year 2014-2017) Program Title: Safety Analysis Related to Hydrogen
Leaks from Fuel Cell Systems in Residential Areas Concordia Seed
Funding Program – Individual grant
(year 2015-2017) PI Program Title: Development
of a servo-type controlled release mechanism for precise needle-free drug
delivery |
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