RESEARCH INTERESTS (including, but not limited to the following subjects):

Turbulence / Vortex Dynamics: Turbulence is unavoidable in nature and in engineering. Systematic probing of the ‘simple’, isotropic and homogeneous turbulence is essential in furthering our understanding of the mysterious, “unsolvable” turbulence.

Fluid-Structure Interactions: When a structure reacts to its surrounding flow stream, the reaction may be sensed downstream as well as upstream. In the presence of a nearby structure, one reaction may tangle with the other, resulting in perplexing, coupled fluid-structure interactions which are of serious concern in many engineering applications, including those within many natural, biological systems.

Combustion: A better understanding of combustion-turbulence interactions and the underlying chemical kinetics are vital to the advancement of the next-generation combustors and/or combustion engines.

Energy & Thermal Systems: Energy utilization is demanding incrementally more significant sacrifices from our limited natural resources and deteriorating environment. Improving the existing thermal systems is a necessary step toward sustainable energy utilization.

PhD Projects:

6.          “Nature of turbulence with enhanced streamwise vorticity generated by a moving belt,” open.

5.          “Applying fluidization to improve gold yield,” Errol Swan, to start (Supervisor: D. Ting).

4.          “Renewable Energy,” Fouad Mohammad, 5/2009-present (Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).

3.          “Advanced diagnostics, control and testing of diesel low temperature combustion,” Usman Asad, 5/2006-4/2009 (Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).

2.          “Analysis of fixed-pitch straight-bladed VAWT with asymmetric airfoils,” Dr. Mazhar-ul Islam, 5/2003-3/2008 (OGS Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).

1.          “Diesel engine performance comparisons of high temperature and low temperature combustion with conventional and biodiesel fuels,” Dr. Clarence M. Mulenga, 9/2002-11/2007, (Datatel Scholar; Supervisors: M. Zheng, D. Ting & G. Reader).

MASc Projects:

33.        “Multiple-opposing-jets turbulence,” open.

32.        “Two circular cylinder in turbulent cross flow,” Bita Motameni, 5/2009-present (Supervisor: D. Ting).

31.        “Wind turbine health monitoring,” Kyle Bassett, 9/2008(integrated with BASc)-present (Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).

30.        “High lift airfoil experimentation,” Ning Cao, 9/2008-present (Supervisors: D. Ting & R. Carriveau).

29.        “The subtle role of turbulent integral length scale on the drag of a circular cylinder in cross-flow,” Nibras Natheir Younis, 5/2008-present (Supervisor: D. Ting).

28.        “Wind turbines,” Adam Mourad, 1/2008-present (Civil Engineering; Supervisors: R. Carriveau & D. Ting).

27.        “Aerodyanmics of inclined and/or yawed cables in the context of a rigid circular cylinder model in smooth flow,” Arash Raeesi, 1/2007-1/2009 (Supervisors: S. Cheng & D. Ting).

26.        “Wind tunnel study of the aerodynamics performance of air deflectors with different shapes,” Yaoyao Zhang, 5/2007-1/2009 (Supervisors: S. Cheng & D. Ting).

25.        “Laminar flamelet modeling of pilot jet methane/air flames,” Pusheng Zhang, 9/2006-7/2008 (Supervisors: D. Ting & P. Kaloni).

24.        “The effects of freestream turbulence on the drag of a sphere,” Niloofar Moradian, 9/2006-7/2008 (Supervisors: D. Ting & S. Cheng).

23.        “Modeling stretched methane-air flame growth,” Pegah Ghanbari-Bavarsad, 5/2007-6/2008 (Supervisor: D. Ting).

22.        “Wind tunnel study on the wake bubble of model trucks,” Dongqing (Spiky) Yang, 5/2006-6/2008 (Supervisors: S. Cheng & D. Ting).

21.        “A study of hydraulic intake entrainment envelope delineation methods,” Temitope Veronica Olatunji, 9/2006-9/2007 (Supervisors: E. Carriveau & D. Ting).

20.        “Construction of transcritical carbon dioxide air conditioning test bench,” Mowafaq Dori Abdullah, 9/2004-12/2006 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).

19.        “Flame stretching in premixed, laminar, freely propagating, spherical methane-air flame,” Anupam De, 5/2005-9/2006 (Supervisor: D. Ting).

18.        “A simplified model for internal heat exchanger in transcritical carbon dioxide refrigeration cycle,” Jie Lu, 5/2004-5/2006 (OGS Scholar; Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).

17.        “Thermal response from in-cylinder combustion to exhaust aftertreatment,” Usman Asad, 9/2004-5/2006 (Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).

16.        “A study of catalytic EGR reformer in a diesel engine,” Suek Jin (Richard) Ko, 5/2003-9/2005 (Supervisors: M. Zheng & D. Ting).

15.        “Estimation of volumetric flow rate through a square duct: Equal Area versus Log-Tchebycheff methods,” Ganjie (Alex) Zhou, 9/2003-9/2005 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).

14.        “On the distortion of turbulent flow through a cylindrical contraction,” Babak Emami, 1/2004-8/2005 (Supervisor: D. Ting).

13.        “The effects of near-isotropic turbulence on the wake of a sphere,” Himanshu Tyagi, 1/2004-8/2005 (Supervisor: D. Ting).

12.        “A numerical study on the effects of axis and blockage ratios on fluid flow over a cylinder,” Muhammad Zakir Husein Faruquee, 5/2003-5/2005 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).

11.        “Estimation of volumetric flow rate through a circular duct: Equal Area versus Log Tchebycheff method,” Ramiz Md. Ahemad, 5/2003-5/2005 (ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).

10.        “Study of laminar, premixed ethanol/air combustion with H2 and CO additives,” Mahesh Babu, 1/2002-2/2005 (Supervisors: A. Sobiesiak & D. Ting).

9.          “Control-oriented model for operation of HCCI engines,” Faming Sun, 9/2002-9/2004 (Supervisors: X. Chen & D. Ting).

8.          “Investigation of cross-flow heating and cooling of air via an elliptical tube array,” Md. Mesbah-ul G. Khan, 9/2002-8/2004 (ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid, ASHRAE Life Members’ Club Award, OGS and OGSST Scholar; Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).

7.          “A simulation study of CO₂ automotive air conditioning system,” Weixiang (Wendy) Yang, 9/2002-8/2004 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).

6.          “Addition of hydrogen and oxygen from electrolysis to a gasoline-fuelled spark ignition engine,” Karina J. Richters, 1/2002-12/2003 (Environmental Engineering; Supervisors: P. Henshaw & D. Ting).

5.          “Combustion of propane-air mixtures with oxygenated additives in a closed duct and an SI engine,” Stephen W. McKellar, 9/2000-5/2003 (Supervisors: A. Sobiesiak & D. Ting).

4.          “The addition of hydrogen and oxygen to a gasoline-fuelled spark ignition engine to enhance combustion and reduce emissions,” Tina D’Andrea, 1/2001- 2/2003 (NSERC Scholar; Environmental Engineering; Supervisors: P. Henshaw & D. Ting).

3.          “The effect of turbulence on forced convection from a heated horizontal circular cylinder,” Christopher J. Sak, 1/2001-12/2002 (POLONIA Scholar; Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).

2.          “Turbulence generated by a perforated plate in a wind tunnel,” Rui Liu, 1/2000-5/2002 (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).

1.          “Premixed ammonia-methane-air combustion,” Kenneth R.C. Mann, 1/1999-12/2000 (Environmental Engineering; Supervisors: P. Henshaw & D. Ting).

PDF Projects:

1.          Dr.Cüneyt Uykur

►“Analytical studies of HCCI,”1/2001-4/2001 (Supervisors: G. Reader & D. Ting).

► “Research engine setup for combustion enhancement and emissions reduction studies,” 9/1999-12/2000 (Supervisors: D. Ting, A. Sobiesiak & P. Henshaw).

► “Hydrogenated methane/air combustion simulation,” 7/1999-6/2000 (Supervisors: D. Ting, P. Henshaw & R. Barron).

Undergraduate (Capstone / Design) Projects:

14.        “Vertical axis wind turbine,” K. Bassett, K. Caron, J. Laine, J. Livingston, J. Santarossa & B. Tracey, 1/2009-8/2009 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).

13.        “Air diffusion in a model room,” G. Dardona & R. Galka, 1/2008-4/2008 (Supervisor: D. Ting).

12.        “HVAC metered elbows: reducing losses and noise through the use of turning vanes,” J. Parco, E. Xiao & S. Agnew, 1/2007-4/2007 (Supervisor: D. Ting).

11.        “HVAC volumetric flow rate estimation test rig,” J. Defoe & A.H. Gunardi, 1/2005-4/2005 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).

10.        “A CO₂ refrigeration cycle test bench,” B. Rupert, N.R. Das, & M. Islam, 1/2004-8/2004 (Supervisors: A. Fartaj & D. Ting).

9.          “A thermal environmental chamber for AC / thermodynamics / heat transfer laboratory,” A. Arabi, R. Hammound & M. Lolarga, 5/2001-3/2002 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Fartaj).

8.          “Thermodynamics analyses of the University of Windsor Energy Conversion Plant,” J. Ingram, 5/2001-3/2002, Windsor Chapter 2002 Best Project Award (Supervisors: A. Fartaj, D. Ting & D. Bruce).

7.          “Combustion enhancement and emissions reduction by utilisation of small amounts of hydrogen and oxygen,” C. Amos & K. Tiessen, 5/2000-3/2001 (Supervisors: C. Uykur, D. Ting, P. Henshaw & A. Sobiesiak).

6.          “Feasibility of using external devices to increase the output of the University of Windsor’s co-generation system,” R. Elliott, 5/1999-3/2000 (Supervisors: D. Ting & D. Castellan).

5.          “Effects of compression ratio on the performance of a SI engine,” S. Ribey, 5/1999-3/2000 (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).

4.          “Revitalization of the low speed wind tunnel of the mechanical engineering,” J.A. Ibrahim & N.J. Mazumbu, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisors: D. Ting & A. Sobiesiak).

3.          “Heat loss from fins - modification of heat transfer lab 92-316,” K. Do & P. Patey, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisors: C. Zhang & D. Ting).

2.          “The effect of piston surface shape on the performance of a SI engine,” P. Heidbüchel & P. Paplinski, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisors: D. Ting & G. Rankin).

1.          “A design for turbulence generation in a cubical chamber,” A. Iskender & A.M. Lock, 5/1998-3/1999 (Supervisor: D. Ting).

SOME POTENTIAL RESEARCH/DESIGN PROJECTS:*

Turbulence / Vortex Dynamics Projects:

Lab Scale, High Reynolds Number Turbulence Generation,

Perforated Plate Turbulence,

(Rapid) Distortion of Turbulence,

Turbulence-Structure (Airfoil/Wind/Water Turbine) Interactions.

Turbulent Combustion,

Air Pollution and Turbulence,

Turbulent Heat Transfer,

Turbulence-Spray Interactions,

Fluid / Fluid-Structure Interactions Projects:

Turbulent Flow over Bluff Bodies,

Fluid-Structure Interactions / Flow-Induced Vibrations,

Active & Passive Control of FIV&N,

Impacting Liquid Droplets,

Combustion Projects:

Turbulent Flame Propagation,

Active & Passive Combustion Control,

Engine Combustion,

Fuel Additives and Alternative Fuels,

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition,

Porous Burner,

Energy Systems / HVAC&R Projects:

Wind Energy,

High Performance Buildings,

Air Distribution and Balancing,

Heat Transfer Projects:

Heat Exchangers,

Heat Transfer-Turbulence Interactions,

Radiation Heat Transfer.

*Due to ability, funding and other limitations, not all projects can be realized. Interesting ideas and/or comments are always welcome.

Key Partners / Sponsors / Collaborators:

NSERC, AUTO21, MMO, POSONIC, ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers), Dayus Register & Grille, CAABC (Canadian Associated Air Balance Council), ESTAC (Environmental Science and Technology Alliance Canada), Canada Fund for Innovation, Ontario Innovation Trust, ENBRIDGE Consumers Gas, OCETA (Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement).