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Email: Dr. Quang-viet Nguyen
Dr. Quang-Viet Nguyen conducts and leads research in the areas of quantitative laser diagnostic
techniques in high-pressure combustion environments, advanced low-emissions combustion concepts,
fuel-air ratio fluctuation-induced acoustic instabilities, combustion-generated plasmas,
cavitation-ignition bubble combustion (CIBC), and quantum optics for sensing and communications.
Dr. Nguyen also develops and invents numerous new technologies in areas that include:
electro-optical systems and instruments, quantum optics and quantum communications, and
low-emissions combustion devices. Many of his technologies are patented/patent pending.
Related Research/Projects:
- Fundamental studies of turbulence-chemistry interactions using single-shot laser-Raman
measurements to provide multi-scalar (chemical species and temperature) data in turbulent
high pressure flames. The results will be used for validating computational simulations
of combustion in aircraft engines.
- Studies of combustion-induced acoustic instabilities and their correlation to
variations in local equivalence ratios using real-time infrared laser absorption at
3.4 micrometers wavelength and optical chemiluminescence emission.
- Studies of low-density combustion-generated plasmas using pulsed laser Thomson
scattering to directly measure electron number density.
- Development of high-performance ultra-compact and lightweight optical systems
for remote sensing and imaging via unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deployments in order
to monitor various chemical compounds and biological signatures.
One recent mission involved the monitoring of toxic algae blooms in the Great Lakes
using hyperspectral methods.
- Development of an intrinsically-safe fiber optic sensor system for the only
multi-species real-time gas sensing and monitoring system for the active-control
of on-board inert gas generation systems (OBIGGS).
- Studying the fundamental physics of cavitation-ignition bubble combustion (CIBC)
that may some day enable the use of low-grade renewable fuels for power and propulsion.
Project :
+ Combustion Diagnostics
Quang-Viet Nguyen's Publications:
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