Matalon Speaks At International Symposium on Combustion

Moshe Matalon, College of Engineering Caterpillar Professor, was one of five plenary speakers at the 32^nd International Symposium on Combustion held August 3-8 at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. His lecture on Thursday, August 7, addressed multi-dimensional and time-dependent problems associated with the study of flame dynamics. During his talk, he explained how simplified asymptotic models can help capture the multi-scale nature of combustion as they require fewer details, depend on fewer parameters, are less numerically intensive, provide physical understanding by identifying cause and effects, and help guide and validate experimental work by explaining experimental observations and suggesting new experiments. His lecture can be viewed in its entirety by viewing plenary 4 .