Moshe Matalon Selected by Center of Advanced Study

College of Engineering Caterpillar Professor Moshe Matalon was selected to receive an Associate appointment by the Center of Advanced Study (CAS) Committee. The CAS appointment will be for the 2010-2011 academic year. These highly selective one-semester appointments are offered in order to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds and provide an incentive to explore new ideas and pursue highest level of scholarly achievement. As a CAS Associate, Professor Matalon will conduct research on Modeling Multi-scale Phenomena in Combustion Studies. A short summary of his research objectives is given below.

Narrative Summary

Combustion of particle-laden dust clouds has many practical applications in aerospace propulsion where powdered metals are used as a fuel, and is a subject of great concern in various industrial settings where the collection of finely dispersed particles presents an explosion hazard. The objective of the proposed work is to enhance our understanding of the complex physical and chemical interactions that occur in dust combustion by using a methodology that systematically incorporates in the modeling interactions that take place at the small scales and are associated with the different modes of burning of the individual particles.