Address: University of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Los Angeles, California 90089-1453 Office: OHE 400B Tel. (213) 740-0480 Fax. (213) 740-8071 email: egolfopo@usc.edu website: http://ame-www.usc.edu/bio/egolfopo

Academic rank: Professor, full-time

Education:

1990 Ph.D., University of California at Davis
1988-90 Visiting Graduate Student, Princeton University
1984 M.S., San Jose State University
1981 Diploma, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

USC Academic Positions:

2002-: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
1997-2002: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
1991-97: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Other Professional Positions:

1998-2002: Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology

Research Interests:

Aerodynamic and Kinetic Processes in Flames, High-speed Air-breathing Propulsion, Microgravity Combustion, Mechanisms of Combustion-Generated Pollutants, Heterogeneous Reacting Flows, Conventional and Alternative Fuels Including Biofuels, Detailed Modeling of Reacting Flows, Laser-Based Experimental Techniques

Selected Publications:

S.G. Davis, A.V. Joshi, H. Wang, and F.N. Egolfopoulos, "An Optimized Kinetic Model of H2/CO Combustion," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 30, pp. 1283-1292, 2005.

G. Andac, F.N. Egolfopoulos, C.S. Campbell, and J.C. Lee, "Effects of Combustible Dust Clouds on Premixed Flame Extinction in Normal- and Micro-Gravity," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 30, pp. 2369-2377, 2005.

Y. Dong, A.T. Holley, M.G. Andac, F.N. Egolfopoulos, S.G. Davis, P. Middha, and H. Wang, "Extinction of Premixed H2/Air Flames: Chemical Kinetics and Molecular Diffusion Effects," Combustion and Flame 142, pp. 374-387 2005.

C.S. Campbell, and F.N. Egolfopoulos, "Kinetics Paths to Radical-Induced Ignition of Methane/Air Mixtures," Combustion Science and Technology 177, pp. 2275-2298, 2005.

A.T. Holley, Y. Dong, M.G. Andac, and F.N. Egolfopoulos, "Extinction of Premixed Flames of Practical Liquid Fuels: Experiments and Simulations," Combustion and Flame 144, pp. 448-460, 2006.

J.A. Langille, Y. Dong, M.G. Andac, F.N. Egolfopoulos, and T.T. Tsotsis, "Non-Premixed Ignition by Vitiated Air in Counterflow Configurations," Combustion Science and Technology 178, pp. 635-653, 2006.

J.A. Langille, J. Pasale, J.-Y. Ren, T.T. Tsotsis, and F.N. Egolfopoulos, "The Use of OCM Reactors for Ignition Enhancement of Natural Gas Combustion for Practical Applications: Reactor Design Aspects," Chemical Engineering Science 61, pp. 6637-6645, 2006.

M.G. Andac and F.N. Egolfopoulos, "Diffusion and Kinetics Effects on the Ignition of Premixed and Non-Premixed Flames," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31, 1165-1172, 2006.

A.T. Holley, Y. Dong, M.G. Andac, F.N. Egolfopoulos, and T. Edwards, "Ignition and Extinction of Non-Premixed Flames of Single-Component Liquid Hydrocarbons, Jet Fuels, and their Surrogates," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31, pp. 1205-1213, 2007.

F.N. Egolfopoulos, A.T. Holley, and C.K. Law, "An Assessment of the Lean Flammability Limits of CH4/Air and C3H8/Air Mixtures at Engine-Like Conditions," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31, pp. 3015-3022, 2007.

Professional Societies:

ASME
Combustion Institute
Tau Beta Pi
Hellenic Society of Engineers
Hellenic Society of Mechanical Engineers

Honors and Awards:

2007: Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
1996: Junior Faculty Research Award in Engineering, University of Southern California
1995-1997: Fred W. O'Green Assistant Professorship in Engineering, University of Southern California
1997: Outstanding Teaching Award in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California
1996: Outstanding Teaching Award in Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California
1994: Faculty of the Month University-Wide Award, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, University of Southern California
1990: Silver Medal of Combustion
1988: University of California Regent's Fellowship
1987: IBM Graduate Fellowship

Courses Taught:

AME 310, Engineering Thermodynamics
AME 331, Heat Transfer
AME 430, Thermal Systems Design
AME 436, Energy and Propulsion
AME 513, Principles of Combustion
AME 526, Engineering Analytical Methods
Principles of Combustion, California Institute of Technology

Recent Professional Development Activities:

2003-: Associate Editor, Combustion and Flame
2001-2002: Colloquium Co-Chair, 29th Symposium Combustion
2003-2004: Colloquium Co-Chair, 30th Symposium Combustion
2003-2005: Program Chair, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute

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