Pitsch Group People

Graduate Students	Post-doctoral Fellows & Research Associates	Other Associates	Former Group Members

	Dr. Heinz Pitsch Research: Computational Energy Sciences Education: M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen; Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen Hometown: Speicher, Germany Email: h.pitsch@stanford.edu Mailing Address: Building 500, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030 Office: Building 500, Room 500A, (650) 736-1995 Fax: (650) 725-3525 Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/group/pitsch/
GRADUATE STUDENTS
	Bo Chen Research: Education: Hometown: Email: bochen@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room , (650) 725-8318 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Vincent Le Chenadec Research: Large Eddy Simulation of Multiphase Combustion Education: Ecole Centrale Paris, France Hometown: Melrand, France Email: vlechena@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-Q, (650) 725-8318 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Eric Doran Research: Education: Hometown: Email: Office: Building 500, Room 501-N1, (650) 723-2938 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Michael Hunsuck Research: Experimental Investigation and Multi-scale Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Education: M.S., University of California, Irvine Hometown: Atwater, CA Email: mhunsuck@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 500-S, (650) 736-1760 Personal Webpage: (Back to top)
	Ed Knudsen Research: Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows Education: B.S. Mechancial Engineering, Rice University; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University Hometown: Yukon, Oklahoma Email: ewk@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-N2, (650) 723-2332 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Varun Mittal Research: Combustion Models for Modern Reciprocating Engines Education:B.S. University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, M.S. Stanford University Hometown: Saharanpur, India Email: mittal1@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-N2, (650) 723-2332 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Michael Mueller Research: Modeling of Soot formation in Engines and Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows Education:B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Hometown: Katy, Texas Email: muellerm@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-N1, (650) 723-2938 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Krithika Narayanaswamy Research: Development, Analysis, and Systematic Reduction of Chemical Mechanisms for Surrogate Fuels Education: B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Hometown: Chennai, India Email: krit87@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-J, (650) 723-4503 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Amirreza Saghafian Research: Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows Education: B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology; M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology Hometown: Tehran, Iran Email: amirreza@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 500-S, (650) 736-1760 Personal Webpage: (Back to top)
	Christoph Schmitt Research: Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows Education: Dipl.-Ing. (equiv. to M.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Munich, Germany Hometown: Saffig, Germany Email: cschmitt@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-N2, (650) 723-2332 Personal Webpage: (Back to top)
	Shashank Research: Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows Education: B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Hometown: Kanpur, India Email: shasn@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-N1, (650) 723-2938 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Venkat Viswanathan Research: Experimental Investigation and Multi-scale Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Education: B.Tech., M.Tech Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Hometown: Chennai, India Email: venkvis@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 500-S, (650) 736-1760 Personal Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/~venkvis/ (Back to top)
	Jinjian (James) Zhai Research: Experimental Investigation and Multi-scale Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Education: B.E. Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University ; M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University Hometown: Henan / Tianjin, China Email: jameszjj@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 500-S, (650) 736-1760 Personal Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/~jameszjj/ (Back to top)
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
	Guillaume Blanquart Research: Modeling of Soot Formation in Engines and Accidental Fires Education: M.S., Applied Mathematics, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France; M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Ph.D., Stanford University Hometown: Lille, France Email: gblanqu@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-J, (650) 723-4503 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Hossam El-Asrag Research: High Speed Commercial Transport aircraft engines Education: Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Hometown: Cairo, Egypt Email: hossam@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-N4, (650) 723-9311 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Seung Hyun Kim Research: Experimental Investigation and Multi-scale Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Education: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology Hometown: Pusan, Korea Email: shkcomb@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 500-J, (650) 723-0546 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Kun Luo Research: DNS/LES of Droplet-laden Reacting Flow and Combustion Education: Ph.D. Hometown: Henan, China Email: kunluo@stanford.edu Office: Building CTR, Room 204, (650) 736-0900 Personal Webpage: n/a (Back to top)
	Madhusudan Pai Research: Primary break-up of turbulent liquid jets Education: Ph.D. Iowa State University, 2007 Hometown: Bangalore, India Email: mpai@stanford.edu Office: Building CTR, Room 204, (650) 736-0900 Personal Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/~mpai/ (Back to top)
	Mehdi Raessi Research: Multiphase flow modeling Education: Ph.D. (University of Toronto) Hometown: Tehran, Iran Email: mraessi@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-I, (650) 723-4220 Personal Webpage: http://individual.utoronto.ca/mraessi/ (Back to top)
	Vincent E. Terrapon Research: Supersonic Combustion Education: Ing. Dipl., Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University; PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University Hometown: Bulle, Switzerland Email: terrapon@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 501-L, (650) 723-2330 Personal Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/~terrapon/ (Back to top)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
	Frank Wang Research: Experimental Investigation and Multi-scale Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Hometown: Santa Clara, California Email: frankw2@stanford.edu Office: Building 500, Room 500-S, (650) 736-1760 Personal Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/~frankw2/ (Back to top)
OTHER ASSOCIATES
Stephen Walch, consulting professor Research: Experimental Investigation and Multi-scale Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Email: swalch@stanford.edu (Back to top)
Travis Hambleton, teacher at Monta Vista High School Research: Experimental Investigation and Multi-scale Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Email: travis_hambleton@fuhsd.org (Back to top)