• Tim Lieuwen
  • Associate Professor

Contact Information

Office: Guggenheim 363
Phone: 404.894.3041
Fax: 404.894.2760

Education

  • B.S., Engineering, 1995, Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1997, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1999, Georgia Institute of Technology

Biography

Dr. Lieuwen is active in both instruction and research programs.  His interests lie in the areas of acoustics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and signal processing.  He is responsible for teaching several courses in the areas of fluid mechanics, aeroacoustics and combustion.  His research activities involve both theoretical and experimental work in combustion, flame-acoustic wave interactions, combustion noise, and development of ultrasonic diagnostic techniques.

Research

Combustion and acoustics focused research in the fields of energy and the environment, including:
  • Combustion of alternative and coal-derived fuels
  • Dynamical combustion phenomena including flashback, blowoff, and combustion instabilities
  • Acoustics in inhomogenous media and thermoacoustics

Selected Publications

  • Lieuwen, T.,  and Yang, V., “Combustion Instabilities in Gas Turbine Engines: Operational Experience, Fundamental Mechanisms, and Modeling”, ISBN 1-56347-669-X- 1.
  • Lieuwen, T., Mohan, S., Rajaram, R., Preetham, “Acoustic Radiation from Weakly Wrinkled Premixed Flames”, Combustion and Flame, Vol 144 (1-2), 2005, pp. 360-369.
  • Hemchandra, S., Preetham, R.,  Lieuwen, T., “Response of Turbulent Premixed Flames to Harmonic Acoustic Forcing”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2006.
  • Cho, Ju Hyeong, Lieuwen, T., “Laminar Premixed Flame Response to Equivalence Ratio Oscillations”, Combustion and Flame., 2005, Vol. 140 (1-2), pp. 116-129.
  • Nair, S., Lieuwen, T., “Acoustic Detection of Blowout in Premixed Flames”, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 21 (1), 2005, pp. 32-39.