• Jerry M. Seitzman
  • Professor

Contact Information

Office: Guggenheim 364
Phone: 404.894.0013
Fax: 404.894.2760

Education

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1982, University of Texas at Austin
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1983, Stanford University
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1991, Stanford University

Biography

Dr. Seitzman joined Georgia Tech in 1994. He has expertise in the fields of optical flow diagnostics and sensors, combustion and combustion control, high temperature gas dynamics, laser spectroscopy, flow-field imaging and solid propellant combustion. He has authored more than 140 papers on these subjects. His experience includes development of optical sensors and diagnostics based on planar laser-induced fluorescence, line-of-sight absorption, chemiluminescence, particle image velocimetry and laser-induced incandescence of soot, and their application in systems ranging from laboratory flames to supersonic wind tunnels and high pressure combustors. Dr. Seitzman helped pioneer the development of planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) and laser-induced incandescence as quantitative measurement techniques, and optical sensing of flame emission for active combustion control. Dr. Seitzman has also devised and applied optical techniques for measuring combustion-produced pollutants such as CO and NO. His current research involves diagnostics and sensors for active control of combustion, development of the stagnation point reverse flow (SPRF) combustor, evaporation and mixing in transcritical liquid fuel sprays for rocket applications, and measurement of syngas fuel combustion properties at gas turbine conditions. The applications for this work include aircraft and spacecraft propulsion, and ground-based power production.

Research

  • Optical diagnostics and sensors (laser and chemiluminescence based)
  • Combustion control
  • Gas turbine and low emissions combustion
  • Stagnation Point Reverse Flow (SPRF) combustor
  • Combustion of bio- and coal-derived fuels

Honors and Distinctions

  • AIAA Associate Fellow
  • School of Aerospace Engineering Most Valuable Faculty Award (1999, 2002-2004, 2007)
  • NASA/DoD UAPT Outstanding Researcher (2007)
  • Billiee Pendleton-Parker Faculty Freshman Partner of the Year (2004)
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1995)

Selected Publications

  • M. K. Bobba, P. Gopalakrishnan, K. Periagaram and J. M. Seitzman, “Flame Structure and Stabilization Mechanisms in a Stagnation Point Reverse Flow Combustor,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, accepted July 2007.
  • J. Natarajan, T. Lieuwen and J. Seitzman, “Laminar Flame Speeds of H2/CO Mixtures: Effect of CO2 Dilution, Preheat Temperature and Pressure,” Comb. and Flame 151, 104-119 (2007).
  • P. Gopalakrishnan, M. K. Bobba and J. M. Seitzman, “Controlling Mechanisms for Low NOx Emissions in a Non-Premixed Stagnation Point Reverse Flow Combustor,” Proc. Combust. Inst. 31, pp. 3401-3408 (2006).
  • M. Thiruchengode, S. Nair, S. Prakash, D. Scarborough, Y. Neumeier, J. Jagoda, T. Lieuwen, J. Seitzman and B. Zinn, “An Active Control System for LBO Margin Reduction in Turbine Engines,” Journal of Propulsion and Power 21, pp. 807-814 (2005).
  • T. M. Muruganandam, B.-H. Kim, M. R. Morrell , V. Nori, M. Patel, B. W. Romig and J. M. Seitzman, “Optical Equivalence Ratio Sensors for Gas Turbine Combustors,” Proc. Combust. Inst. 30, pp. 1601-1609 (2005).
  • R. T. Wainner and J. M. Seitzman, “Soot Measurements in a Simulated Engine Exhaust using Laser-Induced Incandescence,” AIAA Journal 37, pp. 738-743   (1999).