Jimmy C Tai
Professor Sun’s teaching interests include fundamental and advanced courses in aerospace engineering, emphasizing fluid mechanics and combustion. He engages both undergraduate and graduate students to develop a deep understanding of both physics and chemistry relevant to aerospace applications. His instruction integrates theoretical principles with practical computational tools to prepare students for research and professional work in combustion and related areas. (66 words)
Professor Sun’s research focuses on combustion, with particular emphasis on combustion kinetics and plasma-assisted combustion. His work addresses the challenges of enabling combustion under extreme conditions, reducing emissions, and understanding the chemical effects of a variety of fuels in propulsion systems.
Lab/Collaborations:
- Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)
Disciplines:
- Systems Design & Optimization
- Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998
- M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991
- B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990
- Hao Tang, Evangelos Chatziandreou, Griffin Rahn, Bo Peng, Wenting Sun, Simultaneous NH/NO PLIF measurements in plasma-assisted ammonia and ammonia/hydrogen swirling flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 41, 105789, 2025
- H Tang, S Gubbi, W Sun, Investigation of flame structure in plasma-assisted ammonia swirling flames using NH planar laser-induced fluorescence, Combustion and Flame 274, 114006, 2025
- S Gubbi, R Cole, CDA Jimenez, B Emerson, D Noble, R Steele, W Sun, ..., Investigation of minimum NOx emissions for cracked ammonia combustion, Combustion and Flame 274, 114005, 2025
- S Gubbi, R Cole, B Emerson, D Noble, R Steele, W Sun, T Lieuwen, Air Quality Implications of Using Ammonia as a Renewable Fuel: How Low Can NOx Emissions Go?, ACS Energy Letters 8 (10), 4421-4426, 2023
- Y Peng, D Ranjan, W Sun, A shock tube study of fuel concentration effect on high-pressure autoignition delay of ammonia, Applications in Energy and Combustion Science 16, 100202, 2023