Background
Professor Pitsch's main research interests are in combustion theory, modeling of turbulent reacting flows with large-eddy simulations, development and analysis of chemical kinetic reaction mechanisms, modeling of pollutant formation, development of numerical methods, investigation and modeling of combustion instabilities, and model applications to modern aircraft engine combustion, reciprocating engine combustion, and chemical processing.
Education
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, 1998
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, 1993
Academic Honors and Awards
- NSF Career Award, 2007
- AIAA Associate Fellow, 2007
Selected Journal Publications
- On the generation of direct combustion noise in turbulent non-premixed flames. Ihme, M. and Pitsch, H.. International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 11(1):25-78, 2012. (BIB)
- Radiation of noise in turbulent non-premixed flames. Ihme, M., Pitsch, H. and Bodony, D.. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32(1):1545-1553, 2009. (BIB)
- Prediction of extinction and reignition in nonpremixed turbulent flames using a flamelet/progress variable model: 1. A priori study and presumed PDF closure. Ihme, M. and Pitsch, H.. Combustion and flame, 155(1):70-89, 2008. (BIB)
- Modeling of radiation and nitric oxide formation in turbulent nonpremixed flames using a flamelet/progress variable formulation. Ihme, M. and Pitsch, H.. Physics of fluids, 20:055110, 2008. (BIB)
- Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Combustion. H. Pitsch. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 38:453-482, 2006. (BIB)
Current Ph.D. Students
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