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personnel profile

Tom Bowman

 
Title:Professor
Department(s):Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation(s):Chair, Thermosciences Division in Mechanical Engineering
Location:Bldg. 520, rm. 520 A
Mail Code:3032
Phone:650.723.1745       
Fax:650.723.1748
E-mail: ctbowman@stanford.edu
Administrator: Perry Thoorsell

Research Statement

Professor Bowman studies reacting flows, primarily through experimental means, and the processes by which pollutants are formed and destroyed in flames. In addition, he is interested in the environmental impact of energy use, specifically greenhouse gas emissions from use of fossil fuels.

Projects
DOE, “Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Combustion Gases at High Temperatures"
GCEP, "Synthetic Oxygenated Fuels”
AFOSR, "Mechanisms for Surrogates of Petroleum-Derived and Synthetic Jet Fuels"

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences 1966 Princeton
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
Shock tube study of the reaction of CH with N2: overall rate and product branching ratio V. Vasudevan, R. K. Hanson, C. T. Bowman, D. M. Golden and D. F. Davidson jp075638c_1414.pdf
Effects of pressure on performance of mesoscale burner arrays for gas-turbine applications A. Bardos, K. M. Walters, M. G. Boutross, S. Lee, C. F. Edwards, and C. T. Bowman
High-temperature shock tube measurements of methyl radical decomposition V. Vasudevan, R. K. Hanson, D. M. Golden, C. T. Bowman and D. F. Davidson jp0677187_1416.pdf
High-temperature measurements of the rates of the reactions CH2O+M products and CH2O+O2 products V. Vasudevan, D. F. Davidson, R. K. Hanson, C. T. Bowman and D. M. Golden
Experimental study of a confined, swirling, non-premixed gas flame for validation of simulations E.J. Tribbett, C.M. Sipperley, J.-Y. Huh, C.F. Edwards, C.T. Bowman
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Academic Honors & Awards

1997 Humboldt Research Prize
1998 Zeldovich Gold Medal of the Combustion Institute