Faculty & Research

personnel profile

Ronald K. Hanson

 
Title:Professor; Clarence J. and Patricia R. Woodard Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department(s):Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics by courtesy
Location:Bldg. 520, rm. 520E
Mail Code:3032
Phone:650.723.6850       650.723.1745
Fax:650.723.1748
E-mail: rkhanson@stanford.edu
URL: http://hanson.stanford.edu/
Administrator: Cita C. Levita

Research Statement

Professor Hanson's research is in the field of laser diagnostics and sensors, shock wave physics and chemistry, laser spectroscopy, chemical kinetics and combustion, and propulsion science. He is the author of three book chapters and over archival refereed 400 papers in these areas, and has served as a member of the editorial advisory boards of Combustion Science and Technology, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Shock Waves, the International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, and the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. He has served as Chair of the Gordon Conference on Combustion Diagnostics, Chair of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, and as the Program Co-Chair for the 30th Symposium (International) on Combustion. He was the Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University from 1993 to 2003. He has been the principal advisor for more than 80 Ph.D. graduates.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics 1968 Stanford
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
Nearinfrared Diode Laser Absorption Diagnostic for Temperature and Water Vapor in a Scramjet Combustor J.T.C. Liu, G.B. Rieker, J.B. Jeffries, R.K. Hanson, M.R. Gruber, C.D. Carter and T. Mathur
High Temperature Thermal Decomposition of Benzyl Radicals M.A. Oehlschlaeger, D.F. Davidson and R.K. Hanson
High Temperature UV Absorption of Methyl Radicals behind Shock Waves M.A. Oehlschlaeger, D.F. Davidson and R.K. Hanson
High Temperature Measurements of the Reactions of OH with Toluene and Acetone V. Vasudevan, D.F. Davidson and R.K. Hanson
Oxygen Quenching of Toluene Fluorescence at Elevated Temperatures W. Koban, J.D. Koch, R.K. Hanson and C. Schulz
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Course NumberCourse TitleLink
ME362 Non-Equilibrium Processes in Gases
ME367 Optical Diagnostics and Spectroscopy Laboratory
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Membership in National Academies

National Academy of Engineering

Academic Honors & Awards

2008 Alfred Egerton Gold Medal of the Combustion Institute
2005 Combustion and Propellants Award (AIAA)
2004 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2002 Silver Medal, Combustion Institute
2002 Elected to National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
2000 Best Paper of 2000, Journal of Measurement Science and Technology
1997 Best Paper Award, Ground Test Conference, AIAA
1997 Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1996 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology award from the AIAA (first recipient)
1994 Clarence and Patricia Woodard Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1990 Fellow, Optical Society of America (OSA)