ROLF DENEYS REITZ
Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1978
M.A. Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1975
M.S. Mechanics State University of New York, Stony Brook 1973
M.Sc.(Eng) Mechanical Engineering University of Cape Town, R South Africa 1972
B.Sc.(Eng) Mechanical Engineering University of Cape Town, R South Africa 1970
Positions held:
Professor University of Wisconsin – Madison 1993 - Present
Director Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison 2001 - 2004
Associate Professor University of Wisconsin – Madison 1989 - 1993
Staff Research Engineer General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI 1985 - 1989
Senior Research Engineer General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI 1983 - 1985
Research Staff Member Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1980 - 1983
Associate Research Scientist Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York U 1978-1980
Research Assistant Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1974 - 1978
Honors and Awards:
Society of Automotive Engineer (SAE) Arch T. Colwell Award (2005); ASME Soichiro Honda Medal (2004); Wisconsin Idea Fellow, UW System, 2004-05; ASME ICE Fall 2000 Best Paper award, Appointed Wisconsin Distinguished Professor, 1998-2009; SAE Fellow, 1998; SAE Forest R. McFarland Award, 1998; SAE Horning Memorial Award 1989 and 1997; Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS-Americas) William Robert Marshall Award, 1995; Myers-Uyehara Fund Meritorious Paper Award, 1994; SAE Distinguished Speaker Award, 1992; SAE Oral presentation awards 1988, 89,91,92,93; Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Fellowships, 1974-77; M.Sc. (Eng) awarded with Distinction, B.Sc. (Eng) with Honors and Class Medal in Fluids; ILASS best student paper (student Snyder) 1998; SAE Outstanding Speaker Award (student Lippert) 1997.
Professional Activities:
ILASS-Americas: Past Chairman 2002-2005, Chair 1999-2002, Vice-Chair, 97-99, Treasurer 94-96, Secretary 1989-94, co-Chair Diesel Committee 1992-98; Editor (Americas) and co-founder International Journal of Engine Research, IMechE, 1999; SAE Arch T. Colwell best paper selection committee, 1999; Editorial Board Atomization and Sprays, Acting Editor 1994-1999; Co-editor KIVA User's Group Newsletter 1990-present; Associate Editor of AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power (1989-1991); Technical Program Committee 24th and 25th Combustion Symposia; Organizing Committee 8th Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Combustion; Organizing Committee 6th ICLASS Conference, Rouen, France, 1994; Organizing Committee 7th ICLASS Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1997; Co-organizer KIVA and Engine Modeling User’s Group Meetings 1-15, 1991-05; SAE Session Organizer (1989-1994); SAE Congress Technical Session Organizer “Fuel Spray Technology” (94 to 05); ASME ICE Division session organizer, 1997; Advisory Committee, THIESEL Conference, Valencia, Spain, 9/2000, 2002, 2004; Member International Scientific Committee, Spray-05 International Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, 2005; Co-Founder, Partner, Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants, LLC (WERC), 1999.
Research Interests:
Combustion, gas dynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, sprays, chemical kinetics, pollutant emissions, engine performance, computer modeling of engines and sprays.
Publications (15 recent):
Klingbeil, A.E., Juneja, H., Ra, Y. and Reitz, R.D., “Premixed Diesel Combustion Analysis in a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine,” SAE Trans., paper 2003-01-0341, Vol. 112-3, J. Engines, pp. 445-459, 2003.
Wiedenhoefer, J.F., and Reitz, R.D., “Multidimensional Modeling of the Effects of Radiation and Soot Deposition in Heavy-duty Diesel Engines,” SAE Trans., paper 2003-01-0560, Vol. 112-3, J. Engines, pp. 784-804, 2003.
Tan, Z., and Reitz, R.D., “Ignition and Combustion Modeling in Spark-ignition Engines Using a Level Set Method,” SAE Trans., paper 2003-01-0722, Vol. 112-3, J. Engines, pp. 1028-1040, 2003.
Kong, S.,-C., Patel, A., Yin, Q., Klingbeil, A., and Reitz, R.D., “Numerical Modeling of Diesel Engine Combustion and Emissions Under HCCI-Like Conditions with High EGR Levels,” SAE Trans., paper 2003-01-1087, Vol. 112-3, J. Engines, pp. 1500-1510, 2003.
Kong, S.,-C., Reitz, R.D., Christensen, M., and Johansson, B., “Modeling the Effects of Geometry Generated Flow Turbulence on HCCI Combustion,” SAE Trans., paper 2003-01-1088, Vol. 112-3, J. Engines, pp. 1511-1521, 2003.
Canakci, M., and Reitz, R.D., “Experimental Optimization of a DI-HCCI-Gasoline Engine Using Split Injections with Fully-Automated Micro-Genetic Algorithms,” Int. J. Engine Research, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 47-60, 2003.
Wiedenhoefer, J.F., and Reitz, R.D., “A Multidimensional Radiation Model for Diesel Engine Simulations with Comparison to Experiment,” Numerical Heat Transfer: Int. J. Computation & Methodology Part A: Applications, Vol. 44 (7), pp. 665-682, 2003.
Tan, Z., and Reitz, R.D., “Development of a Universal Turbulent Combustion Model for Premixed and Direct Injection Spark/Compression Ignition Engines,” SAE Paper 2004-01-0102, 2004.
Juneja, H., Ra, Y., and Reitz, R.D., “Optimization of Injection Rate Shape using Active Control of Fuel Injection,” SAE paper 2004-01-0530, SAE Special Publication – Diesel Fuel Injection and Sprays, SP-1824, pp. 193-210, 2004.
Patel, A., Kong, S.-C., and Reitz, R.D., “Development and Validation of a Reduced Reaction Mechanism for HCCI Engine Simulations,” SAE Paper 2004-01-0558, 2004.
Ra, Y., Hruby, E.J., and Reitz, R.D., “Parametric Study of Combustion Characteristics in a DI Diesel HCCI Engine with a Low Pressure Fuel Injector,” Accepted for publication, Int. J. Engine Research, 2005.
Liu, Y., Tao, F., Foster, D., and Reitz, R.D., “Improvement of a Multiple-Step Phenomenological Soot Model and Its Application to HSDI Diesel Multiple Injection Modeling,” SAE Paper 2005-01-0924, 2005.
Munnannur, A., Kong, S.-C., and Reitz, R.D., “Performance Optimization of Diesel Engines with Variable Intake Valve Timing via Genetic Algorithms,” SAE Paper 2005-01-0374, 2005.
Bergin, M., Hessel, R.P., and Reitz, R.D., “Optimization of a Large Diesel Engine via Spin-spray Combustion,” SAE Paper 2005-01-0916, 2005.
Ra, Y., and Reitz, R.D., “The Use of Variable Geometry Sprays with Low Pressure Injection for Optimization of Diesel HCCI Engine Combustion,” SAE Paper 2005-01-0148, 2005.
Patents:
Reitz, R.D., and Thiel, M., “Diesel Engine Particulate (Soot) Reduction by Means of Multiple Injections with an Increasing Injection Pressure in Each Successive Pulse,” US Patent number 6526939, 3/4/2003.
Marriott, C.D., and Reitz, R.D., “Internal Combustion Engine Using Premixing with Combustion of Stratified Charges,” US Patent 6668789, 12/30/2003.
Reitz, R.D., Rutland, C.J., and Jhavar, R., “Controlled Valve Actuation for Emissions Reduction,” US Patent number 6736106, 5/18/2004.
Professional Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Combustion Institute
Review Activities (partial list):
Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, Combustion Institute, Combustion Science & Technology, Combustion & Flame, AIAA, NSF, SAE Transactions, ASME Journals, Physics of Fluids, Army Research Office, Journal of Aerosol Science, Applied Optics, Atomization and Sprays, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Computers & Fluids, DOE/SBIR, National Research Council, Journal of Multiphase Flows, Journal of Computational Physics, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer.