Gokul Vishwanathan

Office:	1011 Engineering Research Building (ERB)
Voice:	(608) 265 8608
Fax:
Email:	gvishwanatha@wisc.edu
Advisor:	Prof. Rolf D. Reitz

Ph.D. expected Spring 2010

Project

Development of a Practical Soot Modeling Approach and its Application to Low Temperature Diesel Combustion

1) Career in IC Engine research (Experimental and /or Modeling) 2) Academics

Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama, 2006.
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pune, India, 2003.

Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Fall 2006-Present
Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Summer-2006.
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), The University of Alabama, Spring 2006.
Caterpillar Corporate Intern in Global Engine Development-NA, Fall 2005.
Graduate Research Assistant (GRA). The University of Alabama. Spring 2004-Summer 2005.

Gokul Vishwanathan and Rolf D. Reitz, Development of a Practical Soot Modeling Approach and its Application to Low Temperature Diesel Combustion, Accepted for publication in Combustion Science and Technology.
Gokul Vishwanathan and Rolf D. Reitz, Modeling Soot Formation Using Reduced PAH Chemistry in n-Heptane Lifted Flames with Application to Low Temperature Combustion, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, V.131, May 2009 (Also appeared in 2008 ASME ICES Spring Technical Conference held at Chicago).
Gokul Vishwanathan and Rolf D. Reitz, Numerical Predictions of Diesel Flame Lift-off Length and Soot Distributions under Low Temperature Combustion Conditions, SAE 2008-01-1331.
G. Vishwanathan and W. H. Sutton, Numerical Study of Autoignition of Hydrogen-Oxygen-Argon Mixtures in a Rapid Compression Machine, Central States Combustion Institute Conference, Cleveland, OH, May 2006.
G. Vishwanathan, W. Sutton, and M. Sharif, Study of Autoignition of H2-O2-AR Mixtures Using Computational Fluid Dynamics with Detailed Chemical Kinetics in a Rapid Compression Machine ,44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2006.