Degrees

• Ph.D. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1977
• M.A. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1974
• B.S. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Chemistry, 1971
• B.S.M.E. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Mechanical Engineering, 1971

Research Interests

• Reaction Kinetics, Hydrocarbon Combustion
• Air Pollution, Energy Utilization, Waste Incineration, Alternate and Synthetic Fuels.
• Heat Transfer and Thermal Properties of Nanomaterials

Recent Selected Publications

• "Interdisciplinary ECE and ME Education in Electro-thermal Performance of CMOS SOC Devices." With J. Chen, Z.J. Delalic, D. Silage, presented at ASEE annual meeting, Montreal, June, 2002.

• "Measurement and Numerical Simulation of Transient Temperature Signal in Microscale Porous Material Heated by Microsecond Laser Pulse of Very High Power Density." Coauthors: Chen, Jiang & Liu (from Chinese Acad. Sci.). Presented at IMECE 2002 (International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition).

• Delalic, Z. J., Cohen, R., Chen, J. S-J., Silage, D., Lin, J., Kaku, V., Modi, D., and Moussaoui, C., 2001,
  Numerical and Experimental Simulation of Electro-Thermal Behavior of VLSI Chips",¡± Proc. 2001 International Symposium on Microelectronics (IMAPS), pp. 218-223.

• Wilk, R.D., Cohen, R.S., and Cernansky, N.P., "The Oxidation of n-Butane: Transition in the Mechanism Across the Region of Negative Temperature Coefficient," accepted with revisions, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Aug., 1994.

• Reddy, K.T., Cernansky, N.P., and Cohen R.S., "GC/On-Column Injection Technique to Detect Dodecyl Hydroperoxides and Their Decomposition Products, " Analytical Chemistry,64,2273 (1992).

• Reddy, K.T., Cernansky, N.P., and Cohen R.S., "The Role of Alkylperoxy and Alkyl Radicals in Fuel Deposit and Gum Formation," Paper No. 32, 3rd International Conference on Stability and Handling of Liquid Fuels, London, p. 252, 1988.

• Reddy, K.T., Cernansky, N.P., and Cohen R.S., "Modified Reaction Mechanism of Aerated n-Dodecane Liquid Flowing Over Heated Metal Tubes," Journal of Energy and Fuels, 2, 205, (1988).

Projects

• Interdisciplinary Education and Research of Nanoscale Devices and Electro-thermal Performance of VLSI Chips,¡± in collaboration with Chen, J., Mechanical Engineering, Delalic, Z. J. and Silage, D., Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Present Teaching (Spring 2008)

• AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN I & II & III
• ADV THERMO. & COMBUSTION
• I. C. ENGINES