| Profile: |
Dr. Alexander Gutsol’s research interests include:
Chemical processes and technologies in plasmas: organic and inorganic surface treatment; conversion and purification of gases; gas, liquid and surface sterilization; fuel treatment and conversion; decomposition of carbon dioxide and water vapor, decomposition of inorganic solutions; production of oxide powders; plasma spraying coating deposition; powder spheroidization.
Physics and engineering of gas discharges: high temperature fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer processes; microwave, radio- frequency, arc (including gliding arc), glow, barrier and corona plasma discharges; discharges in supersonic gas flows; discharge kinetics and electrodynamics; discharge plasma - surface interaction; diagnostics of discharge plasma.
Fluid dynamics and combustion: swirl flows; Ranque-Hilsh effect; plasma and combustion in swirl flows. |
| Education: |
Baykov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science
Sc.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2000
Moscow Inst. of Physics & Technology
Ph.D. in Physics & Mathematics, 1985
Moscow Inst. of Physics & Technology
M.S. in Physics & Technology, 1982 |
