Degrees / Education

• PhD, UC Berkeley

Research Interests

Academic Distinctions

• 2013 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2012 Recipient of the Internal Combustion Engine Award by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• 2002 Selected as a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers
• 1989 Research Achievement Award, Drexel University

Professional Associations

• Air and Waste Management Association
• American Chemical Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• American Association of University Professors
• The Combustion Institute
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Sigma Xi
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Order of the Engineer
• American Society for Engineering Education
• Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania

Select Publications

• Wu, L., Lane, J., Cernansky, N.P., Miller, D.L., Fridman, A.A., Starikovskiy, A. Y, “Plasma-Assisted Ignition Kinetics below Self-Ignition Threshold in Methane, Ethane, Propane and Butane,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 33, 3219-3224, 2011. (doi:10.1016 / j.proci.2010.06.003)
• Corrubia, J. A., Farid, F., Cernansky, N.P., Miller, D.L., “The Low to Intermediate Temperature Oxidation of n-Propylcyclohexane in a Pressurized Flow Reactor,” Paper No. 2A12, 7^th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, 20-23 Mar 2011.
• Wu, L., Lane, J.L., Cernansky, N.P, Miller, D.L., Fridman, A.A., Starikovskiy, A.Y., “Time resolved PLIF and CRD diagnostics of OH radicals in the afterglow of plasma discharge in hydrocarbon mixtures,” Paper No. 2H15, 7^th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, 20-23 Mar 2011.
• Lane, J.L., Cernansky, N.P., Miller, D.L., ”Cavity Enhanced Magneto-optic Rotation (CEMOR) of OH Radicals in a Methane/Air Flame,” Paper No. 2E17, 7^th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, 20-23 Mar 2011.
• Gupta, A., Miller, D.L., Cernansky, N.P., ”Development of a Low-Temperature Hydrocarbon Kinetic Mechanism which forms Non-Alkylated Lactones,” Paper No. 1A08, 7^th U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, 20-23 Mar 2011.
• Wu, L., Lane, J.L., Cernansky, N.P, Miller, D.L., Fridman, A.A., Starikovskiy, A.Y., “Time resolved PLIF and CRD diagnostics of OH radicals in the afterglow of plasma discharge in hydrocarbon mixtures,” 20th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (ISPC), Philadelphia, PA, 24-29 July 2011.
• Natelson, R. H., Kurman, M. S., Johnson, R. O., Cernansky, N. P. Miller, D.L., ”Preignition and Autoignition Chemistry of the Xylene Isomers,” Combustion Science and Technology 183, 9, 897-914, 2011. (doi:10.1080/00102202.2011.559952)
• Wu, L., Lane, J.L., Cernansky, N.P., Miller, D.L., Fridman, A.A., Starikovskiy, A.Y., “Time Resolved PLIF Imaging of OH Radicals in the Afterglow of Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge Combustible Mixtures,” IEEE Trans on Plasma Science,Vol. 39, No. 11, 2604-2605, 2011. (doi:10.1109/TPS.2011.2160739)