Hunter Mack, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of California - Berkeley

Combustion Analysis Laboratory (website)

 

Hesse Hall 50-B

Berkeley, CA 94720

email for phone/fax information

hmack@me.berkeley.edu

(Email to request a  CV/Resume)

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Statement          

I'm currently a Post Doc at the University of California - Berkeley where I work with Professor Robert W. Dibble in the Combustion Analysis Laboratory.  My research interests are Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition, Renewable Energies, Air Quality, Biofuels (Ethanol, Biodiesel, etc), and chemical kinetics.
     

Education

          

PhD  Mechanical Engineering, University of California - Berkeley (2007)

     Major Field - Combustion

     Minor Field - Management of Technology (MOT)

     Minor Field - Air Quality

 

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California - Berkeley (2004)

 

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis (2002)

 

B.A. Physics, Hendrix College [Conway, Arkansas] (2001)

 
             

Publications

          

J.H. Mack, D.L. Flowers, S.M. Aceves, and R.W. Dibble, "Direct Use of Wet Ethanol in a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine: Experimental and Numerical Results," Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Fall 2007. [view]

 

J.H. Mack, D.L. Flowers, B.A. Buchholz, and R.W. Dibble, "Using Biofuel Tracers to Study Alternative Combustion Regimes," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B (NIMB), 36DCC80, 2006. [view] [peer-reviewed/refereed]

 

B.J. Blizman, D.B. Makel, J.H. Mack, and R.W. Dibble, "Landfill Gas Fueled HCCI Demonstration System," Proceedings of the 2006 ASME ICE Fall Conference (ICEF2006-1578), 2006. [view]

 

S. Mosbach, M. Kraft, A. Bhave (Univ. of Cambridge); F. Mauss (Lund Institute of Technology); J.H. Mack, R.W. Dibble (Univ. of California-Berkeley), "Simulating a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine Fuelled with a DEE/EtOH Blend," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-1362, 2006. [view] [peer-reviewed/refereed]

 

J.W. Girard, G.E. Bogin, J.H. Mack, J.Y. Chen, and R.W. Dibble, "A Comparison of Infrared Light Emitting Diodes (IR-LED) versus Infrared," Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Fall 2005. [view]

 

J.H. Mack, D.L. Flowers, B.A. Buchholz, and R.W. Dibble, "The Effect of the Di-Tertiary Butyl Peroxide (DTBP) additive on HCCI Combustion of

Fuel Blends of Ethanol and Diethyl Ether," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-2135, 2005. [view] [peer-reviewed/refereed]

 

J.H. Mack, D.L. Flowers, B.A. Buchholz, and R.W. Dibble, "Investigation

of HCCI Combustion of Diethyl Ether and Ethanol Mixtures Using Carbon 14

Tracing and Numerical Simulations," Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Volume 30/2 pp 2693-2700, 2004. [view] [peer-reviewed/refereed]

 

J.S. Souder, J.H. Mack, J.K. Hedrick, and R.W. Dibble, "Microphones and Knock Sensors for Feedback Control of HCCI Engines," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME ICE Fall Conference, 2004. [view] [peer-reviewed/refereed]

 

 
             

Presentations

          

16 Oct 2007  Western States Section of the Combustion Institute

                               Hosted by Sandia National Laboratory (Livermore, California, USA)

                               "Direct Use of Wet Ethanol in a Homogeneous Charge Compression

             Ignition (HCCI) Engine: Experimental and Numerical Results"

             pdf file

 

08 Feb 2007  DOE HCCI University Consortium

             Sandia National Laboratory (Livermore, California, USA)

             "Multicylinder Engine Control using Turbo/Supercharging:

             Modeling and Experiments"

             Powerpoint file

 

09 Feb 2006  DOE HCCI University Consortium

             Sandia National Laboratory (Livermore, California, USA)

             "Ion Sensing, Control, and Actuation in Multicylinder HCCI

             Engines"

             Powerpoint file

 

24 Oct 2005  UC Berkeley PhD Qualifying Exam

             "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of HCCI using Fuel

             Blends of Ethanol"

             Powerpoint file

  

10 May 2005  SAE International Fuels and Lubricants Conference

             (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) 

             "The Effect of the Di-Tertiary Butyl Peroxide (DTBP) additive on

             HCCI Combustion of Fuel Blends of Ethanol and Diethyl Ether"

             Powerpoint file

 

28 Jul 2004  30th International Combustion Symposium

             (Chicago, Illinois)   

             "Investigation of HCCI Combustion of Diethyl Ether and Ethanol

             Mixtures Using Carbon 14 Tracing and Numerical Simulations"

 
             

Posters

          

09 Aug 2006  31st International Combustion Symposium

             (Heidelberg, Germany)

             "Fuel Rich HCCI Combustion as a Fuel Reformer"

             Mack (UCB), Flowers (LLNL), Dibble (UCB)

             PDF poster

             PDF abstract

 

02 Aug 2005  2005 Gordon Research Conference on Laser Diagnostics

             (South Hadley, Massachusetts)

             "Low Cost Optical Detection of Nitric Oxide Pollutant in Engine

             Exhausts Using Lasers Diodes and Light Emitting Diodes"

             Bogin, Girard, Mack, Dibble (UCB)

 
             

Multimedia

           Article: Smart HCCI Cars (Citris Newsletter) (link)

Video: An in-cylinder video of HCCI Combustion done by Professor Ikeda at Kobe University in Japan. (YouTube video link)
             

Links

          

Click    Combustion Analysis Laboratory at UC Berkeley

Click    The University of California at Berkeley homepage

Click    Washington University in Saint Louis homepage

Click    Hendrix College Homepage

Click    Cantera software homepage

 
             
             
             

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Last Updated: October 17, 2008