Carbon-Free Fuels

Olivier Mathieu is a Research Associate Professor in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the University of Orléans, France, in 2006, following an M.Sc. degree at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, in 2003. He developed expertise in combustion chemistry since his M.Sc. in various positions at IFP Energies Nouvelles (France) and Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) before joining Texas A&M University in 2011. His research work encompasses various aspects of combustion chemistry, including pollutant formation (soot, NOx), fuels for energy production (hydrogen, ammonia, syngas, natural gas), and transportation (gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels), as well as topics related to this type of chemistry such as thermal destruction of the chemical weapon of mass destruction, fire suppressants, and combustion properties of lithium-ion battery electrolyte.

Eric L. Petersen is a Professor in the J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Director of the TEES Turbomachinery Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University (1998), his M.S. from the University of Florida (1990), and his B.S. from the University of Central Florida (1988), all in mechanical engineering. He worked at Pratt & Whitney (1990–1993) and was a staff scientist at The Aerospace Corporation (1997–2001). Prior to TAMU, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida (2001–2007). His research areas include gas dynamics; propulsion; combustion; chemical kinetics; optical diagnostics and spectroscopy; and rocket propellants. He has authored over 620 papers, including 204 journal papers. Dr. Petersen has advised 21 Ph.D. and 62 M.S. degrees. He is a Fellow of ASME and the Combustion Institute, and he is an Associate Fellow of AIAA.