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Sibendu Som was one of 100 outstanding engineers selected to participate in the 2014 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) symposium, sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Each year, NAE invites the nation’s brightest, emerging engineers under 45 years … Read More »

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations can be a powerful tool when designing an internal-combustion engine (ICE); however; the results of CFD simulations often change as the grid is refined.  Because grid-convergent ICE simulations are computationally expensive, high-performance computing (HPC) tools … Read More »

The role of individual molecular reaction rates in complex combustion processes in engines has been assessed in computer simulations of the combustion of a model biodiesel fuel. This study is part of a larger investigation of how quantum chemistry – … Read More »

International Data Corporation recently announced the 2014 recipients of the HPC Innovation Excellence Award at the 2014 International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig, Germany. Recipients include researchers from Argonne National Laboratory, for their work conducting one of the largest internal combustion … Read More »

A complex system like an engine has many parameters that must be included in any reliable simulation. From fuel injectors to combustion chemistry, every part of the process of combustion has parameters with some level of uncertainty associated with them. … Read More »

Caterpillar Inc. (Cat), Peoria, Ill., recognizing that we are entering an age of high-fidelity engine modeling, turned to U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and its Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative (VERIFI), where experts are developing new … Read More »

Because grid-convergent internal combustion engine (ICE) simulations are computationally expensive,  high-performance computing (HPC) tools are necessary. HPC tools have  been used to simulate complex processes such as spray or combustion, but the full potential of HPC tools for engine simulations … Read More »