Youngchul Ra
Contact
- yra@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2385
- MEEM 907
- Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
Dr. Youngchul Ra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Michigan technological University. He received his PhD (1999) in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Bachelor and Master’s degrees from Seoul National University. With background in both experimental and numerical research, he is currently focusing on the field of modeling and numerical simulation pertaining to combustion and emissions, internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, two-phase flow, computational fluid dynamics, chemical kinetics, etc.
Areas of Expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Combustion/Chemical kinetics
- Internal Combustion Engine
Specialties
- Advanced Combustion Modeling: Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI), Reactive Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI),High Pressure Torch Jet Combustion (HPTJC), Ignition, Flame propagation
- Engine CFD: Full Conjugate Multi-domain code, Engine combustion application, Code development
- Chemical kinetics: Multi-component fuel chemistry, Surface chemistry, Soot, Emissions.
- Alternative Fuel Research: Biofuel, Additives, Spray modeling, Fuel assessment and design
- High Performance Computing Technology: Parallel computing, Solver algorithm, Optimization