Education
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1985
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1979
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 1973
Dr. Daw is a Distinguished Research and Development Staff Member. He has been on staff at ORNL since 1979, working in a variety of research areas including fossil energy generation and transformation, hazardous waste treatment, enriched uranium processing, emissions controls and automotive propulsion. His technical specialization areas include fluidization and multi-phase flows, chemical reactor analysis and design, combustion analysis and modeling, and nonlinear dynamics and chaos control.
- Coordinator for the DOE Diesel Crosscut Lean Exhaust Emissions Reduction Simulation (CLEERS) activity
- Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and The Combustion Institute;
- Member of the Board of the local Knoxville section for the AIChE
- Previous Board Member of the Central States Section of The Combustion Institute;
- ORNL representative to the American Flame Research Committee;
- Adjunct Professor in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville;
- Contributor to the ORNL/UTK Nonlinear Dynamics Interest Group;
- Reviewer for The Physical Review, Chaos, Powder Technology, AIChE Journal, Chemical Engineering Science and SAE;
- Registered Professional Engineer in Tennessee (inactive);
Selected Recent Publications
C. S. Daw, R. M. Wagner, K. D. Edwards, and J. B. Green, “Understanding the transition between conventional spark-ignited combustion and HCCI in a gasoline engine”, 31st International Symposium on Combustion ( Heidelberg, Germany; August 2006)
Josh A. Pihl, James E. Parks II, Todd J. Toops, C. Stuart Daw, Thatcher W. Root, Product Selectivity During Regeneration of Lean NOx Trap Catalysts, SAE Technical Publications 06FFL-133 (submitted May 2006)
R. S. Larson, K. Chakravarthy, J. Pihl and C. S. Daw, "Modeling of Chemistry in lean NOx traps under reducing conditions ", SAE Technical Publications 06FFL-164 (submitted May 2006)
C.S. Daw, K. Chakravarthy, J.C. Conklin, and R.L. Graves, “Minimizing destruction of thermodynamic availability in hydrogen combustion,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 31 (2006) 728-736.
J.-S. Choi, W. P. Partridge, C. S. Daw, "Spatially-resolved in situ measurements of transient species breakthrough during cyclic, low-temperature regeneration of a monolithic Pt/K/Al2O3 NOx storage-reduction catalyst", Applied Catalysis A: General 293 (2005) 24-40.
K. D. Edwards, C. S. Daw, R. M. Wagner, and J. B. Green, "Cyclic Variability During the Transition Between Spark-ignited Combustion and HCCI", Technical Meeting of the Central State Section of the Combustion Institute ( Cleveland, OH USA; May 2006)
K. Chakravarthy, C. S. Daw, R. Graves, B. Druecke, Dave Foster, S. Klein, “Second Law Comparisons of Volumetric and Flame Combustion in an Ideal Engine with Exhaust Heat Recover,” Technical Meeting of the Central State Section of the Combustion Institute ( Cleveland, OH USA; May 2006)
R. M. Wagner, K. D. Edwards, C. S. Daw, J. B. Green, and B. G. Bunting, “On the Nature of Cyclic Dispersion in Spark Assisted HCCI Combustion”, SAE 2006-01-0418 (Detroit, MI USA; April 2006).
K. D. Edwards, R. M. Wagner, V. K. Chakravarthy, C. S. Daw, and J. B. Green, Jr., “A Hybrid 2-Zone/WAVE Engine Combustion Model for Simulating Combustion Instabilities During Dilute Operation”, SAE 2005-01-3801 (San Antonio, TX USA; October 2005)
K. Chakravarthy, R. Wagner, and S. Daw, “On the Use of Thermodynamic Modeling for Predicting Cycle-to-Cycle Variations in a SI Engine Under Lean Conditions”, SAE 2005-01-3802 ( San Antonio, TX USA; October 2005)
B. C. Kaul, J. A. Drallmeier, K. Chakravarty, C. S. Daw, R. M. Wagner, and J. Sarangapani, “Modeling Nonlinear Dynamics in a Spark Ignition Engine with a Two-Zone Thermodynamic Model”, Fourth Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute ( Philadelphia, PA USA; March 2005)
C.S. Daw and John S. Halow, “Introduction: Global Dynamics in Spatially-Extended Mechanical Systems,” CHAOS, Focus Issue, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp 370-372, June 2004.
S. Pannala, C.S. Daw, and John S. Halow, “Dynamic Interacting Bubble Simulation (DIBS): An Agent-Based Model for Reacting Fluidized Beds”, CHAOS, Focus Issue, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp 487-498, June 2004.
A. Palacios, C. Finney, C.S. Daw, P. Cizmas, and T. O’Brien, “Experimental Analysis and Visualization of Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Spouted Fluidized Beds,” CHAOS, Focus Issue, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp 499-509, June 2004.
Sachin Sarnobat, Sandeep Rajput, Duane Bruns, David DePaoli, C. Stuart Daw, and Ke Nguyen, “The impact of external electrostatic fields on gas-liquid bubbling dynamics,” Chemical Engineering Science, 59, pp 247-258, 2004.
T.A. Fuller, T.J. Flynn, R.T. Bailey, C.S. Daw, C.E.A. Finney, K. Kersting, R. Fields, R. Bermke, and J. Stallings, “Field Experience with the Flame Doctor™ System,” Combined Power Plant Air Pollution Control Mega Symposium, EPRI-DOE-EPA-AWMA, Washington, D.C., paper no. BR-1739, May 19-22, 2003.
Selected Presentations
R. M. Wagner, K. D. Edwards, C. S. Daw, J. B. Green, “Understanding the Dynamic Instability of the SI-HCCI Transition and the Potential for Control”, SAE HCCI Symposium ( San Ramon, CA; September 2006). Invited.
R. M. Wagner, K. D. Edwards, C. S. Daw, J. B. Green, “Identification of Hybrid Combustion States for Improved Utilization of ‘Near-Flameless’ Combustion in Engines”, Poster presentation 31 st International Symposium on Combustion (Heidelberg, Germany; August 2006).
Josh Pihl , Jim Parks, Todd Toops, Stuart Daw, Thatcher Root, "Experimental studies of N species selectivity during regeneration of lean NOx traps," Josh Pihl, 9th CLEERS Workshop, Dearborn, MI.
Richard Larson, Kalyana Chakravarthy, Stuart Daw, and Josh Pihl, "Modeling Kinetics of NH3 and N2O Formation in Lean NOx Traps," 9th CLEERS Workshop, May 2-4, 2006, Dearborn, MI.
Stuart Daw , “ Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory to Combustion Diagnostics and Controls,” invited presentation to the GE R&D Center, Greenville, South Carolina, April 19, 2006.
Stuart Daw , Kalyana Chakravarthy, Jim Parks, Jae-Soon Choi, Todd Toops, Josh Pihl, “Practical Issues in Characterizing LNT Materials,” Presentation at the 8th CLEERS Workshop, University of Michigan, Dearborn, May 17-19, 2005
Stuart Daw , Charles Finney, Tim Fuller, Tom Flynn, Ralph Bailey, Jeff Stallings, “Real-Time Monitoring of Dynamical State Changes in Staged Coal Combustion, Invited presentation at the Windows to Complexity Symposium, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, April 4-6, 2005. |
