The Combustion Diagnostics and  Environmental Measurements Laboratory

	Mission   The Combustion Diagnostics and Environmental Measurements Lab is dedicated to leadership in development of new diagnostics for combustion and environmental problems, and the understanding of interesting combustion and reaction physics.     Areas in which we contribute: Provide physical insight into energy conversion processes Minimize harmful emissions while maximizing efficiency Make real-time measurement of chemical species concentrations Provide sizing and composition of airborne particles Measure strain and temperature in structures Hot off the press: U.C. Riverside Departmental Seminar 10/13/04	The lab has a variety of current and recent projects, including: Real-time measurement of multiple species concentrations and temperature using multiplexed tunable diode lasers Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for real-time measurement of ambient particulate matter (including differentiation of biological aerosols, such as anthrax simulants from other biological aerosols). Measurements of gas-phase and  particulate emissions with LIBS and other real-time laser methods Fundamental physics of LIBS for aerosol detection Flame spread over solid fuels in microgravity conditions Diagnostics for microreactors Hazardous waste destruction using Molten Salt Oxidation Simultaneous strain and temperature sensing using fiber optic Bragg gratings Radical and major species measurements in catalytic combustors (new) Measurements of biomass gasification products (new) Design of a novel aerosol spectrometer (new) Click on a bulleted link above to read more! (More links coming soon!)