Abstract：
The seminar will cover recent advances on fundamental  combustion phenomena under three extreme thermodynamic and fluid  dynamic states, namely: (1) chemical kinetics, laminar flame  propagation and stabilization, detonation structure, and flammability  limits governed by low-temperature chemistry; (2) chemistry,  transport, flame structure and flame propagation in high-pressure,  supercritical fluids; and (3) facilitated ignition and off-limit  burning in flows of intense turbulence. Practical implications of  such  extreme combustion processes will be discussed.  
Bio:
Chung  K. Law is the Robert H. Goddard of Princeton  University and the  founding director of the Center for Combustion  Energy at Tsinghua  University. His research interests are in  combustion, propulsion,  heat and mass transfer, energy, alternative  fuels and the environment,  and has published over 500 SCI papers. He  is a member of the US  National Academy of Engineering; a fellow of  the American Academy of  Arts and Sciences, the American Association  for the Advancement of  Science, the American Society of Mechanical  Engineers, the American  Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,  and the American Physical  Society; a former president of the  Combustion Institute, and has  received a number of honorific  professional awards.