Development of Comprehensive Detailed and Reduced Reaction Mechanisms for Combustion Modeling

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ChungK. Law received aB.Sc. in Physics from theUniversity ofAlberta in 1968,anM.A.Sc. inAerospace Studies from the University of Toronto in 1970, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from the University of California at San Diego in 1973. Since graduation he has been associated with the General Motors Research Laboratories, Princeton University, Northwestern University, and the University of California at Davis. In 1988 he returned to Princeton University, where he is the Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Law’s research interests cover various physical and chemical aspects of fundamental combustion phenomena. He is a Fellow of AIAA and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the President of the Combustion Institute (2000–2004), and a recipient of a number of professional awards for technical contributions. He is author or coauthor of over 300 journal publications.