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Stephen R. Turns

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

114 Research Building East
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-1989
srt@psu.edu

Education

        Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979
        M.S., Wayne State University, 1974
        B.S., Penn State University, 1970

Books

	S. R. Turns, Thermal-Fluid Sciences: An Integrated Approach, Cambridge University Press, New York, January, 2006. Errata for Thermal-Fluid Sciences
	S. R. Turns, Thermodynamics: Concepts and Applications, Cambridge University Press, New York, March, 2006. Errata for Thermodynamics
	S. R. Turns, An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996; Second Edition, 2000. Errata for An Introduction to Combustion

Research Interests

Combustion engines
Combustion instrumentation
Pollutant formation and control in combustion systems
Engineering education pedagogy
Biomass combustion
Cellulosic ethanol production and combustion

Recent Publications

L. Wang, M. F. Modest, D. C. Haworth, and S. R. Turns, "Modelling Nongrey Gas-Phase and Soot Radiation in Luminous Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames," Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol. 9, pp. 479-498, 2005.
J. T. Moore, S. R. Turns, and R. A. Yetter, "Combustion of Lithium-Aluminum Alloys," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 177, pp. 627-669, 2005.
L. Wang, D. C. Haworth, S. R. Turns, and M. F. Modest, "Interactions Among Soot, Thermal Radiation, and NO_x Emissions in Oxygen-Enriched Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling Study," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 141, pp. 170-179, 2005.
S. R. Turns, Book Review: The John Zink Combustion Handbook, C. E. Baukal and R. Schwartz, Eds., Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 174 (3), pp. 173-175, 2002.
L. Wang, N. E. Endrud, S. R. Turns, M. D. D'Agostini, and A. G. Slavejkov, "A Study of the Influence of Oxygen Index on Soot, Radiation, and Emission Characteristics of Turbulent Jet Flames," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 174, pp. 45-72, 2002.
G. J. R. Newbold, G. J. Nathan, D. S. Nobes, and S. R. Turns, "The Role of Large Scale Mixing and Radiation in the Scaling of NO_x Emissions from Unconfined Flames," Journal of Korean Society of Combustion, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 8-14, 2002.
R. V. Bandaru and S. R. Turns, "Turbulent Jet Flames in a Crossflow: Effects of Some Jet, Crossflow, and Pilot-Flame Parameters on Emissions," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 121, pp. 137-151, 2000.
G. J. R. Newbold, G. J. Nathan, D. S. Nobes, and S. R. Turns, Measurements and Prediction of NO_x Emissions fro Unconfined Propane Flames fro Turbulent-Jet, Bluff-Body, Swirl, and Precessing Jet Flames, Proceeding of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 28, pp. 481-487, 2000.

Awards and Honors

Penn State Engineering Society Outstanding Teaching Award, 1985
Penn State Engineering Society Premier Teaching Award, 1991
Penn State Mechanical Engineering Department and Pi Tau Sigma, Teacher of the Year Award, 1990/91
Society of Automotive Engineers, Forest R. McFarland Award, 1997
The Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1997
The Pennsylvania State University, Teaching Hall of Fame, 2002

Course Web Pages

ME 431 (31) Thermodynamics of Propulsion and Power Systems www.mne.psu.edu/me431
ME 33H Fluid Mechanics (Honors) www.mne.psu.edu/me33h