Albert Ratner
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Biography
Current positions:
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Researcher, Iowa Technology Institute
Publications:
Active scientific and professional society memberships:
- ASME Fellow, Technical Program Chair for 2023 ASME IMECE, Steering Cmt Member for ASME IMECE
- Combustion Institute Member and Central States Executive Cmt Member 2012-2024, 2021 US National Combustion Meeting Program Chair
- AIAA Senior Member, Past Chair of the AIAA Iowa Section and Advisor to the U of Iowa Student Chapter
- Iowa Academy of Science Member, Past Chair of the Engineering Section
Special fields of knowledge:
- Combustion
- Laser diagnostics
- Reacting and unsteady flows
- Combustion instability
- Reaction layer dynamics
- High-speed imaging
Research areas:
- Flame front dynamics
- Impact of fuel mixing on combustion instabilities
- Combustion of bio-derived fuels
- Droplet and spray dynamics
- Medical devices
Joined the College of Engineering: 2003
Engineering Unit(s)
- Iowa Technology Institute
- Mechanical Engineering
