O.A. (DK) Ezekoye, Ph.D., P.E. (85091)

W.W. Dornberger Centennial Teaching Fellow

Professor and Graduate Advisor

 

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78712

Voice) 512-471-3085

FAX) 512-471-1045

dezekoye@mail.utexas.edu

4302 Cat Hollow Dr.

Austin, TX 78731

 

 

EDUCATION

            BSME              University of Pennsylvania                                             1987

            MSME             University of California-Berkeley                                   1989

            Ph.D.               University of California-Berkeley                                   1991

            Post-Doc         National Institute of Standards and Technology 1992

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

 

The University of Texas at Austin, Professor (9/05), Associate Professor, (9/98-8/05),

& Assistant Professor, (1/93-8/98) Research interests include thermal-fluid design, fire, combustion, internal combustion engines, and heat transfer processes in combustion chambers.

 

National Institute of Standards and Technology, NRC Post-doctoral Fellow, (12/91-12/92)

Building and Fire Research Lab: Performed computational and analytical studies on laminar diffusion flamelets for application to large fire combustion modeling.

 

University of California at Berkeley, Research Assistant, (8/87-11/91)

Conducted research on flame wall interactions for engine applications.  Performed experimental and numerical studies on unsteady flame quenching.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

General Motors Scholar, 1985-1987

4 Year Letterman (Varsity Wrestling) Univ. of Pennsylvania

Magna Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1987

AT&T Corporate Research Fellowship, 1987-1991

E.V. Laitone Prize in Combustion (UCB) 1990

NRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (NIST), 1991-1992

Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph Teetor Educators Award, 1997

National Science Foundation Early Career Award (CAREER), 1997

3M Untenured Faculty Fellowship, 1996, 1997

College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, 1998

Halliburton Foundation, Faculty Award of Excellence, 1999

Student Engineering Council Faculty Appreciation Week Award 2003

Mechanical Engineering Honorary Graduate Engineering Award 2004

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006

 

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES:

Tau Beta Pi 1985-1991

Pi Tau Sigma 1985- 1987

Member Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 1993-2002

Member The Combustion Institute 1993-present

Member American Society of Engineering Education 1993-96

Member National Society of Black Engineers 1983-87, 1993-1998

Member National Fire Protection Association, 1998-present

Member, National Society of Professional Engineers, 2000-2002

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1990-present

      (member K11 committee on heat transfer in fire and combustion systems, )

Member Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 2001-present

Member International Association for Fire Safety Science, 2005-present

Member American Association Aerosol Researchers, 2005-present

 

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

Instructional Technology Committee, 1995-1997

Engineering Awards Committee, 2000-present

Equal Opportunity in Engineering Committee, 1993-1998; 2002-present

ME Dept. Chair Search Committee, 1997

ME Dept. Promotions/Rewards Sub-Committee, 1995

ME Strategic Planning Committee, 1998

ME Dept. Chair Search Committee, 2000

ME Graduate Student Recruiting Committee, 2000-present

ME Safety Committee, 2002-present

ME Chair of (TFS) Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2000-2001

Civil Engineering Dept. Chair Review Committee, 2005-06

Mechanical Engineering Dept. Chair Review Committee (Chair) 2006-07

Faculty Building Advisory Committee, 2003-present (Chair, 2006-08)

 

 

COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Scholarship Essay Judge (African American Staff Advocating Progress) 10/1993

Science Fair Judge (Doss Elementary School)  Spring 1995, 2004, 2006

Faculty Adviser, National Society of Black Engineers, 1993-present

Faculty Adviser, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 2003-present

Faculty Mentor, UT Equal Opportunities in Engineering, 1993-1997, 2002-2003

Scientific and Technical Support for Austin Fire Department, 2002-present

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AND MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEES:

Member, Academic Enrichment Committee, National Science Foundation Alliance for Minority Participation, 1993-1994

Member, Committee on Fire and Combustion (K-11 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers), 1990-present

Member, ASME HTD Membership Recognition Committee

Executive Board Member, Central States Section of Combustion Institute, 2002-present

Member, National Academy Sci. /NRC Committee on Future of Fire Research, 2001-2002

Member, NSF Fire Workshop, 2007

 

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED/CHAIRED:

Session Co-Organizer, ASME NHTC K-11 sessions, Portland, Oregon, 1995

Session Chair, ASME NHTC K-11 sessions Portland, Oregon, 1995

Session Co-Organizer, ASME IMECE K-11 sessions, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996

Session Chair, ASME IMECE K-11 sessions, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996

Session Chair, ASME IMECE K-11 sessions, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997

Session Chair, AIAA/ASME K-11 sessions, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998

Session Co-Organizer, ASME IMECE K-11 sessions, Anaheim, California, 1998

Session Chair, Western States Section of Combustion Inst. Spring meeting, Golden, Colorado 2000

Session Chair, ASME NHTC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2000

Session Chair, AIAA/ASME, St. Louis, MO, 2002

Session Chair, Central States Section of Combustion Inst. Spring meeting, April 2002

U.S. Session Organizer/Chair, Combustion and Fire Sessions, ASME-JSME Thermal Eng. Conf., 2003

Local Host/Arrangements Chair, Central States Section Combustion Institute, March 2004

Symposium Organizer, AIAA-ASME Joint Thermal Conference, San Francisco, CA June 2006.

Session Chair, AIAA-ASME Joint Thermal Conference, San Francisco, CA June 2006

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Reviewer, Combustion Science and Technology

Reviewer, Combustion and Flame

Reviewer, Combustion Theory and Modeling

Reviewer, Combustion Institute

Reviewer, Journal of Heat Transfer

Reviewer, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Reviewer, AIAA J. of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Reviewer, Transactions of the Society of Automotive Engineers

Reviewer, National Science Foundation

Reviewer, Israel Science Foundation

Reviewer, NASA Microgravity Combustion Proposal Panel

Reviewer, Numerical Heat Transfer

Reviewer, Journal of Acoustical Soc. of America

Reviewer, Environmental Progress

International Association Fire Safety Science.

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-13).

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

A.  Refereed Archival Journals

  1. Lu, J.H., Ezekoye, O.A., Greif, R., and Sawyer, R.F., “Unsteady Heat Transfer during Side-Wall Quenching of a Laminar Flame”, Twenty-Third Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1990.
  2. Ezekoye, O.A., Greif, R., and Sawyer, R.F., “Increased Surface Temperature Effects on Wall Heat Transfer during Unsteady Flame Quenching”, Twenty-Fourth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1992.
  3. Baum, H.R., Ezekoye, O.A., McGrattan, K.B., and Rehm, R.G., “Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Fire Phenomena”, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 6, 1994.
  4. Ezekoye, O.A. and Zhang, Z., “Modeling of a Lagrangian Flamelet with Radiation Interaction”, Combustion Science and Technology    106, p363 1995.
  5. Manoucheri, M. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Polystyrene Soot Agglomeration Enhancement in an Ultrasonic Acoustic Field,” Journal of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials, v.13,121, 1996.
  6. Zhang, Z. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Analysis of Laminar Acetylene-Air Diffusion Flames using Reduced Chemical Mechanisms and State Relationships,” Combust. Sci. and Tech. 112, p231, 1996
  7. Ezekoye, O.A., “Heat Transfer Modeling during Knock and Flame Quenching in an Engine Chamber,” Twenty-Sixth Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1996.
  8. Fuss, S.P., Ezekoye, O.A., and Hall, M.J., “The Absorptance of Infrared Radiation by Methane at Elevated Temperatures,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer   v.118, 1996.
  9. Hackert, C.L., Ellzey, J.L., Ezekoye, O.A., and Hall, M.J. “Transverse Dispersion at High Peclet Numbers in Short Porous Media,” Experiments in Fluids  v.21, 1996
  10. Ezekoye, O.A. and Zhang, Z., “Soot Oxidation and Agglomeration Processes in a Microgravity Diffusion Flame,” Combustion and Flame, v 110, pp127-139, 1997
  11. Ezekoye, O.A. and Zhang, Z., “Convective and Radiative Coupling in a Burner Supported Diffusion Flame,” AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,  v 11, pp239-245, 1997
  12. Martin, K. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Acoustic Filtration and Sedimentation of Soot Particles,” Experiments in Fluids, v23, pp483-488, 1997
  13. Leach, S.V., Ellzey, J.L. and Ezekoye, O.A., “A Numerical Study of Reverse Smoldering Combustion,” Combustion Science and Technology, V. 130, pp. 247-267, 1997
  14. Ezekoye, O.A., “Heat Transfer Consequences of Condensation during Premixed Flame Quenching,” Combustion and Flame, v112 pp.266-269, 1998
  15. Hackert, C.L., Ellzey, J.L. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Effects of Thermal Boundary Conditions on Flame Shape and Quenching in Ducts,” Combustion and Flame, v112 pp.73-84, 1998
  16. Hackert, C.L., Ellzey, J.L. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Combustion and Heat Transfer in Model Two-Dimensional Porous Burners”  Combustion and Flame, v.116, pp.177-191, 1998
  17. Ezekoye, O.A, Lowman, C.D., Fahey, M.T., and Hulme-Lowe, A.G., “Polymer Weld Strength Predictions Using a Thermal and Polymer Chain Diffusion Analysis,” Polymer Engineering and Science,  v. 38, #6, pp. 976-991, 1998
  18. Zhang, Z. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Soot Production Rate Calculations at Elevated Pressure in a Methane-Air Jet Diffusion Flame,” Combustion Science and Technology,  v 137, pp. 323-346, 1998
  19. S.V. Leach, J.L. Ellzey and O.A. Ezekoye, “Convection, Pyrolysis and Damkohler Number Effects on Extinction of Reverse Smoldering Combustion,” Twenty-Seventh Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, pp. 2873-2880, 1998
  20. Ezekoye, O.A. and Wibowo, Y. “Simulation of Acoustic Agglomeration Processes using a Sectional Algorithm,” Journal of Aerosol Science, vol. 30, pp. 1117-1138, 1999
  21. S.P. Fuss, M.J. Hall and O.A. Ezekoye, “Band-Integrated Infrared Absorptance of Low-Molecular-Weight Paraffin Hydrocarbons at High Temperatures” Applied Optics v.38 no. 13, pp.  2895-2904, 1999
  22. J.R. Howell, O.A. Ezekoye and J.C. Morales, "Inverse Design Model for Radiative Heat Transfer", ASME J. Heat Transfer, v. 122, pp 492-502, 2000
  23. S.V. Leach, G. Rein, J.L. Ellzey and O.A. Ezekoye and J.L. Torero, “Kinetic and Fuel Property Effects on Forward Smoldering Combustion,” Combustion and Flame, v.120, pp. 346-358, 2000
  24. J.A. Carter, K.M. Martin, W.B., Campbell, N.A. Hall and O.A. Ezekoye, "Design of an Oscillating Flow Apparatus for the Study of Low Reynolds Number Particle Dynamics," Experiments in Fluids v.30, pp. 578-583, 2001
  25. F.H.R. Franca, O.A. Ezekoye, J.R. Howell, “Inverse Boundary Design Combining Radiation and Convection Heat Transfer” ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 123, no. 5, pp. 884-891, 2001
  26. Erturk, H., Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “Comparison of Three Regularized Solution Techniques in a Three-Dimensional Inverse Radiation Problem”, IHTC, Turkey, 2001 and J. of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 73, pp. 307-316, January, 2002

27.  Hakan Ertürk, O.A. Ezekoye and John R. Howell, “The Application of an Inverse Formulation in the Design of Boundary Conditions for Transient Radiating Enclosures,” ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 124, no. 6, pp. 1095-1102, Dec., 2002.

28.  M.D. Rumminger, X. Zhou, K. Balakrishnan, B.L. Edgar, and O.A. Ezekoye, "Regeneration Behavior and Transient Thermal Response of Diesel Particulate Filters", SAE2001-01-1342 and  Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, Vol. 110, No. 4, pp. 1015-1022, 2002.

29.  C.H.Lan, O.A.Ezekoye, J.R.Howell ,K.S.Ball, “Stability Analysis for Three-dimensional Rayleigh Benard Convection with Radiatively Participating Medium Using Spectral Methods”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 46, No. 8, pp. 1371-1383, 2003.

30.  Upadhyay, R.R. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Evaluation of the 1-Point Quadrature Approximation in QMOM for Combined Aerosol Growth Laws”, Journal of Aerosol Science, v.34, pp 1665-1683, 2003

31.  Bhat, S, Ezekoye, O.A., and Matthews, R.D., “Impact of Railplug Circuit Parameters on Energy Deposition and Durability,”, SAE2003-01-3135 and J. of Fuels and Lubricants, vol. 112, pp. 2221-2233, 2003.

32.  Erturk, H, Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “Boundary Condition Design to Heat a Moving Object at Uniform Transient Temperature using Inverse Formulation,” J. Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 126, No. 3, pp619-626, 2004

33.  Ezekoye, O.A., Martin, K.M., Bisetti, F., “Pulsed Flow Modulation of Soot Production in a Laminar Jet-Diffusion Flame”, Proceedings of Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 1485-1492, 2005

34.  Upadhyay, R.R. and Ezekoye, O.A., "Smoke Buildup and Light Scattering in a Cylindrical Cavity above a Uniform Flow", Journal of Aerosol Science, v36, Issue 4, Pages 471-493, 2005

35.  Ezekoye, O.A., Lakshminarasimhan, K, Seers, P., and Nicks, R., "Effect of PPV Attack on Thermal Conditions in a Compartment Downwind of a Fire", Fire Technology, Volume 41, Number 3, 2005

36.  Upadhyay, R.R. and Ezekoye, O.A., "Treatment of Size Dependent Aerosol Transport Processes using Quadrature Based Moment Methods ", Journal of Aerosol Science, Volume 37, Issue 7, pp 799-819  2006

37.  Ezekoye, O.A. and Diller, K.R., “A Model for Assessing Ignition, Flame Spread, and Burn Hazard Potential of a Multilayered Jacket” J Burn Care Res. July/August; 27(4): pp487-495, 2006

38.  Barve, V.V., Ezekoye, O.A., Clemens, N.T. and Katta, V.R., “Numerical Study of the Evolution of Strongly Forced Axisymmetric Laminar Cold-Flow Jets” AIAA Journal vol. 44 no. 8, 2006

39.  Lakshminarasimhan, K, Clemens, N.T., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Characteristics of Strongly-Forced Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flames”, Experiments in Fluids, Volume 41, Number 4, 2006

40.  Lakshminarasimhan, K., Ryan, M. D., Clemens, N. T., and Ezekoye, O. A., “Mixing Characteristics in Strongly Forced Nonpremixed Methane Jet Flames” Proceedings of Combustion Institute, Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 1617-1624

41.  Ekici, O., Ezekoye, O.A., Hall, M.J., and Matthews R.D., “Thermal and Flow Fields Modeling of Fast Spark Discharges in Air”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 129, issue 1, pp. 55-65,  2007

42.  Qu, Y., Howell, J.R. and. Ezekoye, O.A., “Monte Carlo Modeling of a Light-pipe Radiation Thermometer”, IEEE Transactions of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Volume 20,  Issue 1,  Feb. 2007 Page(s):39 - 50

43.  Qu, Y., Puttitwong, E., Howell, J.R. and. Ezekoye, O.A., “Errors Associated with Light-pipe Radiation Thermometer Temperature Measurements”, IEEE Transactions of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Volume 20,  Issue 1,  Feb. 2007 Page(s):26 - 38

44.  S. Biegalski, O.A. Ezekoye, M. Pickering, and J.M. Jena, “Detection Limit Improvements Forecasted at CTBTO IMS Radionuclide Stations Based on Size Separation of Aerosols by Aerodynamic Diameter”, in press Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2007

45.  Ekici, O., Matthews R.D., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Geometrical and electromagnetic effects on arc propagation in a railplug ignitor” J. Applied Physics D, v40, pp 7707-7715, 2007

46.  Erturk, H., Gamba, M.., Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “Validation of Inverse Boundary Condition Design in a Thermometry Test Bed”, Fifth International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, June 2007, Bodrum, Turkey and also J. of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer v.109 (2), p.317-326, 2008

47.  Upadhyay, R.R. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Treatment of Design Fire Uncertainty using Quadrature Method of Moments”, Fire Safety Journal, in press 2007

48.  Weinschenk, C., Nicks, R., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Analysis of Fireground Standard Operating Guidelines/Procedures Compliance for Austin Fire Department”, Fire Technology, in press (10.1007/s10694-007-0025-5), 2007

49.  Singhal, S., El-Khatib, B., Stuber, J., Sreenivasan, S.V.,  Ezekoye O.A., “Characterization of wet batch cleaning process in advanced semiconductor manufacturing”, IEEE Transactions of Semiconductor Manufacturing, in review 2007

50.  Beal, C.M., Fakhreddine, M., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Effects of Leakage in Simulations of Positive Pressure Ventilation” Fire Technology, in review, 2007

 

B.  Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Lu, J.H., Ezekoye, O.A., Iiyama, A., Greif, R., and Sawyer, R.,“Effect of Knock on Time Resolved Engine Heat Transfer”, Society of Automotive Engineers   Paper 890158, 1989
  2. Ezekoye, O.A. and Greif, R.,  “A Comparison of One and Two Dimensional Flame Quenching: Heat Transfer Results,”  ASME HTD Vol. 250, p.11, 1993
  3. Zhang, Z. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Combustion of a Spherical Diffusion Flame in a Radiative Field”,  HTD bound vol. 296  ASME WAM, Chicago, Illinois, December 1994.
  4. Zhang, Z. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Computational Study of State Relationships for Acetylene-Air Diffusion Flames with Soot Radiation”, HTD bound vol. 304  ASME NHTC, Portland, Oregon, August 1995.
  5. Fuss, S.P., Ezekoye, O.A., and Hall, M.J., “The Absorptance of Infrared Radiation by Methane at Elevated Temperatures,” ASME IMECE November 1995 .
  6. Zhang, Z. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Radiation Simulation of a Microgravity Diffusion Flame,”  HTD bound vol. 335   ASME IMECE, Atlanta Georgia, November 1996
  7. Hackert, C.L., Ellzey, J.L., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Modification of Premixed Flame Shapes by Thermal Boundary Conditions,”  HTD bound vol. 335  ASME IMECE, Atlanta Georgia, November 1996
  8. Bokka, V.K., Matthews, R.D., Ezekoye, O.A., and Davis, G.C., “Numerical Simulation of Spark Ignition and Flame Propagation,” HTD bound vol. 335  ASME IMECE, Atlanta Georgia, November 1996
  9. Hackert, C.L., Ellzey, J.L., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Numerical Simulation of a Porous Honeycomb Burner” ASME NHTC, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997
  10. Lowman, C.D., Schmidt, P.S., Ezekoye, O.A, Fahey, M.T., and Hulme-Lowe, A.G. “A Simple Phenomenological Model of Polyethylene Weld Strength,” ASME NHTC, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997
  11. Leach, S.V., Ellzey, J.L., and Ezekoye, O.A., “A Numerical Study of Smoldering Combustion,” ASME NHTC, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997
  12. Ezekoye, O.A., “Vapor Condensation Processes Associated with Premixed Flame Quenching,” ASME IMECE, Dallas, Texas, 1997
  13. Stanglmaier, R.H., Roberts, C.E., Ezekoye, O.A., and Matthews, R.D., “Condensation of Fuel on Combustion Chamber Surfaces as a Mechanism for Increased HC Emissions from SI Engines During Cold Start,” SAE Fuels and Lubric. Meeting, 1997
  14. O.A. Ezekoye, Z. Zhang and K.J. Vidacovich, “Global and Local Analysis of Sealed Outdoor Electronics Cabinets,” AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics Conference, Albuquerque, NM 1998
  15. J. Borlik, O.A. Ezekoye and J.L. Torero, “Strain and Heat Loss Modification to a Counterflow Diffusion Flame,”  AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics Conference, Albuquerque, NM 1998
  16. F. H. R. Franca, O.A. Ezekoye and J.R. Howell, “Inverse Determination of Heat Source Distribution in Radiative Systems with Participating Media”, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC99-93, Albuquerque, NM 1999
  17. F. H. R. Franca, O.A. Ezekoye and J.R. Howell, “Inverse Heat Source Design Combining Radiation and Conduction Heat Transfer”, ASME IMECE, HTD-Vol.364-1, Nashville, TN 1999
  18. CH Lan, O.A. Ezekoye and J.R. Howell, “Transitions and Bifurcations to Chaos in Combined Radiation and Natural Convection in a Two Dimensional Participating Medium”, ASME IMECE, HTD-Vol. 364-1, Nashville, TN 1999
  19. Baker, D.K, Ezekoye, O.A. Schmidt, P.S. ,Jones, C.M., and Liu, M., “ThermoNet: A Web-Based Learning Resource for Engineering Thermodynamics”, Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, June (2000).
  20. CH Lan, O.A. Ezekoye and J.R. Howell, “Radiative Combined-Mode Heat Transfer in a Rectangular Participating Medium Using the Spectral Methods”, ASME 34th National Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC2000-12124, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
  21. H. Gao and O.A. Ezekoye, “Heat Release Analysis of Diesel Simulation Processes”, ASME 34th National Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC2000-12228, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
  22. F. H. R. Franca, O.A. Ezekoye and J.R. Howell, “Inverse Boundary Design Combining Radiation and Convection Heat Transfer”, ASME 34th National Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC2000-12061, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
  23. Erturk, H., Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “Inverse Solution of Radiative Heat Transfer in Two Dimensional Irregularly Shaped Enclosures”, HTD-Vol. 366-1, ASME 2000.
  24. Erturk, H., Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “Inverse Transient Boundary Condition Estimation Problem in a Radiating Enclosure”, ASME 35th National Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC2001-20227, Anaheim, CA 2001
  25. Erturk, H., Gamba, M.., Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “Design of a Rapid Thermal Processing Chamber Using an Inverse Formulation”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD, v 372, n 3, 2002, p 237-246
  26. Ezekoye, O.A., Lan, C.H., and Anderson, O. “The Role of Strong Vent Flows in Fire Hazard Predictions Using FDS” 8th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, 2002
  27. Erturk, H., Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “The Use of Inverse Formulation in Design and Control of Transient Radiant Systems”, Heat Transfer 2002: Proc of the 12th International Heat Transfer Conference, Grenoble, pp. 729-734, France, 2002
  28. Lan, C-H, Ezekoye, O.A., and Howell, J.R., “Linear Stability Analysis for Three Dimensional Rayleigh-Bérnard Convection with Radiatively Participating Medium”, Heat Transfer 2002: Proc. Of the 12th International Heat Transfer Conference, pp. 435-440, Grenoble, France, 2002
  29. O.A. Ezekoye, T.S. Patil, S. Nichols, J.S. Butler, J. Nolen, and J. Doggett, “Development of Business Skills in Engineering Students through Collaborative Engineering-Business School Activities”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Canada, ASEE, 2002

30.  Ezekoye, O.A., Lan, C.H., and Nicks, R., “Positive Pressure Ventilation Attack for Heat Transport in a House Fire”, 6th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, TED-AJ03-409, 2003

31.  Bisetti ,F.,  Clemens, N.T., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Flame Length and Exit Plane Mixing in Resonantly Excited Jet Diffusion Flames”, 6th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, TED-AJ03-408, 2003

32.  Ezekoye, Ofodike, A., Schmidt, Kathy J., Cone, Justin, and Patil, Tushar, “Beyond Solution Fixation: A Short Course on Engineering and Business Concepts”, ASEE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, ASEE 2003

  1. O. Ekici, V.K. Bokka, O.A. Ezekoye, and R.D. Matthews, “A Numerical Study of Spark Ignition”, Proceedings of ASME ICEF04, ICEF2004-884, Long Beach, CA, October 24-27, 2004
  2. H. Gao, O. A. Ezekoye, M. J. Hall, and R. D. Matthews, “A New Ignitior for Large-Bore Natural Gas Engines – Railplug Design Improvement and Optimization”, SAE, 2004
  3. S. Hari, M. J. Hall, O.A. Ezekoye, and R. D. Matthews, “Analysis of Factors that Affect the Performance of Railplugs”, SAE, 2004
  4. Myung Jun Lee, M. J. Hall, O.A. Ezekoye, and R. D. Matthews, “Voltage, and Energy Deposition Characteristics of Spark Ignition Systems” SAE, 2004
  5. Qu, Y., Ezekoye, O.A., Howell, J.R., and Ball, K.S., “Drawdown Effect of Lightpipes in Silicon Wafer Surface Temperature Measurements”, ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, July 2005
  6. Gamba, M., Clemens, N.T., Ezekoye, O.A., and Boxx, I.G., “Experimental Study of Acoustically-Forced Jet Flames under Low- and Normal- Gravity Conditions”, 44th AIAA Meeting, Reno, NV 2006.
  7. Biegalski, S. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Design of Aerosol Sampler to Remove Radon and Thoron Progeny Interference from Aerosol Samples for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring”, Proceedings of the 2005 Seismic Research Review, pp761-769, 2005
  8. Seers, P., Ashford, M.A., Ezekoye, O.A., and Matthews, R.D. “Influence of Spark Parameters on Combustion Stability in a Direct Injection Spark Ignition Engine”, Proceedings of JRCICE2007, 2007 ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference & Internal Combustion Engine Spring Technical Conference, March 13-16, 2007, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
  9. Barve, V.V., Ezekoye, O.A., and Clemens, N.T., “Effects of Flame Lift-Off Height on Soot Processes in strongly forced methane-air laminar diffusion flames” ASME-JSME Joint Thermal Conference, Vancouver, 2007
  10. Upadhyay, R. R. and Ezekoye, O. A. “Performance Based Engineering with a Bivariate PDF of Fire Size and Vent Opening”, 5th International Seminar of Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2007

 

C.  Other Major Publications

  1. Lesser, M. B. & Ezekoye, O. A. Proc. 7th Int. Conf. on Erosion by Liquid and Solid Impact (eds Field, J. E. & Dear, J. P.) (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK, 1987).
  2. Ezekoye, Lu, Fabris, Greif, and Sawyer, “Effect of Variable Wall Temperature on Wall Heat Flux during Laminar Flame Quenching”, Western States Section Meeting/The Combustion Institute, La Jolla, California, 1990
  3. Ezekoye, O. A., “A Thermal Element Method for Combustion Processes in Fires” presented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Annual Conference on Fire Research, Rockville, Maryland, 1992
  4. Baum, H.R., Ezekoye, O.A., McGrattan, K.B., and Rehm, R.G., “Large Eddy Simulation of Fire Phenomena”, Ninth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Kyoto, Japan, August 1993
  5. Ezekoye, O. A. and Baum, H.R., “A Lagrangian Element Analysis of Combustion Processes in Fires”, Central & Eastern States Sections  of the Combustion Institute  joint meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993.Connelly, Ogasawara, Lee, Greif, Sawyer, and Ezekoye, “Stagnation Quenching of Laminar, Methane-Air Flames in a Constant Volume Chamber: Wall Temperature Effects”, Western States Section Meeting/The Combustion Institute, Stanford, California, 1994
  6. Zhang, Z. and Ezekoye, O.A., “Acetylene-Air Diffusion Flame Computations: Comparison of State Relationships with Finite Rate Kinetics,” Proceedings of International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering, Orlando, Florida, September 1995
  7. Ezekoye, O.A., “Pressure Transient Augmentation of Heat Transfer During Laminar Flame Quenching,”  Joint Central and Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, April 1995.
  8. Fuss, S.P., Ezekoye, O.A., and Hall, M.J., “Effect of Temperature on the Infrared Radiation Properties of Methane,” Joint Central and Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, April 1995.
  9. Ezekoye, O. and Manoucheri, M., “ Polystyrene Soot Agglomeration Enhancement in an Ultrasonic Acoustic Field,” The Fourth International Congress on Toxic Combustion Byproducts,  Berkeley, California, June 1995
  10. Z. Zhang and O.A Ezekoye, “Thermal and Chemical Characterization of a Confined Methane-Air Coflow Flame,” Central States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, April 1997
  11. J. Borlik, O.A. Ezekoye, and J.L. Torero, “Flame Extinction in a Strained Vortical Flow,” Central States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, April 1997
  12. K.M. Martin and O.A. Ezekoye, “Acoustic Methods for Enhanced Filtration of Combustion Aerosols,” Sixteenth International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, May 1997
  13. J. Sutula, J. Jones, J.L. Torero, J. Borlik, and O.A. Ezekoye, “Diffusion Flame Extinction in a Low Strain Flow,” Fourth International Microgravity Combustion Workshop, Cleveland OH, May 1997
  14. K.M. Martin and O.A. Ezekoye, “Acoustic Control of Sooting Flames”,  Fifth International Conference on Technologies and Combustion for a Clean Environment, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1999
  15. O.A. Ezekoye and K.M. Martin, “Case Study of an Explosion and Fire during Fueling of a Steel Can”, 15th Triennial Meeting of International Association of Forensic Sciences, Los Angeles CA, August 1999
  16. O.A. Ezekoye and Y. Wibowo “Computation of Sedimentation Rates for Acoustically Enhanced Agglomeration,”  AICHE CCPS Annual International Conference and Workshop on Modeling Consequences of Accidental Releases of Hazardous Materials, San Francisco, CA Sept. 1999
  17. Sutula, J.A., Mehta, S.N., Ezekoye, O.A. and Torero, J.L., “Buoyancy effects on a Low Strain Counter-Flow Diffusion Flame,” Joint Meeting of the United States Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 1999.
  18. C.F. Palacios, K.M. Martin and O.A. Ezekoye, “Development of an Apparatus for Analysis of a Diffusion Flame with Pulsed Fuel Supply”, Spring Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2000.
  19. G. Paganoni and O.A. Ezekoye, “Numerical Analysis of Counterflow Flame Instabilities”, Spring Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2000.
  20. N.A. Hall, N.A. Tanner, V.H. Mehta, K.M. Martin, and O.A. Ezekoye, “Acoustic Modifications to the Single-Droplet Combustion Process”, Spring Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2000.
  21. K.M. Martin and O.A. Ezekoye, “Changes in Emissions of Soot and Gaseous Pollutants from an Acoustically Forced Acetylene-Air Diffusion Flame”, Spring Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2000.
  22. H. Gao and O.A. Ezekoye, “Global Soot Production in Transient Spray Flames”, Spring Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, March 2000.
  23. C.F. Palacios, K.M. Martin and O.A. Ezekoye, “Correlation of Aerodynamic and Geometric Particle Size Properties of Soot Generated by an Acetylene Diffusion Flame,” Joint Section Meeting of US Combustion Institute, Oakland CA, March 2001
  24. G. Paganoni, J.L. Ellzey and O.A. Ezekoye, “Simulations of Buoyancy Induced Instabilities in a Counterflow Diffusion Flame,” Joint Section Meeting of US Combustion Institute, Oakland CA, March 2001
  25. Bisetti, F., Martin, K.M. and Ezekoye, O. A. “Extended Flame Stability for Partially Premixed Acetylene-Air Flames by Acoustic Control” Central States Section Combustion Institute Meeting, Knoxville, TN 2002
  26. O. Ekici, O. A. Ezekoye and R. D. Matthews, “Arc Evolution Modeling for a Railplug Igniter” Central States Section Combustion Institute Meeting, Austin, TX  2004
  27. F. Bisetti, K. Lakshminarasimhan, J. Whitaker, N.T. Clemens, and O. A. Ezekoye, “Diffusion Flame Properties in Transitional Pulsed Jet Flows” Central States Section Combustion Institute Meeting, Austin, TX  2004
  28. V. V. Barve and O. A. Ezekoye, “Computations of Time-Varying Flame Properties for Laminar, Methane-Air Diffusion Flames” Central States Section Combustion Institute Meeting, Austin, TX  2004
  29. R. R. Upadhyay and O. A. Ezekoye, “Study of Smoke Buildup and Light Scattering in a Model Photoelectric Smoke Detector”, Central States Section Combustion Institute Meeting, Austin, TX  2004
  30. O. A. Ezekoye and R. R. Upadhyay, “Design Fire Evaluation using Quadrature Based Moment Methods”, 4th Joint Meeting of The U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 2005
  31.  K. Lakshminarasimhan, N.T. Clemens, O.A. Ezekoye “Flame Characteristics of a Resonantly Excited Transitional Methane Jet Diffusion Flame”, 4th Joint Meeting of The U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 2005
  32. Ozgur Ekici, Ofodike A. Ezekoye, Matthew J. Hall, and Ronald D. Matthews, “Numerical Simulation of a Railplug Ignitor”, 4th Joint Meeting of The U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 2005
  33. R. R. Upadhyay and O. A. Ezekoye, “Transported PDF Simulations using Direct Quadrature Method of Moments”, 4th Joint Meeting of The U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 2005
  34. R. R. Upadhyay and O. A. Ezekoye, “Simulation of Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reaction in a Partially Stirred Reactor Using the Direct Quadrature Method of Moments” AICHE  Annual Meeting (Cincinnati, OH) 2005
  35. Mike Adler, O.A. (D. K.) Ezekoye and Timothy Klatt, "Arson of the Ancestors?Interdisciplinary Research into Ancient Structure Fires in the American Southwest," Southwest Symposium: Acts Of History: Ritual, Landscape,and Historical Archaeology In The U.S. Southwest And Northwest Mexico, Las Cruces New Mexico, January 2006.
  36. E. Puttitwong, Y. Qu, J. Howell, and O. Ezekoye, "Effects of Thermal Environment and Surface Roughness on LPRT Surface Temperature Measurements ," 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics And Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2006.
  37. Y. Qu, E. Puttitwong, J. Howell, and O. Ezekoye, "Shadow Effect of Lightpipes in Silicon Wafer Surface Temperature Measurements ," 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics And Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2006.

38.  Barve, V.V., Ezekoye, O.A., Clemens, N.T. and Katta, V.R., “Soot Production Rates in Strongly Forced Methane- Air Laminar Diffusion Flames” AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics And Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2006

  1. Koo, J.H. , Ho, D.W.H., , and Ezekoye, O.A., “A Review of Numerical and Experimental Characterization of Thermal Protection Materials – Part I. Numerical Modeling”, AIAA-2006-4936, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Sacramento, CA, 9-11 July 2006.
  2. Gamba, M. Clemens N. and Ezekoye, O., “Strongly-Pulsed Turbulent Non-Premixed Jet Flames in Cross-Flow”, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 8-11, 2007
  3. Marr, K., Gamba, M., Clemens, N.T., Ezekoye, O.A., “Strongly-Forced Non-Premixed Jet Flames in Cross-Flow” 5th US Combustion Meeting of The U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 2007
  4. Koo, J. , Ho, W., Bruns M., and Ezekoye O., “A Review of Numerical and Experimental Characterization of Thermal Protection Materials Part II: Properties Characterization”, AIAA-2007-2131 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Apr. 23-26, 2007
  5. . Koo, J. , Ho, W., Bruns M., and Ezekoye O., “A Review of Numerical and Experimental Characterization of Thermal Protection Materials: Part III - Material Testing”, AIAA-2007-5773 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, July 8-11, 2007
  6. . Bruns, M., Ezekoye, O. and Koo, J. “Determining Failure Time for Weak-Char Ablatives” AIAA-2007-5772 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, July 8-11, 2007
  7. Nguyen, K.,. Koo, J., Ho, W., Bruns, M.,. and Ezekoye, O. “Experimental Characterization of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposite under Extreme Conditions”. AIAA-2007-5770 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, July 8-11, 2007
  8. Ezekoye, O.A., Svensson, S., and Nicks, R., “Investigating Positive Pressure Ventilation”, Interflam 2007, London, England, UK, September 2007

 

Books, Proceedings, Book Chapters Authored/Co-authored, Editor/Co-Editor of Books

1. Peterson, R.B., Ezekoye, O.A., and Simon, T.,  Proceedings of the 1995 National Heat Transfer Conference, Vol 2 Combustion and Fire Research , The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1995 (editor)

2. Menguc, M.P., Ball, K.S. and Ezekoye, O.A., Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, Vol 4 Heat Transfer in Fire and Combustion Systems , The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1996 (editor)

3. Franca, Francis, Howell, John R., Ezekoye, Ofodike, and Morales, Juan, “Inverse Design of Thermal Systems with Dominant Radiative Transfer,” Advances in Heat Transfer, J.P. Hartnett and T.F. Irvine, eds., vol. 36, pp. 1-110, Elsevier Science (USA), 2002.

4. Baker, Derek, Schmidt, Philip, Ezekoye, Ofodike and Howell, John, Thermodynamics: An Integrated Learning System, John Wiley & Sons, New York pp., 1-480, 2004.