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Course Outline
Module 1 - Particulate Emissions & Measurement Techniques part 1
Module 2 - Particulate Emissions & Measurement Techniques part 2
Module 3 - Particle Sensors Used On-Board Vehicles
Module 4 - Relationship Among Various Particle Characterization Metrics
Module 5 - Particle Emissions from Gasoline Direct Inject Engines
Module 6 - Particle Emissions During Engine Start-Up
Module 7 - Effect of EGR on Particle Emissions from a GDI Engine
Module 8 - The Role of High Efficiency Exhaust Particle Filters in Emissions Reduction-A Look into the Future
Course Schedule
Program Director & Instructors
Program Director
Blake Suhre
Imad Khalek
Dr. Khalek is a world expert in the area of particle emissions from combustion sources and exhaust particle filters for diesel, gasoline and natural gas engines. He has a strong educational training and substantial research & publications record in the field of engine emissions. He has a BS in Aerospace Engineering and MS/PhD in Mechanical Engineering all from the University of Minnesota. In 1999, he joined Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) as Research Engineer and he is currently Sr. Program Manager overseeing particle emissions activities at SwRI. He is the founder of the Particle Science & Technology (PST) Laboratory that recently became the only ISO 17025 A2LA accredited particle instruments calibration laboratory in the USA. Dr. Khalek interest includes engine, aftertreatment, battery, brake and tires emissions, particle instrument development and calibration, spark-plug sized sensors, and recently masks R&D.
Vinay Premnath
Vinay Premnath is a mechanical engineer with a strong background in particle science and technology, fluid mechanics & heat transfer. He has experience in automotive emissions research and development, project management, data acquisition and analysis, design of experiments, and aerosol particle instrumentation. As a technical leader, he focuses on diverse research areas involving particle science & technology. Research topics include battery thermal runaway emissions, state-of-the-art sensors used for OBD and other applications, ISO-compliant calibration of particle instrumentation, design & development of aerosol instrumentation, and characterization & control of emissions from various combustion platforms.