High Pressure Combustion Lab


Dr. Richard Yetter, Director

104 Research Building East
University Park, PA 16802

Phone: (814) 863-6375

Email: ray8@psu.edu

Dr. Eric Boyer, Assistant Director

High Pressure Combustion Lab
University Park, PA 16802

Phone: (814) 863-2264

Email: jeb19@psu.edu


Current Personnel

Research Faculty and Staff

Prof. Richard Yetter — Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the HPCL

Dr. Eric Boyer — Research Associate (Mechanical Engineering), Assistant Director and Safety Officer of the HPCL

Graduate Students

David Drewniak — Ph.D. Student (Mechanical Engineering), NASA Graduate Research Fellow

David Ramirez — Ph.D. Student (Mechanical Engineering), DoD SMART Scholar

Nicholais Chai, M.S. Student (Mechanical Engineering)

Dillon Over, M.S. Student (Mechanical Engineering)

Kirstin Walz, M.S. Student (Mechanical Engineering)

Undergraduate Students

Victor Baran, B.S. (Aerospace Engineering)

Nolan Wilson, B.S. (Mechanical Engineering)

Alexander Du, B.S. (Aerospace Engineering)

Joseph Healy, B.S. (Aerospace Engineering)

Collaborators

Prof. James Adair — Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Prof. Sven BilĂ©n — Head of and Professor of SEDTAPP

Dr. Sean Knecht — Instructor of SEDTAPP

Prof. Jeffrey D. Moore — Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Penn State - Altoona)

Jonathan Peters — Research and Development Engineer (Penn State - Applied Research Laboratory)

Prof. Grant A. Risha — Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Penn State - Altoona)

Future Personnel

We are interested in highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students with interest/experience in experimental combustion, power and propulsion research. Junior/Seniors/Grads. in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Electrical Engineering as well as students in Engineering Science and Mechanics that have interest in the research detailed on this page please contact Prof. Richard Yetter to discuss openings. Prospective students must be a U.S. person.