combustion chemistry

Mani Sarathy

Professor, Chemical Engineering

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Professor Sarathy's research interest is in developing sustainable energy technologies with decreased net environmental impact. A major thrust of research is improving the operation of power generation technologies. The goal of Professor Sarathy's research is study conventional and alternative fuels (e.g., biofuels, synthetic fuels, etc.), so the environmental impact of combustion systems can be reduced. He applies AI and ML techniques to study complex energy related problems such as fuel design, renewable hydrogen production, and process control and optimization in energy intensive operations.

Aamir Farooq

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

combustion chemistry laser diagnostics

Aamir Farooq is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, affiliated with the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at KAUST. Professor Farooq’s group focuses on high-precision spectroscopy, laser-based sensors and fuel chemistry. Miniaturized semiconductor lasers are used to design highly sensitive and selective sensors that are portable and can be applied in industrial settings. They apply ML/AI methods to predict physical and chemical properties of fuels from molecular spectroscopic data. They have also used ML/AI to do spectral denoising and multi-species sensing. Professor Farooq’s group also develops laser-based sensors for biomedical and environment–monitoring applications.