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 Bilén — 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.