One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. This spotlight is on Felix Leach. Felix Leach is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science, and Fellow and Tutor in Engineering Science at Keble College. Felix is a Chartered Engineer (MIMechE), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. His research interests a

One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. This spotlight is on Robert McCormick. Bob McCormick is a senior research fellow and platform leader for advanced biofuels and combustion research and development in fuels performance at NREL. He is also an SAE Fellow. His research is focused on end-use issues and fuel-engine interactions with alternative fuels, prima

One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. This spotlight is on Christopher Depcik. Dr. Christopher Depcik is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Kansas (KU). In addition, he has a Courtesy Appointment in the Aerospace Engineering Department. Prior to joining KU, he worked at the University of Michigan (UM) as a post-docto

One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. This spotlight is on Scott Sluder. Scott Sluder joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research Center in 1998 and is presently a senior research staff member. Scott has experience in fuel property effects on emissions and combustion, alternative fuels, emissions controls, advanced combus

One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. This spotlight is on Antonio García. Antonio García is an Associate Professor in the Department of Thermal and Reciprocating Engines at the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, where he develops his teaching responsibilities in the framework of combustion fundamentals. During the last years, his research activities ha

One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. This spotlight is on Riccardo Scarcelli. Dr. Riccardo Scarcelli is a Principal Mechanical Engineer at Argonne National Laboratory. He joined Argonne in 2008 as a PostDoc after receiving his PhD from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He has 15 years of expertise in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applied to multi-

One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. This spotlight is on Mark Hoffman. Mark is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University where he teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer, internal combustion engines, and advanced powertrain systems. Hoffman has 15 years of expertise in kinetically controlled combustion, multi-fuel combustion, m

One of the main objectives of #HugYourEngine is to shine a spotlight on individuals who are helping make internal combustion engines cleaner and more efficient. The first spotlight is on fellow Wisconsin graduate, Andrea Strzelec. Andrea is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and principle investigator of the Combustion & Reaction Characterization Laboratory (CRCL) at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS) at Mississippi State Universi

Welcome! The goal of #HugYourEngine is to promote the excellent work being done to develop cleaner and more efficient engines around the world. I jokingly refer to this as “The Internal Combustion Comeback Tour,” because much of the world believes that the IC engine is dying or even already dead. In truth, however, IC engines are everywhere, and will continue to be for many years to come. So really, it’s not a comeback at all – the engine never left. What does need a comeback