Publications

Journal Publications


 Da Huo, Qian Peng*, and Carrie Hall. Data-Driven Prediction of Temperature Variations in an Open Cathode PEM Fuel Cell Stack using a Koopman Operator, Energy & AI, July 2023. 

Qian Peng, Toby Rockstroh, Michael Pamminger and Carrie Hall. Model Predictive Control of Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition Operation for Low Reactivity Fuels, Control Engineering Practice, July 2023.

Qian Peng, Michael Pamminger, Toby Rockstroh, and Carrie Hall. Zero Dimension Heat Release Modeling for Gasoline, Ethanol, Isobutanol and Diisobutylene Operating in Compression Ignition with Varying Injection Strategies, SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility, June 2023.

Jorge Pulpeiro Gonzalez, Carrie Hall and Chris Kolodziej. Determination of a Most Representative Cycle from Cylinder Pressure Ensembles via Statistical Method using Distribution Skewness, International Journal of Engine Research 24, no. 2 (2023): 720-737.

Miriam Di Russo, Kevin Stutenberg, and Carrie M. Hall. Analysis of Uncertainty Impacts on Fuel economy Evaluation for Chassis Dynamometer Testing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2022).

King Ankobea-Ansah and Carrie M. Hall. A Hybrid Physics-Based and Stochastic Neural Network Model Structure for Diesel Engine Combustion Events, Vehicles 4, no. 1 (2022): 259-296. 

Qian Peng, Toby Rockstroh and Carrie Hall. The impact of fuel and injection strategy on combustion characteristics, emissions and efficiency in gasoline compression ignition operation, Fuel 318 (2022): 123548. 

 

Qian Peng, Da Huo and Carrie Hall. Neural Network-Based Air Handling Control for Modern Diesel Engines, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering (2022): 09544070221083367. 


Michael Pamminger, Carrie Hall and Thomas Wallner. Model Predictive Combustion Control of a Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine, Control Engineering Practice 119 (2022): 104977. 

 

Jorge Pulpeiro Gonzalez, King Ankobea-Ansah, Qian Peng and Carrie Hall. On the Integration of Physics-Based and Data-Driven Models for the Prediction of Gas Exchange Processes on a Modern Diesel Engine, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 236, no. 5 (2022): 857-871. 


Jorge Pulpeiro Gonzalez, Carrie Hall and Chris Kolodziej. Determination of a Most Representative Cycle from Cylinder Pressure Ensembles via Statistical Method using Distribution Skewness, International Journal of Engine Research (2021): 14680874211065525. 

 

Carrie Hall and Mateos Kassa. Advances in Combustion Control for Natural Gas-Diesel Dual Fuel Compression Ignition Engines: A Review, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 148 (2021): 111291.

 

Michael Pamminger, Thomas Wallner, and Carrie Hall. Reduced Order Modeling of Engine Transients for Gasoline Compression Ignition Combustion Control, SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility 3, no. 1 (2021): 49-60.

 

Carrie M. Hall. The Impact of Hybridization, Engine Combustion Method and Energy Management System Connectivity on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Operation, Journal of Automobile Engineering 235, no. 8 (2021): 2265-2280.

 

Michael Pamminger, Carrie M. Hall, Buyu Wang, and Thomas Wallner. A Control-Oriented Combustion Model Framework for Compression Ignition Engines Operating on Low-Reactivity Fuel, International Journal of Engine Research 22, no. 6 (2021): 1924-1938.

 

Michael Pamminger, Buyu Wang, Carrie M. Hall, Ryan Vojtech, and Thomas Wallner. The impact of water injection and exhaust gas recirculation on combustion and emissions in a heavy-duty compression ignition engine operated on diesel and gasoline. International Journal of Engine Research 21, no. 8 (2020): 1555-1573.


Wenbo Sui, Carrie Hall, and Gina Kapadia. Cylinder-Specific Model-Based Control of Combustion Phasing for Multiple-Cylinder Diesel Engines Operating with High Dilution and Boost Levels, International Journal of Engine Research 21, no. 7 (2020): 1231-1250.


Mateos Kassa, Carrie Hall, Michael Pamminger, and Thomas Wallner. Knock Intensity Distribution and a Stochastic Knock Control Framework, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Control 141, no. 11 (2019).

 

Forrest Jehlik, Henning Lohse-Busch, Simeon Illiev, and Carrie Hall. Capturing the Impact of Fuel Octane Number on the Efficiency of Modern Gasoline Vehicles with Octane Indices, SAE Journal of Fuels and Lubricants 12, no. 2 (2019): 63-87.


Wenbo Sui, Jorge Pulpeiro González, and Carrie M. Hall. Modeling and Control of Combustion Phasing in Dual-Fuel Compression Ignition Engines, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 141, no. 5 (2019).

 

Xiao Huang, Lulu Kang, Mateos Kassa, and Carrie Hall. Cylinder Specific Pressure Predictions for Advanced Dual Fuel Compression Ignition Engines Utilizing a Two-Stage Functional Data Analysis, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Control 141, no. 5 (2019).

 

Wenbo Sui and Carrie Hall. Combustion Phasing Modeling and Control for Compression Ignition Engines, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 233, no. 7 (2019): 1834-1850.


Carrie Hall, Michael Pamminger, James Sevik, and Thomas Wallner. Instantaneous and Cycle Optimization of Fuel Usage on a Dual Fuel Vehicle Leveraging Gasoline and Natural Gas, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 233, no. 2 (2019): 292-303.

 

Matthew Hulbert, Wenbo Sui, Mateos Kassa, and Carrie M. Hall. Modeling and Analysis of the Impact of Natural Gas Composition Variations on Combustion in a Dual Fuel Compression Ignition Engine, Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications 5, no. 2 (2018): 1-14.

 

James Sevik, Michael Pamminger, Thomas Wallner, Riccardo Scarcelli, and Carrie Hall. Influence of Charge Motion and Compression Ratio on the Performance of a Combustion Concept Employing In-Cylinder Gasoline and Natural Gas Blending, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 140, no. 12 (2018).


Mateos Kassa, Carrie Hall, Andrew Ickes and Thomas Wallner. Modeling and Control of Cylinder-to-Cylinder Variations in Power Production in a Dual Fuel Internal Combustion Engine Leveraging Late Intake Valve Closings, International Journal of Engine Research 18, no. 8 (2017): 797-809.

 

Michael Pamminger, James Sevik, Riccardo Scarcelli, Thomas Wallner, Steven Woolridge, Brad Boyer, and Carrie M. Hall.  Evaluation of Knock Behavior for Natural Gas – Gasoline Blends in a Light Duty Spark Ignited Engine, SAE International Journal of Engines 9, no. 4 (2016): 2153-2156.

 

James Sevik, Michael Pamminger, Thomas Wallner, Riccardo Scarcelli, Brad Boyer, Steven Wooldridge, Carrie Hall, and Scott Miers. Influence of Injector Location on Part-Load Performance Characteristics of Natural Gas Direct-Injection in a Spark Ignition Engine, SAE International Journal of Engines 9, no. 4 (2016): 2262-2271.


Mateos Kassa, Carrie Hall, Andrew Ickes and Thomas Wallner. Cylinder-to-Cylinder Variations in Power Production in a Dual Fuel Internal Combustion Engine Leveraging Late Intake Valve Closings, SAE International Journal of Engines 9, no. 2 (2016): 1049-1058.


James Sevik, Michael Pamminger, Thomas Wallner, Riccardo Scarcelli, Ronald Reese, Asim Iqbal, Brad Boyer, Steven Wooldridge, Carrie Hall, and Scott Miers. Performance, Efficiency and Emissions Assessment of Natural Gas Direct Injection Compared to Gasoline and Natural Gas Port-Fuel Injection in an Automotive Engine, SAE International Journal of Engines 9, no. 2 (2016): 1130-1142.

 

Lyle Kocher, Carrie Hall, Karla Stricker, David Fain, Dan Van Alstine and Gregory Shaver. Robust Oxygen Fraction Estimation for Conventional and Premixed Charge Compression Ignition Engines with Variable Valve Actuation, IFAC Control Engineering Practice 29 (2014): 187-200.

 

Lyle E. Kocher, Carrie M. Hall, Dan Van Alstine, Mark Magee and Gregory M. Shaver. Nonlinear Model-Based Control of Combustion Timing in Premixed Charge Compression Ignition, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 228, no. 7 (2014): 703-718.

 

Carrie M. Hall, Gayatri H. Adi, Gregory M. Shaver, and Bernard Tao. A Robust Fuel Flexible Combustion Control Strategy for Biodiesel with Variable Fatty Acid Composition During Mixing Controlled Combustion, International Journal of Engine Research 15, no. 2 (2014): 165-179.

 

Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, David Snyder, Bryan Belt, and Gregory M. Shaver. Fuel Flexible Engine Control of Biodiesel Blends During Mixing Controlled Combustion, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control 135, no. 6 (2013).

 

Carrie M. Hall, Dan Van Alstine, Lyle Kocher, and Gregory M. Shaver. Closed Loop Combustion Control of Biodiesel/Diesel Blends in Premixed Operating Conditions Enabled Via High Exhaust Gas Recirculation Rates, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 227, no. 7 (2013): 966-985.

 

Carrie M. Hall, Gregory M. Shaver, Jonathan Chauvin, and Nicolas Petit. Control-Oriented Modeling of Combustion Phasing for a Fuel-Flexible Spark-Ignited Engine with Variable Valve Timing, International Journal of Engine Research 13, no. 5 (2012): 448-463.

 

David Snyder, Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, and Gregory M. Shaver. Control Variable Based Accommodation of Biodiesel Blends, International Journal of Engine Research 12, no. 6 (2011): 564-579.


Michael Bunce, David Snyder, Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, Jeremy Koehler, Bernie Davila, Shankar Kumar, Phanindra Garimella, Don Stanton, and Greg Shaver. Optimization of Soy-Biodiesel Combustion in a Modern Diesel Engine, Fuel 90, no. 8 (2011): 2560-2570.

 

Michael Bunce, David Snyder, Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, Jeremy Koehler, Bernie Davila, Shankar Kumar, Phanindra Garimella, Don Stanton, and Greg Shaver. Stock and Optimal Performance and Emissions with 5 and 20% Soy-Biodiesel Blends in a Modern Common Rail Turbo-Diesel Engine, Energy and Fuels 24, no. 2 (2010): 928–939.

 

Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, David Snyder, Michael Bunce, Christopher Satkoski, Shankar Kumar, Phanindra Garimella, Donald Stanton, and Gregory Shaver. Soy-Biodiesel Impact on NOx Emissions and Fuel Economy for Diffusion Dominated Combustion in a Turbo-Diesel Engine Incorporating EGR and Common Rail Fuel Injection, Energy and Fuels, 23, no. 12 (2009): 5821–5829.

Conference Proceedings

Carrie Hall, Yueqi Wu, Igor Rizaev, Wanan Sheng, and George Aggidis. The Impact of Uncertainty on the Control of a Multi-Axis Wave Energy Converter, to be presented at the 2023 European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, September 2023.

Da Huo, Qian Peng, and Carrie Hall. Koopman-Based Modeling of an Open Cathode Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack, to be presented at the 2023 IFAC Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, October 2023.

Hafiz Ahmad Hassan, King Ankobea Ansah, David Wickman, Carrie Hall and William de Ojeda. Performance and Emissions of an SI Engine Fueled with DME-Propane Blends, to be presented at the ASME 2023 Internal Combustion Engine Division ICE Forward Conference, October 2023.

King Ankobea Ansah, Hafiz Ahmad Hassan, David Wickman, Carrie Hall and William de Ojeda. Evaluation of the Performance and Exhaust Emissions of a 4-Cylinder CI Engine Operating with Dimethyl Ether and Propane Blends, to be presented at the ASME 2023 Internal Combustion Engine Division ICE Forward Conference, October 2023.

Igor Rizaev, Robert Dorrell, Charikleia Oikonomou, Evdokia Tapoglou, Carrie Hall, George Aggidis, and Dan Parsons. Wave power resource dynamics for the period 1980-2021 in Atlantic Europe's Northwest seas, Proceedings of the 2023 International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers Conference, June 2023.

Carrie Hall, Wanan Sheng, Yueqi Wu, and George Aggidis. The Impact of Control Structure and Constraints on the Performance of a Wave Energy Converter with a Hydraulic PTO System, Proceedings of the 2023 International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers Conference, June 2023.

King Ankobea-Ansah and Carrie M. Hall. Hybrid Physics and Neural Network-Based Modeling Structure for Diesel Engine Combustion Events, Proceedings of the 2022 Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, October 2022.

Qian Peng, Da Huo and Carrie Hall. A Comparison of Neural Network-Based Strategies for Diesel Engine Air Handling Control, Proceedings of the 2022 American Control Conference, October 2021.

Michael Pamminger, Thomas Wallner, and Carrie Hall. Reduced Order Modeling of Engine Transients for Gasoline Compression Ignition Combustion Control. No. 2020-01-2000. SAE Technical Paper, August 2020.

Carrie M. Hall. On the Effectiveness of Hybridization, Engine Combustion Strategy and Vehicle Connectivity to Achieve High Efficiencies in Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Proceedings of the European Control Conference, May 2020.

Jorge Pulpeiro Gonzalez, King Ankobea-Ansah, Elena Escuder Milian, and Carrie M. Hall. Modeling the Gas Exchange Processes of a Modern Diesel Engine with an Integrated Physics-Based and Data-Driven Approach, Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 2019.

Michael Pamminger, Carrie Hall, Buyu Wang, Thomas Wallner and Ryan Vojtech. Heat Release Prediction Modelling for Gasoline Compression-Ignition Engines with Multiple Injection Events, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engines and Vehicles, September  2019.

Michael Pamminger, Carrie Hall, Buyu Wang, Thomas Wallner and Ryan Vojtech. A Framework for Heat Release Predictions in Compression Ignition Engines with Multiple Injection Events, Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, August 2019.

Wenbo Sui and Carrie Hall. Modeling of Cylinder-Specific Combustion Phasing for a Multiple-Cylinder Diesel Engine, Proceedings of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Conference, November 2018.

Baisravan HomChaudhuri and Carrie Hall. Model Predictive Control Based Energy Management of Power-Split Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Presence of Uncertainty, Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 2018.

Wenbo Sui, Jorge Pulpeiro González, and Carrie Hall. Combustion Phasing Modelling of Dual Fuel Engines, Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Workshop on Engine and Powertrain Control, Simulation and Modeling, (E-CoSM 2018), September 2018.

Ahmed Yar, Qadeer Ahmed, Carrie Hall, and Aamer Iqbal Bhatti. Model-based Selective Cylinder Deactivation Strategies in an Inline Four Cylinder Gasoline Engine, Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference, June 2018.

Wenbo Sui and Carrie Hall. Control-Oriented Modeling of Combustion Phasing on Diesel Engines, Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference, June 2018.

Jorge Pulpeiro Gonzalez and Carrie Hall. Equation-based Compressor and Turbine Modeling for Variable Geometry Turbochargers, Proceedings of the SAE 2018 World Congress, April 2018.

Wenbo Sui and Carrie Hall. SCR Control System Design Based on On-line Radial Basis Function and Backpropagation Neural Networks, Proceedings of the 2017 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 2017.

Mateos Kassa, Carrie Hall, Fabien Vidal-Naquet, and Thomas Leroy. The Impact of Variable Valve Timing on Knock Propensity in a Dual-Fuel SI Engine, Proceedings of the SAE 2017 International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, October 2017.

Carrie Hall, Michael Pamminger, James Sevik, and Thomas Wallner. Optimal Energy Control of a Dual Fuel Vehicle Fuelled by Natural Gas and E10, Proceedings of the 2017 IFAC World Congress, July 2017.

Michael Pamminger, James Sevik, Riccardo Scarcelli, Thomas Wallner, and Carrie Hall. Influence of Compression Ratio on High Load Performance and Knock Behavior for Gasoline Port-Fuel Injection, Natural Gas Direct Injection and Blended Operation in a Spark Ignition Engine, Proceedings of the SAE 2017 World Congress, April 2017.

Mateos Kassa, Carrie Hall, Andrew Ickes, and Thomas Wallner. Feed-Forward Control of Fuel Distribution on Advanced Dual-Fuel Engine with Varying Intake Valve Closing, Proceedings of the SAE 2016 International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, October 2016.

Carrie Hall, James Sevik, Michael Pamminger*, and Thomas Wallner. Hydrocarbon Speciation in Blended Gasoline-Natural Gas Operation on a Spark-Ignition Engine, Proceedings of the SAE 2016 International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, October 2016.

Michael Pamminger*, James Sevik, Carrie Hall, Thomas Wallner, Riccardo Scarcelli and Scott Miers. Performance, Efficiency and Emissions Comparison of Gasoline Port-Fuel Injection, Natural Gas Direct Injection and Blended Operation, Proceedings of the 2016 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Conference, October 2016.

Siwei Dong and Carrie Hall. Model-Based Control of Integrated Diesel Engine and Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems, Proceedings of the 2016 American Control Conference, July 2016.

Mateos Kassa, Carrie Hall, Andrew Ickes and Thomas Wallner. In-cylinder Oxygen Mass Fraction Estimation Method for Minimizing Cylinder-to-Cylinder Variations in Advanced Combustion Engines, Proc. of the SAE 2015 World Congress, April 21-23, 2015, Detroit, MI, USA.

Carrie M. Hall, Dan Van Alstine, and Gregory M. Shaver. Flatness-Based Control of Mode Transitions between Conventional and Premixed Charge Compression Ignition on a Modern Diesel Engine with Variable Valve Actuation, Proceedings of the 2013 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 21-23, 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, Gregory M. Shaver, and Bernard Tao. Diesel Engine Control Strategy for Biodiesel Blend Accommodation Independent of Fuel Fatty Acid Structure, Proceedings of the 2012 IFAC Workshop on Engine and Powertrain Control, Simulation and Modeling, October 23-25, 2012, Rueil-Malmaison, France.

Carrie M. Hall, Dan Van Alstine, Lyle Kocher, Gregory Shaver, and Derek Lee. Combustion Timing Modeling and Control Framework for Biodiesel/Diesel Blends during Pre-mixed Combustion, Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 17-19, 2012, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Carrie M. Hall, Gregory M. Shaver, Jonathan Chauvin, and Nicolas Petit. Combustion Phasing Model for Control of a Gasoline-Ethanol Fueled SI Engine with Variable Valve Timing, Proceedings of the 2012 American Controls Conference, June 27-29, 2012, Montreal, Canada.

Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall and Gregory Shaver. Closed-Loop Control of Fuel-Flexible CI engines, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, December 9-11, 2011, Mumbai, India.

David Snyder, Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, Mike Bunce, Gregory Shaver. Closed-Loop Control Framework for Fuel-Flexible Combustion of Biodiesel Blends, Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, September 12-15, 2010, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Mike Bunce, David Snyder, Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, Bernie Davila, and Gregory M. Shaver. Optimization of the Performance and Emissions of Soy Biodiesel Blends in a Modern Diesel Engine, Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, September 12-15, 2010, San Antonio, TX, USA.

David Snyder, Gayatri Adi, Michael Bunce, Carrie Hall, and Gregory M. Shaver, Dynamic Exhaust Oxygen Based Biodiesel Blend Estimation with an Extended Kalman Filter, Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, June 30-July 02, 2010, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Gayatri Adi, C. Hall, D. Snyder, M. Bunce, and G. M. Shaver. Clean and Efficient Fuel-Flexible Combustion via Closed-Loop Control, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, December 9-11, 2009, Mumbai, India.

Gayatri Adi, C. Hall, M. Bunce, D. Snyder, and G. M. Shaver. Capturing Experimentally Observed, Biodiesel-Induced Increases of Fuel Consumption and NOx with a Physics-Based Whole Engine Model, Proceedings of the 2009 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Spring Technical Conference, May 3–6, 2009, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Carrie Hall. Manufacturing a Calibration Device for Orientation Sensors, Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 12-14, 2007, San Rafael, CA, USA.

Book Contributions

Chris Eboch, (2014). Amazing Feats of Mechanical Engineering. Carrie Hall (Content Consultant). Minneapolis, MN: Abdo Publishing.

Mateos Kassa and Carrie Hall.  “Dual Fuel Combustion” in Internal Combustion Engines, InTechOpen, accepted July 2018.