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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
M. Xu, X. Liu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Xu, On the Use of a Sensitivity-Enhanced Algorithm to Quantify Sooting Dynamics in Droplet Combustion of Highly Sooty Fuels, Combustion and Flame, under review.
M.M. Islam, S.M. Tabarhoseini, N. Miller, Y.-H. Lee, A. Sayster, J.B. Bostwick, Y. Xu, X. Xuan, Effects of Newtonian and Shear Thinning Fluid Mixing on Electrokinetic Instability in Microchannel Flows With Conductivity Gradients, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, under review.
S. Guo, Y. Xu, A. Scaboro, R. Rasul, Y. Wang, A. Reeves, A. Cuoci, A. Frassoldati, M. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Combustion of n-Propylbenzene: Experiments and Numerical Modeling, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2024, 40: 105543. (Distinguished Paper, Flame Dynamics and Transport Processes Colloquium)
M.J. Johnson, T.S. Krause, Y. Xu, V. Nayagam, D.L. Dietrich, n-Decane Droplet Autoignition Experiments in Microgravity, Combustion and Flame, 2024, 268: 113624.
Y. Xu, Y. Shen, C.T. Avedisian, M.C. Hicks, M.Y. Choi, Quantitative investigation of sooting dynamics in droplet combustion using an automated image analysis algorithm, Fuel, 2023, 354: 129313.
R.B. Rasul, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, A.P. Reeves, Dynamic Differential Image Circle Diameter Measurement Precision Assessment: Application to Burning Droplets, Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2023, 45 (2): 1668-1681.
Y. Wang, X. Tang, Q. Zhou, X. Chen, Q. Chen, Y. Xu, Blue phosphorus nanoscrolls, Physical Review B, 2020, 102, 165428.
Y. Xu, T.I. Farouk, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Initial diameter effects on combustion of unsupported equi-volume n-heptane/iso-octane mixture droplets and the transition to cool flame behavior: Experimental observations and detailed numerical modeling, Combustion and Flame, 2020, 220: 82-91.
Q. Chen, Q. Ding, Y. Wang, Y. Xu, J. Wang, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of a Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Phosphorous Chalcogenide TMPS4, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020, 124: 12075-12080.
Y. Xu, J.D. Brunson, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Shen, I. Keresztes, A.M. Condo Jr, D. Phillips, Burning of algae-derived biofuel droplets and their mixtures with jet fuel, Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34 (1): 929-935.
Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, The combustion of iso-octane droplets with initial diameters from 0.5 to 5 mm: Effects on burning rate and flame extinction, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017, 36 (2): 2541-2548.
T.I. Farouk, Y. Xu, C.T. Avedisian, F.L. Dryer, Combustion characteristics of primary reference fuel (PRF) droplets: Single stage high temperature combustion to multistage “Cool Flame” behavior, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017, 36 (2): 2585-2594.
Y.C. Liu, Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Comprehensive study of initial diameter effects and other observations on convection-free droplet combustion in the standard atmosphere for n-heptane, n-octane, and n-decane, Combustion and Flame, 2016, 171: 27-41.
Y.C. Liu†, F.E. Alam†, Y. Xu, F.L. Dryer, C.T. Avedisian, T.I. Farouk, Combustion characteristics of butanol isomers in multiphase droplet configurations, Combustion and Flame, 2016, 169: 216-228.
Y. Xu, I. Keresztes, A.M. Condo Jr, D. Phillips, P. Pepiot, C.T. Avedisian, Droplet combustion characteristics of algae-derived renewable diesel, conventional #2 diesel, and their mixtures, Fuel, 2016, 167: 295-305.
Y. Xu, C.T. Avedisian, Combustion of n-butanol, gasoline, and n-butanol/gasoline mixture droplets, Energy & Fuels, 2015, 29 (5): 3467-3475.
Y.C. Liu, Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, The effect of support fibers on micro-convection in droplet combustion experiments, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2015, 35 (2): 1709-1716.
H.-J. Kwon, Y. Xu, S.A. Solovitz, W. Xue, A.G. Dimitrov, A.B. Coffin, J. Xu, Design of a microfluidic device with a non-traditional flow profile for on-chip zebrafish study, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2014, 24 (1): 017001. (Selected for MEMS and Microengineering for Life Science Applications feature collection of the journal)
Y. Xu†, A. Hashmi†, G. Yu, X. Lu, H.-J. Kwon, X.L. Chen, J. Xu, Microbubble array for on-chip worm processing, Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102 (2): 023702.
X. Lu, D.R. Samuelson, Y. Xu, H. Zhang, S. Wang, B.A. Rasco, J. Xu, M.E. Konkel, Detecting and tracking nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using a microfluidic SERS biosensor, Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85 (4): 2320-2327.
A. Bajwa†, Y. Xu†, A. Hashmi, M. Leong, L. Ho, J. Xu, Liquid marbles with in-flows and out-flows: characteristics and performance limits, Soft Matter, 2012, 8 (46): 11604-11608.
A. Hashmi†, Y. Xu†, B. Coder†, P.A. Osborne, J. Spafford, G.E. Michael, G. Yu, J. Xu, Leidenfrost levitation: beyond droplets, Scientific Reports, 2012, 2: 797.
(† denotes equal contributors)
Conference Articles and Presentations
Conference Articles and Presentations
N. Haile, Y. Lin, J. Palmore Jr, Y. Xu, Undergraduate Research: The Effects of Buoyancy on Droplet Evaporation for Spray Combustion Systems, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, November 23-25, 2025.
X. Liu, M. Xu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Xu, 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Phoenix, Arizona, December 3-6, 2025.
A.P. Cecil, S. Roeseler, R. Plessinger, E. Motyka, E. Volpe, B. Jones, Y. Xu, J. Kweder, Leak Testing and Simulation Validation of E-Ring Seals with Computational Fatigue Predictions for Aerospace Duct Systems, 2026 AIAA SciTech, Orlando, Florida, January 12-16, 2026 (accepted).
A.P. Cecil, Y. Xu, Design and Fabrication of a High-Pressure Chamber for Studying Synthetic Aviation Fuel Droplet Combustion, 9th Annual Summer Creative Inquiry + Undergraduate Research Showcase, Clemson, South Carolina, August 18, 2025.
M. Xu, X. Liu, S. Guo, Y. Wang, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Xu, Quantifying Soot Volume Fraction From Images Recorded During Combustion of N-Propylbenzene Droplets in Microgravity, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Westminster, Colorado, July 8-10, 2025. (Outstanding Student/Postdoc Presentation awarded to MX at the K8-04 session)
T. St. Fleur, J. Zhou, M. Xu, Y. Xu, Emulating NASA’s Structural Strength Test Procedures with the Centaur V-Upper Stage of the ULA Vulcan Rocket, 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 22-25, 2025, paper no. 47934.
L. Smalls, E. Bisgaard, J. Zhou, M. Xu, Y. Xu, Design of Access Platforms for Assembly Tooling on the Payload Attachment Fitting (PAF) for NASA’s Space Launch System, 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 22-25, 2025, paper no. 47926.
X. Liu†, M. Xu†, X. Liang, Y. Xu, Experimental Investigations of Sooting Dynamics During Combustion of Isobutanol/Gasoline Mixture Droplets, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, March 16-19, 2025, paper no. PP16.
M. Xu†, X. Liu†, S. Guo, Y. Wang, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Xu, Soot Volume Fraction Measurements from Recorded Images of n-Propylbenzene Droplet Combustion in Microgravity, 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 3-7, 2024.
M.J. Johnson, T.S. Krause, Y. Xu, V. Nayagam, D.L. Dietrich, Spontaneous Ignition of n-Decane Droplets Under Normal and Microgravity Conditions with Varying Oxygen Concentrations, 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 3-7, 2024.
S. Guo, Y. Xu, A. Scaboro, R. Rasul, Y. Wang, A. Reeves, A. Cuoci, A. Frassoldati, M. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Combustion of n-Propylbenzene: Experiments and Numerical Modeling, 40th International Symposium - Emphasizing Energy Transition, Milan, Italy, July 21-26, 2024, paper no. 5C12.
S. Scott, M.C. Hicks, U.G. Hegde, J.J. Kojima, D. Gotti, R.E. Padilla, Y. Xu, Supercritical Water Oxidation for Wastewater Recovery – Status on Recent Testing of Ersatz Wastewater and a Conceptual Design for Near-Term Lunar Application, 53rd International Conference on Environmental Systems, Louisville, Kentucky, July 21-25, 2024, paper no. ICES-2024-414.
M. Setiya, J. Palmore Jr, Y. Xu, Evaporation of Deformable Droplets Under Natural Convection: Comparison of DNS Results With Experiments, 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech Forum), Orlando, Florida, January 8-12, 2024.
S. Scott, M.C. Hicks, U.G. Hegde, D.J. Gotti, R.E. Padilla, J.J. Kojima, Y. Xu, Supercritical Water Oxidation for Wastewater Recovery and a Preliminary Concept for Lunar Application, 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Washington, D.C., November 14-18, 2023.
Z. Alexander, T.S. Krause, U.G. Hegde, R.E. Padilla, M.C. Hicks, Y. Xu, Experimental Results of Supercritical Injection of Heptane in Microgravity, 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Washington, D.C., November 14-18, 2023.
S. Guo, Y. Xu, A. Scaboro, Y. Wang, R.B. Rasul, C.T. Avedisian, A.P. Reeves, A. Cuoci, M.C. Hicks, A. Frassoldati, n-Propylbenzene Droplet Combustion: Experiments and Numerical Modeling, American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2023 Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 13-17, 2023.
Y. Xu, B. Zhao, S. Tung, H. Hu, Infusing Data Science into Mechanical Engineering Curriculum with Course-Specific Machine Learning Modules, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, June 25-28, 2023.
C.A. Riggins, M.C. Hicks, U.G. Hegde, D.J. Gotti, J.J. Kojima, R.E. Padilla, Y. Xu, Testing of Aqueous Wastewater Solutions Using Supercritical Water Oxidation, 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, College Station, Texas, March 19-22, 2023, paper no. 180NCT-0144.
M.J. Johnson, T.S. Krause, Y. Xu, V. Nayagam, D.L. Dietrich, Autoignition of n-Decane Droplets at Various Oxygen Concentrations: Experimental Observations Under Normal and Microgravity, 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, College Station, Texas, March 19-22, 2023, paper no. 180DS-0139.
Y. Xu, Y. Shen, C.T. Avedisian, M.C. Hicks, M.Y. Choi, Quantitative Measurements of Soot Volume Fraction From Digital Images of Burning Hydrocarbon Fuel Droplets, 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, College Station, Texas, March 19-22, 2023, paper no. 180DS-0302.
J.H. Garcia, Y.B. Yonli, H. Li, Y. Xu, Development of a One-way Silicone Valve for a No-Spill Droplet Generator, ASEE Gulf Southwest Conference, Denton, Texas, March 15-17, 2023.
Y. Xu, Combustion Dynamics of Liquid Fuel Droplets: From Conventional Transportation Fuels to Next-Generation Fuel Systems, 2023 Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee for Combustion Research (MACCCR) Annual Energy, Fuel and Combustion Research Review, Livermore, California, February 27-March 3, 2023. (Invited Talk)
C.A. Riggins, M.C. Hicks, U.G. Hegde, R.E. Padilla, J.J. Kojima, Y. Xu, Z. Huque, Supercritical Water Oxidation: Testing of Urea/Ersatz Wastewater, 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Houston, Texas, November 9-12, 2022.
M.J. Johnson, T.S. Krause, V. Nayagam, D.L. Dietrich, Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, Z. Huque, Autoignition of n-Alkane and Alcohol Fuels in Varying Oxygen Concentrations Under Normal and Microgravity at Elevated Pressures, 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Houston, Texas, November 9-12, 2022.
N.J. DiReda, S. Guo, Y. Wang, Y. Xu, C.T. Avedisian, A High Pressure Apparatus for Low Gravity Droplet Burning Experiments, 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Houston, Texas, November 9-12, 2022.
H. Afzal, Z. Huque, Y. Xu, R.E. Padilla, U.G. Hegde, M.C. Hicks, Cantera Simulations of the Supercritical Water Oxidation of Ammonia, 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Houston, Texas, November 9-12, 2022.
A. Lira, Z. Huque, Y. Xu, O. Michael, Facility Measurement Validation Using ASME Nozzle Vectored Thrust Tests, ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2022) Undergraduate Expo, Columbus, Ohio, October 30-November 3, 2022, paper no. IMECE2022-100698.
Y. Wang, C. Jiang, Q. Chen, Q. Zhou, Y. Xu, Blue Phosphorene Nanoscrolls, XXVII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Long Beach, California, August 14-19, 2022, paper no. 612.
Y. Xu, Y. Shen, C.T. Avedisian, M.C. Hicks, H.K. Suh, M.Y. Choi, Quantitative Soot Volume Fraction Measurements from Droplet Combustion Experiments of Sooty Fuels, 36th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Virtual Meeting, November 5-6, 2020.
M. Yaqub, M. Rahman, D. Ganta, H. Bostanci, Y. Xu, Z. Pournorouz, Optimizing energy infrastructure of autonomous vehicles, 2020 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference & Expo, Virtual Conference, November 1-3, 2020, paper no. 785350.
Y. Shen, U. Dalmia, Y. Xu, Evaluating droplet burning dynamics of surrogate fuels using Convolutional Neural Networks for image analyses, 2nd Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference, Maui, Hawaii, December 13-17, 2019, paper no. PRTEC-24452.
A.P. Reeves, R. Rasul, Y. Xu, J.D. Brunson, A. Dalili, S. Guo, C.T. Avedisian, M.C. Hicks, Precision measurement of droplet diameter from digital video images of soot-producing fuels, 35th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gravitational and Space Research, Denver, Colorado, November 20-23, 2019.
A.P. Reeves, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, Combustion of n-decane and n-propylbenzene droplets: data analysis and effect of droplet diameter, 34th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gravitational and Space Research, Bethesda, Maryland, October 31-November 3, 2018.
Y. Xu, T. Farouk, Y. Shen, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Y. Xia, A.P. Reeves, F.L. Dryer, Comprehensive study of initial diameter for combustion of heptane/iso-octane mixture droplets, 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, April 23-26, 2017, paper no. 2HC-0397.
Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Burning of primary reference fuel droplets: Initial diameter effects on droplets and flames, 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gravitational and Space Research, Cleveland, Ohio, October 26-29, 2016.
Y. Xu, H.D. Tak, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, The combustion of iso-octane droplets with initial diameters from 0.5 to 5 mm: Effects on burning rate and flame extinction, 36th International Symposium on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, July 31-August 5, 2016, paper no. 5E13.
Y. Xu, Y. Shen, I. Keresztes, A.M. Condo Jr., D. Phillips, P. Pepiot, C.T. Avedisian, Burning of algae-derived renewable jet fuel, Jet-A, and their mixtures, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Washington DC, July 10-14, 2016, paper no. HT2016-7265.
Y. Shen, Y. Xu, I. Keresztes, A.M. Condo Jr., D. Phillips, P. Pepiot, C.T. Avedisian, Spherical Droplet Combustion for Algae Renewable Jet Fuel, St. Lawrence Section Annual Meeting, American Society for Engineering Education, Ithaca, New York, April 8-9, 2016. (Best Poster Award)
Y. Xu, Y. Shen, I. Keresztes, A.M. Condo Jr., D. Phillips, P. Pepiot, C.T. Avedisian, Fundamental Combustion Studies of Algae-derived Biofuels, Spring Technical Meeting, Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, March 13-16, 2016.
Y. Xu, M. Dong, I. Keresztes, A.M. Condo Jr., D. Phillips, P. Pepiot, C.T. Avedisian, The droplet burning characteristics of algae-derived renewable diesel, conventional #2 diesel, and their mixture, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas, November 13-19, 2015, paper no. IMECE2015-52047.
Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, Combustion of equivolume heptane/iso-octane droplets: Ground-based and International Space Station experiments, 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gravitational and Space Research, Alexandria, Virginia, November 11-14, 2015.
Y. Xu, C.T. Avedisian, The burning characteristics of n-butanol, gasoline, and n-butanol/gasoline mixture droplets, 1st Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers, New York City, New York, August 9-12, 2015, paper no. TFESC-12802.
Y. Xu, M. Dong, C.T. Avedisian, M.C. Hicks, Effect of varying the initial droplet diameter over a wide range on combustion of iso-octane droplets, 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 17-20, 2015, paper no. 114HE-0331.
Y.C. Liu, F.E. Alam, Y. Xu, F.L. Dryer, C.T. Avedisian, T. Farouk, Experiments and modeling of the droplet combustion characteristics of butanol isomers in the standard atmosphere without convection, 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 17-20, 2015, paper no. 114HE-0214.
K. Narayanaswamy, Y. Xu, C.T. Avedisian, P. Pepiot, Surrogate definition for transportation fuels for liquid phase applications, 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 17-20, 2015, paper no. 1P27.
Y. Xu, Z. Ali, C.T. Avedisian, Droplet combustion experiments of n-butanol, gasoline, and a n-butanol/gasoline mixture in a reduced gravity environment, 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, Pasadena, California, October 22-26, 2014.
Y.C. Liu, Y. Xu, M.C. Hicks, C.T. Avedisian, The role of micro-convection induced by support fibers in droplet combustion experiments, 35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, California, August 3-8, 2014, paper no. 4D04.
Y.C. Liu, Y. Xu, J.K. Rah, K.T. Trenou, C.T. Avedisian, Droplet combustion dynamics (experiments) of butanol isomers in a reduced gravity environment, 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gravitational and Space Research, Orlando, Florida, November 3-8, 2013.
A. Hashmi, B. Coder, Y. Xu, G. Yu, J. Spafford, G.E. Michael, P.A. Osborne, J. Xu, Leidenfrost Cart, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas, November 9-15, 2012, paper no. IMECE2012-87138.
H.-J. Kwon, Y. Xu, S.A. Solovitz, W. Xue, A.G. Dimitrov, A.B. Coffin, J. Xu, Design of a microfluidic device to induce noise damage in hair cells of the zebrafish lateral line, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas, November 9-15, 2012, paper no. IMECE2012-87135.
G. Yu, A. Hashmi, Y. Xu, H.-J. Kwon, X.L. Chen, J. Xu, Microbubble array as a versatile tool for on-chip worm processing, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas, November 9-15, 2012, paper no. IMECE2012-87132.
Y. Xu, A. Bajwa, A. Hashmi, M. Leong, L. Ho, J. Xu, Liquid marbles with in-flows and out-flows: Characteristics and performance limits, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Micro Nano Forum, Houston, Texas, November 13-19, 2012.
G. Yu, Y. Xu, X.L. Chen, J. Xu, Ultrasonic manipulation in free-surface microfluidics, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Dalian, China, May 23-26, 2012.
Y. Xu, Y. Dai, Q. Chen, F. Qian, The experimental research on the effective mass of the spring (in Chinese), 3rd National Forum on College Laboratories, Beijing, China, October 19-23, 2010.
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