Kulatilaka, Waruna
individual record
Associate Professor
Positions:
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
overview
My research focuses on Combustion and Energy Conversion, Optical Diagnostics and Imaging, Laser Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Lasers, Chemical Kinetics, Fluid Flow and Plasma Diagnostics, Supersonic and Hypersonic Propulsion, Gas Turbine Combustion and IC Engines.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University - (West Lafayette, Indiana, United States) 2006
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2002
- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa - (Moratuwa, Sri Lanka) 2000
selected publications
Academic Articles62
- Wang, K., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Yi, Z., Kulatilaka, W. D., Sokolov, A. V., & Scully, M. O. (2020). Femtosecond pump-probe studies of atomic hydrogen superfluorescence in flames. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. 116(20), 201102-201102.
- Mathieu, O., Sikes, T., Kulatilaka, W. D., & Petersen, E. L. (2020). Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements of mixtures containing diisopropyl-methylphosphonate (DIMP). COMBUSTION AND FLAME. 215, 66-77.
- Wang, Y., Jain, A., & Kulatilaka, W. (2020). Simultaneous measurement of CO and OH in flames using a single broadband, femtosecond laser pulse. COMBUSTION AND FLAME. 214, 358-360.
- Jain, A., Wang, Y., & Kulatilaka, W. D. (2019). Three-photon-excited laser-induced fluorescence detection of atomic hydrogen in flames. Opt Lett. 44(24), 5945-5948.
- Wang, Y., Jain, A., & Kulatilaka, W. (2019). Hydroxyl radical planar imaging in flames using femtosecond laser pulses. Applied Physics B Laser and Optics. 125(6), 90.
Conference Papers80
- Wang, Y., Paschal, T., & Kulatilaka, W. D. (2019). Combustion Characterization of a Fuel-Flexible Piloted Liquid-Spray Flame Apparatus Using Advanced Laser Diagnostics.
- Turner, M. A., Paschal, T., Kulatilaka, W. D., & Petersen, E. L. (2019). An Investigation of Laminar Flame Speed of CH4-O2-CO2 Mixtures.
- Parajuli, P., Paschal, T., Turner, M. A., Petersen, E. L., & Kulatilaka, W. D. (2019). High-Speed Spectrally Resolved Imaging Studies of Spherically Expanding Natural Gas Flames Under Gas Turbine Operating Conditions.
- Mathieu, O., Kulatilaka, W. D., & Petersen, E. L. (2019). Shock-tube studies of Sarin surrogates. Shock Waves. 29(3), 441-449.
- Paschal, T., Parajuli, P., Turner, M. A., Petersen, E. L., & Kulatilaka, W. D. (2019). High-Speed OH* and CH* Chemiluminescence Imaging and OH Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) in Spherically Expanding Flames.
awards and honors
- Associate Fellow conferred by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - (Reston, Virginia, United States) - This is ongoing. 2012
teaching activities
- MEEN315 Hnr-prin Of Thermodynamics Instructor
- MEEN315 Prin Of Thermodynamics Instructor
- MEEN404 Engineering Laboratory Instructor
- MEEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- MEEN489 Sptp:opt Techniques Engineers Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Niemiec, Nicholas Anthony (2018-08). Advanced Laser Diagnostics for Characterization of Particle Flow Field and Chemical Species During Energetic Material Reactions. (Master's Thesis)
- Wang, Yejun (2018-08). ULTRASHORT-PULSE LASER TECHNIQUES FOR UNRAVELING CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN NEXT-GENERATION COMBUSTION SYSTEMS. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- O'Neil, Morgan Patrick (2017-05). Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Detecting Metal Particles Released from Energetic Reactions. (Master's Thesis)
Email
waruna.kulatilaka@tamu.edu
First Name
Waruna
Last Name
Kulatilaka
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering; 3123 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3123
USA