!!Henry Curran - Curriculum Vitae
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My principal expertise lies in the generation of detailed chemical kinetic models to describe fuel pyrolysis and oxidation; I am Priority Research Area Leader for Energy and Director of the Combustion Chemistry Centre at NUI Galway.\\
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__Honours and Awards__
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*Top 1% of cited researchers worldwide every year since 2014.\\
*Plenary Lecture 37th International Symposium on Combustion, Dublin, 2018.\\
*Boyle-Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award, Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, 2017.\\
*Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship 2016.\\
*Member of the Royal Irish Academy 16th March 2015.\\
*Inaugural NUI Galway President’s Award for Research Excellence (June 2014).\\
*Top Two Most Cited Papers in Combustion and Flame: Combustion and Flame, 114:149–177 (1998) Combustion and Flame, 129:253–280 (2002) \\
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__Book Chapters__
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*C.K. Westbrook, H.J. Curran, “Chapter 7 - Detailed kinetics of fossil and renewable fuel combustion”, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 45 (2019) 363-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64087-1.00007-3.\\
*C. K. Westbrook, W. J. Pitz, H. J. Curran, Chapter 17: “Autoignition and chemical kinetic mechanisms of HCCI combustion” in “HCCI and CAI engines for the automotive industry”, Edited by Hua Zhao, CRC Press LLC, FL 33487, USA ISBN 978-1-4200-4459-1.\\
*Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Henry Curran, Tiziano Faravelli, Pierre A. Glaude, Chapter 4: “Specificities Related to Detailed Kinetic Models for the Combustion of Oxygenated Fuels Components” in “Cleaner Combustion”, Edited by Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Edward Blurock, John M. Simmie, Springer London, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, ISBN 978-1-4471-5306-1.
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__Refereed Publications:__ 230\\
__Conference presentations:__ 201\\
__Invited Lectures:__ 46\\
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__Collaborative Research Activity__\\
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Saudi Arabian Oil Company; Siemens Energy Canada Limited; Alstom Power Switzerland; Renault, Paris; Shell Research UK; Texas A&M University; Imperial College London; Princeton University; Stanford University; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Southern California; Nancy Université; Cornell University; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Argonne National Laboratory; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille; CNRS, Orléans.\\ \\