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Dr. William Roberts Associate Professor and Associate Department Head North Carolina State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 3190 Broughton Hall Box 7910 Raleigh, N.C. 27695 Phone: 919.515.5294 Fax: 919.515.7968 Email: bill_roberts@ncsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1992
M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1987
B.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1986

Research Interests

Experimental combustion, pollutants, emissions and soot morphology, optical diagnostic techniques for reacting flows.

Selected Publications

• E. J. Welle, W. L. Roberts, C. D. Carter, and J. M. Donbar, "The Response of a Propane-Air Counter-flow Diffusion Flame Subjected to a Transient Flow Field" Combustion and Flame Vol. 135, pp. 285-297 (2003).
  
  
• A. Kodal, K. A Watson, W. L. Roberts and K. M. Lyons, "Turbulence Filter and POD Analysis for Velocity Fields in Lifted CH4-Air Diffusion Flames," Flow, Turbulence and Combustion Vol. 70, pp. 21-41 (2003).
  
  
• Y. Li, W. L. Roberts, M. S. Brown, and G. C. Herring, "Transient Grating Spectroscopy with Delayed Thermalization in Non-Combusting CO/Air Mixtures," Optics Communications Vol. 226, No. 1-6, pp. 255-258 (2003).
  
  
• B. J. Boothe, A. J. Shih, J. Kong, and W. L. Roberts, "Goniometric Characteristics of Optical Fibers for Temperature Measurement in Diesel Engine Exhaust Filters," Measurement Science and Technology Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 563-572 (2003).
  
  
• M. S. Brown, Y. Li, W. L. Roberts, and J. Gord, "Analysis of Transient Grating Signals for Reacting Flow Applications," Applied Optics Vol. 42, No.3 Jan 20 pp. 566-578 (2003).