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MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty

Professor Ian A. Waitz

Publications

Environmental Impacts, Combustion, and Emissions

“Near-Airport Distribution of the Environmental Costs of Aviation,” P. J. Wolfe, S.H.L. Yim, G. Lee, A. Ashok, S. R.H. Barrett, and I. A. Waitz, Transport Policy, March 2014. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.02.023

“Economic and Emissions Impacts of Renewable Fuel Goals for Aviation in the US,” N. Winchester, D. McConnachie, C. Wollersheim, I.A. Waitz, Transportation Research Part A 58C (2013), pp. 116-128 DOI information: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.10.001

“Development of a response surface model of aviation’s air quality impacts in the United States,” A. Ashok, I. H. Lee, S. Arunachalam, I. A. Waitz, S. H. L. Yim, S. R. H. Barrett, Atmospheric Environment 77 (2013) 445-452.

“Air pollution and early deaths in the United States. Part I: Quantifying the impact of major sectors in 2005,” F. Caiazzo, A. Ashok, I. A. Waitz, S. H.L. Yim, S. R.H. Barrett, Atmospheric Environment 79 (2013) 198-208.

“The impact of aircraft plume dynamics on airport local air quality,” S. R. H. Barrett, R. E. Britter, I. A. Waitz, Atmospheric Environment, 74 (2013) 247-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.061 2013.

“Public Health, Climate and Economic Impacts of Desulfurizing Jet Fuel,” S. Barrett, S. Yim, C. Gilmore, L. Murray, S. Kuhn, A. Tai, R. Yantosca, S. Byun, F. Ngan, X. Li, J. Levy, A. Ashok, J. Koo, H. Wong, O. Dessens, S. Balasubramanian, G. Fleming, M. Pearlson, C. Wollersheim, R. Malina, S. Arunachalam, F. Binkowski, E. M. Leibensperger, D. Jacob, J. Hileman, and I.A. Waitz, Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/es203325a. 2013.

“Spatial sensitivities of human health risk to intercontinental and high-altitude pollution,” J. Koo, Q. Wang, D.K. Henze, I.A. Waitz, S.R.H. Barrett, Atmospheric Environment 71, pp140- 147, 2013.

“Intercomparison of the capabilities of simplified climate models to project the effects of aviation CO2 on climate,” A. Khodayaria, D. J. Wuebbles, S. C. Olsen, J. S. Fuglestvedt, T. Berntsen, M. T. Lund, I. A. Waitz, P. Wolfe, P. M. Forster, M. Meinshausenf, D. S. Lee, and L. L. Lim, Atmospheric Environment 75, pp. 321-328, 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.055

“The impact of climate policy on US aviation,” N. Winchester, C. Wollersheim, R. Clewlow, N. C. Jost, S. Paltsev, J. M. Reilly, and I. A. Waitz, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Volume 47, Part 1, January 2013, pp. 1–15.

“The Impact of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme on US Aviation,” R. Malina, D. McConnachie, N. Winchester, C. Wollersheim, S. Paltsev and I. A. Waitz, Journal of Air Transport Management, Volume 19, March 2012, Pages 36-41. doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.12.004

“Estimation of the Global Impact of Aviation-Related Noise Using an Income-Based Approach”, Q. He, C. Wollersheim, M. Locke, I. Waitz, to appear in Transport Policy.

“Estimating the climate and air quality benefits of aviation fuel and emissions reductions,” C. S. Dorbian, P. J. Wolfe, and I. A. Waitz, Atmospheric Environment, March, 2011.

“Comparison of Air Quality Related Mortality Impacts of Different Transportation Modes in the United States,” Z. Wadud and I. A. Waitz, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2233, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2011, pp. 99–109. DOI: 10.3141/2233-12.

“Methods for assessing the impact of aviation environmental policies on public health,” E. Brunelle-Yeung, T. Masek, J. J. Rojo, J. I. Levy, S. Arunachalam, S. M. Miller, S. R. H. Barrett, S. R. Kuhn, and I. A. Waitz, to appear in Transport Policy, 2011.

“Metric for Comparing Lifetime Average Climate Impact of Aircraft,” E. Schwartz Dallara, I. M. Kroo, and I.A. Waitz, to appear in AIAA Journal, 2011.

“Global Mortality Attributable to Aircraft Cruise Emissions,” S. R. H. Barrett, R. E. Britter and I. A. Waitz, Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (19), pp 7736–7742 DOI: 10.1021/es101325r, 2010.

"Assessing the environmental impacts of aircraft noise and emissions," A. Mahashabde, P. Wolfe, A. Ashok, C. Dorbian, Q. He, A. Fan, S. Lukachko, A. Mozdzanowska, C. Wollersheim, S. R. H. Barrett,
M. Locke, and I. A.Waitz, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2010. Access paper (doi.10.1016/j.paerosci.2010.04.003).

“Aircraft Impacts on Local and Regional Air Quality in the United States,” G. Ratliff, C. Sequeira, I. Waitz, M. Ohsfeldt, T. Thrasher, M. Graham, and T. Thompson, Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise And Emissions Reduction, Project 15 Final Report, PARTNER-COE-2009-002, www.partner.aero, October 2009. Download report.

“Near-Term Feasibility of Alternative Jet Fuels,” J. I. Hileman, D. S. Ortiz, J. T. Bartis, H.M. Wong, P. E. Donohoo, M. A. Weiss, and I. A. Waitz, jointly published by the RAND Corporation (TR544) and the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction, www.partner.aero, October 2009. Download report.

“The Other Climate Threat: Transportation,” A. Schäfer, H. D. Jacoby, J. B. Heywood, and I. A. Waitz, The American Scientist, Volume 97, 2009. Download article.

“A Methodology for Integrated Conceptual Design of Aircraft Configuration and Operation to Reduce Environmental Impact,” A. March, I. Waitz, and K. Willcox, AIAA-2009-7026, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), 21-23 September, 2009, Hilton Head, South Carolina. Download paper.

Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World, A. Schafer, J.B. Heywood, H. D. Jacoby, I. A. Waitz, MIT Press, June 2009, web page.

"Transport Impacts on Atmosphere and Climate: Metrics," J. S. Fuglestvedt, K. P. Shine, T. Berntsen, D. S. Lee, R. Sausen, A. Stenke, R. B. Skeie, G. J. M. Velders, and I. A. Waitz, Atmospheric Environment, May 2009, web page.

"Air Transport and the Environment," K. Marias and I. A. Waitz, chapter in The Global Airline Industry, Edited by P. Belobaba, A. Odoni, and C. Barnhart, John Wiley & Sons, April 2009.

"Guidebook on Preparing Airport Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories," B. Kim, I. A. Waitz, M. Vigilante, and R. Bassarab, Airport Cooperative Research Program Report Number 11, Transportation Research Board, 2009.

"Summarizing and Interpreting Aircraft Gaseous and Particulate Emissions Data," P. D. Whitefield, P. Lobo, D. E. Hagen, M. T. Timko, R. C. Miake-Lye, C. Taylor, G. Ratliff, S. Lukachko, C. Sequeira, J. Hileman, I. A. Waitz, S. Webb, T. G. Thrasher, M. R. Ohsfeldt, H. K. Kaing, and S. C. Essama, Airport Cooperative Research Program Report Number 9, Transportation Research Board, 2008.

"Assesment of the Impact of Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) on Aircraft-Related Fuel Burn and Emissions for the Domestic United States,” A. Malwitz, S. Balasubramanian, G. Fleming , T. Yoder and I. A. Waitz, AIAA J. of Aircraft, Vol. 46, No. 1, January-February 2009.

“Microphysical Modeling of Ground-Level Aircraft-Emitted  Aerosol Formation: Roles of Sulfur-Containing Species ,” H.-W. Wong, P. E. Yelvington, M. T. Timko, T. B. Onasch and R. C. Miake-Lye, J. Zhang and I. A. Waitz , AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 24, No. 3, May-June 2008, pp. 590-602.

“Assessing the Impact of Aviation on Climate,” K. Marais, S. P. Lukachko, M. Jun, A. Mahashabde, and I. A. Waitz, Meteorologische Zeitschrift,  Vol. 17, No. 2, 157-172, April 2008. Download paper

“System for assessing Aviation’s Global Emissions (SAGE):  Model Description and Inventory Results,” B. Y. Kim, G. G. Fleming, J. J. Lee, I. A. Waitz, J-P. Clarke, S. Balasubramanian, A. Malwitz, K. Klima, M. Locke, C. A. Holsclaw, L. Q. Maurice and M. L. Gupta,  Transportation Research, Part D, Vol 12, pp. 325-346, 2007

“System for assessing Aviation’s Global Emissions (SAGE):  Uncertainty Assessment,” J. J. Lee, I. A. Waitz, B. Y. Kim, G. G. Fleming, L. Q. Maurice and C. A. Holsclaw,  Transportation Research, Part D, Vol 12, pp. 381-395, 2007

“Quantifying the Relationship Between Air Traffic Management Efficiency, Fuel Burn and Air Pollutant Emissions,” M. Ohsfeldt, T. Thrasher, I. Waitz, G. Ratliff, C. Sequeira, T. Thompson, M. Graham, R. Cointin,W. Gillette, and M. Gupta, 7th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar, Barcelona, 2007

 “A Comparison of Two Methods for Predicting Emissions from Aircraft Gas Turbine Combustors,” D. L. Allaire, I. A. Waitz, K. E. Willcox, GT2007-28346, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea and Air, May 14-17, 2007

"The evolution of carbonaceous aerosol and aerosol precursor emissions through a gas turbine engine," K. Brundish, A. Clague, C. Wilson, R. C. Miake-Lye, R. Brown, J. Wormhoudt, S. P. Lukachko, A. Chobot, C Yam, I. Waitz, D. Hagen, P. D. Whitefield, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 23, Number 5, September-October, 2007.

"Impact of Manufacturing Variability on Combustor Liner Durability," S.D. Bradshaw and I. A. Waitz, GT2006-91098, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, May 2006, revised version in ASME J. Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Volume 131, Issue 3, May, 2009. Download paper

"Aviation and the Environment: A National Vision Statement, Framework for Goals and Recommended Actions," Report to the United States Congress, on behalf of the U.S. DOT, FAA and NASA, by I. A. Waitz, J. Townsend, J. Cutcher-Gershenfeld, E. M. Greitzer and J. L. Kerrebrock, December 2004 (delivered to Congress January 2006). Download report

"Water Injection—Could it Reduce Airplane Maintenance Costs and Airport Emissions?" D. L. Daggett, R. C. Hendricks, A. Mahashabde and I. A. Waitz, ISABE-2005-1249, 17th International Symposium on Airbreathing Engines, Munich, Germany, September 4-9, 2005. Download paper

"Engine Design and Operational Impacts on Particulate Matter Precursor Emissions," S. P. Lukachko, I. A. Waitz, R. C. Miake-Lye and R. C. Brown, GT2005-69112, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, June 2005, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 130 March 2008. Download paper

"Post Combustion Evolution of Soot Properties in an Aircraft Engine," P. M. Dakhel, S. P. Lukachko, I. A. Waitz, R. C. Miake-Lye and R. C. Brown, GT2005-69113, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, June 2005, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power Volume 23, Number 5, September-October, 2007. Download paper

"NO and NO2 Emissions Ratios Measured from in Use Commercial Aircraft During Taxi and Take-Off," S. C. Herdon, J. H. Shorter, M.S. Zahniser, D.D. Nelson, Jr., J. Wormhoudt, J. Jayne, R. C. Brown, R. C. Miake-Lye, I. A. Waitz, P. Silva, T. Lanni, K. Demerjian, and C. E. Kolb, Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 38, pp 6078-6084, American Chemical Society, 2004. Download paper

"Aviation Emissions and Abatement Policies in the United States: A City-Pair Analysis," S. Jamin, A. Schafer, M. E. Ben-Akiva, and I. A. Waitz, Journal of Transportation Research, Part D, Volume 9, No. 4, pp. 294-314, July, 2004. Download paper

"Gas Turbine Engine Durability Impacts of High Fuel-Air Ratio Combustors: Near Wall Reaction Effects on Film-Cooled Backward-Facing Step Heat Transfer," D. Milanes, D. R. Kirk, K. Fidkowski and I. A. Waitz, GT2004-53259, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, June 2004, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power , Volume 128, Issue 2, pp. 318-325, April, 2006. Download paper

"Aircraft and Energy Use," J. J. Lee, S. P. Lukachko and I. A. Waitz, invited chapter in the Encyclopedia of Energy, by Academic Press/Elsevier Science, San Diego California, 2003. Download paper

"Military Aviation and the Environment: Historical Trends and Comparison to Civil Aviation," I. A. Waitz, S. P. Lukachko, and J. J. Lee, AIAA-2003-2620, invited contribution to AIAA/ICAS International Air and Space Symposium and Exposition, Dayton, Ohio, July 14-17, 2003; AIAA Journal of Aircraft, vol.42 no.2 (pp 329-339) 2005 .Download paper

"Historical Fuel Efficiency Characteristics of Regional Aircraft from Technological, Operational, and Cost Perspectives," R. Babikian, S. P. Lukachko and I. A. Waitz, Journal of Air Transport Management, Volume 8, No. 6, pp. 389-400, Nov. 2002. Download paper

"Gas Turbine Engine Durability Impacts of High Fuel-Air Ratio Combustors. Part 1: Potential for Oxidation of Partially-Reacted Fuel," S. P. Lukachko, D. R. Kirk and I. A. Waitz , GT-2002-30077, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2002. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 125, July 2003 Download paper

"Historical and Future Trends in Aircraft Performance, Cost and Emissions," Lee, J. J., Lukachko, S. P., Waitz, I. A., and Schafer, A., (invited contribution) Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, Volume 26, 2001. Download paper

"Mobility 2001," D. H. Marks, et al., World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland, 2001. Download report

"Aviation and Climate Change," R.C. Miake-Lye, I.A. Waitz, D.W. Fahey, C.E. Kolb, H.L. Wesoky, and C.C. Wey, Aerospace America, September, 2000. Download article.

"Aircraft Chemiion and Volatile Aerosol Emissions," R.C. Brown, R. C. Miake-Lye, M. R. Anderson, C. E. Kolb, S. P. Lukachko and I. A. Waitz, in review Geophysical Research Letters, November, 1999.

"Heterogeneous Reactions in Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines," R.C. Brown, R. C. Miake-Lye, S. P. Lukachko and I. A. Waitz, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Number 10, 2002. Download article

"Turbine and Nozzle Effects on Emissions," I. A. Waitz et al., Part 7 of Chapter 6 (Aircraft technology and relation to emissions) of Part 2 (Aviation technology and emissions mitigation) of UN sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere, 1999.
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"Confined Swirling Flows with Heat Release and Mixing," D. Underwood, I. A. Waitz, and E. M. Greitzer, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 16, Number 2, March-April, 2000, pp. 169-177. Download paper

"Production of Sulfate Aerosol Precursors in the Turbine and Exhaust Nozzle of an Aircraft Engine," S. P. Lukachko, I. A. Waitz, R. C. Miake-Lye, R. C. Brown, and M. A. Anderson, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, No. D13, July 10, 1998. Download paper

"Effects of Engine Aging on Aircraft NOx Emissions," S. P. Lukachko, I A. Waitz, Paper 97-GT-386, ASME Turbo Expo, Orlando, Florida, June 2-5, 1997. Download paper

"Chemical Processes in the Turbine and Exhaust Nozzle," S. P. Lukachko, I. A. Waitz, R. C. Miake-Lye, R. C. Brown, and M. R. Anderson, M. R., presented at the International Colloquium on the Impact of Aircraft Emissions upon the Atmosphere, Paris, France, October 15-18, 1996.

"Streamwise Vorticity Enhanced Mixing in a Reacting Shear Layer," D. S. Underwood, and I. A. Waitz, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 12, No. 4, July-August, 1996. Download paper

"Investigation of a Contoured Wall Injector for Hypervelocity Mixing Augmentation", I. Waitz, F. Marble, and E. Zukoski, AIAA Journal, Vol. 31, no. 6, June 1993. Download paper

"Vorticity Generation by Contoured Wall Injectors", I. Waitz, F. Marble, and E. Zukoski, presented at the AIAA/SAE/ASME 28th Joint Propulsion Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, July 6-8, 1992.

"A Systematic Experimental and Computational Investigation of a Class of Contoured Wall Fuel Injectors," I. Waitz, F. Marble, and E. Zukoski, AIAA 92-0625 presented at the AIAA 30th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 6-9, 1992.

"Planar Rayleigh Scattering Results in Helium-Air Mixing Experiments in a Mach 6 Wind Tunnel," B. Shirinzadeh, I. A. Waitz, J. Balla, M. E. Hillard, J. B. Anders, and R. J. Exton Applied Optics, Vol. 31, No. 30, October, 1992.

"Shock Enhancement and Control of Hypersonic Mixing and Combustion", F. Marble, E. Zukoski, J. Jacobs, G. Hendricks, and I. Waitz, AIAA 90-1981, presented at the AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE 26th Joint Propulsion Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 16-18, 1990.

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Aircraft Noise Reduction

“Challenges and Promises in Mitigating Transportation Noise,” I. A. Waitz, R. J. Bernhard, C. E. Hanson, The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 3, Fall 2007. Web link

“Assessment of Silent Aircraft-Enabled Regional Development and Airline Economics in the UK,” R. Tam, P. Belobaba, K. R. Polenske, I. A. Waitz, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 8 - 11 Jan 2007. Download paper

"Trailing Edge Blowing for Reduction of Turbomachinery Fan Noise," J. M. Brookfield and I. A. Waitz, AIAA Paper 98-2321, 4th AIAA/CAES Aeroacoustics Conference, Toulouse, France, June 2-4, 1998, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 16, Number 1, January-February 2000, pp.57-64. Download paper

"Aeroacoustic Measurement of Transient Hot Nozzle Flows," D. R. Kirk, D. O. Creviston and I. A. Waitz, 5th AIAA/CAES Aeroacoustics Conference Proceedings, 1999, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 17, Number 4, July/August 2001, pp. 928-935. Download paper

"A Mixer-Ejector Noise-Suppressor Model," D. Tew, B. Teeple and I. Waitz, AIAA Paper 97-1682, AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference Proceedings, May 1997, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 14, No. 6, November-December 1998.Download paper

"Transient Testing Techniques for Jet Noise Measurements," J. M. Kerwin, I. A. Waitz, AIAA Paper 97-1684 , AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference Proceedings, May 1997.

"Impact of Compressibility on Mixing with Large-Scale Streamwise Vortices," D. Tew, and I. Waitz, AIAA Paper 97-2637, AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, June 1997.

"Preliminary Assessment of Wake Management Strategies for Reduction of Turbomachinery Fan Noise," I. A. Waitz, J. M. Brookfield, J. Sell, and B. J. Hayden, CEAS/AIAA 95-102, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 12, Number 4, July-August, 1996.

"The Role of Streamwise Vorticity in Compressible Mixing Downstream of Lobed Mixers," D. Tew, I. Waitz, J. Hermanson, and E. Greitzer, AIAA 95-2746, presented at the 31st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA, July 10-12, 1995.

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Gas Turbine Engines

"Impact of Compressibility on Mixing Downstream of Lobed Mixers," D. E. Tew, J. C. Hermanson and I. A. Waitz, AIAA Journal v. 42, Number 11, pp. 2393-2396, 2004. Download paper

"Endwall Blockage in Axial Compressors," S. A. Khalid, A. S. Khalsa, I. A. Waitz, E. M. Greitzer, C. S. Tan, N. A. Cumpsty, J. Adamczyk, and F. E. Marble, ASME Turbo Expo, Stockhom, Sweden, June 1998, ASME J. of Turbomachinery, Vol. 121, No. 3, pp.499-511, July, 1999. Download paper

"Rotor Wake Decay: Effect of Swirl," J. M. Brookfield, I. A. Waitz, J. Sell," ASME Paper 96-GT- 495, ASME Turbo Expo, Orlando, Florida, June 2-5, 1997, and AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 14, No. 2, March-April, 1998.Download paper

"Enhanced Mixing with Streamwise Vorticity," I. A. Waitz, J. K. Elliot, A. K. S. Fung, J. M. Kerwin, J. K. Krasnodebski, M. N. O'Sullivan, Y. J. Qiu, D. E. Tew, E. M. Greitzer, F. E. Marble, C. S. Tan, and T. G. Tillman, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol 33, Number 5/6, May/June 1997 Download paper

"A Computational Study of Viscous Effects on Lobed Mixer Flow Features and Performance," M. N. O'Sullivan, I. A. Waitz, E. M. Greitzer, C. S. Tan, and W. N. Dawes, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 12, Number 2, March-April 1996. Download paper

"Vortices in Aero-Propulsion Systems," I. Waitz, E. Greitzer, and C. Tan, in Fluid Vortices, ed. S. Green, Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1994.

"Enhanced Mixing in Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems," I. A. Waitz, T. G. Tillman, D. C. McCormick, Global Gas Turbine News, International Gas Turbine Institute, August 1993.

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Micro Heat Engines

“Design and Characterization of a liquid-fueled micro-combustor,” J. Peck, S. A. Jacobson, and I.A. Waitz, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea and Air, GTP-10-1106, June 14-18, 2010, Glasgow, UK, J. Engineering For Gas Turbines and Power, Volume 133, Issue 7, 2011.

“Microcombustors for Rotating Machinery,” C. M. Spadaccini and I.A. Waitz, chapter in Multi-Wafer Rotating MEMS Machines, J.H. Lang (ed.), MEMS Reference Shelf, 445 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-77747-4_9, C _ Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009.

“Microcombustion,” C. Spadaccini and I. A. Waitz, chapter in Comprehensive Microsystems, eds. Y. B. Gianchandani, O.Tabata, and H. Zappe, Elsevier, New York, NY, 2007. Web link

"Catalytic Combustion Systems for Micro-Scale Gas Turbine Engines," C. M. Spadaccini, J.-W. Peck, and I. A. Waitz, GT2005-68382, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, June 2005, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Volume 129, Issue 1, pp. 49-60, January 2007 . Download paper

"High Power Density Silicon Combustion Systems for Micro Gas Turbine Engines," C. M. Spadaccini, A. Mehra, J. Lee, X. Zhang, S. Lukachko and I. Waitz, GT-2002-30082, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2002. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 125, July 2003.Download paper

"Development of a Catalytic Silicon Micro-Combustor for Hydrocarbon-fueled Power MEMS," C. M. Spadaccini, X. Zhang, C. P. Cadou, N. Miki, and I. A. Waitz, Sensors and Actuators A 103 (2003) 219–224. Download paper

"Igniters and temperature sensors for a micro-scale combustion system," Xin Zhang, Amit Mehra, Arturo A. Ayo´n, Ian A. Waitz, Sensors and Actuators A 103 (2003) 253–262 Download paper

"Centimeter-Diameter Gas Turbine Generators for Compact Power," A.H. Epstein, S.A. Jacobson, Y. Gong, R. Khanna, J. Lang, H. Li, L. Liu, C. Livermore, H.-S. Moon, J. Protz, N. Savoulides, M. Schmidt, C. Spadaccini, M. Spearing, C.J. Teo, I. Waitz, D. Ward, Proceedings of the 2003 Power & Energy Collaborative Technology Alliance Symposium.

"Development of Polysilicon Ignitors and Temperature Sensors for a Micro Gas Turbine Engine," X. Zhang, A. Mehra, A. A. Ayon, and I. A. Waitz, IEEE 15th International Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 20-24, 2002. Download paper

"A 6-Wafer Combustion System for a Silicon Micro Gas Turbine Engine," Mehra, A., Zhang, X., Ayon, A., Waitz, I., and Schmidt, M., Spadaccini, C., Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Volume 9, Number 4, December 2000, pp.517-527. Download paper

"A Through-Wafer Electrical Interconnect for Multi-Level MEMS Devices," Mehra, A., Zhang, X., Ayon, A., Waitz, I., and Schmidt, M., Journal of Vacuum Science &Technology B, Volume 1, Number 5, September/October 2000. Download paper

"Combustion Tests in the Static Structure of a 6-Wafer Micro Gas Turbine Engine," A. Mehra, I. A. Waitz and M. A. Schmidt, 1999 Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, June 2-4, 1999. Download paper

"Microfabrication of High-Temperature Silicon Devices Using Wafer Bonding and Deep Reactive Ion Etching," A. Mehra, A. A. Ayón, I. A. Waitz, and M. A. Schmidt, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, pp. 152-160, Volume 8, Number 2, June 1999. Download paper

"Development of a Hydrogen Combustor for a Microfabricated Gas Turbine Engine," A. Mehra and I. A. Waitz, 1998 Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head Transducers Conference, June 2-4, 1998. Download paper

"Combustors for a Micro Gas Turbine Engines," I. A. Waitz, G. Gautam, Y.-S. Tzeng, (Invited paper) International Symposium on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), ASME 1996 International Engineering Congress and Exposition, 17-22 November, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Volume 120, March 1998. Download paper

"Power MEMS and Microengines", Epstein et al., IEEE Transducers '97 Conference, Chicago, IL, June 1997.

"Micro-Heat Engines, Gas Turbines, and Rocket Engines - The MIT Microengine Project," Epstein et al., AIAA Paper 97-1773, 28th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Snowmass, CO, June 29-July 2, 1997.

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Other Publications

"Integrated Teaching of Experimental and Communication Skills to Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Students," I. A. Waitz and E. C. Barrett, presented at the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 1996, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education July 1997.

"Experimental Investigation of Wing/Fuselage Integration Geometries", M. Maughmer, D. Hallman, R. Ruszkowski, G. Chappel, and I. Waitz, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 26, no. 6, August, 1989.

"Rotating Disk Transition Due to Isolated Roughness with Intense Acoustic Irradiation", I. Waitz and S. Wilkinson, AIAA 88-3761, presented at the First National Fluid Dynamics Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 24-28, 1988.

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