Education background
2014-2017 Ph.D. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich
2010-2013 M.Sc. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich
2006-2010 B.Eng. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Experience
2022.08- Assistant Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University
2021.01-2022.07 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2020.10-2020.12 Associate Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
2018.03-2020.09 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Concurrent Academic
Heterogeneous reacting flows, chemical kinetics of catalytic combustion, coupled catalytic-gaseous combustion, and the applications of catalytic combustion in fuel processing, emission control and novel power systems.
Social service
Co-organizer (2021-2023) of the Princeton-CI Summer School on Combustion, Reviewer for over 30 scientific journals and conferences, Session Chair for conferences including the International Symposia on Combustion, Guest Editor for Frontiers in Energy Research.
Honors And Awards
2021 Excellent Young Scholars Award (Overseas), National Natural Science Foundation of China
2019 Young Investigator Group Preparation Fellowship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation
2017 Distinguished Paper Award of the Combustion Institute
2017 Chinese Governmental Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
2012 European Erasmus Mobility Scholarship
Academic Achievement
Selected papers (full publication list in https://ran-sui.com)
1. S. Zheng, H. Liu, Y. Wang, X. Chen, R. Sui*, Q. Lu*. On the roles of humidification and radiation during the ignition of ammonia-hydrogen-air mixtures, Combustion and Flame, 254, 112832, 2023.
2. R. Sui, J. Mantzaras*, R. Bombach, M. Khatoonabadi. High-pressure kinetic interactions between CO and H2 during syngas catalytic combustion on palladium, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 5611-5619, 2023.
3. J. Mantzaras*, R. Sui, R. Bombach. Fuel‑rich hetero-/homogeneous combustion of C3H8/O2/N2 mixtures over rhodium, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 5601-5610, 2023.
4. Y. Yang, S. Zheng*, R. Sui, Q. Lu*. Impact of ammonia addition on soot and NO/N2O formation in methane/air co-flow diffusion flames, Combustion and Flame, 247, 112483, 2023.
5. S. Zheng, H. Liu, Y. He, Y. Yang, R. Sui*, Q. Lu*. Combustion of biomass pyrolysis gas: roles of radiation reabsorption and water content, Renewable Energy, 205, 864-872, 2023.
6. R. Sui*, J. Mantzaras, Z. Liu, C.K. Law. Kinetic modeling of total oxidation of propane over rhodium, Combustion and Flame, 243, 111847, 2022.
7. S. Zheng, H. Liu, R. Sui, B. Zhou, Q. Lu*. Effects of radiation reabsorption on laminar NH3/H2/air flames, Combustion and Flame, 235, 111699, 2022.
8. R. Sui, J. Mantzaras*, C.K. Law, R. Bombach, M. Khatoonabadi. Homogeneous ignition of H2/CO/O2/N2 mixtures over palladium at pressures up to 8 bar, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(4), 6583-6591, 2021.
9. J. Mantzaras*, R. Sui, C.K. Law, R. Bombach. Heterogeneous and homogeneous combustion of fuel‑lean C3H8/O2/N2 mixtures over rhodium at pressures up to 6 bar, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(4), 6473-6482, 2021.
10. Z. Liu, V.R. Unni, S. Chaudhuri, R. Sui, C.K. Law, A. Saha*. Self-turbulization in cellularly unstable laminar flames, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 917, A53, 2021.
11. R. Sui*, W. Liang, L. Zhang, J. Mantzaras, C.K. Law. Kinetic interactions between H2 and CO in catalytic oxidation over PdO, Combustion and Flame, 211, 270-280, 2020.
12. R. Sui*, W. Liang, J. Mantzaras, C.K. Law. Coupled reaction mechanism reduction for the hetero-/homogeneous combustion of syngas over platinum, Combustion and Flame, 214, 37-46, 2020.
13. S. Zheng, R. Sui, W. Liang*, H. Zhou, C.K. Law. On band lumping, radiation reabsorption, and high-pressure effects in laminar flame propagation, Combustion and Flame, 221, 86-93, 2020.
14. R. Sui, J. Mantzaras*, E. Es-sebbar, R. Bombach. Hetero-/homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean CH4/O2/N2 mixtures over PdO at elevated pressures, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(4), 5465-5472, 2019.
15. R. Sui, J. Mantzaras*, R. Bombach. H2 and CO heterogeneous kinetic interactions in the combustion of H2/CO/O2/N2 mixtures over rhodium, Combustion and Flame, 202, 292-302, 2019.
16. R. Sui, E. Es-sebbar, J. Mantzaras*, R. Bombach. Homogeneous ignition during fuel-rich H2/O2/N2 combustion in platinum-coated channels at elevated pressures, Combustion and Flame, 180, 184-195, 2017.
17. R. Sui, J. Mantzaras*, R. Bombach. A comparative experimental and numerical investigation of the heterogeneous and homogeneous combustion characteristics of fuel-rich methane mixtures over rhodium and platinum, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36(3), 4313- 4320, 2017.
18. R. Sui, J. Mantzaras*, R. Bombach, A. Denisov. Hetero-/homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean methane/oxygen/nitrogen mixtures over rhodium at pressures up to 12 bar, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36(3), 4321-4328, 2017.
19. R. Sui, J. Mantzaras*. Combustion stability and hetero-/homogeneous chemistry interactions for fuel-lean hydrogen/air mixtures in platinum-coated microchannels, Combustion and Flame, 173, 370-386, 2016.
20. R. Sui, N.I. Prasianakis, J. Mantzaras*, N. Mallya, J. Theile, D. Lagrange, M. Friess. An experimental and numerical investigation of the combustion and heat transfer characteristics of hydrogen fueled catalytic microreactors, Chemical Engineering Science, 141, 214-230, 2016.
