Assistant Prof. Andy Thawko
Faculty:
Mechanical Engineering
Main energy field:
Alternative fuels, Energy storage and conversion, reacting flows, Plasma-assisted chemical manufacturing, Pollution mitigation, Low-temperature combustion
About:
2022-2024 – PostDoc – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
2017-2021 – PhD – GTEP, Technion
2011-2013 – ME – GTEP, Technion
2005-2009 – BSc – Mechanical Engineering, Technion
Roles, Chairs, prizes
The Israel Council for Higher Education, Planning and Budgeting Committee – Postdoctoral fellowship for academic excellence, 2022-2023
The Israel Council for Higher Education, Planning and Budgeting Committee – Ph.D. Scholarship for academic excellence, 2018-2021
Vivian Konigsberg Award for Excellence in Teaching, Technion, 2020, 2022
Research Area in Energy:
Alternative fuels:
Non-Carbon Fuels
Oxygenated Fuels
Hydrogen Technology
Energy Storage:
Fuel Cell Technologies
Fuel synthesis
Energy Conservation:
Advanced Combustion and Energy Savings
Technologies for pollution mitigation
Selected Publications:
Thawko A., Akiba T., Wang Z., Mei B., Maruta K., Ju Y., Low-Temperature Reactivity, Extinction, and Heat Release Rate of Non-Premixed Cool Flame at Elevated Pressures. Combustion and Flame, 270:113727, 2024.
Diskin D., Pisnoy S., Ben-Hamo I., Thawko A., Tartakovsky L., Decarbonizing Transportation: A Critical Examination of Strategy Effectiveness within Sustainable Energy Capacity Constraints. Energy Conversion and Management 321: 119058, 2024.
Thawko A., Yuanxinxin C., Shi Z., Vorenkamp M., Wang Z., Mei B., Mao X., Ju Y., Accelerated ignition-shock coupling and deflagration to detonation transition by ozone kinetic enhancement of dimethyl ether Mixture. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40:105517, 2024.
Wang Z., Mei B., Liu N., Thawko A., Mao X., Glarborg P., Klippenstein S., Ju Y., Study of high pressure ammonia/methanol oxidation up to 100 atm. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40:105489, 2024.
Zhong H., Meng Q., Mei B., Thawko A., Yan C., Liu N., Mao X., Wang Z., Wysocki G., Truhlar D., Ju Y., Direct kinetic measurements and theoretical predictions of singlet oxygen atom reaction with dimethyl ether. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15:6158-6165, 2024.
Thawko A., Wang Z., Liu N., Ju Y., Observation of two different cool flame regimes of diethyl ether in a counterflow burner. Fuel, 346:128269, 2023.
Thawko A., Tartakovsky L., The mechanism of particle formation in non-premixed hydrogen combustion in a direct-injection internal combustion engine. Fuel, 327:125187, 2022.
Thawko A., Eyal A., Tartakovsky L. Experimental comparison of performance and emissions of a direct-injection engine fed with alternative gaseous fuels. Energy Conversion and Management, 251: 114988, 2022.
Thawko A., Yadav H., Eyal A., Shapiro M., Tartakovsky L., Particle emissions of direct injection internal combustion engine fed with a hydrogen-rich reformate. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(52): 28342-56, 2019.