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Joseph A. Wehrmeyer
Adjoint Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Email: Joseph.Wehrmeyer@arnold.af.mil

Aerospace Testing Alliance
Building 1099, Avenue C
Arnold Air Force Base, TN 37389-9013

Phone: 931-454-4345
Fax: 931-454-4913

Research Interests
Laser-based combustion diagnostics, pollutant detection; advanced space propulsion techniques.

For a description of current research topics, go to the Laser Diagnostics of Combustion Lab homepage.

Teaching Interests
Engineering Design, Instrumentation Labs.

Education
B.S., Engineering, Southern Illinois University in 1981
M.S., Engineering, Southern Illinois University in 1986
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1990

Publications
Wehrmeyer, J. A., J. M. Cramer, R. H. Eskridge, and C. C. Dobson. 1997. "UV Raman Diagnostics for Rocket Engine Injector Development." Paper presented at the 33rd AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Seattle, WA, July 6-9.

Kumar, P., and J. A. Wehrmeyer. 1997. "Pollutant Detection for Stack Gases Using Laser Raman Spectroscopy." Applied Spectroscopy 51: 849-855.

Wehrmeyer, J. A., J. Cramer, C. Dobson, and R. Eskridge. 1996. "Single-Pulse Raman Imaging Inside a High-Pressure Combustion Chamber." Paper presented at the JANNAF Propulsion Subcommittee Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dec. 7-9.

Wehrmeyer, J. A., S. Yeralan, and K. S. Tecu. 1996. "Influence of Strain Rate and Fuel Dilution on Laminar Nonpremixed Hydrogen-Air Flame Structure: An Experimental Investigation." Combustion and Flame 107: 125-140.

Wehrmeyer, J. A., S. Yeralan, and K. S. Tecu. 1996. "Linewise Raman Stokes/ Anti-Stokes Temperature Measurements in Flames Using an Unintensified Charge-Coupled Device." Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 62: 21-27.

Wehrmeyer, J. A., S. Yeralan, and K. S. Tecu. 1995. "Multispecies Raman Imaging in Flames Using an Unintensified Charge-Coupled Device." Optics Letters 20: 934-936.

Cheng, T. S., J. A. Wehrmeyer, R. W. Pitz, O. Jarrett Jr., and G. B. Northam. 1994. "Raman Measurement of Mixing and Finite-Rate Chemistry in a Supersonic Hydrogen-Air Diffusion Flame." Combustion and Flame 99: 157-173.

Cheng, T. S., J. A. Wehrmeyer, and R. W. Pitz. 1992. "Simultaneous Temperature and Multispecies Measurement in a Lifted Hydrogen Diffusion Flame." Combustion and Flame 91: 323-345.

Wehrmeyer, J. A., T. S. Cheng, and R. W. Pitz. 1992. "Raman Scattering Measurements in Flames Using a Tunable KrF Excimer Laser." Applied Optics 31: 1495-1504.

Wehrmeyer, J. A., T. S. Cheng, and R. W. Pitz. 1992. "Temperature Measurement in Turbulent Flames by KrF Excimer-Induced Vibrational Raman Scattering." in Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, ed. J. F. Schooley (American Institute of Physics: New York) pp. 695-700.

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