• Electrical Aspects on Microgravity Combustion: examines various uses of electric fields relevant to flames in zero-g conditions; includes control of the local buoyancy field for pollutants, partial-gravity environment, fire suppression, and real-time flame manipulation.

• Hydrate Science: hydrates are ice-like solids containing caged gas molecules.  Methane hydrates are a prevalent naturally occuring compound in the deep ocean and the permafrost.  The project includes fundamentals of carbon dioxide sequestration and in realistic sediment condition, examines the burning behavior of hydrates, and the potential application for fire safety supression.

• Optical Particle Sizing: techniques to measure the size of airborne droplets and particles using laser light scattering, holography, and direct photograpy.  Current application is to cookstove smoke and measurements using time-gated holography for probing optically dense systems.
  

• Laser Spectroscopy for High Pressure Diagnostics: application of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS), laser induced incandescence (LII), absorption, and laser induced fluorescence (LIF), for measuring temperature and species concentrations in combustion environments.

• CO2 Capture and Conversion: greenhouse gas mitigation by utilizing the existing experiments and technologies from the foundamentals seeking for the best potential stretegy to convert and reduce CO2.

• Hot Air Balloon Performance: understanding the efficiency for a 3.2 MW burner with a nominal 6 bar driving pressure for a 5 to 6 mteres (~ 16-19 ft) diffusion hot air balloon flame. The measurements includes infrard thermal measurements, gas composition analysis, and the relationship of the fuel consumption at various piloting conditions.