2026 Jeffrey M. Bergthorson: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	41	1941	1795	86	81	181	5922

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for outstanding fundamental research on the combustion and emissions properties of alternative gaseous, liquid, and metal fuels

Overview

Jeffrey M. Bergthorson is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has produced extensive research primarily in the field of engineering. The main focus of their work includes combustion and flame dynamics, advanced combustion engine technologies, and combustion and detonation processes. Other notable topics include rocket and propulsion systems research, energetic materials and combustion, fire dynamics and safety research, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Their research covers multiple subfields of engineering with significant contributions to computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, fluid flow and transfer processes, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Combustion and Flame
Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
SSRN Electronic Journal

Bergthorson has collaborated with several researchers, most notably:

Gilles Bourque
Antoine Durocher
Samuel Goroshin
Patrizio Vena
XiaoCheng Mi

Selected recent papers include:

"Aluminum and its role as a recyclable, sustainable carrier of renewable energy" (2020) published in Applied Energy
"A quantitative analysis of the ignition characteristics of fine iron particles" (2022) published in Combustion and Flame
"Combustion behavior of single iron particles-part I: An experimental study in a drop-tube furnace under high heating rates and high temperatures" (2022) published in Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
"Some fundamental aspects of laminar flames in nonvolatile solid fuel suspensions" (2022) published in Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
"Flame stabilization mechanisms and shape transitions in a 3D printed, hydrogen enriched, methane/air low-swirl burner" (2021) published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Their contributions to the scientific community include recognition as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute, awarded in 2019 for research concerning the combustion and emissions properties of alternative gaseous, liquid, and metal fuels.

Best Publications

A review of the combustion and emissions properties of advanced transportation biofuels and their impact on existing and future engines

Jeffrey M. Bergthorson;Murray J. Thomson

502
Citations
Direct combustion of recyclable metal fuels for zero-carbon heat and power

J.M. Bergthorson;S. Goroshin;M.J. Soo;P. Julien

412
Citations
Recyclable metal fuels for clean and compact zero-carbon power

Jeffrey M. Bergthorson

371
Citations
Metal-water combustion for clean propulsion and power generation

Jeffrey M. Bergthorson;Yinon Yavor;Jan Palecka;William Georges

209
Citations
Comparative High Temperature Shock Tube Ignition of C1−C4 Primary Alcohols

Khalid Emilio Noorani;Benjamin Akih-Kumgeh;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson

192
Citations
Aluminum and its role as a recyclable, sustainable carrier of renewable energy

K.A. Trowell;S. Goroshin;D.L. Frost;J.M. Bergthorson

168
Citations
Enhanced hydrogen generation from aluminum–water reactions

Yinon Yavor;Sam Goroshin;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson;David L. Frost

158
Citations
Freely-propagating flames in aluminum dust clouds

Philippe Julien;James Vickery;Samuel Goroshin;David L. Frost

146
Citations
Enabling the metal fuel economy: green recycling of metal fuels

Philippe Julien;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson

128
Citations
Experimental investigation of spherical-flame acceleration in lean hydrogen-air mixtures

C.R.L. Bauwens;C.R.L. Bauwens;J.M. Bergthorson;S.B. Dorofeev

114
Citations
A Quantitative Analysis of the Ignition Characteristics of Fine Iron Particles

Xiaocheng Mi;Aki Fujinawa;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson

113
Citations
Comparative reactivity of industrial metal powders with water for hydrogen production

Yinon Yavor;Sam Goroshin;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson;David L. Frost

103
Citations
Experimental study of spherical-flame acceleration mechanisms in large-scale propane–air flames

C. Regis Bauwens;C. Regis Bauwens;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson;Sergey B. Dorofeev

98
Citations
Flame structure and particle-combustion regimes in premixed methane–iron–air suspensions

Philippe Julien;Sam Whiteley;Samuel Goroshin;Michael J. Soo

96
Citations
A review on lithium combustion

Martin Schiemann;Jeffrey Bergthorson;Peter Fischer;Peter Fischer;Viktor Scherer

91
Citations
Impinging laminar jets at moderate Reynolds numbers and separation distances.

Jeffrey M. Bergthorson;Kazuo Sone;Trent W. Mattner;Paul E. Dimotakis

89
Citations
Stabilized, flat iron flames on a hot counterflow burner

Michelle McRae;Philippe Julien;Santino Salvo;Samuel Goroshin

87
Citations
Combustion Behavior of Single Iron Particles–Part I: An Experimental Study in a Drop-Tube Furnace under High Heating Rates and High Temperatures

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87
Citations
Combustion of particles, agglomerates, and suspensions – A basic thermophysical analysis

Michael Soo;Michael Soo;Xiaocheng Mi;Samuel Goroshin;Andrew J. Higgins

84
Citations
Structure-reactivity trends of C1–C4 alkanoic acid methyl esters

Benjamin Akih-Kumgeh;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson

79
Citations
Stabilized flames in hybrid aluminum-methane-air mixtures

Michael Soo;Philippe Julien;Samuel Goroshin;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson

76
Citations
Experiments and modelling of premixed laminar stagnation flame hydrodynamics

Jeffrey M. Bergthorson;Sean D. Salusbury;Paul E. Dimotakis

69
Citations
Effect of scale on freely propagating flames in aluminum dust clouds

Philippe Julien;James Vickery;Sam Whiteley;Alex Wright

68
Citations
Combustion of Aluminum Suspensions in Hydrocarbon Flame Products

P. Julien;M. Soo;S. Goroshin;D. L. Frost

60
Citations
Burning rates and temperatures of flames in excess-enthalpy burners: A numerical study of flame propagation in small heat-recirculating tubes

George P. Gauthier;Graeme M.G. Watson;Jeffrey M. Bergthorson

58
Citations
A new kind of flame: Observation of the discrete flame propagation regime in iron particle suspensions in microgravity

Jan Palečka;Jessica Sniatowsky;Samuel Goroshin;Andrew J. Higgins

56
Citations
Particle velocimetry in high-gradient/high-curvature flows

J. M. Bergthorson;P. E. Dimotakis

56
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Dimotakis California Institute of Technology

Jamal Chaouki Polytechnique Montréal

Peter Fischer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tianfeng Lu University of Connecticut

Joann K. Whalen McGill University

Henry J. Curran University of Galway

Murray J. Thomson University of Toronto

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