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D-Index
34
Citations
7298
World Ranking
2773
National Ranking
960

Overview

Jeffrey Naber is affiliated with Michigan Technological University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in engineering, with a primary focus on automotive engineering and related subfields. Their work spans several key areas, including advanced combustion engine technologies, vehicle emissions and performance, and combustion and flame dynamics.

Their recent papers include topics on engine performance, control strategies, and combustion processes. Notable publications are:

  • Effect of water - methanol blends on engine performance at borderline knock conditions in gasoline direct injection engines (2020, Applied Energy)
  • Data-driven Modeling and Predictive Control of Maximum Pressure Rise Rate in RCCI Engines (2020, 2020 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA))
  • Comparing methods for improving spark-ignited engine efficiency: Over-expansion with multi-link cranktrain and high compression ratio with late intake valve closing (2020, Applied Energy)
  • Machine learning approaches for identification of heat release shapes in a low temperature combustion engine for control applications (2024, Control Engineering Practice)
  • Investigation on the knock characteristics in a gasoline direct-injection engine port-injected with water-methanol blends (2022, Energy Conversion and Management)

The research fields where Jeffrey Naber has published prominently include:

  • Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering

Their subfields of specialty highlight their focus on:

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

Frequent co-authors in Naber's work include Mahdi Shahbakhti, Sadaf Batool, Darrell Robinette, Ahammad Basha Dudekula, and Vinicius Bonfochi Vinhaes. Collaboration across these researchers suggests interdisciplinary teamwork and shared projects in combustion and engine control research.

Key publication venues for their research contributions are:

  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • Control Engineering Practice
  • Applied Energy
  • Energies

Themes and topics addressed in Naber's body of work include:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Traffic control and management
  • Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
  • Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies

Collectively, these elements outline a research profile centered on advancing engine technology, understanding combustion dynamics, and developing control approaches for improved engine and vehicle performance.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Gas Density and Vaporization on Penetration and Dispersion of Diesel Sprays

    Jeffrey D. Naber;Dennis L. Siebers

  • Modeling Engine Spray/Wall Impingement

    Jeffrey Naber;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Combustion of n-butanol in a spark-ignition IC engine

    S. Szwaja;S. Szwaja;J.D. Naber

  • Hydrogen combustion under diesel engine conditions

    J.D. Naber;D.L. Siebers

  • Engine combustion network (ECN): characterization and comparison of boundary conditions for different combustion vessels

    M Maarten Meijer;Lmt Bart Somers;J Johnson;J Jan Naber

  • Effects of natural gas composition on ignition delay under diesel conditions

    J.D. Naber;D.L. Siebers;S.S. Di Julio;C.K. Westbrook

  • Comparisons of hydrogen and gasoline combustion knock in a spark ignition engine

    S. Szwaja;S. Szwaja;K.R. Bhandary;J.D. Naber

  • Hydrodynamics of Droplet Impingement on a Heated Surface

    Jeffrey D. Naber;Patrick V. Farrell

  • Analysis of Combustion Knock Metrics in Spark-Ignition Engines

    Jeffrey Naber;Jason R. Blough;Dave Frankowski;Monroe Goble

  • Dual nature of hydrogen combustion knock

    Stanislaw Szwaja;Stanislaw Szwaja;Jeffrey D. Naber

  • Combustion characterization in an internal combustion engine with ethanol - Gasoline blended fuels varying compression ratios and ignition timing

    Christopher P. Cooney;Yeliana;Jeremy J. Worm;Jeffrey D. Naber

  • Natural Gas Autoignition Under Diesel Conditions: Experiments and Chemical Kinetic Modeling

    Jeffrey D. Naber;Dennis L. Siebers;Jerry A. Caton;Charles K. Westbrook

  • Estimation of double-Wiebe function parameters using least square method for burn durations of ethanol-gasoline blends in spark ignition engine over variable compression ratios and EGR levels

    Yeliana Yeliana;C. Cooney;J. Worm;D.J. Michalek

  • Evaluation of Injector Location and Nozzle Design in a Direct-Injection Hydrogen Research Engine

    Thomas Wallner;Abhijeet M. Nande;Jeffrey Naber

  • Wiebe function parameter determination for mass fraction burn calculation in an ETHANOL-GASOLINE fuelled SI engine

    Yeliana;C. Cooney;J. Worm;D. Michalek

  • Assessment of multiple injection strategies in a direct-injection hydrogen research engine

    Thomas Wallner;Riccardo Scarcelli;Abhijeet M. Nande;Jeffrey D. Naber

  • Accelerometer Based Sensing of Combustion in a High Speed HPCR Diesel Engine

    Christopher J. Polonowski;Vivek K. Mathur;Jeffrey Naber;Jason R. Blough

  • An Experimental Study of Active Regeneration of an Advanced Catalyzed Particulate Filter by Diesel Fuel Injection Upstream of an Oxidation Catalyst

    Paramjot Singh;Abishek M. Thalagavara;Jeffrey Naber;John H. Johnson

  • Fuel Impingement in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine

    Jeffrey Naber;B. Enright;P. Farrell

  • Optimization of performance and operational cost for a dual mode diesel-natural gas RCCI and diesel combustion engine

    Ehsan Ansari;Mahdi Shahbakhti;Jeffrey D. Naber

  • On-board exhaust gas purifying system with dynamic calorimetric sensor system

    Patrick Wayne Blosser;Jeffrey Donald Naber;Gerald Stephen Koermer

  • Impact of EGR on Combustion Processes in a Hydrogen Fuelled SI Engine

    Abhijeet M. Nande;Stanislaw Szwaja;Jeffrey Naber

  • Water Injection as an Enabler for Increased Efficiency at High-Load in a Direct Injected, Boosted, SI Engine

    Jeremy Worm;Jeffrey D. Naber;Joel Duncan;Sam Barros

  • Effects of natural gas composition on ignition delay under diesel conditions

    J. D. Naber;D. L. Siebers;S. S. Dijulio;C. K. Westbrook

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Johnson
John H. Johnson Michigan Technological University
Mahdi Shahbakhti
Mahdi Shahbakhti Michigan Technological University
Sibendu Som
Sibendu Som Argonne National Laboratory
Gordon G. Parker
Gordon G. Parker Michigan Technological University
Charles K. Westbrook
Charles K. Westbrook Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
David R. Shonnard
David R. Shonnard Michigan Technological University
John W. Sutherland
John W. Sutherland Purdue University West Lafayette
Lyle M. Pickett
Lyle M. Pickett Sandia National Laboratories
Rolf D. Reitz
Rolf D. Reitz University of Wisconsin–Madison

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