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Robert L. McCormick is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research is primarily situated at the interface of engineering and chemical engineering, reflecting an extensive focus on technological and chemical processes related to energy and fuels.

The scientist has contributed notably to several main research topics, including:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure

They have actively published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Energy & Fuels
  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Combustion and Flame
  • Fuel

Robert L. McCormick's recent notable publications include:

  • Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?, 2020, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • A perspective on biomass-derived biofuels: From catalyst design principles to fuel properties, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Physics-informed graph neural networks for predicting cetane number with systematic data quality analysis, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Chemical kinetic basis of synergistic blending for research octane number, 2021, Fuel

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors across their published works, including:

  • Gina M. Fioroni
  • Seonah Kim
  • Nimal Naser
  • Peter C. St. John
  • Yeonjoon Kim

Their research interests extend through multiple subfields such as biomedical engineering, fluid flow and transfer processes, computational mechanics, materials chemistry, and organic chemistry. These areas underscore a multidisciplinary approach to tackling challenges in fuel technologies and catalytic materials.

Best Publications

  • Combustion of fat and vegetable oil derived fuels in diesel engines

    Michael S. Graboski;Robert L. McCormick

  • Impact of biodiesel source material and chemical structure on emissions of criteria pollutants from a heavy-duty engine.

    R L McCormick;M S Graboski;T L Alleman;A M Herring

  • Engine Performance of Biodiesel Fuel Prepared from Soybean Soapstock: A High Quality Renewable Fuel Produced from a Waste Feedstock‖

    Michael J. Haas;Karen M. Scott;Teresa L. Alleman;Robert L. Mccormick

  • Evaluation of formulation strategies to eliminate the biodiesel NOx effect

    James P. Szybist;André L. Boehman;Joshua D. Taylor;Robert L. McCormick

  • Renewable Oxygenate Blending Effects on Gasoline Properties

    Earl Christensen;Janet Yanowitz;Matthew Ratcliff;Robert L. McCormick

  • Several factors affecting the stability of biodiesel in standard accelerated tests

    R.L. McCormick;M. Ratcliff;L. Moens;R. Lawrence

  • A perspective on oxygenated species in the refinery integration of pyrolysis oil

    Michael S. Talmadge;Robert M. Baldwin;Mary J. Biddy;Robert L. McCormick

  • In-Use Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles

    Janet Yanowitz;Robert L. McCormick;Michael S. Graboski

  • Preparation and characterization of Pd-Cu composite membranes for hydrogen separation

    Fernando Roa;J.Douglas Way;Robert L. McCormick;Stephen N. Paglieri

  • Compendium of Experimental Cetane Numbers

    Janet Yanowitz;Matthew A. Ratcliff;Robert L. McCormick;J. D. Taylor

  • Properties and Performance of Levulinate Esters as Diesel Blend Components

    Earl Christensen;Aaron Williams;Stephen Paul;Steve Burton

  • Techno‐economic analysis and life‐cycle assessment of cellulosic isobutanol and comparison with cellulosic ethanol and n‐butanol

    Ling Tao;Eric C. D. Tan;Robert McCormick;Min Zhang

  • Effects of Biodiesel Blends on Vehicle Emissions: Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Operating Plan Milestone 10.4

    R. L. McCormick;A. Williams;J. Ireland;R. R. Hayes

  • Long-term storage stability of biodiesel and biodiesel blends

    Earl Christensen;Robert L. McCormick

  • Effect of Several Oxygenates on Regulated Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines

    Robert L. McCormick;Jeffrey D. Ross;Michael S. Graboski

  • Deactivation of alumina supported and unsupported PdO methane oxidation catalyst: the effect of water on sulfate poisoning

    Deborah L. Mowery;Robert L. McCormick

  • Deactivation of PdO–Al2O3 oxidation catalyst in lean-burn natural gas engine exhaust: aged catalyst characterization and studies of poisoning by H2O and SO2

    Deborah L Mowery;Michael S Graboski;Tim R Ohno;Robert L McCormick

  • Fischer-Tropsch Diesel Fuels - Properties and Exhaust Emissions: A Literature Review

    Teresa L. Alleman;Robert L. McCormick

  • Selection Criteria and Screening of Potential Biomass-Derived Streams as Fuel Blendstocks for Advanced Spark-Ignition Engines

    Robert L. McCormick;Gina Fioroni;Lisa Fouts;Earl Christensen

  • Regulated Emissions from Biodiesel Tested in Heavy-Duty Engines Meeting 2004 Emission Standards

    Robert L. McCormick;Christopher J. Tennant;R. Robert Hayes;Stuart Black

  • Spectroscopic Study of Biodiesel Degradation Pathways

    Howard L. Fang;Robert L. McCormick

  • What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?

    James P. Szybist;Stephen Busch;Robert L. McCormick;Josh A. Pihl

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Herring
Andrew M. Herring Colorado School of Mines
Lisa D. Pfefferle
Lisa D. Pfefferle Yale University
Robert S. Paton
Robert S. Paton Colorado State University
Mark R. Nimlos
Mark R. Nimlos National Renewable Energy Laboratory
André L. Boehman
André L. Boehman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gregg T. Beckham
Gregg T. Beckham National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David Q. Rich
David Q. Rich University of Rochester Medical Center
Steven H. Cadle
Steven H. Cadle Air Improvement Resource, Inc.
Lars Peter Nielsen
Lars Peter Nielsen Aarhus University
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson Harvard University

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