Ronald K. Hanson

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
• 2019 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering experiments in quantum information science and quantum networking, including the first loopholefree Bell test
• 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for pioneering research in optical diagnostics, sensors, combustion science, and advanced propulsion
• 2004 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the development and application of innovative laser diagnostics and sensors in the fields of combustion, chemical kinetics, and power conversion.

Overview

Best Publications

• Cavity Flame-Holders for Ignition and Flame Stabilization in Scramjets: An Overview

  Adela Ben-Yakar;Ronald K. Hanson

  843
  Citations

• Shock tube determination of ignition delay times in full-blend and surrogate fuel mixtures

  B.M. Gauthier;D.F. Davidson;R.K. Hanson

  755
  Citations

• Infrared laser-absorption sensing for combustion gases

  Christopher S. Goldenstein;R.Mitchell Spearrin;Jay. B. Jeffries;Ronald K. Hanson

  705
  Citations

• Calibration-free wavelength-modulation spectroscopy for measurements of gas temperature and concentration in harsh environments

  Gregory B Rieker;Jay B Jeffries;Ronald K Hanson

  657
  Citations

• Acetone: a tracer for concentration measurements in gaseous flows by planar laser-induced fluorescence

  A. Lozano;B. Yip;R. K. Hanson

  564
  Citations

• An improved H2/O2 mechanism based on recent shock tube/laser absorption measurements

  Zekai Hong;David F. Davidson;Ronald K. Hanson

  489
  Citations

• Survey of Rate Constants in the N/H/O System

  Ronald K. Hanson;Siamak Salimian

  476
  Citations

• Laser diode wavelength-modulation spectroscopy for simultaneous measurement of temperature, pressure, and velocity in shock-heated oxygen flows

  Louis C. Philippe;Ronald K. Hanson

  445
  Citations

• Spectroscopy and Optical Diagnostics for Gases

  Ronald K Hanson

  435
  Citations

• A physics-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry - I. Evidence from experiments, and thermodynamic, chemical kinetic and statistical considerations

  Hai Wang;Rui Xu;Kun Wang;Craig T. Bowman

  433
  Citations

• Collisional narrowing effects on spectral line shapes measured at high resolution.

  Philip L. Varghese;Ronald K. Hanson

  430
  Citations

• Planar laser-fluorescence imaging of combustion gases

  Ronald K. Hanson;Jerry M. Seitzman;Phillip H. Paul

  429
  Citations

• Time evolution and mixing characteristics of hydrogen and ethylene transverse jets in supersonic crossflows

  A. Ben-Yakar;M. G. Mungal;R. K. Hanson

  421
  Citations

• Extension of wavelength-modulation spectroscopy to large modulation depth for diode laser absorption measurements in high-pressure gases

  Hejie Li;Gregory B. Rieker;Xiang Liu;Jay B. Jeffries

  409
  Citations

• Applications of quantitative laser sensors to kinetics, propulsion and practical energy systems

  Ronald K. Hanson

  396
  Citations

• Measurements and modeling of acetone laser-induced fluorescence with implications for temperature-imaging diagnostics

  Mark C. Thurber;Frédéric Grisch;Brian J. Kirby;Martin Votsmeier

  365
  Citations

• Kinetics modeling of shock-induced ignition in low-dilution CH4/O2 mixtures at high pressures and intermediate temperatures

  E.L. Petersen;D.F. Davidson;R.K. Hanson

  363
  Citations

• A physics-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry – II. Reaction kinetic models of jet and rocket fuels

  Rui Xu;Kun Wang;Sayak Banerjee;Jiankun Shao

  360
  Citations

• Recent advances in laser absorption and shock tube methods for studies of combustion chemistry

  R.K. Hanson;D.F. Davidson

  360
  Citations

• An experimental and modeling study of propene oxidation. Part 2: Ignition delay time and flame speed measurements

  Sinead M. Burke;Ultan Burke;Reuben Mc Donagh;Olivier Mathieu

  356
  Citations

• Jet fuel ignition delay times: Shock tube experiments over wide conditions and surrogate model predictions

  Subith S. Vasu;David F. Davidson;Ronald K. Hanson

  352
  Citations

• Development of a sensor for temperature and water concentration in combustion gases using a single tunable diode laser

  Xin Zhou;Xiang Liu;Jay B Jeffries;R K Hanson

  339
  Citations