Norman
Chigier is a founding member of ILASS and thus has been involved
with the organization for over 19 years. In addition to serving
on the board of directors for 10 years, Norman is involved with
atomization, instrumentation, combustion and assists with production
of the newsletter. He is also a conference organizer.
Norman is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
His research is in the fields of combustion, atomization and sprays.
His research team conducts experiments in spray chambers with applications
to rocket combustion in the space shuttle, fuel injection in automobiles,
molten metal spraying for manufacturing, coatings and particle technology.
Research in spray technology at Carnegie Mellon is recognized internationally,
especially for the instrumentation that allows measurement of particle
size, velocity, number density and flux, using laser diffraction, phase
Doppler and electronic image analyzers for detailed characterization
of sprays.
Norman Chigier
Member-at-large/Ex Officio
chigier@andrew.cmu.edu