Christian Eichler Honored by ASME for Gas Turbine Paper

NEW YORK, June 8, 2013 — Christian Eichler, Dr.-Ing., a resident of Munich, and a research and development engineer in the heat transfer/combustion department of MTU Aero Engines, was be honored by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). He was recognized for the co-authored paper titled "Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Boundary Layer Flashback Limits for Premixed Hydrogen-Air Flames Confined in Ducts." He received ASME's Gas Turbine Award.

The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the literature of combustion gas turbines or gas turbines thermally combined with nuclear or steam power plants. It will be presented to Dr. Eichler during the ASME Turbo Expo 2013, which is being held in San Antonio, June 3 through 7.

He earned his Dipl.-Ing. in aerospace engineering with distinction from the Universität Stuttgart, Germany, in 2007. In 2008 he received the ALSTOM Award for Best-in-Class Graduate of Aerospace Engineering and the Master Thesis Award for Distinguished Thesis of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

Eichler's doctoral work at the Technische Universität München (TUM) focused on flame flashback in premixed combustion devices with emphasis on hydrogen-containing fuels. He earned his Dr.-Ing. from TUM in 2011. In 2012, he received the WATT (Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Technische Thermodynamik) Award for his distinguished thesis.

The ASME International Gas Turbine Institute's Combustion Fuels and Emissions Committee recognized Eichler with a Best Technical Paper Award in 2011.

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