Thomas Sattelmayer Honored by ASME for Gas Turbine Paper

NEW YORK, June 8, 2013 — Thomas Sattelmayer, Dr.-Ing., a resident of Erding, Germany, and chair for thermodynamics, Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik, Technische Universität München (TUM), was 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 was presented to Dr. Sattelmayer during the ASME Turbo Expo 2013, which was held June 3 through 7 in San Antonio, Texas.

Sattelmayer has been with TUM since 1997. His research interest is thermo-fluid dynamics. In the combustion area, research projects include combustion noise and instabilities, turbulent flame propagation, self ignition and engine knock, turbulent mixing, NOx formation, spray flames and supersonic combustion. Research projects in two-phase flow and heat transfer include renewable energy systems, atomization, confined multiphase flows, flow boiling and catalytic exhaust gas treatment.

Prior to joining TUM, Sattelmayer was affiliated with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) in Baden, Switzerland. Between 1988 and 1997, he served as project leader for the development of combustion technologies for ABB Gas Turbines, group leader for gas turbine combustion and heat transfer, and head of the thermo- and aerodynamics department. He received an ABB Technology Achievement Award in 1993.

An ASME member, Sattelmayer's International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) activities have included: Combustion Fuels and Emissions (CFE) Committee point contact, vice chair and chair; Turbo Expo technical program chair, review vice chair and review chair; chair of conferences; IGTI vice chair and chair; and member of the IGTI Board. He also served as an associate editor of the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. Sattelmayer was honored with the IGTI John P. Davis Award in 1990 and ASME's Gas Turbine Award in 2002; and he received three IGTI CFE Best Paper awards.

Sattelmayer earned his Dipl.-Ing and Dr.-Ing. in mechanical engineering from the Karlsruhe Universität, Germany, in 1980 and 1985, respectively.

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