Dr. ELaine Oran
Research interests
- Computational Physics, Astrophysics
- Explosions
- Propulsion
- Turbulence
- Reactive Flow
- Computer Architectures
- Flames, Detonations and Reaction-Wave Transitions
Phone: (979) 845-2630
Email: eoran@tamu.edu
Educational Background
- Ph.D, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1972, Yale University
- M.Ph., Department of Physics, 1968, Yale University
- A.B., Physics and Chemistry, 1966, Bryn Mawr College
Awards & Honors
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member, Texas Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- Member, Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- Docteur Honoris Causa, Ecole Centrale de Lyon
- Honorary Doctorate of Science, Leeds University
- Docteur Honoris Causa, Institut National des Sciences Appliqu’es Rouen
- Fellow, Combustion Institute
- Fellow, APS
- Fellow, ASME
- Fellow, SIAM
- Zeldovich Gold Medal, Combustion Institute
- Fluid Dynamics Prize, APS
- Arthur R. Fleming Award, US Government
- Achievement Award, Society of Women Engineers
- Member, Women in Technology International Hall of Fame
Selected Publications
- The Structure of the Blue Whirl Revealed, J.D. Chung, X. Zhang, C.R. Kaplan, and E.S. Oran, Science Advances, August 12, 6 (33), eaba087, 2020. (arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.12347).
- Dispersion of Stratified Dust Layers by a Moving Shock Wave, S.L.\ Lai, R.W.\ Houim, and E.S.\ Oran, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 118, 87–96, 2019.
- From Fire Whirls to Blue Whirls and Combustion with Reduced Pollution, H.\ Xiao, M.G.\ Gollner, and E.S.\ Oran, PNAS, (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science)}, 113, 9457–9462, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605860113, 2016.
- Effect of Decreasing Blockage Ratio on DDT in Small Channels with Obstacles, G.B. Goodwin, R.W. Houim, and E.S. Oran, {\sl Combustion and Flame, 173, 16–26, 2016.
- The Physics, Chemistry, and Dynamics of Explosions, Special Issue of The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, edited by E.S. Oran and F.A.\Williams, 379, 531–799, February, 2012.
- Intermittency in Premixed Turbulent Reacting Flows, P.E. Hamlington,, A.Y. Poludnenko, and E.S. Oran, {\sl Physics of Fluids}, 24, 07511, 2012.
- Mechanisms and Occurrence of Detonations in Vapor Cloud Explosions, E.S. Oran, G. Chamberlain, A. Pekalski, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 77, 100804, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2019.100804
- Origins of the Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Gas-Phase Combustion, E.S. Oran and V.N. Gamezo, Combustion and Flame, 48, 4–47, 2007.
- Thermonuclear Supernovae: Simulations of the Deflagration State and Their Implications, V.N. Gamezo, A.M. Khokhlov, E.S. Oran, A.Y. Chtchelkanova, R.O. Rosenberg, {\sl Sciencexpress}, published online, November 21, 2002. Includes supplementary material and movies: Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow, E.S. Oran and J.P. Boris 2nd Edition, 2001 Cambridge University Press