Professor
Campus Box 427
Ph: (303) 492-6318
Fax: (303) 492-3498

Research Interests

• Measurement and modeling of combustion processes
• Combustion chemistry and fluid mechanics
• Combustion generated air pollution
• Combustion in rocket engines
• Metal combustion
• Flame treatment processes

Current Research Projects

• Combustion of solid rocket propellants

  Joe Cor (Graduate RA)

  Chris Dreyer (Graduate RA)

• Ignition and combustion of metals

  Angel Abbud (Graduate RA)

• Flame treatment of polymer films

  Mike Ulsh(Graduate RA)

Recent Publications

• "Flame Structure of C2H2-O2-Ar and C2H2-NO2-Ar Laminar Premixed Flames," (with J. Volponi), 24th Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, pp. 823-831, 1993.
Email:Melvyn.Branch@Colorado.EDU