Bio
Adam Jone is a mechanical engineering student at Carleton University who has recently concluded his second year of studies. It has always been of interest to him about the ways engineering has improved everyday lives throughout the years. After graduation, he hopes to pursue a career in mechanical engineering where he could contribute to engineering technology.
Adam joined the EPTL research group to be in a setting where he could ameliorate his engineering skills while helping pave the way to further nanoparticle research. He will be analyzing the properties of carbon black production made from a plasma reactor during this summer. Adam is excited to be able to see real life applications of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics while working on this project.
EPTL Experience
During summer 2022, I had the pleasure of being a part of the Energy and Particle Technology Laboratory at Carleton University. My work consisted of soot modeling in counterflow diffusion flames and shock tubes. I researched papers where I could learn about the soot and see the importance of this project to real life applications. The soot modeling was interesting to see the utilizations of the code and being able to see how reactors could be replicated by code. I did however have some troubleshooting problems. This allowed me to figure out how to deal with this problem and learn from it for future problems. The results collected from the model were organized into excel spreadsheets. These results were compared to experimental results discussed in some of the papers that I researched. There were weekly seminars which presented me the opportunity to get insight on others projects and the possibility that their work could help assist with my project. This summer was a great opportunity for me where I got to work with many amazing people. I have learned various new things at EPTL and would recommend undergraduate students to join this experience.