The Ohio State University

Assistant Professor


B.S. 1999, North Carolina State University
M.S.E. 2001, University of Michigan
Ph.D. 2005, University of Michigan

Room E447
201 W. 19th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

614-688-4999

Email: sutton.235

Research

My research deals with the application of advanced laser diagnostics and optical imaging techniques to fluid mechanics and combustion problems.  My primary areas of interest include high-speed laser diagnostics, turbulent flows, turbulent combustion,  and combustion chemistry.  Within these areas, my group investigates turbulent mixing in reacting and non-reacting flows, multiphase flow dynamics of turbulent sprays and spray flames, lean-premixed combustion dynamics, the time-varying nature of turbulence-chemistry interactions, and flame radical formation and  kinetics.

Selected Awards

ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, AFRL, 2009

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award, 2008

Distinguished Paper Award, Turbulent Combustion, 31st International Symposium on Combustion, 2007

National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, NRL, 2005-2008

Graduate Research Opportunities:

I currently have openings for students wishing to pursue a PhD in the areas of turbulence, fluid mechanics, combustion, and advanced laser diagnostics.  Please email me (sutton.235@osu.edu) if interested.

Selected Publications

Williams, B.A., Sutton, J.A. and Fleming, J.W., The Role of Methylene in Prompt NO Formation, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute., 32(1), pp. 343-350, 2009.

Sutton, J.A. and Fleming, J.W., Towards Accurate Kinetic Modeling of Prompt NO Formation in Hydrocarbon Flames via the NCN Pathway, Combust. Flame, 154(3), pp. 630-636, 2008.

Sutton, J.A., Fisher, B.T., and Fleming, J.W., A Laser-Induced Fluorescence Measurement for Aqueous Flows with Improved Temperature Sensitivity, Exp. in Fluids, 45, pp. 869-881, 2008. 

Sutton, J.A., Williams, B.A., and Fleming, J.W., Laser-Induced Fluorescence Measurents of NCN in Low-Pressure CH4/O2/N2 Flames and Its Role in Prompt NO Formation, Combust. Flame, 153(3), pp. 465-478, 2008.

Sutton, J.A. and Driscoll, J.F., Imaging of Local Flame Extinction Due to Interaction of Scalar Dissipation Layers and the Stoichiometric Contour in Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31(1), pp. 1487-1495, 2007.

Sutton, J.A. and Driscoll, J.F., A Method to Simultaneously Image Two-Dimensional Mixture Fraction, Scalar Dissipation Rate, Temperature and Fuel Consumption Rate Fields in a Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flame, Exp. Fluids, 41(4), pp. 603-627, 2006.

Sutton, J.A. and Driscoll, J.F., Rayleigh Scattering Cross Sections of Combustion Species
at 266, 355, and 532 nm for Thermometry Applications, Optics Letters, 29(22), pp.2620-2622, 2004.

Sutton, J.A. and Driscoll, J.F., Optimization of CH Fluorescence in Flames: Range of Applicability and Improvements with Hydrogen Addition, Applied Optics, 42(15), pp. 2819 - 2828, 2003.

Sutton, J.A and Driscoll, J.F., Scalar Dissipation Rate Measurements in Flames: A Method to Improve Spatial Resolution by Using Nitric Oxide PLIF, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 29, pp. 2727-2734, 2002.