Investigation of Chemical Kinetics of Gasoline Surrogate components as well as potential bio-fuels using experimental tools such as Jet-Stirred Reactors (JSR) coupled to Molecular Beam Mass Spectroscopy and Internal Combustion engines operated in HCCI mode.

• A computational methodology for formulating gasoline surrogate fuels with accurate physical and chemical kinetic properties
     A. Ahmed, G. Goteng, V.S. B. Shankar, K. Al-Qurashi, W. L. Roberts, S. M. Sarathy
     Fuel 03/2015; 143:290-300 (2014)
• Comparison of Jet Fuel produced by Shale oil and Biomass: Manufacturing, Emission and Performance
     V. S. B. Shankar, B.Khandelwal
    AIAA - 11th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference - 10/2013

• M.Sc. Aerodynamics and Aerostructures, University of Sheffield, 2013
• B.Tech, Automobile Engineering, SRM University, 2012

• Clean Combustion Research Center