Jacqueline O'Connor
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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111 Research Building East
University Park, PA - jxo22@psu.edu
- 814-863-1502
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Most Recent Publications
Meta-analysis of thermal barrier coating lifetimes in high-water vapor environments: Implications for high-hydrogen gas turbines
Caleb Clark, Paige Doerr, David Noble, Michael Gagliano, Alex Bridges, Jacqueline O'Connor, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Effect of exhaust gas recirculation on combustion efficiency in a swirl-stabilized flame with blends of natural gas and hydrogen
Javier Rodriguez Camacho, Min Kyeong Yoon, Christopher Birkbeck, Ana Victoria Kok, Sang Hee Won, Jacqueline O'Connor, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Review of the Impact of Hydrogen-Containing Fuels on Gas Turbine Hot-Section Materials
Jacqueline O'Connor, David R. Noble, Alex Bridges, John Shingledecker, John Scheibel, Michael Gagliano, 2025, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Deploying Sustainable Hydrochars from Food Waste as Solid Fuels: The Limits of Thermogravimetric Analysis to Describe True Combustion Behavior
Matteo Pecchi, Parvaneh Motiei, James Adair, Jacqueline O'Connor, Jillian Goldfarb, 2025, Renewable Energy on p. 123221
Characterization of heat transfer in a trapped vortex combustor designed for high-temperature material testing
Porter Richens, Caleb Clark, Madelyn Cassens, S Lynch, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2025,
Impact of a central pilot jet on the stability of a swirling flow
Pratikshya Mohanty, Saarthak Gupta, Santosh Hemchandra, Y Xuan, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2025,
Impact of Diluents on Flame Stability With Blends of Natural Gas and Hydrogen
Javier Rodriguez Camacho, Dang Le, James Blust, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2025, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power on p. 011017
Application of Multispectral Imaging to Understand Wall Heat Flux Measurements in a Backward-Facing Step Combustor
Jennifer G. Colborn, Jacqueline O’connor, 2025,
Role of volatile secondary char on the combustion behavior of cellulose-based hydrochars
Parvaneh Motiei, Matteo Pecchi, James L. Adair, Jillian L. Goldfarb, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2024, Combustion and Flame
Development of a Method for Shape Optimization for a Gas Turbine Fuel Injector Design Using Metal-Additive Manufacturing
Sagar Jalui, Yuan Xuan, G Manogharan, J O'Connor, 2024, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power on p. 011023
Most-Cited Papers
Transverse combustion instabilities: Acoustic, fluid mechanic, and flame processes
Jacqueline O'Connor, Vishal Acharya, Timothy Lieuwen, 2015, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science on p. 1-39
Understanding the role of flow dynamics in thermoacoustic combustion instability
Jacqueline O'Connor, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
A weakly nonlinear analysis of the precessing vortex core oscillation in a variable swirl turbulent round jet
Kiran Manoharan, Mark Frederick, Sean Clees, Jacqueline O'Connor, Santosh Hemchandra, 2019, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Effect of post injections on mixture preparation and unburned hydrocarbon emissions in a heavy-duty diesel engine
Jacqueline O'Connor, Mark P.B. Musculus, Lyle M. Pickett, 2016, Combustion and Flame on p. 111-123
Impact of Precessing Vortex Core Dynamics on Shear Layer Response in a Swirling Jet
Mark Frederick, Kiran Manoharan, Joshua Dudash, Brian Brubaker, Santosh Hemchandra, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2018, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Instability mechanism in a swirl flow combustor: Precession of vortex core and influence of density gradient
Kiran Manoharan, Samuel Hansford, Jacqueline O'Connor, Santosh Hemchandra, 2015,
The effect of variable fuel staging transients on self-excited instabilities in a multiple-nozzle combustor
Wyatt Culler, Xiaoling Chen, Janith Samarasinghe, Stephen Peluso, Domenic Santavicca, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2018, Combustion and Flame on p. 472-484
Effect of fuel composition on soot and aromatic species distributions in laminar, co-flow flames. Part 1. Non-premixed fuel
Yefu Wang, Anandkumar Makwana, Suresh Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Robert J. Santoro, Thomas A. Litzinger, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2018, Combustion and Flame on p. 443-455
Effect of hydrogen on steady-state and transient combustion instability characteristics
John Strollo, Stephen Peluso, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2021, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Impact of precessing vortex core dynamics on the thermoacoustic instabilities in a swirl-stabilized combustor
Ashwini Karmarkar, Saarthak Gupta, Isaac Boxx, Santosh Hemchandra, Jacqueline O'Connor, 2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
News Articles Featuring Jacqueline O'Connor
Aug 09, 2023
Q&A: Carbon voyage
Penn State Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Brian Fronk and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jacqueline O’Connor, have received a three-year, $2 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop a shipboard carbon-capture system for use with naval gas turbines.
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Jun 12, 2023
Penn State announces tenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2023
The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1, 2023.
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Jun 02, 2023
Penn State junior Ian Rivera earns Astronaut Scholarship
Ian Rivera, a junior Millenium Scholar from Caguas, Puerto Rico, majoring in mechanical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, has earned a 2023 Astronaut Scholarship.
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Feb 02, 2023
'Growing Impact' podcast discusses making fuels from waste
The latest episode of the Growing Impact podcast features a project focused on turning agricultural and municipal wastes into bioproducts, primarily low-carbon biofuels.
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