Ronald D. Matthews

Ph.D., SAE Fellow,

Professor, Carl J. Eckhard Fellow of Mechanical Engineering Head, General Motors Foundation Engines and Automotive Research Labs Mechanical Engineering Department, Cockrell School of Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1140

Bio

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (specialization in combustion), The University of California, Berkeley, 1977
Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers

Research interests
Research interests include fuels, emissions control, the spark ignition process, and engine friction

Key activities
More than 30 years of research in combustion, engines, emissions, and alternative fuels. Established UT Austin’s combustion and engines research program; directs the General Motors Foundation Combustion Sciences and Automotive Research Labs; fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and multi-SAE award winner – including the Arch T. Colwell Merit award recognizing his work on the first use of fractal geometry to model the combustion process within a spark ignition engine, and the Excellence in Engineering Education award