Publications

Peer-reviewed journal and book publications

M.C. Barbet, K. McCullough, M.P. Burke, "A Framework for Automated Discovery of Chemically Termolecular Reactions," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2018) in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.002.

L. Lei, M.P. Burke, "Evaluating Mixture Rules and Combustion Implications for Multi-Component Pressure Dependence of Allyl + HO₂ Reactions," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2018) in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.023.

M.P. Burke, S.J. Klippenstein, "Ephemeral Collision Complexes Mediate Chemically Termolecular Transformations that Affect System Chemistry," Nature Chemistry 9 (2017) 1078-1082, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2842.

M.P. Burke, R. Song, "Evaluating Mixture Rules for Multi-Component Pressure Dependence: H + O₂ (+M) = HO₂ (+M)," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36 (2017) 245-253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.068.

M.P. Burke, "Harnessing the Combined Power of Theoretical and Experimental Data through Multi-Scale Informatics," International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 48 (2016) 212-235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kin.20984.

J.A. Miller, S.J. Klippenstein, S.H. Robertson, M.J. Pilling, R. Shannon, J. Zádor, A.W. Jasper, C.F. Goldsmith, M.P. Burke, "Comment on 'When Rate Constants Are Not Enough,'" Journal of Physical Chemistry A 120 (2016) 306-312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b06025.

S.S. Merchant, C.F. Goldsmith, A.G. Vandeputte, M.P. Burke, S.J. Klippenstein, W.H. Green, "Understanding low-temperature first-stage ignition delay: Propane," Combustion and Flame 162 (2015) 3658-3673, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.005.

M.P. Burke, C.F. Goldsmith, S.J. Klippenstein, O. Welz, H. Huang, I.O. Antonov, J.D. Savee, D.L. Osborn, J. Zádor, C.A. Taatjes, L. Sheps, "Multiscale Informatics for Low-Temperature Propane Oxidation: Further Complexities in Studies of Complex Reactions," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 119 (2015) 7095-7115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b01003.

O. Welz, M.P. Burke, I.O. Antonov, C.F. Goldsmith, J.D. Savee, D.L. Osborn, C.A. Taatjes, S.J. Klippenstein, L. Sheps, "New Insights into Low-Temperature Oxidation of Propane from Synchrotron Photoionization Mass Spectrometry and Multiscale Informatics Modeling," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 119 (2015) 7116–7129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b01008.

M.P. Burke, C.F. Goldsmith, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein, "Towards a Quantitative Understanding of the Role of Non-Boltzmann Reactant Distributions in Low-Temperature Oxidation," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 35 (2015) 205–213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2014.05.118.

C.F. Goldsmith, M.P. Burke, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein, "Effect of Non-Thermal Product Energy Distributions on Ketohydroperoxide Decomposition Kinetics," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 35 (2015) 283-290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2014.05.006.

Y. Georgievski, J.A. Miller, M.P. Burke, S.J. Klippenstein, "Reformulation and Solution of the Master Equation for Multiple-Well Chemical Reactions," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 117 (2013) 12146-12154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp4060704.

M.P. Burke, S.J. Klippenstein, L.B. Harding, "A Quantitative Explanation for the Apparent Anomalous Temperature Dependence of OH + HO₂ = H₂O + O₂ through Multi-Scale Modeling," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34 (2013) 547-555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2012.05.041.

M.P. Burke, M. Chaos, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, S.J. Klippenstein, "Comprehensive H₂/O₂ Kinetic Model for High-Pressure Combustion," International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 44 (2012) 444-474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kin.20603.

M.P. Burke, F.L. Dryer, Y. Ju, "Assessment of kinetic modeling for lean H₂/CH₄/O₂/diluent flames at high pressures," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 33 (2011) 905-912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2010.05.021.

Z. Chen, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, "On the critical flame radius and minimum ignition energy for spherical flame initiation," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 33 (2011) 1253-1260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2010.05.005.

Y. Ju, W. Sun, M.P. Burke, X. Gou, Z. Chen, "Multi-timescale modeling of ignition and flame regimes of n-heptane-air mixtures near spark assisted homogeneous charge compression ignition conditions," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 33 (2011) 1245-1251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2010.06.110.

S. Dooley, M.P. Burke, M. Chaos, Y. Stein, F.L. Dryer, C.A. Daly, V.P. Zhukov, O. Finch, J.M. Simmie and H.J. Curran, "Methyl formate oxidation: Speciation data, laminar burning velocities, ignition delay times and a validated chemical kinetic model," International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 42 (2010) 527-549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kin.20512.

M.P. Burke, M. Chaos, F.L. Dryer, Y. Ju, "Negative pressure dependence of mass burning rates of H₂/CO/O₂/diluent flames at low flame temperatures," Combustion and Flame 157 (2010) 618–631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.08.009.

M. Chaos, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, "Syngas chemical kinetics and reaction mechanisms," Synthesis Gas Combustion: Fundamentals and Applications. Ed. T.C. Lieuwen, V. Yang, R.A. Yetter. Taylor & Francis (2009), p. 29-70.

M.P. Burke, Z. Chen, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, "Effect of cylindrical confinement on the determination of laminar flame speeds using outwardly propagating flames," Combustion and Flame 156 (2009) 771-779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.01.013.

Z. Chen, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, "Effects of compression and stretch on the determination of laminar flame speed using propagating spherical flames," Combustion Theory and Modelling 13 (2009) 343-364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13647830802632192.

Z. Chen, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, "Effects of Lewis number and ignition energy on the determination of laminar flame speed using propagating spherical flames," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 32 (2009) 1461-1469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2008.05.060.

M.-H. Wu, M.P. Burke, S.F. Son, R.A. Yetter, "Flame acceleration and the transition to detonation of stoichiometric ethylene/oxygen in microscale tubes," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (2007) 2429–2436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2006.08.098.

Recent and upcoming conference presentations

M.P. Burke, R. Song, "Evaluating Mixture Rules for Multi-Component Pressure Dependence: H + O₂ (+M) = HO₂ (+M)," 36^th International Symposium on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, August 2016.

M.P. Burke, "Surprising Energy Transfer Effects in Multi-Channel Complex Reactions in Multi-Component Baths," 24^th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena, York, United Kingdom, July 2016.

K. McCullough, M.P. Burke, "Automated Discovery of Non-Boltzmann Bimolecular Reaction Pathways," Eastern States Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, March 2016.

R. Song, N.D. DeLuca, M.P. Burke, "Towards Autonomous Kinetic Model Improvement through Automated Experiments and Computations," Eastern States Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, March 2016.

M.P. Burke, "Collisional Energy Transfer during Complex Reactions in Multi-Component Mixtures," 9^th International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, Ghent, Belgium, July 2015.

M.P. Burke, "The Role of Model Structural Uncertainties in Uncertainty Quantification and Experimental Design," 9^th U.S. Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2015.

M.P. Burke, "Combining Theoretical and Experimental Data in Uncertainty Quantification across Multiple Scales," 15^th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Avignon, France, April 2015 (invited for Mini-Symposium on "Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Combustion").

M.P. Burke, "Multi-Scale Informatics for Low-Temperature Oxidation," 2^nd International Workshop on Flame Chemistry, San Francisco, California, August 2014 (invited).

M.P. Burke (with C.F. Goldsmith, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein), "Towards a Quantitative Understanding of the Role of Non-Boltzmann Reactant Distributions in Low-Temperature Oxidation," 35^th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, California, August 2014.

M.P. Burke (with C.F. Goldsmith, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein), "Non-Boltzmann Effects in Low-Temperature Fuel Oxidation," Eastern States Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Clemson, South Carolina, October 2013.

M.P. Burke (with C.F. Goldsmith, S.J. Klippenstein, L. Sheps, O. Welz, J. Zádor, H. Huang, C.A. Taatjes), "Multi-Scale Informatics for Low-Temperature Propane Oxidation," 8th U.S. Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Park City, Utah, May 2013.

M.P. Burke (with S.J. Klippenstein, L.B. Harding), "A Quantitative Explanation for the Apparent Anomalous Temperature Dependence of OH + HO₂ = H₂O + O₂ through Multi-Scale Modeling," 34^th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, Poland, August 2012.

M.P. Burke (with F.L. Dryer), "High Pressure Kinetic Mechanisms for Hydrogen and Hydrogen Syngas," 1^st International Workshop on Flame Chemistry, Warsaw, Poland, July 2012 (invited).