Publications

Selected Publications
Full operational map of a spark-ignited medium-duty single-cylinder 100% ammonia-fueled engine International Journal of Engine Research A Voris, S Kane, S Wuthrich, S Reggeti, N Okey, K Herrmann, W Northrop 2026
Influence of Combustion Strategy and Fuel Ethanol Content on Effective Density, Concentration, and Size of Particles Emitted by a Lean Burn Gasoline Direct Injection Engine Emission Control Science and Technology W Chen, N Bock, W Northrop, D Kittelson 2025
Pre-Chamber Combustion of Pure Ammonia in a Single-Cylinder Medium-Duty Engine ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference A Voris, S Kane, N Okey, W Northrop 2025
Experimental Investigation of Particulate Emissions From an Ammonia-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 147 (10), 101014 T Patil, S Reggeti, SP Kane, WF Northrop 2025
Impact of hydrogen injection strategies on ammonia internal combustion engines ignited with active pre-chambers Fuel 388, 134414 L Sforza, S Reggeti, A Nodi, F Ramognino, A Stagni, T Lucchini 2025
Comparative Analysis of Mass Estimation Methods for Heavy-Duty Vehicles under Varying Payload Conditions SAE Technical Paper B Jayaprakash, M Eagon, S Fakhimi, A Kotz, W Northrop 2025
Exploring the effects of varying pre-chamber geometry in a heavy-duty natural gas optically accessible engine under dilution conditions SAE Technical Paper A Dhotre, G Nyrenstedt, R Rajasegar, A Varma, S Singh, W Northrop 2025
Climate smart computing: A perspective Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 102019 M Yang, B Jayaprakash, S Ghosh, HT Jung, M Eagon, WF Northrop 2025
Influence of snowfall on the fuel consumption of winter maintenance vehicles Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 139, 104543 DR Challa, MJ Eagon, WF Northrop 2025
Ammonia combustion and emissions in practical applications: a review Carbon Neutrality 3 (1), 1-45 M Alnajideen, H Shi, W Northrop, D Emberson, S Kane, P Czyzewski 2024
Towards Pareto-optimality with Multi-level Bi-objective Routing: A Summary of Results Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on … M Yang, R Zeng, A Sharma, S Sawamura, WF Northrop, S Shekhar 2024
Swirl burner for ammonia combustion US Patent App. 18/640,878 SP Kane, WF Northrop, C Goertemiller 2024
Experimental Investigation of Particulate Emissions From An Ammonia-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference 88520, V001T05A001 T Patil, S Reggeti, SP Kane, WF Northrop 2024
De-Snowing Algorithm for Long-Wavelength LiDAR 2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2026-2032 B Jayaprakash, M Eagon, L Zhan, WF Northrop 2024
Structure and nitric oxide formation in laminar diffusion flames of ammonia–hydrogen and air Fuel 362, 130764 DE Thomas, C Wadkar, CFW Goertemiller, WF Northrop 2024
Lean ammonia-fueled engine operation enabled by hydrogen-assisted turbulent jet ignition Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 10, 1368717 SA Reggeti, WF Northrop 2024
Oxidative coupling of methane using oxidant mixtures of CO2 and O2 over Sr/La2O3 Applied Catalysis A: General 673, 119587 H Lee, WF Northrop 2024
Modeling nitrogen species from ammonia reciprocating engine combustion in temperature-equivalence ratio space Applications in Energy and Combustion Science 17, 100245 WF Northrop 2024
Computational Study on the Effect of Thermal Boundary Conditions and Axial Aspect Ratio on Catalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 62 (46), 19907-19919 C Wadkar, A Kumar, H Lee, B Rollins, N Grosjean, S Singh, WF Northrop 2023
Towards Carbon-Aware Spatial Computing: Challenges and Opportunities I-GUIDE FORUM 2023-HARNESSING THE GEOSPATIAL DATA REVOLUTION FOR … B Jayaprakash, M Eagon, M Yang, W Northrop, S Shekhar 2023
A Quasi-Dimensional Model of Heat Transfer between Multi-Concentric Monolith Structures Thermo 3 (4), 515-536 SP Kane, WF Northrop 2023
Initial development of a physics-aware machine learning framework for soot mass prediction in gasoline direct injection engines SAE Technical Paper B Jayaprakash, B Wilmer, WF Northrop 2023
Experimental investigation of spark-assisted compression-ignition with ammonia-hydrogen blends Journal of Ammonia Energy 1 (1), 91-105 S Reggeti, S Kane, W Northrop 2023
Special issue on "Piston Engines as Chemical Reactors" Applications in Energy and Combustion Science 14, 100133 B Atakan, WF Northrop, SA Kaiser 2023
Hydrogen production in ammonia-fueled spark ignition engines Applications in Energy and Combustion Science 14, 100136 SA Reggeti, SP Kane, WF Northrop 2023
A survey on solving and discovering differential equations using deep neural networks arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.13807 J Gupta, B Jayaprakash, M Eagon, HP Selvam, C Molnar, W Northrop 2023
Development of a Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Integration and Implementation (HEVII) Tool SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility 5 … A Badheka, MJ Eagon, S Fakhimi, P Wiringa, E Miller, A Kotz, W Northrop 2023
Reactor systems and methods for thermally decomposing ammonia US Patent App. 17/728,433 W Northrop, SP Kane 2022
On-Demand Reactivity Enhancement to Enable Advanced Low Temperature Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engines Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States) W Northrop 2023
Reducing Winter Maintenance Equipment Fuel Consumption Using Advanced Vehicle Data Analytics Minnesota Department of Transportation W Northrop, DR Challa, M Eagon, P Wringa 2023
Data Mining Challenges and Opportunities to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions: Focus on Electrified Vehicles Proceedings of the 2023 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM … M Yang, B Jayaprakash, M Eagon, H Jung, WF Northrop, S Shekhar 2023
Eco-pinn: A physics-informed neural network for eco-toll estimation Proceedings of the 2023 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM … Y Li, M Yang, M Eagon, M Farhadloo, Y Xie, WF Northrop, S Shekhar 2023
Extinction and NO formation of ammonia-hydrogen and air non-premixed counterflow flames Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39 (2), 1803-1812 DE Thomas, KP Shrestha, F Mauss, WF Northrop 2023
Oxidative Coupling of Methane with CO2 Using Sr/La2O3 and the Effect of Oxygen Addition 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting H Lee, W Northrop 2022
Revolutionizing electric vehicle management: Spatial computing challenges and opportunities Proceedings of the 15th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on … H Jung, M Yang, M Eagon, W Northrop 2022
Operating range and emissions from ammonia-hydrogen mixtures in spark-ignited engines Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference 86540, V001T02A013 E Swift, S Kane, WF Northrop 2022
Temperature Dependent Removal Efficiency of Crankcase Control Devices Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference 86540, V001T04A007 MD Hicks, WF Northrop, D Potratz, DB Kittelson 2022
Exploring the Benefits of Oxidative Coupling of Methane on Natural Gas Engine Efficiency Through One-Dimensional Simulation Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference 86540, V001T02A012 E Swift, C Wadkar, H Lee, S Singh, WF Northrop 2022
Products of catalytic oxidative coupling of methane to improve thermal efficiency in natural gas engines Energy Conversion and Management 268, 116030 S Cho, H Lee, Y Lin, S Singh, WF Northrop 2022
Can Automated Vehicles Minnesota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research & Innovation W Northrop, L Zhan, S Haag, D Zarling 2022
Solid particulate mass and number from ducted fuel injection in an optically accessible diesel engine in skip-fired operation International Journal of Engine Research 23 (7), 1226-1236 BM Wilmer, CW Nilsen, DE Biles, CJ Mueller, WF Northrop 2022
Model-Based Framework to Optimize Charger Station Deployment for Battery Electric Vehicles 2022 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 1639-1648 M Eagon, S Fakhimi, G Lyu, A Yang, B Lin, WF Northrop 2022
Mass Detection for Heavy-Duty Vehicles using Gaussian Belief Propagation 2022 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 1655-1661 M Eagon, S Fakhimi, A Pernsteiner, WF Northrop 2022
Synthesis gas as a fuel for internal combustion engines in transportation Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 90, 100995 A Paykani, H Chehrmonavari, A Tsolakis, T Alger, WF Northrop, RD Reitz 2022
Impacts of engine lubrication oil-derived ash on soot oxidative reactivity on a catalytic gasoline particulate filter Journal of Aerosol Science 162, 105960 NRH Bock, DB Kittelson, WF Northrop 2022
Modeling Climate Control Loads and the Impact on Vehicle Range for Last-Mile Electric Delivery Trucks in Cold Climates SAE Technical Paper M Eagon, J Trujillo, W Northrop 2022
Neural Network-Based Electric Vehicle Range Prediction for Smart Charging Optimization Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control 144 (1), 011110 MJ Eagon, DK Kindem, H Panneer Selvam, WF Northrop 2022
Thermochemical recuperation to enable efficient ammonia-diesel dual-fuel combustion in a compression ignition engine Energies 14 (22), 7540 SP Kane, WF Northrop 2021
Simulation of Turbulent Combustion in Gasoline Direct Injection Spark-Ignited Engines Using a Stochastic Reactor Model Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference 85512, V001T06A001 BM Wilmer, WF Northrop 2021
Influence of Fuel Properties on Gasoline Direct Injection Particulate Matter Emissions Over First 200 s of World-Harmonized Light-Duty Test Procedure Using an Engine Journal of Energy Resources Technology 143 (10), 102307 NR Bock, WF Northrop 2021
Non-premixed reactive volatilization reactor for catalytic reforming of ethanol and E85 Results in Engineering 11, 100247 Y Lin, X Li, H Lee, WF Northrop 2021
Prediction of NOx emissions from compression ignition engines using ensemble learning-based models with physical interpretability SAE Technical Paper Series 1 H Panneer Selvam, S Shekhar, WF Northrop 2021
Surveying the applicability of energy recovery technologies for waste treatment: Case study for anaerobic wastewater treatment in Minnesota Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 71 (8), 974-988 A Lasode, E Rinn, WF Northrop 2021
Vehicle emissions prediction with physics-aware AI models: Preliminary results arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.00375 HP Selvam, Y Li, P Wang, WF Northrop, S Shekhar 2021
Vehicle Emissions Prediction with Physics-Aware AI Models: Preliminary Results arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2105.00375 H Panneer Selvam, Y Li, P Wang, WF Northrop, S Shekhar 2021
Impact of Fog Particles on 1.55 µm Automotive LiDAR Sensor Performance: An Experimental Study in an Enclosed Chamber SAE Technical Paper L Zhan, WF Northrop 2021
Effect of Piston Geometry on In-Cylinder Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and Ignition Delay in Rapid Compression Machines SAE Technical Paper R Biwalkar, N Desmornes, D Dasrath, W Northrop, S Singh 2021
Thermochemical recuperation to enable efficient ammonia-diesel dual-fuel combustion in a compression ignition engine. Energies. 2021; 14 (22): 7540 s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published … S Kane, WF Northrop 2021
A non-premixed reactive volatilization reactor for catalytic partial oxidation of low volatility fuels at a short contact time Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 6 (4), 662-671 Y Lin, X Li, MV Twigg, WF Northrop 2021
Bowl piston geometry as an alternative to enlarged crevice pistons for rapid compression machines Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (4), 5723-5731 DK Dasrath, R Biwalkar, S Singh, WF Northrop 2021
Automated passenger counter systems and methods US Patent 10,850,588 W Northrop, D Kittelson, A Kotz 2020
Influence of Fuel Properties on GDI PM Emissions Over First 200 Seconds of WLTP Using an Engine Dynamometer and Novel “Virtual Drivetrain” Software Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference 84034, V001T04A009 NR Bock, WF Northrop 2020
Significant lagrangian linear hotspot discovery Proceedings of the 13th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on … Y Li, Y Xie, P Wang, S Shekhar, W Northrop 2020
Engine fuel-reforming reactors, systems, and methods US Patent 10,815,123 W Northrop 2020
Uncertainty-aware energy management of extended range electric delivery vehicles with bayesian ensemble 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 1556-1562 P Wang, Y Li, S Shekhar, WF Northrop 2020
Formal methods approach to the charging facility location problem for battery electric vehicles 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 1370-1377 MJ Eagon, WF Northrop 2020
Physics-guided energy-efficient path selection using on-board diagnostics data ACM Transactions on Data Science 1 (3), 1-28 Y Li, P Kotwal, P Wang, Y Xie, S Shekhar, W Northrop 2020
Dicarboxylic acid emissions from a GDI engine equipped with a catalytic gasoline particulate filter Fuel 275, 117940 NRH Bock, MM Baum, JA Moss, AE Castonguay, S Jocic, WF Northrop 2020
Correlation of nanoparticle size distribution features to spatiotemporal flame luminosity in gasoline direct injection engines International Journal of Engine Research 21 (7), 1107-1117 J Jeon, N Bock, DB Kittelson, WF Northrop 2020
Risk-aware energy management of extended range electric delivery vehicles with implicit quantile network 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Automation Science and … P Wang, Y Li, S Shekhar, WF Northrop 2020
Adversarial attacks on reinforcement learning based energy management systems of extended range electric delivery vehicles arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.00817 P Wang, Y Li, S Shekhar, WF Northrop 2020
A Physics Model-Guided Online Bayesian Framework for Energy Management of Extended Range Electric Delivery Vehicles arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.00795 P Wang, Y Li, S Shekhar, WF Northrop 2020
Advanced Engine and Fuel Technologies Annual Progress Report (FY2019) Sandia National Lab.(SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia … S Busch, MPB Musculus, LM Pickett, SA Skeen, JE Dec, IW Ekoto 2020
Reinforcement Learning based Energy Management of Multi-Mode Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles for Commuter Route SAE Technical Paper P Wang, W Northrop 2020
Data-Driven Framework for Fuel Efficiency Improvement in Extended Range Electric Vehicle Used in Package Delivery Applications SAE Technical Paper P Wang, W Northrop 2020
Physical model-guided machine learning framework for energy management of vehicles US Patent App. 16/597,441 W Northrop, A Kotz, P Wang 2020