Weiyong Tang, PhD

PhD Thesis: "On The Recombination of Propargyl (C₃H₃) Radicals and Subsequent C₆H₆ Isomerization"- 2005

Weiyong Tang, Robert S. Tranter and Kenneth Brezinsky, “An Optimized Semi-Detailed Sub-mechanism of Benzene formation from  Propargyl Recombination”, submitted to J. Phys. Chem. A. 2005.

Ken B. Anderson, Robert S. Tranter, Weiyong Tang, Kenneth Brezinsky and Lawrence B. Harding, “Speciation of CeHg Isomers by Gas Chromatography-Matrix Isolation Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy-Mass Spectrometry”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 3403.

Weiyong Tang, Robert S. Tranter and Kenneth Brezinsky, “Isomeric Product Distributions of the Recombination of Propargyl Radicals”, J. Phys. Chem. A., in press, 2005.

Weiyong Tang and Kenneth Brezinsky, “Rigorous Chemical Kinetic Simulations behind Reflected Shock Waves”, submitted to Int. J. Chem. Kin. 2005.

MBA, Rutgers University
PhD, Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago
MS, Chemical Engineering
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
BE, Chemical Engineering
Hunan University, China

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

The Combustion Institute.

Weiyong Tang "High Temperature, High Pressure Study of A Key Combustion Reaction Leading to Soot Formation", Conference on the Environment, University of Illinois, April 9-10, 2003, Chicago, IL.
Weiyong Tang, R.S. Tranter, Kenneth Brezinsky and Aru S.K. Raju, "High Pressure Single Pulse Shock Tube Study of 1,5-Hexadiyne Pyrolysis at Temperature between 820 - 1040 K", Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 16-18, 2003, Chicago, IL.
Weiyong Tang, Robert S. Tranter and Kenneth Brezinsky, "Shock Tube Study of Thermal Rearrangement of 1,5-Hexadiyne", Paper 545h, AIChE Annual Meeting, November 16-21, 2003, San Francisco, CA.
Weiyong Tang, Robert S. Tranter and Kenneth Brezinsky, "Rate Recovery and Model Optimization via a CHEMKIN Integrated Numerical Method", Proceedings of the 2004 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2004, Austin, Texas.
Weiyong Tang, Robert S. Tranter and Kenneth Brezinsky, "Rate Recovery and Model Optimization via A CHEMKIN Integrated Dynamic Trust Region Method", 30"* International Symposium on Combustion, July 26-31, 2004, Chicago, Illinois.
Weiyong Tang "On the Science and Engineering of Combustion Kinetics: The Recombination of Propargyl Radicals and Subsequent C6H6 Isomerization", Presented for Prof. William H. Green's group. Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Feb. 08, 2005, Cambridge, MA.
Weiyong Tang, Robert S. Tranter and Kenneth Brezinsky, "Isomeric Product Distributions of the Recombination of Propargyl radicals", Fourth Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 21-23, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
Weiyong Tang and Kenneth Brezinsky, "Rigorous Chemical Kinetic Simulations behind Reflected Shock Waves", Fourth Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, March  21-23, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
Weiyong Tang, "Utilizing and Modifying CHEMKIN for Combustion Research", WAVE Program, Ricardo, May 27, 2005, Burr Ridge, IL.