Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science (CRESS)
The Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science (CRESS) is an interdisciplinary research unit in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science. The current areas of research cover a broad range of topics in earth and space science, including topics from geodynamics to the study of the earth's troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere, and the earth's plasma environment. It also includes research on planetary atmospheres, on stars (including the sun), and on the interplanetary medium. CRESS is involved in numerous Canadian, NASA, and international spaceflight projects.
It involves faculty from Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Atmospheric Science and Physics & Astronomy. CRESS faculty are a major component of the Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science, which has its headquarters on the York campus.
Some current highlights include: CSA Group Achievement Award for leadership in the Wind Imaging Interferometer project; M. Richer, graduate student of Professor McCall, nominated for the doctoral thesis prize and awarded the Plaskett medal of the Canadian Astronomical Society for 1995; NASA Group Achievement Award for contributions to the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite mission; OMEE Award for Excellence in Research and Technology Development to professors Hastie, Shepson and McConnell; Professor Marshall McCall discovers two new galaxies located nearby to our own galaxy, the Milky way.
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Diesel Fuel Improvement, Flame Research.
Studies are in progress on the mechanisms by which free-radical initiators stimulate the spontaneous ignition of diesel fuel. Recent experimental work has concentrated on why mixtures of initiators may re-enforce or interfere with each other's effect, particularly for highly aromatic fuels such as those produced domestically. Attempts are also being made to identify trace ignition inhibitors naturally present in these fuels.
Complementary theoretical studies follow two approaches: The use of modern molecular orbital methods to explore unknown reaction types, to see whether they might posses rates which would affect the course of the oxidation process. The use of 'reduced kinetic models' to study ignition processes in high molecular weight carbon molecules.
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