Wilson Merchán-Merchán

Associate Professor

Email: wmerchan-merchan@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-1754
Office: Felgar Hall 208
Office Hours: Monday 9:30-10:30am

Education
Ph.D., Materials Engineering (Nanotechnology and Combustion) (2005) University of Illinois at Chicago
M.S., Mechanical Engineering (Combustion) (2000)
University of Illinois at Chicago
B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1998)
University of Illinois at Chicago

Research Focus

Flame Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Energy
Storage Devices and Medical Applications
Flame Synthesis and Characterization of CNTs and Fullerenes
Morphological Studies and Measurements of Soot Particulates and other
Combustion Emissions from Traditional- and Bio-fuels
Combustion & Plasma Processes

Experience and Awards

Tom Love Most Outstanding Professor in Mechanical Engineering at OU, 2012
Research Investment Program Grant, Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma, 2011
Research Investment Program Grant, Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma, 2007
Junior Faculty Research Grant, Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma, 2007
Air Liquide Fellow, May 2000-2004
Air Liquide Fellow, Summer 1999

Courses Taught

AME 3363: Design of Thermal-Fluid Systems
AME 5803: Intermediate Heat Transfer
AME 2213: Thermodynamics
AME 3980: Honors Research
AME 4553: Design Practicum (Capstone)
AME 6333: Combustion Processes II
AME 3173: Fundamentals of Heat Transfer
AME 5890: Guided Individual Studies
AME 4980.002 Undergraduate Research Study

Professional Activities and Organizations

The Combustion Institute
American Chemical Society
American Nano Society (ANS), Member
Oklahoma Microscopy Society (OMS), Membe

Reviewer for:

Carbon
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Fuel
Energy and Fuels
Nanotechnology
Nanoscale
Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Applied Surface Science
Materials Chemistry and Physics
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Thermophysics
Journal of Combustion
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Materials Science and Engineering B, and among others.

Recent Publications

Wilson Merchán-Merchán, Stephen McCollam, Juan Felipe Correa Pugliese. “Soot Formation in Diffusion Oxygen-Enhanced Biodiesel Flames. Fuel, 156: 129-141 (2015).
Wilson Merchán-Merchán and Henry Oliver Tenadooah Ware “Study of Carbon and Carbon-Metal Particulates in a Canola Methyl Ester Air-Flame”. Combustion and Flame, 162: 216–225 (2015).
S. Srivastava, W. Merchán-Merchán, M. Desai, A.V. Saveliev, “Volumetric Flame Synthesis of One-Dimensional Molybdenum Oxide Nanostructures”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35:2307-2314 (2015).
Wilson Merchán-Merchán, Moien Farmahini Farahani, Zachary Moorhead-Rosenberg. “Electron Beam Induced Formation of Tungsten Sub-Oxide Nanorods from Flame-Formed Fragments” Micron, 57: 23-30(2013).
Wilson Merchán-Merchán and Moien Farmahini Farahani. “Rapid Catalyst-Free Flame Synthesis of α-Nb2O5 Micro/Nanorods” Materials Chemistry and Physics, 140:516-521 (2013).
Wilson Merchán-Merchán, Sergio Granados Sanmiguel, A. V. Saveliev, Stephen McCollam. “Soot Formation in Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion” (One Chapter of a Book). Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion (2/e). CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 385-407 (2013).
Wilson Merchán-Merchán and Moien Farmahini Farahani. “Rapid flame synthesis of zinc oxide nanocrystals” Materials Science and Engineering B, 178:127-134 (2013).
Wilson Merchán-Merchán, Sergio Granados Sanmiguel, Stephen McCollam. “Analysis of soot particles derived from biodiesels and diesel fuel air-flames” Fuel, 102: 525-535 (2012).
I.A. Kuznetsov, M.J. Greenfield, Y.U. Mehta, W. Merchán-Merchán, G. Salcar, A. V. Saveliev. “Increasing the Solar Cell Power-Output by Coating with Transition Metal-Oxide Nanorods”. Applied Energy, 88(11): 4218-4221 (2011).
W. Merchán-Merchán, A.V. Saveliev, W. Cuello Jimenez. “Solid support flame synthesis of 1-D and 3-D tungsten-oxide nanostructures” 33rd Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33:1899-1908 (2011).
W. Merchán-Merchán, A. V. Saveliev, W.C. Jimenez, G. Salkar. “Flame Synthesis of Hybrid Nanowires with Carbon Shells and Tungsten-Oxide Cores” Carbon, 48:4510-4518 (2010).
W. Merchán-Merchán, A.V. Saveliev, L. A. Kennedy, and W. Cuello Jimenez. “Combustion Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanostructures” Journal of Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 36: 696-727 (2010).
W. Merchán-Merchán, A.V. Saveliev and W. Cuello Jimenez. “Novel Flame-Gradient Method for Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Channels, Nanowires, and Nanorods” Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, 18:1-14 (2010).

Research Resources

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at the University of Oklahoma