Dr. Gatwech K. Thich

• Self-sustaining reaction

• Fundamental aspects of reaction kinetics and mechanism of highly exothermic condensed reactions

• Theoretical predicition of reaction initiation in nanoenergetic materials

• Novel Gas Separation processes

• Using oscillatory flows to separate airborne contaminants and trace particles from the air.

• Analytical studies of the effect of periodic recesses on the mass transfer and separation of species.

• Tracking Carbon Dioxide and Mathane in Oscillating Flows

• EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP FOR OSCILLATORY FLOW IN THE LAB

• Certificate of Award for Graduate Research Excellence, 2007.
• NASA-Idaho Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) Research Fellow.
• Certificate of Award for 2005-2006 GPSA Senate leadership representing Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Idaho.
• Excellent Award for becoming an outstanding tutor at Iowa State University (2000).

• Thomas, Aaron M.; Thich, Gatwech K.; Narayanan, R. Low Reynolds number flow in a channel with oscillating wavy-walls: Analytical Study. Chemical Engineering Science, 61(18), 6047-6056 (2006).
• Gatwech Thich, Aaron M. Thomas, and Ranga Narayanan Analytical and Experimental Studies of Mass Transfer and Separation of Species in a Wavy-Walled Tube by Imposed Fluid Oscillation AICHE Nov. 2006 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Gatwech Thich Analysis of Mass Transfer and Separation of Species in a Wavy-Walled Tube by Imposed Fluid Oscillation NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Research Symposium, Oct., 2006
• Aaron M. Thomas, Gatwech Thich, Demian Guthmiller, Ranga Narayanan Mass Transfer and Separation of Species in Oscillating Flows with a Wavy-Walled Boundary: an Analytical Study AIChE, Nov. 2005 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH
• G. K. Thich, I. Chaudhuri, J. A. Puszynski, and M. M. Bichay Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Studies of Condensed-Phase Reaction in Ti-Mo-Si System in the Present of Gas Pressure Gradient AIChE, Nov. 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin Convention, Austin, TX
• I. Chaudhuri, G. K. Thich, J. A. Puszynski, M. M. Bichay, and E. Rose Combustion Characteristics of Silicon-Iron Oxide System. The 31st International Pyrotechnic Seminar, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2004
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• G. K. Thich, S. Hassan, I. Chaudhuri, and J. A. Puszynski Propagation Characteristics in a Gasless Reaction. Poster Presented in South Dakota Student Poster Presentation, Pierre, Sd, 2004.

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