Professor Jon Carrotte

BEng, PhD, FREng

  • Rolls-Royce/Royal Academy of Engineering Professor of Aerothermal Technology
  • Director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Combustion System Aerothermal Processes
  • Director of the National Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal Technology (NCCAT)
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Background

Member of the Rolls-Royce UTC in Combustion System Aerothermal Processes since its formation in 1991.

Qualifications:

  • BEng (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering, Loughborough University, 1986
  • PhD, ‘Mixing of Dilution Jets in a Confined Cross Flow’, Loughborough University, 1991

Past positions

Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University:

  • Research Assistant, 1986-1991.
  • Research Fellow, 1991-1996.
  • Rolls-Royce Lecturer in Aerospace Propulsion, 1996-2003.
  • Rolls-Royce Reader in Experimental Propulsion Aerodynamics, 2003-2012.
  • Rolls-Royce/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Aerothermal Technology, 2012-present.
  • Director of Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Combustion System Aero-thermal Processes, 2012-present.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University:

  • Visiting Professor, 1995

Key awards and accomplishments:

  • Royal Aeronautical Society prize for Best Graduating Student in Aeronautical Engineering at Loughborough University, 1986.
  • Best Paper Award, ASME IGTI Combustion and Fuels Committee, 1989. - The Influence of Dilution Hole Geometry on Jet Mixing”, 89-GT-292, Toronto, Canada.
  • Best Paper Award, ASME IGTI Combustion and Fuels Committee, 2006. - “Enhanced External Aerodynamic Performance of a Generic Combustor Using and Integrated OGV/Pre-Diffuser Design Technique”, GT-2006-90184, Barcelona, Spain.

Patents:

  • UK/Europe/USA Patent (PCT/GB.88/00476), “Method for controlling the mixing of dilution jets in combustion systems” 1988.
  • Europe/USA Patent (EP1669670 B1/US 7448215B2), “Helmholtz resonator for a combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine”, 2007/08.
  • Europe/USA Patent (EP1862739B1/US 7857094B2B2), “Combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine”, 2010/11.