Joda C. Wormhoudt

Dr. Wormhoudt's work has focused on the use of spectroscopically-based diagnostics to determine species concentrations in applications as diverse as the monitoring of combustion flows, semiconductor processing environments and space-based life support systems. Dr. Wormhoudt has utilized spectroscopic techniques to quantify the concentrations of pollutants from aircraft engines, automobiles and refinery flares, to study techniques for sampling explosives from surfaces and soil, and to characterize propellant strand burning using embedded optical fibers. Other recent work includes a program of literature reviews and laboratory measurements in support of an explosives vapor pressure database, performance calculations in support of advanced laser techniques for explosive detection, and the development of software for automated data acquisition and analysis of Raman spectra for gas temperatures.