A team of researchers led by Dr. Joseph Smith, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, were selected for the 2022 SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines. The award was given for research focusing on investigating how urea deposits inside a commercial vehicle’s selective catalytic reduction nitrogen oxide control device. The paper, titled “Experimental Investigation of Urea Deposit Formation in Selective Catalyst Reduction System to Guide Product Development,” was published in SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants.
The researchers included: