Dr. Victor Chernov

Dr. Victor Chernov

Dr. Victor Chernov

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Department: Mechanical Engineering
Role: Senior Lecturer

Research Website

Education:

• 2010 – Ph.D., Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• 2005 – M.Sc., Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• 2002 – B.Sc., Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Research Interests
  • 1.  Combustion
  • 2. Numerical Modeling
  • 3. Propulsion
  • 4. Rheology
  • 5. Fluid mechanics
Courses
  • 1. Fluid Mechanics
  • 2. Thermodynamics
  • 3. Heat Transfer
  • 4. Numerical Analysis
  • 5. Introduction to Combustion Processes
  • 6. Transient Processes Lab
  • Chernov, V. and Natan, B., "Effect of Periodic Disturbances on non-Newtonian Fluid Sprays," Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 18, No. 8, 2008, pp. 723-738. http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.v18.i8.30
  • Chernov, V. and Natan, B., “A Simplified Model for the Evaluation of the Rheological Properties of a Suspension of Solids in a Power-Law Fluid,” Applied Rheology, Vol. 22, 2012, pp. 15163-1 – 15163-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3933/ApplRheol-22-15163
    Chernov, V., Dworkin, S.B., Zhang, Q. and Thomson, M.J., “Numerical investigation of soot formation mechanisms in partially-premixed ethylene-air coflow flames,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 158, No. 9, Sep. 2012, pp. 2789-2798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2012.02.023
  • Chernov, V. and Natan, B., "Estimation of the Rheological Properties of a Suspension in a Gel Fluid," AIAA Journal, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2013, pp. 998-1003. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J052042
    Chernov, V., Dworkin, S.B., Thomson, M.J., Slavinskaya, N.A. and Riedel, U., “Soot formation with C1 and C2 fuels using an improved chemical mechanism for PAH growth,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 161, No. 2, Feb. 2014, pp. 592-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.09.017
    Kholghy, M. R., Afarin, A., Sediako, A. D., Barba, J., Lapuerta, M., Chu, C., Weingarten, J., Borshanpour, B., Chernov, V. and Thomson, M. J., "Comparison of Multiple Diagnostic Techniques to Study Soot Formation and Morphology in a Diffusion Flame," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 176, Feb. 2017, pp. 567-583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.11.012
    Chernov V., " Experimental Investigation of Solid Fuel Scramjet Using Arc Heater," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 35, No. 4, July-August 2019, pp. 879-882. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.B37469
  • Slavinskaya, N. A., Mirzayeva, A., Whitside, R., Starke, J. H., Abbasi, M., Auyelkhankyzy, , and Chernov. V., "A  Modeling  Study  of  Acetylene Oxidation and Pyrolysis," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 210, Dec. 2019, pp. 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.08.024
    Sapozhnikov, I., Chernov V., "Rheological Properties of Composite Polymer Liner Based on Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene," Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, Vol. 12, e2220, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5028/jatm.v12.1119
  • Chernov, V., Klas, S., and Furman Shaharabani, Y., "Incorporating Kahoot! in Core Engineering Courses: Student Engagement and Performance," Journal of Technology and Science Education, Vol. 11, No.2, 2021, pp. 486-497  http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jotse.1269
  • Chernov, V., Escudero, F., Crus, J. J., Eaves, N. A., Fuentes, A. "SootImage: An Image Recreation, Post-Processing Validation Procedure for Sooting Axisymmetric Flames," Computer Physics Communications, Vol. 300, July 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109204
  • Escudero, F., Chernov, V., Crus, J. J., Magana, F., Herrmann B., Fuentes, A. “Robust Automatic Retrieval of Soot Volume Fraction, Temperature and Radiation for Axisymmetric Flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 40, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2024.105493
  • Magana, E., Chernov, V., Cruz J. J., Herrmann, B., Carvajal, G., Fuentes, A., Escudero, F., “Retrieving Soot Volume Fraction and Temperature From Broadband Flame Emission Measurements via Artificial-Neural-Network-Based Abel Inversion,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol.  76, Dec. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2025.107396

Academic Appointments:
2016 – Present: Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel. Senior Lecturer (tenured), Department of Mechanical Engineering.
2017 –              University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Visiting Professor. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2015 – 2017:     Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.
2012 – 2015:     Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Senior Researcher, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

2010 – 2012:     University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
2002 – 2010:     Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

Other appointments:
2018 – 2021:     Israeli representative at COST Action CA17136 – Indoor air pollution network
2022 – Present: Director of the Braude College Honors Program

Teaching Experience:

ORT Braude College of Engineering:
Undergraduate Courses:
Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics

 
The Technion–Israel Institute of Technology
Graduate Courses:
Gel PropulsionUndergraduate Courses:
Propulsion Laboratory

Academic and Professional Awards and Grants
Jul. 2010 Lyon Sachs Postdoctoral Fellowship – University of Toronto.
May 2008 Timnat Prize on Research in Propulsion – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Sep. 2007 Ilan Ramon Scholarship – The Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology.
May 2007 Ilan Ramon Scholarship – The Industrial and Commercial Club, Israel.
Sep. 2005 Fine Scholarship for new Ph.D. students – Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Combustion, Propulsion, Fluid Mechanics, Rheology, Numerical Methods.

My research is combustion oriented. I have two main interests. The first one is analysis of images of sooting flames. I have developed an algorithm that allows flame recreation from the temperature and soot volume fraction fields. I can use this algorithm to extract soot volume fraction and temperatures from real flame images.
The second is the investigation of wood and biomass combustion. Wood and biomass are still popular fuels, especially in rural areas and developing countries. It has a potential to be renewable fuel; however the fuel is extremely polluting. There is little research done on the basic combustion of wood and biomass and my goal is to close this gap.

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