Vi Rapp

Biography

 Dr. Vi Rapp is a Research Scientist in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is currently conducting research on developing advanced biomass cookstoves for the developing world, improving combustion safety diagnostics for energy efficient homes, and investigating efficient, low emissions technologies for combustion appliances and small engine applications. She holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley with a focus on combustion and received her M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah. During her Ph.D., she investigated novel techniques for improving engine efficiency and reducing emissions of advanced internal combustion engines. Her research included investigating a hydrogen-oxygen-argon internal combustion engine and alternative fuels in homogenous charged compression ignition (HCCI) engines. Prior to starting her Ph.D., she was a Thermal and Stress Analysis Engineer at Moog Aircraft Group where she conducted finite element analysis on primary flight control actuators for the Boeing 787 and other commercial aircraft.

Research Interest

 investigating hydrogen-oxygen-argon internal combustion engine