This is in fact what we must do to advance the engineering usage of combustion.
Fire is one of our oldest and most important technologies.
We generate power, warm our bodies, cook our food, and effectively maintain our society through combustion. However, as a society, we have begun to recognize that along with the benefits of combustion clear costs exist. Many combustion processes generate hazardous air pollutants. It is imperative that the rates of generation of these pollutants be reduced if the use of combustion processes continues. Our work at The University of Texas at Austin uses scientific methods to characterize and control combustion systems in order to reduce combustion's byproducts.