Combustion Science Fundamental concepts related to the use of combustion as a source of sustainable transportation energy and advanced combustion technologies are covered from the perspective of reaction mechanisms, physical chemistry and thermodynamics.Topics include mathematics of combustion, chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, potential energy surfaces, collision theory, and molecular structure of hydrocarbons and biofuels. Rate theory codes are used to predict and analyze the kinetics and dynamics of gas-phase chemical reactions. Generally offered in this Semester: Fall Level: Graduate