Dr. Lukas Durdina

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Research Associate

www.zhaw.ch/en/engineering/institutes-centres/zav/aviation-operations/meteorology-environment-and-aviation/

Expertise and research interests

Jet engine emissions and emissions testing
Quantification and modeling of aviation emissions
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)
Aircraft engine performance modeling
Aerosol measurement
Emission measurement

Educational background

2007-2012 MSc in mechanical engineering (specialization experimental fluid mechanics), Brno University of Technology (CZ)
2012-2016 PhD in environmental engineering (aircraft engine emissions), ETH Zurich (CH)

Professional milestones

2019- Senior research associate, Center for Aviation, ZHAW, Winterthur
2016-2018 Postdoctoral researcher, Empa, Dübendorf
2014 Visiting research scholar, Missouri University of Science and Technol., Rolla, MO (USA)
2012-2016 PhD student, Empa, Dübendorf
2010-2012 Junior Researcher, Brno University of Technology, Brno (CZ)
2010 Student Engineer, Honeywell, Brno (CZ)

Membership of networks

• SAE E-31 Aircraft Engine Gas and Particulate Emissions Measurement
• Toastmasters International

Projects

• AGEAIR II: Investigation of gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft and helicopter turbine engines, as well as the effects of performance deterioration of AGEing aircraft engines / Project leader / Project ongoing
• ACACIA: Advancing the Science for Aviation and Climate / Project leader / Project completed
• RAPTOR - Research of Aviation PM Technologies, mOdelling and Regulation / Project leader / Project completed
• nvPM certification measurements for the PD-14 engine / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• nvPM certification measurements for the PS-90 engines / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Gasphasen- und Feinstaubmessungen PC-24 / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• AGEAIR: Investigation of the effects of performance deterioration and AGEing on gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft turbofan engines / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Delaval, Mathilde N.; Jonsdottir, Hulda R.; Leni, Zaira; Keller, Alejandro; Brem, Benjamin T.; Siegerist, Frithjof; Schönenberger, David; Durdina, Lukas; Elser, Miriam; Salathe, Matthias; Baumlin, Nathalie; Lobo, Prem; Burtscher, Heinz; Liati, Anthi; Geiser, Marianne,

  2022.

  Responses of reconstituted human bronchial epithelia from normal and health-compromised donors to non-volatile particulate matter emissions from an aircraft turbofan engine.

  Environmental Pollution.

  307(119521).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119521

• Durdina, Lukas; Brem, Benjamin Tobias; Elser, Miriam; Schönenberger, David; Siegerist, Frithjof; Anet, Julien,

  2021.

  Reduction of nonvolatile particulate matter emissions of a commercial turbofan engine at the ground level from the use of a sustainable aviation fuel blend.

  Environmental Science & Technology.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23310

• Lobo, Prem; Durdina, Lukas; Brem, Benjamin T.; Crayford, Andrew P.; Johnson, Mark P.; Smallwood, Greg J.; Siegerist, Frithjof; Williams, Paul I.; Black, Elizabeth A.; Llamedo, Andrea; Thomson, Kevin A.; Trueblood, Max B.; Yu, Zhenhong; Hagen, Donald E.; Whitefield, Philip D.; Miake-Lye, Richard C.; Rindlisbacher, Theo,

  2020.

  Comparison of standardized sampling and measurement reference systems for aircraft engine non-volatile particulate matter emissions.

  Journal of Aerosol Science.

  145(105557).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2020.105557

• Durdina, Lukas; Brem, Benjamin T.; Schönenberger, David; Siegerist, Frithjof; Anet, Julien G.; Rindlisbacher, Theo,

  2019.

  Nonvolatile particulate matter emissions of a business jet measured at ground level and estimated for cruising altitudes.

  Environmental Science & Technology.

  53(21), pp. 12865-12872.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02513

• Jonsdottir, Hulda R.; Delaval, Mathilde; Leni, Zaira; Keller, Alejandro; Brem, Benjamin T.; Siegerist, Frithjof; Schönenberger, David; Durdina, Lukas; Elser, Miriam; Burtscher, Heinz; Liati, Anthi; Geiser, Marianne,

  2019.

  Non-volatile particle emissions from aircraft turbine engines at ground-idle induce oxidative stress in bronchial cells.

  Communications Biology.

  2(90).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0332-7

• Durdina, Lukas; Brem, Benjamin; Elser, Miriam; Schönenberger, David; Anet, Julien,

  2021.

  Effective density of aircraft engine PM revisited : effects of engine thrust, engine type, fuel, and sample conditioning [poster].

  In:

  Book of abstract for the 2021 European Aerosol Conference.

  European Aerosol Conference (EAC2021), online, 30 August - 3 September 2021.

  The Aerosol Society.

  pp. 452.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23332

• Durdina, Lukas; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Anet, Julien,

  2019.

  Non-volatile particulate matter emission measurements of in-service commercial turbofan engines : a comparison with estimates using certified emissions of new engines [poster].

  In:

  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9-13 December 2019.

• Durdina, Lukas; Lobo, Prem; Brem, Benjamin; Elser, Miriam; Schönenberger, David; Smallwood, Greg; Siegerist, Frithjof; Anet, Julien,

  2019.

  Characterising particulate matter in the evolving exhaust plume of an aircraft engine in a test cell [paper].

  In:

  Combustion Aerosol Conference 2019, Cambridge, UK, 26-28 June 2019.

• Durdina, Lukas; Durand, Eliot; Spirig, Curdin; Edebeli, Jacinta; Anet, Julien; Crayford, Andrew,

  2021.

  Intercomparison of two reference sampling and measurement systems for aircraft engine nonvolatile PM using a small-scale RQL combustor rig burning conventional and sustainable aviation fuels [poster].

  In:

  Poster Abstracts.

  24th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, online, 22-24 June 2021.

  ETH Zürich.

  pp. PS1-068.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23333

• Elser, Miriam; Brem, Benjamin Tobias; Durdina, Lukas; Schönenberger, David; Siegerist, Frithjof; Fischer, Andrea; Wang, Jing,

  2019.

  Chemical composition and radiative properties of nascent particulate matter emitted by an aircraft turbofan burning conventional and alternative fuels.

  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

  19, pp. 6809-6820.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6809-2019

• Durdina, Lukas; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Roth, Manuel; Anet, Julien; Brem, Benjamin; Elser, Miriam; Schönenberger, David,

  2022.

  Certification versus research measurements : investigating the variability of particle emissions of large jet engines from a long running series of emission tests.

  In:

  5th International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate (TAC-5), Bad Aibling, Germany, 27-30 June 2022.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Elser, Miriam; Brem, Benjamin T.; Durdina, Lukas; Schönenberger, David; Siegerist, Frithjof; Fischer, Andrea; Wang, Jing (2018): Chemical composition, optical properties and radiative forcing efficiency of nascent particulate matter emitted by an aircraft turbofan burning conventional and alternative fuels. In: Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., S. 1–19. DOI: 10.5194/acp-2018-1171.

Kilic, Dogushan; El Haddad, Imad; Brem, Benjamin T.; Bruns, Emily; Bozetti, Carlo; Corbin, Joel et al. (2018): Identification of secondary aerosol precursors emitted by an aircraft turbofan. In: Atmos. Chem. Phys. 18 (10), S. 7379–7391. DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-7379-2018.

Durdina, Lukas; Brem, Benjamin T.; Setyan, Ari; Siegerist, Frithjof; Rindlisbacher, Theo; Wang, Jing (2017): Assessment of Particle Pollution from Jetliners: from Smoke Visibility to Nanoparticle Counting. In: Environmental science & technology 51 (6), S. 3534–3541. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05801.

Kilic, Dogushan; Brem, Benjamin T.; Klein, Felix; El-Haddad, Imad; Durdina, Lukas; Rindlisbacher, Theo et al. (2017): Characterization of Gas-Phase Organics Using Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Aircraft Turbine Engines. In: Environmental science & technology 51 (7), S. 3621–3629. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04077.

Saffaripour, Meghdad; Tay, Li-Lin; Thomson, Kevin A.; Smallwood, Gregory J.; Brem, Benjamin T.; Durdina, Lukas; Johnson, Mark (2017): Raman spectroscopy and TEM characterization of solid particulate matter emitted from soot generators and aircraft turbine engines. In: Aerosol Science and Technology 51 (4), S. 518–531. DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2016.1274368.

Durdina, Lukas; Lobo, Prem; Trueblood, Max B.; Black, Elizabeth A.; Achterberg, Steven; Hagen, Donald E. et al. (2016): Response of real-time black carbon mass instruments to mini-CAST soot. In: Aerosol Science and Technology 50 (9), S. 906–918. DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2016.1204423.

Abegglen, Manuel; Brem, B. T.; Ellenrieder, M.; Durdina, L.; Rindlisbacher, T.; Wang, J. et al. (2016): Chemical characterization of freshly emitted particulate matter from aircraft exhaust using single particle mass spectrometry. In: Atmospheric Environment 134, S. 181–197. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.051.

Brem, Benjamin T.; Durdina, Lukas; Siegerist, Frithjof; Beyerle, Peter; Bruderer, Kevin; Rindlisbacher, Theo et al. (2015): Effects of Fuel Aromatic Content on Nonvolatile Particulate Emissions of an In-Production Aircraft Gas Turbine. In: Environmental science & technology 49 (22), S. 13149–13157. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04167.

Abegglen, M.; Durdina, L.; Brem, B. T.; Wang, J.; Rindlisbacher, T.; Corbin, J. C. et al. (2015): Effective density and mass–mobility exponents of particulate matter in aircraft turbine exhaust: Dependence on engine thrust and particle size. In: Journal of Aerosol Science 88, S. 135–147. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2015.06.003.

Johnson, Tyler J.; Olfert, Jason S.; Symonds, Jonathan P. R.; Johnson, Mark; Rindlisbacher, Theo; Swanson, Jacob J. et al. (2015): Effective Density and Mass-Mobility Exponent of Aircraft Turbine Particulate Matter. In: Journal of Propulsion and Power 31 (2), S. 573–582. DOI: 10.2514/1.B35367.

Lobo, Prem; Durdina, Lukas; Smallwood, Gregory J.; Rindlisbacher, Theodor; Siegerist, Frithjof; Black, Elizabeth A. et al. (2015): Measurement of Aircraft Engine Non-Volatile PM Emissions: Results of the Aviation-Particle Regulatory Instrumentation Demonstration Experiment (A-PRIDE) 4 Campaign. In: Aerosol Science and Technology 49 (7), S. 472–484. DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2015.1047012.

Durdina, L.; Brem, B. T.; Abegglen, M.; Lobo, P.; Rindlisbacher, T.; Thomson, K. A. et al. (2014): Determination of PM mass emissions from an aircraft turbine engine using particle effective density. In: Atmospheric Environment 99, S. 500–507. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.018.

Durdina, Lukas; Jedelsky, Jan; Jicha, Miroslav (2014): Investigation and comparison of spray characteristics of pressure-swirl atomizers for a small-sized aircraft turbine engine. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 78, S. 892–900. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.07.066.

Liati, Anthi; Brem, Benjamin T.; Durdina, Lukas; Vögtli, Melanie; Dasilva, Yadira Arroyo Rojas; Eggenschwiler, Panayotis Dimopoulos; Wang, Jing (2014): Electron microscopic study of soot particulate matter emissions from aircraft turbine engines. In: Environmental science & technology 48 (18), S. 10975–10983. DOI: 10.1021/es501809b.

Durdina, Lukas; Jedelsky, Jan; Jicha, Miroslav (2012): Spray structure of a pressure-swirl atomizer for combustion applications. In: EPJ Web of Conferences 25, S. 1010. DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20122501010.

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