John Bechtold

Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Ph.D.; Northwestern University; Applied Mathematics; 1987
B.S.; Siena College; Mathematics; 1982
MATH 111: CALCULUS I
MATH 111: CALCULUS I - HONORS
MATH 112: CALCULUS II
MATH 112: CALCULUS II - HONORS
MATH 222: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 222: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS - HONORS
MATH 331: INTRO PARTIAL DIFF EQ
MATH 332: INTRO COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 337: LINEAR ALGEBRA
MATH 613: ADV APPLIED MATH-MODELNG
John K. Bechtold, Moshe Matalon. 2026. "A long-wave approximation of the dispersion relation encompassing hydrodynamic and diffusional-thermal instabilities for premixed flames." Combustion and Flame/ Elsevier, vol. 288, no. 114951, pp. 10.
John K. Bechtold, Moshe Matalon. 2025. "Flame Propagation Through a Non-Ideal Gas." Combustion and Flame, vol. 281, pp. 9.
John K. Bechtold, Gautham Krishnan, Moshe Matalon. 2024. "Hydrodynamic thoery of premixed flames propagating in closed vessels: flame speed and Markstein lengths." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 998, pp. 59.
Daniel Fong, John K. Bechtold, Chung K Law. 2012. "Asymptotic Structure of Laminar Diffusion flames at High Pressure." Physics of Fluids, vol. 24, pp. 17pp.
Gaurav Bansal, Hong G Im, John K. Bechtold. 2012. "Flame-Flow Interactions and Flow Reversal." Combustion and Flame, vol. 159, pp. 1489-1498.
John K. Bechtold, Andrew P Kelley, Chung K Law. 2011. "Premixed flame propagation in a confining vessel with weak pressure rise." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 691.
"An Asymptotic Theory of Laminar Premixed Flames in Dense Fluids"
Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, March, 2012.
"Effects of variable specific heats on Markstein lengths and flamefront stability"
Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2011.
"Asymptotic Structure of Diffusion Flames at High Pressure with Soret Transport"
Combustion Institute, March, 2011.
"Propagation of Confined Premixed Flames"
Combustion Institute, March, 2011.
"Flame Flow Interactions and Flow Reversal"
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2010.