2020-2021: Guest Editor, Special Issue on Recent Advances in Internal Combustion Engines, Energies. Publisher – MDPI.
2018: Guest Editor, Special Issue on UAV Propulsion, Drones. Publisher – MDPI.
2017: Associate Editor, SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants. Publisher – SAE International
2016-present: Associate Editor, SAE International Journal of Engines. Publisher – SAE International
Editorial Board
Editorial Board member of five professional journals.
Public professional committees (recent appointments)
2024-2025: Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES)
2022: External referee, Habilitation committee in the academic subject of “Applied Thermodynamics”, Graz University of Technology (Senate appointment)
2022: Member, External Evaluation Committee for the evaluation process of higher education in Automotive Engineering, The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education
2022-present: Member, SAE Technical Committee, Small Powertrains and Energy Systems Technology, SAE International
2022: Member, Evaluation Committee for the “Clean Technol. 2020 Best Paper Awards”
2021: Foreign Member, Board of Examiners of the PhD thesis, University of Salento, Italy
2018-present: Member, Thermal Management Activity Committee, SAE International
2018-present: Member, SAE Engine Combustion Committee, SAE International
2017: Foreign Member, Board of Examiners of the PhD thesis, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
2017-present: Member, Central Committee 6300 on Vehicles, the Standards Institution of Israel
2016-2018: Chairman, SAE Committee on New Engines, Components, Actuators and Sensors, SAE International
Membership in Professional Societies
SAE International
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
IAHE – International Association of Hydrogen Energy
ISEES – International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
Fellowships, Awards and Honors
2023: ISEES Fellow, for outstanding contribution to the science of hydrogen combustion in internal combustion engines
2021: Best Poster Award (1st prize) at the 35th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute for the research “Multi-stage heat release of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether 1 (PODE1)”, Tel-Aviv, December 02, 2021 (together with D. Buntin)
2021: GTEP Grant for Article Publication in the Best Professional Journals in Energy, Technion (for the article “Experimental comparison of performance and emissions of a direct-injection engine fed with alternative gaseous fuels” published in Energy Conversion and Management, 2022, 251, 114988)
2019: Best Poster Award (1st prize) at the 33rd Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute for the research “Reforming-controlled compression ignition with OME1”, Tel-Aviv, December 26, 2019 (together with D. Buntin)
2019: SAE Top Contributor (inaugural Top Contributors class, 48 people from around the world were selected, of whom only 4 were from outside the US)
2018: SAE Forest R. McFarland Award for outstanding key contribution to SAE/JSAE Small Engine Technology Conference
2018: Certificate for outstanding service to SAE as Chair, New Engines, Components, Actuators and Sensors Committee 2016-2018
2017: Best Poster Award (3rd place) at the 21st International Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles for the research “A comparative analysis of ultrafine particles air pollution inside diesel-propelled trains and intercity buses”, ETH, Zurich, June 19-22 (together with V. Abramesko, J. Czerwinski and A. Mayer)
2016: Certificate for distinguished service to SAE as Chair, Small Engine Technology Conference Technical Committee 2014-2016
2016: SAE Fellow, SAE International
2015-2018: Outstanding Reviewer, Citation, Elsevier:
Energy – 2015, 2017; Fuel – 2016; Environmental Pollution – 2017; Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science – 2018; Chemical Engineering Science – 2018; Applied Thermal Engineering – 2018; Energy Conversion and Management – 2018; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy – 2018
2014: Uzi & Michal Halevy Grant for Innovative Applied Engineering Research, Technion
2010: 2012, 2013, 2016: Excellence in Teaching, Citation, Technion
1998: Science on Service of Environment – Leading Research Projects in the field. Israeli Ministry of Environment, Special Jubilee edition of selected studies (together with Y. Zvirin, M. Gutman, E. Golgotiu, Y. Aleinikov)
Selected Publications
D. Diskin, Y. Kuhr, I. Y. Ben-Hamo, S. Spatari, L. Tartakovsky (2023) Environmental Benefits of Combined Electro-Thermo-Chemical Technology over Battery-Electric Powertrains. Applied Energy, 351, 121833.
D. Tapiero, D. Diskin, N. Tzabar and L. Tartakovsky (2023) Performance of Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells Fed with Pure Hydrogen and Methanol Steam Reforming Products – experimental study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.07.180
A. Thawko, A. Eyal, L. Tartakovsky (2022) Experimental comparison of performance and emissions of a direct-injection engine fed with alternative gaseous fuels. Energy Conversion and Management, 251, 114988.
D. Buntin, L. Tartakovsky (2022) Heat Release Peculiarities of Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether 1 – Part I: Effect of Initial Thermochemical Conditions. Fuel, 321, 124007.
D. Diskin, L. Tartakovsky (2022) Finite-Time Energy Conversion in a Hybrid Cycle Combining Electrochemical, Combustion and Thermochemical Recuperation Processes. Energy Conversion and Management, 262, 115673.
A. Thawko, L. Tartakovsky (2022) The Mechanism of Particle Formation in Non-Premixed Hydrogen Combustion in a Direct-Injection Internal Combustion Engine. Fuel, 327, 125187.
A. Eyal, A. Thawko, V. Baibikov, L. Tartakovsky (2021) Performance and Pollutant Emission of the Reforming-Controlled Compression Ignition Engine – experimental study. Energy Conversion and Management 237: 114126.
A. Thawko, H. Yadav, A. Eyal, M. Shapiro, L. Tartakovsky (2019) Particle emissions of direct injection internal combustion engine fed with a hydrogen-rich reformate. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44: 28342-28356.
L. Tartakovsky, M. Sheintuch (2018) Fuel reforming in internal combustion engines (review article). Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 67: 88-114. Featured as a highly cited article in Web of Science
A. Poran, A. Thawko, A. Eyal, L. Tartakovsky (2018) Direct Injection Internal combustion engine with high-pressure thermochemical recuperation – study of the first prototype. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43: 11969-11980.
V. Abramesco, L. Tartakovsky (2017) Air pollution by ultrafine particles inside diesel-propelled passenger trains. Environmental Pollution 226: 288-296. Featured by all leading media in Israel
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