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Bobby Noble

Program Manager, Gas Turbines
Electric Power Research Institute

Bobby Noble is the Program Manager for the Gas Turbine R&D at EPRI. He is responsible for the gas turbine research area, where he and his team work on topics involving all aspects of the gas turbine system. His primary gas turbine expertise is in gas turbine combustion research, with focus on combustion dynamics, high-hydrogen and other alternative fuels, and next-generation, low-NOx combustor architectures. He also is instrumental in gas turbine health and performance analytics, including digital twins.

Noble has more than 19 years of experience in the gas turbine and power industry. He holds three patents, co-edited Renewable Fuels: Sources, Conversion, and Utilization, and has authored/co-authored 14+ journal publications along with 50+ conference publications. Prior to EPRI, he was the Senior Research Engineer and Director, Combustion Group Business & Research Operations, in the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. He started as a gas turbine combustion graduate researcher in 2003 and in 2006 transitioned to research faculty.

At Georgia Tech, Noble collaborated with OEMs and government researchers on combustion dynamics/physics, emissions, and next-generation design concepts. He was instrumental in understanding and evaluating combustion of alternative fuels and developing next-generation combustors incorporating oxy-methane, low-swirl, and distributed combustion concepts. From 2007 to 2015, he also was an independent consultant on various combustion modeling and health monitoring projects.

Noble received a BS in mechanical engineering from Clemson University in 2003. He received a MS in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006. He is an ASME Fellow and a 2018 inductee to the Georgia Tech Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni. He is also a 2020 Public Utilities Fortnightly Under 40 rising star recipient and a 2021 EPRI Chauncey Awardee.

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