Automotive and Combustion Mechanical Engineering | E-073129
This expert is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at a TX university and a transportation research faculty. She joined the department in 2011 after post-doctoral fellowships at Oak Ridge and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed her dissertation research in residence in the Fuels, Engines & Emissions Research Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She teaches undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, thermal fluids analysis, engineering ethics, and senior capstone design. She teaches graduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer and combustion science. Her research interests are in the area of sustainable energy & environment. Specifically, she studies automotive emissions aftertreatment and remediation of heavy hydrocarbon contamination in soils by applying a suite of chemical and physical characterization techniques.
Location: TX
BS, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD, Combustion Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Member American Chemical Society (ACS)
Senior Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Member American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Member, Central States Section of the Combustion Institute
Member, Cross Cut Lean Exhaust Emissions Reductions Simulations (CLEERS)
Member Instrument Design Team, VENUS Beamline, Spallation Neutron Source
Former, Research Fellow, Fuels, Engines &; Emissions Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Former, Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Former, Consulting Engineer, PTT Public Company Limited
Current, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, a TX university