Expert Details
Process Heat and Mass Transfer, Energy Systems and Equipment, Alternate Energy, Power Generation
ID: 107950
Washington, USA
Expert has extensive experience with geothermal energy dating from 1973. He is an expert on binary systems applications, well-scaling problems, flash systems, and related issues. He has conducted major programs for the USDOE (and their contractors) related to geothermal energy. A secondary area of expertise f involves knowledge of well drilling and reservoir engineering. He has consulted for Terra Tek, Inc., Equity Oil Company, and Barber Nichols Engineering.
Expert has considerable knowledge of Western US oil shale from Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, both in situ and mine processing. He has published articles and holds patents in the area of shale oil processing. In addition, he has consulted with a company concerning the extraction of their holdings near Rifle, Colorado. He is an expert in both combustion and steam retorting processes.
A significant portion of Expert' career has involved applying heat transfer to solve problems in materials processing and manufacturing. For example, he has studied problems where residual thermal stresses have led to component failures and then offered solutions.
Expert has developed computer codes to predict heat transfer and fluid mechanics associated with re-entry vehicles, liquid and solid rocket motors, and thermally induced failure. These include burning in cracks and debonds in solid rocket motor grains.
With 35 years of experience, Expert has a wide range of knowledge in the general area of heat transfer. He was an editor for the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and is on the editorial board of the Russian Journal of Engineering Thermophysics.
Expert has published in the area of thermal stress and thermal fatigue. He has used both theoretical and finite element analyses to predict residual stresses, fracture, and others. Expert' broad knowledge includes fluid/material properties, estimating, modeling/experimental measurement, and process analyses.
Expert has dealt with the prediction of freezing of buried pipelines and frost formulation on surfaces exposed to humid air and porous media. In addition, he has carried out experimental work to determine the thermal conductivity of frozen soils.
These are only a few of the variety of direct contact condensers in which Expert has expertise. He has authored the Heat Exchanger Design Handbook of all types of direct contact condensers, including the HEDU update in the '90s. He has also written a wide range of basic research papers on their design.
Expert has technical knowledge of dental restoration procedures. In particular, he is knowledgeable of caries removal, material compatibility, and environmentally-induced damages (chemical, mastication, and other processes). He has also worked on the design of new dental instruments.
Expert has broad experience developing computational models for convective heat transfer, multi-fluid, multiphase models, and turbulence. With over 25 years of experience in these areas, he is also familiar with convection, conduction phase change, boiling, condensation, freezing, and melting applications. Additionally, he is knowledgeable of commercial software and has developed his own.
Having a thorough knowledge of heat transfer, Expert is proficient in all subsets of this area. In addition, he has more than 30 years of experience in experimentation, models, and instrumentation.
Expert has been a primary researcher in these optical areas since 1974. He is experienced in energy systems, HVAC, combustion, and manufacturing systems involving multiphase and multicomponent heat transfer. He is also widely published in the area.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1965 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Heat Transfer and Fluids | Institution: Ohio State University |
| Year: 1961 | Degree: MSME | Subject: Flow Measurement, Control, Heat Transfer | Institution: Washington State University |
| Year: 1958 | Degree: BSGE | Subject: Electro-Mechanical Engineering | Institution: University of Portland |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1994 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Dean of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering | Department: |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1984 to 1994 | Employer: Pennsylvania State University, Mechanical Engineering Department | Title: Department Head and Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1974 to 1984 | Employer: University of Utah | Title: Professor of Mechanical Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1970 to 1974 | Employer: University of Utah | Title: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1968 to 1970 | Employer: University of Utah | Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1967 to 1968 | Employer: University of Utah | Title: Assistant Research Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
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| Fellow of ASME and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. He is a member of AIChE, ASEE, and Sigma Xi. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Among his many awards, Expert was named Engineer-of-the-Year by the Utah Chapter of AIAA in and an Ohio State University Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Alumni. |
Fields of Expertise
computational heat transfer analysis, contact condenser, heat transfer instrumentation, geothermal energy, shale-oil conversion, heat transfer experimentation, manufacturing heat transfer, heat flux, heat transfer computer software, heat transfer, thermal gradient, thermodynamics, freezing, frost, barometric condenser, dental caries, heat transfer modeling, transient heat transfer, mixed flow, multicomponent flow, multiphase flow analysis, cogeneration boiler, particle combustion, steam processing, gas property, spray cooling, water spray, gas-liquid reaction, particle transport, alternative energy, thermal fatigue, heat loss, instrument design, solid-liquid separation, thermal stress, geothermal water, coolant fluid, multiphase flow measurement, electric energy generation, liquid-liquid extraction, liquid-gas flow, solid-liquid flow, solid-gas flow, process-heat transfer, petroleum processing, well drilling, heating, machining heat transfer, turbulent flow, reservoir engineering, renewable energy source, moving heat source, liquid-liquid heat exchanger, latent heat, heat exchanger, evaporation, mass transfer, cooling, boiling, boiler