Biography

Present	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2001	Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1997 – 2001	Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska – Lincoln – Mechanical Engineering
1996 – 1997	Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Mechanical Engineering
1991 – 1996	Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Mechanical Engineering
1990	Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Mechanical Engineering

Disciplines

Mechanical Engineering and Heat Transfer, Combustion

Research Interests

Fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics of energy systems and Heat and mass transfer in buoyant flows, second-law and energy analysis, numerical simulation of transport phenomena and experimental methods.

Education

• 1996 – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 1992 – M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 1990 – B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Dordt University