Faculty Members
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Small
Smart Systems Center
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Jackson has established growing
research programs in lean premixed flame stability and in
catalytic reactor flows for clean combustion, exhaust aftertreatment,
and fuel reforming. His research includes the study
of catalytic reactors for minimizing flame instabilities and
NOx emissions in combustion systems and for producing hydrogen
from hydrocarbons for fuel cell operation. Other efforts are
underway to study novel techniques for improving lean flame
stability in low emissions combustion systems and to address
heat and mass transport in novel fuel cell designs. Before
joining CEEE, Dr. Jackson spent several years at Precision
Combustion Inc. where he managed several product development
and research projects related to ultra-low emissions and ignition
of gas turbine combustors.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Kim is a pioneer in the use of microscale heater arrays to study the fundamental mechanisms by which heat is transferred during phase change processes. Early in his career he performed research on gas turbine heat transfer. His current interests include phase change heat transfer for electronic cooling, radiation absorption measurements of fuels at high temperatures, emmissivity measurements, inverse heat conduction methods, instrumentation, and sustainable energy systems. He has published over 80 technical papers.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Ohadi is group leader for heat/mass transfer applications at CEEE. He has over 15 years of industrial and academic experience in areas of heat transfer, fluid flow, and thermal energy conversion. Since 1985 his research has focused on active and hybrid augmentation of single-phase and phase-change heat transfer with particular emphasis on the use of electrical fields.
Research Faculty
Research Associate Professor, Director, Alternative Cooling
Technologies & Application Consortium
Dr. Hwang has worked extensively in
refrigerant alternatives research, particularly involving
carbon dioxide. His focus is to enhance understandings of
transcritical carbon dioxide cycle through cycle simulation
model development and experimental studies. His career spans
twentyone years, including ten years industrial experience.
Visiting Researchers
Faculty Research Assistant
A M.Sc. Mechanical Engineer from Istanbul
Technical Institute (ITU), Tolga has worked for ARCELIK Corporation
with study emphasis on the frost formation phenomenon and
evaporators in the refrigerators. Currently, a PhD student at
ITU, Tolga is working at CEEE on experimental
evaluation of VRV Air-Conditioning systems.
Ballard Corporation
Mr. Hearn led Fuel Cell product development at Ballard Power Systems for the
past three years and is presently in residence at University of Maryland to
work with Faculty and Students on fuel cell simulation and development of
advanced fuel cell products. Ballard is a world leader in Fuel Cell
development and is the exclusive manufacturer of automotive fuel cells for
Daimler and Ford Motor Company. Ballard will participate in the M Square
collaboration, extend fuel cell science and technology through partnership
with UMD and further the Ballard presence in the Washington DC Area.
Mr. Hearn has 30 years experience in engineering and engineering management
of competitive high technology product development and R&D.
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