Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Kenneth Kiger
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Keystone: The Clark School Academy of Distinguished Professors

Fluid mechanics and experimental techniques, specifically in the topics of multi-phase flows, particle/turbulence interaction, and turbulent mixing in complex geometries. Current project topics include applying Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to the suspension of sediment in turbulent channel flows, air entrainment by plunging liquid jets, fundamental dynamics of spray cooling for electronic applications, and the effects of turbulent mixing on safety issues within Pressurized Water Reactors of nuclear power plants.

(301) 405-5245 | kkiger@umd.edu | website | Room 3129, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall

Education
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995

Recent Publications
Lee, J., J. Kim, and K.T. Kiger, “Time and Space Resolved Heat Transfer Characteristics of Single Droplet Cooling Using Microscale Heater Arrays,” Int. J. of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 188-200, 2001.

Kiger, K. T., and F. Gavelli, “Boron Mixing in Complex Geometries: Flow Structure Details,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 208, pp. 67-85, 2001.

Gavelli F., and K.T. Kiger, “High Resolution Boron Dilution Measurements Using Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF),” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 195, pp 13-25, 2000.

Chirichella, D., R. Gomez-Ledesma, K.T. Kiger, and J.H. Duncan, “Air Entrainment by a Plunging Liquid Jet Translating Over a Free Surface,” Physics of Fluids (Gallery of Fluid Motion, photographs and abstract), Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. S4, 2000.

Kiger, K.T., and C. Pan, “PIV Technique for Simultaneous Measurement of Dilute Two-phase Flows,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 122, pp. 811-818, 2000.

Scientific and Professional Membership
Reviewer for National Science Foundation; Referee for the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physics of Fluids, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Experiments in Fluids, International Journal of Multiphase Flow; Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences; Organizing Committee for the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2000)

Honors and Awards
National Science Foundation CAREER Initiation Award, 1997

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