September 2020 - Present | Associate Professor, University of Texas at Tyler ‐ College of Engineering | |
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May 2017 - June 2021 | JSC Faculty Research Associate Engineer, NASA ‐ Energy Conversion System Branch | |
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January 2014 - August 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Tyler ‐ College of Engineering | |
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July 2015 - May 2017 | JSC Faculty Research Associate/Software Developer, NASA ‐ Rapid Prototyping Lab | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2023 - 2024 | Data-driven Approach to Problem Solving in Engineering Education Using Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Experiments and Simulations |
Procter & Gamble Fund | |
2022/23 P&G U.S. Higher Education Grant | |
Role: co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Aaditya Khanal | |
$20,000 | |
2022 - 2022 | Interactive Experimentation and Learning Experience of an Energy Laboratory System |
Procter & Gamble Fund | |
2021/22 U.S. Higher Education Grant | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Aws Al-Shalash | |
$19,984 | |
2019 - 2020 | Model and Control Development of Components in Solid Oxide based Regenerative system for Oxygen Production and Power Generation |
UT Tyler Office of Research | |
Role: PI | |
$5,000.00 | |
2018 - 2020 | Analysis of a 2-D Thermal-Fluid Model of a Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell for Oxygen Production on Mars |
Texas Space Grant Consortium | |
$22,000.00 | |
2019 - 2019 | Open Educational Resources Grant Program for Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses |
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | |
$10,000.00 | |
2018 - 2019 | Integrated Theory, Simulation and Experimentation of a NASA-inspired Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger to teach the sequence of thermal fluid sciences |
University of Texas at Tyler Office of CETI | |
$2,000.00 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2014 - 2023 | Member, American Society for Engineering Education | 2014 - 2020 | Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Honors and Awards
- Engineer in Training Certification - 2008
- Best Session Oral Presentation Award, Graduate Association of Chemical Engineers - 2013
- Faculty/Staff Publications and Presentations Recognition Award, UT Tyler - 2015-2018
- Order of the Engineer
- Top 8 Best Paper Award, Best Paper Nomination, IEEE-2017
- Nomination for ASEE GSW Young Faculty Award, ASEE 2019
- Professional Engineer License - 2023
- ACUE Certificate in Effective College Teaching
Courses
- MENG 4215&4216: Senior Design I&II (S24/SS24/F24)
- MENG 4349 Introduction to Renewable Energy
- MENG 4345/5345: Energy Conversion
- MENG/EENG 4399/5399: Independent Study
- MENG 4395: Undergraduate Research
- MENG 4115 & 4315/4215&4216: Senior Design I&II (F14/S15/S20/F20/S21))
- MENG 3210: Experimental Measurements and Techniques (formely ME Lab I)
- MENG 3310: Fluid Mechanics (F13/F14)
- MENG 3301: Thermodynamics (F13)
- MENG 3211: Thermal Fluids Lab (formerly ME Lab II)
- MENG 4312: System Dynamics and Control
- ENGR 4009: Fundamentals of Engineering Examination Preparation (sunset course)
- MENG 4313: Thermal/Fluid Systems Design (sunset course)
- MENG 4330/5330: Process Control (& Automation)
2013 | Ph.D., University of Florida ‐ Chemical Engineering | |
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2008 | B.S., Auburn University ‐ Chemical Engineering | |
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