Expertise

Principle Investigator with numerous projects relating to refrigeration and energy conversion systems. Among these are quantitative risk assessment of ammonia release mitigation systems, analysis and simulation of emergency cooling systems, crud deposition on nuclear reactor cladding, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15 user’s manual, analysis and risk assessment of double-walled heat exchangers, characterization of forced ammonia plumes in the atmosphere, combustion of ammonia with and without oil, measurement of ammonia absorption into water, dynamic simulation of the steam-water side and the air-gas side of a coal-fired power plant and others.

Past Affiliations

Professor, Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1977 - 1986

Research Engineer, Chemistry
1974 - 1977

Department Head, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, Kansas State University

Communities
Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Engineering, 1974
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Engineering, 1970
BS, Kansas State University, Mechanical Engineering, 1969
Keywords
mechanical engineering nuclear engineering
Languages
English
Associations
American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses
International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration
International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR)
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Tau Sigma
Society of Automotive Engineers
World Food Logistics Organization