Thermo/fluids People

 

Faculty Members:    

Amir Jokar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: VELS 130E
Phone: (360) 546-9631
Fax: (360) 546-9438
Email: jokar@vancouver.wsu.edu

 
     

Stephen Solovitz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: VELS 130F
Phone: (360) 546-9253
Fax: (360) 546-9438
Email: stevesol@vancouver.wsu.edu

 
     

Graduate Students:

   
Thomas Conder
Research Topic: Groove-enhanced Integral Micro-channel Cooling
Graduation Date: May 2009 (expected)
Office: VELS 257
Email: conder@gmail.com
 
     
Niel Hayes
Research Topic: Study of Carbon Dioxide Condensation in Chevron Plate Exchangers
Graduation Date: May 2009 (expected)
Office: VELS 251
Email: hayes@vancouver.wsu.edu
 
     
Hafez Raesifard
Research Topic: Experimental Design of Microchannel Electronics Coolers
Graduation Date: May 2010 (expected)
Office: VELS 257
Email: hafez.fard@gmail.com
 
     

Undergraduate Students:

   
Margarita Cortez
Project Topics: Electronics Cooling, Fan Testing Wind Tunnel, Thermal Conductivity of Liquids
Graduation Date: May 2009 (expected)
Office: VELS 160
Email: margarita_16_@hotmail.com
 
     

Sam Pruitt
Project Topic: Microchannel flow analysis using micro-particle image velocimetry (micro-PIV)
Graduation Date: May 2009 (expected)
Office: VELS 164
Email: samcpruitt@wsu.edu

 
     
Alumni:

   
Joe Dix
M.S. Thesis: Computational and Experimental Analysis of a Microchannel Cooler for High-Power Diode Laser Applications
Graduation Date: May 2008
Current Job: Research Assistant, WSU Vancouver
Email: joeadix@gmail.com
 
     

Matt Koski
Project Topic: Design Modification of an Instrumented Heating/Cooling Air-Duct
Graduation Date: May 2007
Current Job: nLight Photonics, Vancouver, WA
Email: shaggs2broke@hotmail.com

 
     
Graham Kryger
Project Topic: LabView Programming for an Instrumented Heating/Cooling Air-Duct
Graduation Date: May 2007
Current Job: Graduate Research Assistant, WSU Vancouver
Email: mahargck@gmail.com
 
     

Sarah Suffield
M.S. Thesis: Modeling the Flow of a Liquid Droplet Diffusing into Various Porous Media for Inkjet Printing Applications
Graduation Date: May 2008
Current Job: Mechanical Engineer, Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
Email: sarah.suffield@hp.com