Biography
Additional Title(s)
- Robert J Vlasic Dean of Engineering
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Education
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1982
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1984
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, 1994
Research Interests
Convective heat transfer, turbulent boundary layers, high freestream turbulence, gas turbine heat transfer.
Awards
- University of Texas Distinguished Engineering Graduate, 2024
- Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, The Engineers’ Council, February 2023
- Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society, October 2023
- Gas Turbine Best Heat Transfer Paper, ASME, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2023
- R. Tom Sawyer, ASME, December 2022
- Thermophysics Award, AIAA, July 2022
- Heat Transfer Memorial Award, ASME, 2022
- Fellow, AIAA, 2021
- Air Breathing Propulsion Award, AIAA, 2019
- Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity, ABET, 2017
- Propulsion Technical Committee Best Paper, 53rd AIAA/SAE/ASME Joint Propulsion Conference, 2017
- Edwin F. Church Medal for Mechanical Engineering Education, ASME, 2016
- College of Engineering’s Distinguished Service Alumni Award, University of Illinois, 2016
- George Westinghouse Gold Medal, ASME, 2015
- Distinguished Service Award, ASME, 2008 and 2015
- Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015
- Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, Society of Women Engineers, SWE, 2014
- Distinguished Alumnae for the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department, University of Illinois, 2013
- Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2012
- U.S. White House “Champion of Change” in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, U.S. Government, 2011
- W. M. Rohsenow Best Presentation for Gas Turbine Heat Transfer, ASME, 1997, 2005, 2009
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004
- Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Alumnae, University of Texas, 2004
- Ingersoll-Rand Faculty Award, Virginia Tech, 2001
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1996