MARK L. KIMBER 356A West Bizzell, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 Office Phone: 979-458-3952 Cell Phone: 979-218-6591 Email:
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EDUCATION Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2008), Purdue University M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2004), Brigham Young University B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2002), Brigham Young University
ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University (September 2015-present) Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh (2008-2015) Research Assistant, Purdue University (2004-2008) Engineering Intern, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan (2007) Engineering Intern, Edwards Life Sciences – Research Medical, Midvale, UT (2001, 2002)
AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Faculty Development Award (2009-2011) Member of ASME K-16 Committee, Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment (2008-present) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Member American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Member American Nuclear Society (ANS) Member Patent: Variable Smart Insulation, United States Patent Application 20130081786
CURRENT AND PAST GRANTS 1) “Experimental Validation Data and Computational Models for Turbulent Mixing of Bypass and Coolant Jet Flows in Gas-Cooled Reactors,” Nuclear Energy University Programs (DOE), 20152018, PI, $799,613. 2) “An Integrated Additive Manufacturing Design and Verification Software Suite,” America Makes, 2015-2017, co-PI (A. To as PI), $800,000. 3) “Global Engineering Preparedness Scholarship (GEPS) Program” National Science Foundation (NSF), 2014-2019, co-PI (S. Wosu as PI), $652,380. 4) “Experimentally validated numerical models of non-isothermal turbulent mixing in high temperature reactors,” Nuclear Energy University Programs (DOE), 2012-2015, PI, $876,422. 5) “Nanostructured surfaces for boiling enhancement,” Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, 2010-2012, PI, $84,838. 6) “Experimental characterization of thermal fatigue loads in nuclear reactors,” Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2009-2011, PI, $75,000. 7) “Thermal and acoustic studies of a piezoelectric blower,” Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 20092011, PI, $154,552. 8) “Preliminary study of propulsion through vibration,” University of Pittsburgh Central Research Development Fund, 2009-2011, PI, $10,000. 9) “Environmental impact and energy efficiency of liquid cooled data centers,” Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, 2009-2010, PI, $34,280.
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PEER‐REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (* = student of ML Kimber, corresponding author underlined) In Print 1) Landfried, D.T.*, Jana, A., and Kimber, M., 2015, “Characterization of the behavior of confined laminar round jets,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 137, 034501 (4 pages). 2) Clifford, C.E.*, and Kimber, M., 2014, “Optimizing laminar natural convection for a heat generating cylinder in a channel,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 136, 112502 (11 pages). 3) Eastman, A.*, and Kimber, M., 2014, “Aerodynamic damping of sidewall bounded oscillating cantilevers,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, 51, pp. 148-160. 4) Eastman, A.*, and Kimber, M., 2014, “Thrust force characterization of oscillating cantilevers operating near resonance,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 136, 071206 (7 pages). 5) Eastman, A.*, and Kimber, M., 2014, “Flow shaping and thrust enhancement of sidewall bounded oscillating cantilevers,” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 48, pp. 35-42. 6) Eastman, A.*, and Kimber, M., 2014, “Analysis of three dimensional attributes and flow intake for an oscillating cantilever,” Experiments in Fluids, 55, 1664 (14 pages). 7) Kimber, M., Clark, W.W., and Schaefer, L., 2014, “Conceptual analysis and optimization of a partitioned multifunctional smart insulation,” Applied Energy, 114, pp. 310-319. 8) Bond, D.*, Clark, W.W., and Kimber, M., 2013, “Configuring wall layers for improved insulation performance,” Applied Energy, 112, pp. 235-245. 9) Eastman, A.*, Kiefer, J.*, and Kimber, M., 2012, “Thrust measurements and flow field analysis of a piezoelectrically actuated oscillating cantilever,” Experiments in Fluids, 53, pp. 1533-1543. 10) Eastman, A.*, Kimber, M., Hirata, A., and Kamitani, G., 2012, “Thermal analysis of a low flow piezoelectric air pump,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 55, pp. 2461-2471. 11) Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Cooling performance of arrays of vibrating cantilevers,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 131, pp. 111401-8. 12) Kimber, M., Lonergan, R., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Experimental study of aerodynamic damping in arrays of vibrating cantilevers,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, 25, pp. 1334-1347. 13) Bidkar, R.A., Kimber, M., Raman, A., Bajaj, A.K., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Nonlinear aerodynamic damping of sharp-edged flexible beams oscillating at low Keulegan Carpenter numbers," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 634, pp. 269-289. 14) Kimber, M., Suzuki, K., Kitsunai, N., Seki, K., and Garimella, S.V., 2009 “Flow rate and pressure characteristics of piezoelectric fans,” IEEE Components and Packaging Technologies, 32, pp. 766775. 15) Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Measurement and prediction of the cooling characteristics of a generalized vibrating piezoelectric fan,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52, pp. 4470-4478. 16) Kimber, M., Garimella, S.V., and Raman, A., 2007, “Local heat transfer coefficients induced by piezoelectrically actuated vibrating cantilevers,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 129, pp. 1168-1176. 17) Kimber, M., and Blotter, J., 2006, “A novel technique to determine difference contours between digital and physical objects for Projection Moiré Interferometry,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 44, pp. 25-40. 18) Kimber, M., and Blotter, J., 2005, “Virtually calibrated Projection Moiré Interferometry,” Applied Optics, 44, pp. 2530-2540.
PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (* = student of ML Kimber, corresponding author underlined) 1) Kristo, P.*, Landfried, D.T.*, and Kimber, M., “An experimental investigation of thermal loading on a plate from a parallel triple jet” 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, August 30-September 4, 2015, Chicago, IL.
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2) Kristo, P.*, Landfried, D.T.*, and Kimber, M., “Design of a unit cell facility to study thermal mixing in gas-cooled reactors” 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, August 30-September 4, 2015, Chicago, IL. 3) Salkhordeh, S.*, Jana, A., and Kimber, M., “Large Eddy Simulation of non-isothermal turbulent flow past a circular cylinder” 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, August 30-September 4, 2015, Chicago, IL. 4) Said, J.*, Jean-Louis, N.*, Iyer, A.P.*, Bates, J.*, and Kimber, M., “Full field thermal performance of a side mounted piezoelectric fan,” Proceedings of the 1st Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, August 9-12, 2015, New York City, NY. 5) Stehle, G.*, and Kimber, M., “Nucleate pool boiling enhancement from biphilic surface patterns,” 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, April 26-30, 2015, Boulder, CO. 6) Patel, R.*, Sullivan, E.*, and Kimber, M., “Nucleate pool boiling enhancement from an alumina nanofluid on a stainless steel substrate,” 9th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer, April 26-30, 2015, Boulder, CO. 7) Clifford, C.E.*, and Kimber, M., “Toward optimizing air gap in horizontal dry cask storage systems,” International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE22-30862, July 7-11, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic. 8) Salkhordeh, S.*, Mazumdar, S., Jana, A., and Kimber, M., “LES of an isothermal high Reynolds number turbulent round jet in a large enclosure,” ICONE22-31154, International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, July 7-11, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic. 9) Eastman, A.*, and Kimber, M., “Three dimensional flow around a biomimetic unbounded flapping cantilever,” FEDSM2013-16606, Proceedings of the 2013 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, July 7-11, 2013, Incline Village, Nevada, USA. 10) Clifford, C.E.*, Kimber, M., and Metzger, J.D., “Preliminary CFD analysis of high-thermal capacity dry storage systems,” American Nuclear Society: 2013 Annual Meeting, June 16-20, 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA. 11) Landfried, D.T.*, Mazumdar, S., Jana, A., and Kimber, M., “Experimental study of jet impingement in a VHTR lower plenum,” NURETH15-607, 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, May 12-15, 2013, Pisa, Italy. 12) Mazumdar, S., Landfried, D.T.*, Jana, A., and Kimber, M., “Initial computational study of the thermal mixing in a VHTR lower plenum,” NURETH 15-608, 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, May 12-15, 2013, Pisa, Italy. 13) Mazumdar, S., Landfried, D.T.*, Jana, A., and Kimber, M., “Computational study of confined isothermal turbulent round jets,” NURETH 15-609, 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, May 12-15, 2013, Pisa, Italy. 14) Landfried, D.T.*, Goclano, B.*, and Kimber, M., “Design of a scaled non-isothermal experimental facility for studying the thermal hydraulics of the lower plenum of a prismatic VHTR,” NURETH 15-611, 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, May 12-15, 2013, Pisa, Italy. 15) Landfried, D.T.*, Jana, A., and Kimber, M., “Characterization of the behavior of confined laminar round jets,” FEDSM2012-72257, Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, July 8-12, 2012, Puerto Rico, USA. 16) Eastman, A.*, Kiefer, J.*, and Kimber, M., “Thrust measurements and flow field analysis of a piezoelectrically actuated oscillating cantilever,” FEDSM2012-72135, Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, July 8-12, 2012, Puerto Rico, USA. 17) Rivera-Lopez, R.*, Kimber, M., “Case study for energy-efficiency of liquid-cooled data centers,” AJTEC2011-44383, Proceedings of the ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, March 13-17, 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 18) Eastman, A.*, Kimber, M., Hirata, A., Kamitani, G., “Heat transfer analysis of a novel piezoelectric air pump,” AJTEC2011-44384, Proceedings of the ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, March 13-17, 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Curriculum Vitae
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19) Eastman, A.*, Kimber, M., “Flow field analysis of a single piezoelectric fan,” IMECE2009-12708, Proceedings of International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 13–19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. 20) Lonergan, R., Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., “Vibration coupling in arrays of oscillating piezoelectric fans,” Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies, ThETA2, December 17–20, 2008, Cairo, Egypt. 21) Kimber, M., Suzuki, K., Kitsunai, N., Seki, K., and Garimella, S.V., “Quantification of piezoelectric fan flow rate performance and identification of installation effects,” Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena, May 28-31, 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA. 22) Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., “Local heat transfer characteristics of flows induced by multiple piezoelectrically actuated vibrating cantilevers,” HT2007-32394, Proceedings of the ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8–12, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 23) Kimber, M., Garimella, S.V., and Raman, A., “Experimental mapping of local heat transfer coefficients under multiple piezoelectric fans,” IMECE2006-13922, Proceedings of International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 24) Kimber, M., Garimella, S.V., and Raman, A., “An experimental study of fluidic coupling between multiple piezoelectric fans,” Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena, May 30 -June 2, 2006 San Diego, California, USA, pp. 333-340.
SERVICE Chair of Undergraduate Laboratory Planning Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh (2010-present) Member of Undergraduate Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh (2009-present) Faculty Advisor for Student Chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) (2012-present) Volunteer Lecturer for the INVESTING NOW program through the Office of Diversity (2010-present) o Local middle school and high school students meet with professors to learn about opportunities in engineering o During my lectures, I provide hands on instruction on how to conduct high quality experimental work Faculty Mentor for the Pitt EXCEL Summer Research Internship (2012-present) o Available through the Office of Diversity providing rising sophomores (summer after freshmen year) with a research internship within the Swanson School of Engineering o Served as mentor for three consecutive summers, with a fourth scheduled for summer 2015 Journal Reviewer for 1) Journal of Heat Transfer 2) International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 3) Applied Energy 4) Journal of Applied Physics 5) ASHRAE HVAC&R Research 6) Experimental Heat Transfer 7) Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 8) Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 9) Journal of Fluids Engineering 10) Experiments in Fluids 11) Journal of Electronic Packaging 12) European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids 13) Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 14) International Journal of Thermal Sciences 15) Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Curriculum Vitae
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Session Chair or Topic Organizer for 1) International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition [2008, 2009, 2012, 2014] 2) American Physics Society Division of Fluid Dynamics [2013] 3) ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference [2013] 4) ASME/Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Systems, MEMS, and NEMS [2009]
GRADUATE AND POST‐DOCTORAL ADVISORS AND ADVISEES Graduate Advisor Suresh V. Garimella, Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director, NSF Cooling Technologies Research Center Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Supervised Post-Doctoral Personnel Abul Bashar Mahmud Hasan (2010-2011) o Project: Numerical Modeling of High Reynolds Number Free Jets o Current position: Senior Engineer at Subsea Structures and Foundations, Technip USA Inc. Sagnik Mazumdar (2012-2013) o Project: Next Generation Nuclear Reactor Numerical Modeling o Current position: Lecturer at Northern Arizona University Current Graduate Students D. Tyler Landfried, Ph.D. student o Project: Experimental Study of Thermal Striping in Next Generation Nuclear Reactors o Anticipated graduation: August 2015 Sasan Salkhordeh, Ph.D. student o Project: Computational Study of Thermal Striping in Next Generation Nuclear Reactors o Anticipated graduation: August 2015 Ricardo Rivera-Lopez, Ph.D. student o Project: Energy Efficiency of Liquid Cooled Data Centers o Anticipated graduation: December 2015 Gregory Stehle, Ph.D. student o Project: Experimental Characterization of Hybrid Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Coatings in Pool Boiling o Anticipated graduation: December 2015 Corey Clifford, Ph.D. student o Project: Modeling for High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors o Anticipated graduation: 2017 Rita Patel, Ph.D. student o Project: Robust Surface Treatments for Pool and Flow Boiling Enhancements o Anticipated graduation: 2018 Paul Kristo, M.S. student o Non-isothermal Turbulent Mixing in the Region Near Solid Walls o Anticipated graduation: December 2015
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Supervised Ph.D. Students Danielle Bond, 2014 o Project: Dynamic modeling and optimization of building insulation o Current Position: Assistant Professor at Alfred State College Andrew Eastman, 2013 o Project: Characterizing Thrust Performance for Free and Confined Oscillating Cantilevers o Current Position: Senior Mechanical Engineer at Neumann Systems Group, Inc. Supervised M.S. Students Al-Nifay, Bader, 2015 o Project: Oscillating flows in microchannels and approaches for optimization Corey Clifford, 2014 o Project: Numerical Modeling Dry Storage Casks of High Burnup Used Nuclear Fuel o Current Position: Ph.D. student in the M. Kimber lab D. Tyler Landfried, 2013 o Project: Numerical Studies to Quantify the Effect of Enclosure on Laminar Jet o Current Position: Ph.D. student in the M. Kimber lab Andrew Eastman, 2013 o Project: Thermal Performance Characterization of Low Profile Air Blower o Current Position: Senior Mechanical Engineer at Neumann Systems Group, Inc.
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING MEMS 1041 – Mechanical Measurements I (University of Pittsburgh) MEMS 1042 – Mechanical Measurements II (University of Pittsburgh)
GRADUATE TEACHING ME 2049 – Thermal Management of Electronics (University of Pittsburgh) ME 3054 – Convection Heat Transfer (University of Pittsburgh) ME 3055 – Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Phenomena Transfer (University of Pittsburgh)
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