Phongsan Meekunnasombat

Residence: 726 West Main Street Office: 1500 Engineering Drive Apt.105 Rm.819 Madison, WI 53715 Madison, WI 53706 (608) 255-0728 (608) 263-4447

Email: [email protected]

Objective

A research and development position within a laboratory in fluid dynamics and supersonic flow. Seeking research group that encourages members to pursue a fundamental understanding of problems through experimental investigation and computational modeling.

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Expected May 2004 University of Wisconsin-Madison GPA: 3.73/4.00 Minor: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Advisor: Professor Riccardo Bonazza Thesis: Experimental Study of Shock-Accelerated Liquid Wall Protection For Inertial Fusion Energy Reactors Selected courses: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Gas Dynamics, Nuclear Reactor Theory, 2-Phase Flow, Boundary layer Theory, Intro to Plasma, Relativity

M.E. Mechanical Engineering July 1999 King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology-North Bangkok, Thailand GPA: 3.72/4.00 Advisor: Professor Pumyos Vallikul Thesis: Tomographic Reconstruction of Turbulent Flame-property Profiles From Limited Absorption Data Selected courses: Statistical Thermodynamics, Radiative Heat Transfer, Principle of Combustion, Nonlinear Control Systems

B.E. Mechanical Engineering March 1997 King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology-North Bangkok, Thailand GPA: 3.20/4.00 (Second Honors) Advisor: Professor Suwat Kuntanapreeda Project: A Single-axis Small Satellite Attitude Control Simulator Selected courses: Spacecraft Dynamics, Intro to Robotics, Microprocessor for Mechanical Engineers, Combustion & Emission Control

Research and Employment Experience

Research Assistant University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fusion Technology Institute 06/01-present Wisconsin Vertical Shock Tube Laboratory  Studied behaviors of shock-accelerated liquid layer  Developed an analytical model  Designed and conducted the experiments P. Meekunnasombat 1 of 5  Designed and set-up Optic and measurement instrument  Analyzed data and prepared for publications 01/00-05/01 Liquid Metal Safety in Fusion Reactor  Studied and conducted reaction of Lithium alloy and water in a small scaled shock tube  Prepared the test alloys  Analyzed data and prepared for publications

King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology-North Bangkok (KMIT-NB), Department of Mechanical Engineering 08/97-06/99 Local Tomographic Algorithms for Reconstructing Probability Density Function in Turbulent Flame  Developed a Tomographic algorithm for combustion applications  Developed numerical codes in ANSI-C on UNIX workstation  Analyzed the calculation results and prepared for publications

Student Intern Edusystems, Inc., Walworth, WI 08/99-01/00 Technical Intern  Contacted customers for technical details  Designed laboratory according customers requirements  Searched for appropriate equipment and instruments  Negotiated the dealer for the best price

Teaching Assistant King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology-North Bangkok (KMIT-NB), Department of Mechanical Engineering 11/98-05/99 Energy and The Environment course  On-site surveys, field trip preparation, material preparation, discussion, office hours 11/97-03/98 Control Engineering course  Lab setup, discussion, office hours, grading 06/97-10/97 Mechanical Vibration course  Discussion, office hours, grading

Computer and Instrumentation Skills

Finite Different CFD code writing in FORTRAN 77/90 and C Working knowledge of Matlab, AutoCAD, LabVIEW, Microcal Origin and Photoshop Familiar with UNIX/Linux, Macintosh and Windows operating systems Experience with:  Piezoelectric transducers (PCB)  Accelerometer (PCB)  Data acquisition system (National  Flash X-ray system (HP) Instruments)  High resolution CCD camera  Nd:YAG laser (Continuum) (Pixel Vision, Dalsa)  Argon ion laser (Spectro Physics)  Mass Spectrometer (Balers)

P. Meekunnasombat 2 of 5 Honors, Scholarship, Professional Membership

 Honorable Mention Student Poster Award, American Nuclear Society, 15th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Washington DC (2002)  High Energy Density Physics Summer School by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at University of California, Santa Cruz (2002)  Second place thesis of the year, Graduate School, KMIT-NB (1999)  Local graduate study scholarship from Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (1997-1999)  Exchange student in the field of Environmental Technology at Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (1996)  American Nuclear Society student member (2002-2003)

Activities

Student Assistant in 2002 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting (2002) Instructor staff of UW-Madison Japanese Karate Club (2000-present) Committee of KMIT-NB Engineering Alumni Association (1999) Vice President of KMIT-NB Engineering Student Society (1997) Volunteer tutor of KMIT-NB free tutor program for high school students (1996) Chairman of the student committee of KMIT-NB engineering alumni and students annual meeting (1995) Member of Interact Club of Assumption College, Bangkok (1993)

Additional Information

Arts: Photography, Darkroom Techniques, Karate, Aikido Music: Guitar, Keyboard, Fiddle Sports: Biking, Tennis, Baseball, Soccer, Ice Hockey Languages: Thai, English, Japanese (conversational level)

P. Meekunnasombat 3 of 5 Publications

P. Meekunnasombat, J. G. Oakley, M. H. Anderson and R. Bonazza, “Experimental Investigation of A Shock-accelerated Liquid Layer with Imaging and Pressure Measurements”, accepted Fusion Science and Technology, 2003.

P. Meekunnasombat, M.H. Anderson and M.L. Corradini, “Energetic Analysis of Experimental Behavior of Molten SnxLiy When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water”, to be published in Fusion Science and Technology, 2002.

M.H. Anderson, P. Meekunnasombat and M.L. Corradini, “Experimental Behavior of Molten SnxLiy When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water”, Fusion Technology, vol. 39, no. 2 part 2, pp. 965- 969, March 2001.

P. Meekunnasombat, M.H. Anderson and M.L. Corradini, “Analysis of Experimental Behavior of Molten SnxLiy When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water”, University of Wisconsin Fusion Technology Report, UWFDM-1161, December 2001.

Presentations

P. Meekunnasombat (speaker), J.G. Oakley, M.H. Anderson and R. Bonazza, “Experimental Investigation of A Shock-accelerated Liquid Layer with Imaging and Pressure Measurements”, 15th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 17-21, 2002, Washington, D.C.

Fusion Technology Institute weekly meeting (at UW-Madison) Spring 2003, Fall 2003

P. Meekunnasombat (speaker), P. Vallikul and B. Fungtammasan, “Moment by Moment Method for Reconstructing Probability Density Functions in Turbulent Flames from Tomographic Data”, 12th National Mechanical Engineering Conference, Chulalongkorn University, November 11-13, 1998, Bangkok, Thailand.

P. Meekunnasombat (speaker), P. Vallikul and B. Fungtammasan, “Evaluation of An Algorithm for Tomographic Reconstruction of Flame-property Profiles”, 11th National Mechanical Engineering Conference, Mahanakorn University of Technology, December 11-12, 1997, Bangkok, Thailand.

P. Meekunnasombat (speaker), K. Wongniyomkaset, D. Aroonnapaporn and S. Kuntanapreeda, “A Single-axis Small Satellite Attitude Control Simulator” (in Thai), 11th National Mechanical Engineering Conference, Mahanokorn University of Technology, Decomber 11-12, 1997, Bangkok, Thailand.

Conference Papers

P. Meekunnasombat, J. G. Oakley, M. H. Anderson and R. Bonazza, “Experimental Study of A Shock Accelerated Water Layer with Imaging and Velocity Measurement”, to be presented in 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, 2004, Beijing, China.

M.H. Anderson, P. Meekunnasombat and M.L. Corradini, “Experimental Behavior of Molten SnxLiy When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water”, 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City, Utah, USA.

P. Meekunnasombat, J. Ketnuy, P. Vallikul and B. Fungtammasan, “Evaluation of An Algorithm for Discrete Tomographic Reconstruction of Turbulent Flame-property Profiles from Limited Data”, 13th National Mechanical Engineering Conference, December 1999, Pattaya, Cholburi, Thailand. P. Meekunnasombat 4 of 5 Phongsan Meekunnasombat

References

Associate Professor Riccardo Bonazza University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering Physics 1500 Engineering Drive, Room 537 Madison, WI 53706 608/265-2337 [email protected]

Professor Michael L. Corradini University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering Physics 1500 Engineering Drive, Room 147 Madison, WI 53706 608/263-1648 [email protected]

Dr. Mark H. Anderson, Scientist University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering Physics 1500 Engineering Drive, Room 737 Madison, WI 53706 608/263-2802 [email protected]

Assistant Professor Suwat Kuntanapreeda King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology-North Bangkok Department of Mechanical Engineering 1518 Piboolsongkram Road. Bangkok 10800 Thailand +66 2 913-2500 ext 8301 [email protected]

Assistant Professor Pumyos Vallikul King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology-North Bangkok Department of Mechanical Engineering 1518 Piboolsongkram Road. Bangkok 10800 Thailand +66 2 913-2500 ext 8321 [email protected]

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