2017 – 2018 Biennial Report University of Kansas

University of Kansas 2017 – 2018 Biennial Report Department of Mechanical Engineering Table of Contents 3 Faculty Profiles 11 Journal Articles and Book Chapters Books 23 Patents Editorial Positions Honors and Major Awards Major Invited and Keynote Presentations Invited University Seminars and International Presentations to Industry Other Accolades 31 Capstone Projects Sponsors Message from the Chair I am pleased to report the 2017 – 2018 scholarly activities of the faculty and students of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Kansas. During the biennium our 20 faculty members authored or co-authored 130 refereed journal articles and book chapters. Four new books were published. The faculty secured nine patents, and founded four private companies in their efforts to translate laboratory discoveries to products and services for the mar- ketplace. Collectively, the Mechanical Engineering faculty hold 15 Fellow appointments in various professional organizations. Importantly, three faculty colleagues are now Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), out of a total 25 AAAS Fellows at the entire University. In addition to these important recognitions bestowed by their professional peers, the scholarly works produced by the Mechanical Engineering faculty and students were cited nearly 13,000 times during 2017 – 2018 (source: Google Scholar). This impres- sive number of citations over a two-year period demonstrates the far-reaching and contemporary influence of our publications and patents on researchers, students, and practitioners worldwide. A hallmark of our department is collaboration with industry. In addition to working with industry sponsors on various research projects, our faculty members have advised hundreds of undergraduate students on 40 industry spon- sored capstone projects over the past two years. I am proud to acknowledge the undergraduates who worked so hard on these projects, as well as the sponsors from industry with whom they collaborated. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is committed to the generation, dis- semination, and application of new knowledge. I hope you enjoy learning more about the individual contributions of my faculty colleagues and their student advisees in the pages that follow. Sincerely, Theodore L. Bergman Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Kansas 1 2 Faculty Profiles Theodore L. Bergman Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor and Chairman Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Purdue University, 1985 Dr. Bergman joined KU in 2012. He was previously a faculty member at the University of Connecticut (1996 – 2012) and The University of Texas at Austin (1985 –1996). From 1998 to 2004 he was Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at UConn and served as Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Outreach in 2004 and 2005, also at the University of Connecticut. He directed the Thermal Transport Processes Program at the National Science Foundation from 2008 to 2010. Early in his career, Dr. Bergman worked at Black & Veatch as a design engineer. Dr. Bergman conducts research in the thermal sciences as applied to energy systems and advanced manufacturing. He is a co-author of several heat transfer texts, has served as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer as well as Frontiers in Heat Transfer, and has received a number of awards including the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, the ASME Heat Transfer Division Best Paper Award, and the ASME Melville Medal. Dr. Bergman is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Thomas H. DeAgostino Associate Professor of the Practice M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1995 Mr. DeAgostino joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He was previously at the Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan, where was Director of the Entrepreneurial Engineering De- sign Studio. Before LTU, he was at Trine University, and held the title of Executive Director of Innovation One, Trine’s technology and business incubator. Mr. DeAgostino has 25 years of practical engineering experience at Ford and General Motors. Christopher Depcik Docking Faculty Scholar, Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2003 Dr. Depcik came to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2008. He previously worked at the Univer- sity of Michigan as a post-doctoral research fellow. Dr. Depcik conducts research pertaining to sustainable energy usage and the transportation infrastructure including Feedstock-to-Tailpipe analyses of fuel production and its subsequent combustion including the influence of the feedstock and fuel on exhaust emissions. Also of interest is energy recovery utilizing multiple feedstocks and different fuels. A major effort is the development of predictive models for catalytic exhaust aftertreatment devices. Dr. Depcik’s EcoHawks students design and research electrified vehicles and renewable energy sources, including the interconnection of the vehicles and energy sources with the electrical grid. He is a member of both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). In 2012 he received the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in recognition of his transportation-related research and educational activities. 3 Faculty Profiles Ronald L. Dougherty Professor Ph.D. University of Missouri – Rolla (Missouri University of Science & Technology), 1978 Dr. Dougherty started at KU in 1999. He was previously at Oklahoma State (1985 – 1999), and worked in industry at Pratt & Whitney (1978 – 1982) and Terra Tek (1982 – 1985). He served as Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department for 13 years, from 1999 to 2012. His areas of research include laser diagnostics, partic- ulate characterization, two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer, power plant thermal modeling, pumping systems, boiling, glaucoma flow modeling and experimentation, as well as forensic blood spatter. Dr. Dougherty is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, an Associate Fellow of the Amer- ican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerat- ing, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He served for nearly two decades as an Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, and he is a Registered Professional Engineer in Oklahoma. Huazhen Fang Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 2014 Dr. Fang joined the University of Kansas in the Fall of 2014. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2014, where he developed advanced control systems and algo- rithms for energy management and environmental monitoring applications. He has industrial experience at NEC Laboratories America and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories. Kenneth J. Fischer Professor, Director of the Bioengineering Program Ph.D. Stanford University, 1995 Dr. Fischer joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2000. He holds secondary faculty appointments in the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery as well as in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was previously a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh (1995 – 2000). Early in his career, Dr. Fischer worked at Boeing as a systems engineer and in manufacturing research and development. Dr. Fischer conducts research in musculoskeletal biomechanics. He has served as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Biomechanics, the Orthopaedic Research Society, and the American Society for Engineering Education. 4 Faculty Profiles Elizabeth A. Friis Professor Ph.D. Wichita State University, 1994 Dr. Friis came to KU in 2001. Previously, she was a Research Scientist at the Orthopaedic Research Institute from 1987 to 2001. Dr. Friis’ main research interests are in biomaterials and biomechanics, with emphasis in spine biomechanics and mechanical testing and design of implants. Dr. Friis has led several efforts at KU to incorporate technology entrepreneurship education into the engineering curriculum. Dr. Friis has served on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Biomedical Materials Research – Part A since 2007. In 2004, Dr. Friis was a Kauffman Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholar and was in the charter class of an entrepreneurial development program (PIPELINE) in 2007. She served as the Director of the Graduate Fellowship Program for the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation from 2009 to 2011. Dr. Friis has received several National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research awards, and has licensed technologies that are currently commercialized. She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Gibum Kwon Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2014 Dr. Kwon began at KU in 2016. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Univer- sity of Michigan in 2014 where he was awarded a Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver Award (2013) and multiple poster awards. From 2014 to 2016, he worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he conducted research on photo-responsive semiconducting materials. Dr. Kwon’s current research interests include

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