Last name alphabetical
Dr. Melvyn C. Branch
University of Colorado, Boulder
Joseph Negler Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus
As Professor of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Branch supervised MS and PhD thesis research for over 30 students in experimental combustion; and Dr. Branch is former Associate Dean then Acting Dean of College of Engineering, and he has served as an International Educational Accreditor.
Dr. Yolanda R. Hicks
Engine Combustion Branch at NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland Ohio
Research Chemical Engineer/ Lead for Optical Combustion Diagnostics
Since the 1990s, Dr. Hicks has used a variety of lasers and other optical tools to study internal flows and mixing within the combustion chambers of gas turbine flame tube and sector combustors at realistic temperatures and pressures.
Dr. Malissa Lightfoot
Air Force Research Laboratory
Technical Advisor, Combustion Devices Branch
Director, Institute for Energy Solutions
Dr. Lightfoot spent the last two decades investigating combustion fundamentals, sprays, and how to utilize them to improve rocket engines.
Dr. Reginald E. Mitchell
Stanford University
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus
Senior Advisor, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Division of Hydrogen with Carbon Management, U. S. Department of Energy
Since receiving his doctorate degree in chemical engineering from MIT, Dr. Mitchell has been involved in research focused on coal and biomass combustion and gasification technologies for 16 years as a member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratory and for 29.5 years as a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University.
Dr. Margaret Wooldridge
University of Michigan
Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering
Director, Institute for Energy Solutions
Dr. Wooldridge is an experimentalist with a focus on energy conversion systems.
