Prof. Noah Van Dam is an assistant professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University of Science and Technology in 2009, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory.
His research group focuses on large-scale Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of multiphase and reacting flows. His primary research interests include multiphase reacting flows, combustion, CFD, Lagrangian-Eulerian methods, verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ), machine learning, internal combustion engines, and energy conversion devices.
Prof. Devinder Mahajan obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Panjab University, India, in 1972; an M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1976; and a Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1979.
He is a Professor and the Graduate Program Director (CME) at Stony Brook University. His research interests include energy policy issues; low carbon energy technology development and implementation; energy research at the chemical engineering/chemistry interface—clean fuel production technologies complementing CO₂ mitigation utilizing methane hydrates, methane, and biomass for catalytic methanol, mixed alcohols, and hydrocarbon Fischer–Tropsch (F-T) synthesis; ultra-deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS); extremophile-mediated H₂ production for fuel-cell applications; and geothermal energy and minerals extraction from brines.
Prof. Jan Kosny obtained an M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland. He is a Research Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
He is also the Director of the Building Energy Efficiency and Temperature Control Materials Laboratory and the Co-Director of the Photovoltaic Prototyping and Testing Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
His research interests include heat and mass transport in porous media; phase change processes; nano-porous thermal insulation and radiation control technologies; thermal storage; thermal management of energy storage systems; building physics; building envelope materials and systems; building energy efficiency; and building-integrated solar technologies.
