Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1989, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
- Thesis: Three-dimensional modelling of heat transfer from slab floors
- Advisor: Curtis O. Pedersen
- 1988, B.Mus. Applied Music - Highest Honors
- Major instrument: Organ, studio of Jerald Hamilton
- Minor instrument: Harpischord, studio of William Heiles
- 1980, M.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Thesis: An investigation of the feasibility of a mass transfer analog for low Prandtl number free convection heat transfer
- Advisor: Michael M. Chen
- 1979, B.S. Mechanical Engineering - Highest Honors, Bronze Tablet