• Dr. M. Pinar Mengüç
• Professor
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Kentucky
• 269 RGAN Building
• Phone: +1 (859) 257-6336 ext 80658
• Fax: +1 (859) 257-3304
• E-mail: menguc@engr.uky.edu
• Homepage: www.engr.uky.edu/~menguc/
• Curriculum Vitae

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 1985.
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1980.
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1978.

• Dr. Basil T. Wong
• Post-Doctoral researcher
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Kentucky
• 318 RGAN Building
• Phone: +1 (859) 257-6336 ext 80697
• Fax: +1 (859) 257-3304
• E-mail: btung01@engr.uky.edu

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2006.
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2001.
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 1999.

• Mathieu Francoeur
• Ph.D. candidate
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Kentucky
• 322 RGAN Building
• Phone: +1 (859) 257-6336 ext 80696
• E-mail: mfran0@engr.uky.edu

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2005-
• M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, PQ, Canada, & Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France, 2004.
• B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, PQ, Canada, 2002.

• Syed Uddin
• Ph.D. student
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Kentucky
• 322 RGAN Building
• Phone: +1 (859) 257-6336 ext 80696
• E-mail: syeduddin@uky.edu

• Robert Martin
• B.S. student
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Kentucky
• 318 RGAN Building
• Phone: +1 (859) 257-6336 ext 80697
• E-mail: robertm14@yahoo.com

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2005-

• Dr. Rodolphe Vaillon
• CNRS Researcher
• The Thermal Centre of Lyon (CETHIL)
• INSA de Lyon
• Villeurbanne, France

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, June/July 2002, July/August 2003, March/April 2007, June/July 2008.
• Ph.D., Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, Heat Transfer, University of Poitiers, France, 1996.

• Engineer, National Superior School of Mechanics and Aeronautics (ENSMA), Poitiers, France, 1993.

• Benoît Gay
• Ph.D. student
• The Thermal Centre of Lyon (CETHIL)
• INSA de Lyon
• Villeurbanne, France

Visiting Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, March 2007, February-September 2008.

• Kancy Lee
• Ph.D. student
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
• Los Angeles , USA

• Visiting Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, August 2008.
• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, 2007-

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, 2007

• Pablo Albella Echave
• Ph.D. student
• Department of Applied Physics
• University of Cantabria
• Santander, Spain
• Phone: +34 942-201868
• E-mail: albellap@unican.es

• Visiting Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, June-September 2006.
• Ph.D., Physics, University of Cantabriay, Santander, Spain, 2004-

• M.S., Instrumentation and Analytical Science, University of Manchester (UMIST), Manchester, England, 2003.
• B.S., Physics, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, 2002

• Dr. Jun Yamada
• Associate Professor
• Department of Mechanical System Engineering
• Yamanashi University
• Japan

• Visiting Associate Professor ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2001-2002, August/September 2003.
• Dr.Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 1995.

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 1986.
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 1982.

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2008.
• Magna Cum Laude B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2003.

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2008.
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2004.

• Ph.D., Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2007
• M.S., Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2003.
• B.A., Near-Eastern History, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA, 1999.

• Ph.D., mechanical engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, 2007.
• M.S., mechanical engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999.
• B.S., mechanical engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1997.