Post-Doctoral Fellow, Building Energy Analysis, June 1995 - present
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
Studying the energy use of commercial and residential buildings,
especially looking at energy savings when highly reflective, cool roofing materials
are used. Recently wrote a function to add
the radiative, convective and conductive
processes of an attic space to DOE2, a building energy simulation program.
Monitoring the energy use of buildings with and without
reflective roof coatings in the Summer 1996 Cool Roof Demonstration Project. Currently also a member of the Center for Building Science Applications Team, planning workshops and a conference for the Cool Sense integrated chiller retrofit program.
Instructor, College of Engineering, Spring 1992 - Summer 1994
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Taught Thermodynamics (ME-323), Introduction to Thermodynamics (ENGR-260), and Introduction to Engineering Drawing (ENGR-123) to classes of 50-100 undergraduate students and supervised teaching assistants and teams of graders.
Engineer, Turbine Aero & Cooling Design, February 1984 - May 1990
GE Aircraft Engine Division, Evendale, Ohio
Analyzed and tested cooling designs for commercial jet engine turbines
using enhanced convection techniques such as film and impingement cooling.
Engineer, Core Thermal-Hydraulics, May 1982 - December 1983
Westinghouse Advanced Energy Systems Division
Analysed heat transfer and fluid flow of liquid metal in the core of
the Clinch River Breeder Reactor.
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, June 1995
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Dissertation Topic: "Residential Energy Use Predictions Using Patterned
Behavioral Information"
General Electric Technical Leadership Training Program, through May 1990
Management training courses in project leadership.
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, May 1987
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Major: Propulsion, Minor: Fluids
General Electric Advanced Course in Engineering, May 1987
A 3-year master's level engineering design course, run concurrently with
the master's degree program in engineering.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May 1982
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Soprano section leader for the
San Francisco Lyric Chorus.
Member of the Numinous Circle,
a group of more or less young, and more or less Unitarian adults.
Contra dancing, with the Bay Area Contra Dance Society (BACDS).
Aerobics, bicycling, x-c skiing, rollerblading, hiking, camping, tennis.
Home remodeling and renovation.