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Deborah A. Kaminski Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 5024 Jonsson Engineering Center Tel: (518) 276-6439; Fax: (518) 276-2623; E-Mail kamind@rpi.edu [ MANE || Faculty ] |
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Deborah A. Kaminski Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 5024 Jonsson Engineering Center Tel: (518) 276-6439; Fax: (518) 276-2623; E-Mail kamind@rpi.edu [ MANE || Faculty ] |
After receiving her B.S. degree in Physics, Deborah Kaminski spent 5 years at the General Electric Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. Her work focused on heat transfer in electrical machinery, including motors, transformers, batteries, and generators. She then returned to Rensselaer for doctoral research on computational fluid dynamics in free convection. After receiving her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, she joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1985, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1991.
Research Interests and Activities
Kaminski's research centers on problems involving radiative heat transfer, especially coupled with other modes. Current projects include enhanced ceramic heat exchangers, high-intensity laser cutting of metals and ceramics, and glass melting and fiber drawing. The work is both empirical and analytical and frequently includes numerical simulations.
Selected Publications
"Application of Inverse Method to Determine Heat Transfer Coefficient for Post-Extrusion Spray Quenching of Aluminum Alloys," (2001)
"Automatic Convergence in a Computational Fluid Dynamic Algorithm Using Neural Networks," J. Ryoo, D.A. Kaminski, Z. Dragojlovic, International Journal of Applied Mathematics (2000)
"Development of an Integrated Thermal-Fluids Curriculum," R.N. Smith, D.A. Kaminski, M.K. Jensen, A. Hirsa, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, Paper 00158, (2000)
"A Residual-Based Fuzzy Logic Algorithm for Control of Convergence in a Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation," J. Ryoo, D.A. Kaminski, Z. Dragojlovic, J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 121, pp. 1076-1078 (1999)
"Control of Convergence in Convective Flow Simulations Using a Fuzzy Rule Set that Stabilizes Iterative Oscillations," Z. Dragojlovic, D.A. Kaminski, J. Ryoo, Proceedings of the 33rd National Heat Transfer Conference NHTC99-229, ASME, New York, NY, (1999)
"Cross-Flow Convective Cooling of an Optical Fiber Exiting a Draw Furnace," Y. Dogu, D.A. Kaminski, Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Thermal Engineering Conference, AJTE99-6154, March (1999)
"Towards an Integrated Thermal/Fluids Curriculum," M.K. Jensen, R. N. Smith, D.A. Kaminski, A. Hirsa, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division HTD-Vol. 361-3, , ASME, New York, NY, pp. 9-16, (1998)
"Control of Convergence of a Computational Fluid Dynamic Algorithm Using Fuzzy Logic," Z. Dragojlovic, D.A. Kaminski, J. Ryoo, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division HTD-Vol. 361-5, ASME, New York, NY, pp. 13-22, (1998)
"Combined Convection and Non-Gray Radiation in Simultaneously Developing Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer", T. Seo, M.K. Jensen, and D.A. Kaminski, Proceedings of 11th International Heat Transfer Conference, Vol.7, pp. 337-342, Kyongju, Korea, (1998)