Joel Kuehner

Department of Physics and Engineering

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA  24450

 

Education

 

Ph.D.   Mechanical Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January, 2003

Dissertation: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering as a Nonintrusive Diagnostic for Gas-Phase Systems

Advisors: Prof. J. Craig Dutton and Prof. Robert P. Lucht

 

M.S.    Mechanical Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 2000

Dissertation: Simultaneous Acquisition of Pressure, Temperature, and Velocity Using Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering

Advisors: Prof. J. Craig Dutton and Prof. Robert P. Lucht

 

B.S.     Mechanical Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University, May 1997, with Distinction

 

Experience

 

Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University, July 2004 – Present

Instructing courses in physics and engineering at the undergraduate level.  Performing research in the area of laser diagnostics for direct application to high-speed gas flows.  Advising undergraduate research assistants in basic diagnostics and associated data reduction.

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois, February 2003 – June 2004

Utilized novel laser diagnostic techniques, both experimentally and theoretically, for measurements in compressible flowfields.  Investigated fundamental supersonic flowfields of practical interest to increase the understanding of the effects of compressibility on turbulence.

 

Part-Time Faculty, Parkland College, September 2003 – December 2003

Instructed undergraduate engineering mechanics course in dynamics.  Responsibilities included teaching lectures and creating cooperative-learning, conceptual experiments.  The interactive experiments involve software simulations of practical problems and numerical solutions of advanced problems.

 

Research Assistant, University of Illinois, January 2000 – February 2003

Examined an underexpanded jet with a new, nonintrusive, laser-diagnostic measurement technique to provide simultaneous measurements of pressure and temperature.  Developed theoretical model for generation of resonant spectra of nitric oxide for use in rapid detection of air pollutants and toxins.

 

Consultant, Educational Testing Service, May 2001 – May 2003

Developed questions for the SAT II: Mathematics Subject Tests in the areas of algebra, coordinate and three-dimensional geometry, and trigonometry.

 

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, May 2001 – August 2001

Assisted in the revision of the undergraduate introduction to mechanical engineering course.  Duties included revising the course manual, website, computer exercises (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and KaleidaGraph), mechanical dissection exercise, and noise level experiment.

 

Teaching Assistant, January 2001 – May 2001

Taught an undergraduate fluid dynamics laboratory section.  Prepared lectures covering the experiments performed, supervised the student experiments, graded the students’ reports, and mentored an introductory design project.

 

Research Assistant, University of Illinois, May 1997 – January 2000

Investigated the possibility of extending the capabilities of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering to obtain a velocity component along with pressure and temperature by employing counter-propagating pump beams.  Performed a numerical study of the technique’s sensitivity to velocity and tested two different experimental setups.

 

Honors and Awards

 

An Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Spring 2001

General Electric Foundation Teaching Incentive Grant, August 2000 – August 2001

Shell Foundation Fellowship, August 1998 – August 1999

University Fellowship, August 1997 – August 1998

Phi Kappa Phi, Member 1998 – Present

Tau Beta Pi, Member 1996 – Present

Pi Tau Sigma, Member 1995 – Present, Vice President Pennsylvania Beta Chapter, 1996 – 1997

Member of the Year, Pennsylvania State Student ASME Chapter, 1995

 

Professional Societies

 

Order of the Engineer, Member 2002 – Present

American Society for Engineering Education, Member 2000 – Present

Optical Society of America, Member 1999 – Present

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member 1998 – Present

National Society of Professional Engineers, Member 1996 – Present

Fundamentals of Engineering passed 1996

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member 1995 – Present

 

Publications (Washington & Lee students listed in red)

 

Kuehner, J. P., Naik, S. V., Kulatilaka, W. D., Chai, N., Laurendeau, N. M., Lucht, R. P., Scully, M. O., Roy, S., Patnaik, A. K., and Gord, J. R., “Perturbative Theory and Modelling of Electronic-Resonance-Enhanced Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Spectroscopy of Nitric Oxide,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, 174308, 2008.

 

Chai, N., Kulatilaka, W. D., Naik, S. V., Laurendeau, N. M., Lucht, R. P., Kuehner, J. P., Roy, S., Katta, V. R., and Gord, J. R., “Nitric Oxide Concentration Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Flames Using Electronic-Resonance-Enhanced Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering,” Applied Physics B –  Lasers and Optics, 88(1), 141-150, 2007.

 

Kulatilaka, W. D., Chai, N., Naik, S. V., Roy, S., Laurendeau, N. M., Lucht, R. P., Kuehner, J. P., and Gord, J. R., “Effects of Pressure Variations on Electronic-Resonance-Enhanced Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering of Nitric Oxide,” Optics Communications, 274(2), 441-446, 2007.

 

Kuehner, J. P., Anderson, B. B., Flittner, J. G., and Dutton, J. C., “Characteristics of a Central Bleed Jet in Supersonic Axisymmetric Base Flow,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44(2), 347-354, 2007.

 

Kulatilaka, W. D., Chai, N., Naik, S. V., Laurendeau, N. M., Lucht, R. P., Kuehner, J. P., Roy, S. and Gord, J. R., “Measurement of Nitric Oxide Concentrations in Flames Using Electronic-Resonance-Enhanced Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering,” Optics Letters, 31(22), 3357-3359, 2006.

 

Kuehner, J. P. and Mauch, E. K., “Engineering Applications for Demonstrating Mathematical Problem Solving Methods at the Secondary Education Level,” Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 25(4), 189-195, 2006.

 

Kuehner, J. P. and Dutton, J. C., “Acetone PLIF Imaging of a Supersonic Axisymmetric Base Flow with Mass Bleed,” AIAA Journal, 43(8), 1767-1775, 2005.

 

Kuehner, J. P. and Dutton, J. C., “Acetone PLIF Imaging of a Supersonic Axisymmetric Base Flow with Mass Bleed,” 34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Portland, OR, 2004, AIAA 2004-2650.

 

Kuehner, J. P., Woodmansee, M. A., Lucht, R. P., and Dutton, J. C., “High-Resolution Broadband N2 Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy: Comparison of Measurements for Conventional and Modeless Broadband Dye Lasers,” Applied Optics, 42(33), 6757-6767, 2003.

 

Hanna, S. F., Kulatilaka, W. D., Arp, Z., Opatrný, T. Scully, M. O., Kuehner, J. P., and Lucht, R. P., “Electronic-Resonance-Enhanced Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy of Nitric Oxide,” Applied Physics Letters, 83(9), 1887-1889, 2003.

 

Hanna, S. F., Kulatilaka, W. D., Arp, Z., Opatrný, T., Scully, M. O., Kuehner, J. P., and Lucht, R. P., “Electronic-Resonance-Enhanced (ERE) Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) Spectroscopy of Nitric Oxide,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the U. S. Sections of The Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, 2003.

 

Kuehner, J. P., Dutton, J. C., and Lucht, R. P., “High-Resolution N2 CARS Measurements of Pressure, Temperature, and Density Using a Modeless Dye Laser,” 22nd AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2002, AIAA 2002-2915.

 

Foglesong, R. E., Kuehner, J. P., Frazier, T. R., Flamand, L. M., Peters, J. E., and Lucht, R. P., “Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Measurements in a Lean Premixed Gas Turbine Combustor,” Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, ISROMAC - 8,Vol. II, Honolulu, HI, 2000.

 

Woodmansee, M. A., Kuehner, J. P., Lucht, R. P., and Dutton, J. C., “Pressure, Temperature, and Density Measurements Using High-Resolution N2 CARS,” 34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Cleveland, OH, 1998, AIAA 98-3456.

 

Presentations (Washington & Lee students listed in red)

 

Chai, N., Naik, S. V., Kulatilaka, W. D., Lucht, R. P., Laurendeau, N. M., Roy, S., Katta, V. R., Kuehner, J. P., and Gord, J. R., “Nitric Oxide Concentration Profiles in Atmospheric-Pressure Flames Using Electronic-Resonance-Enhanced Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (ERE-CARS),” presented at the 5th US Combustion Meeting, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, March, 2007. 

 

Kisoma, A., Thengtrirat, E., Zheng, R., and Kuehner, J. P., “Application of the Small Aperture Beam Technique to the Free Convection above a Heated Cylinder,” poster presented at the 8th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Undergraduate Scholarship, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, October, 2006.

 

Flittner, J. G., McErlean, M. R., and Kuehner, J. P., “Investigation of Nonresonant Laser-Induced Electrostrictive Gratings for Temperature Measurements in Air at Subatmospheric Pressure,” poster presented at the 8th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Undergraduate Scholarship, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, October, 2006.

 

Chachula, K. A. and Kuehner, J. P., “Advancement of the Small Aperture Beam Technique for Density Measurements,” poster presented at the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Undergraduate Scholarship, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, October, 2005.

 

Kuehner, J. P., Anderson, B. B., Flittner, J. G., and Dutton, J. C., “Acetone PLIF Imaging of a Supersonic Axisymmetric Base Flow with Mass Bleed,” presented at the annual Base Flow Review for the Army Research Office at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May, 2005.

 

Anderson, B. B., Flittner, J. G., Kuehner, J. P., and Dutton, J. C., “Analysis of Laser Diagnostic Measurements of a High-Speed Turbulent Missile Flow,” poster presented at the 19th National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, April, 2005.

 

Grants

 

AFOSR Phase II STTR, as subcontractor, “Electronic-resonance-enhanced CARS for quantitative in-situ nitric oxide measurements in high-pressure combustors,” October, 2006, selected for award.

 

Jeffress Research Grant Renewal, "Investigation of Nonresonant Laser-Induced Electrostrictive Gratings for Temperature Measurements in Air at Subatmospheric Pressure," January, 2007 –December, 2007, $10,000.

 

R. E. Lee Research Grant, "Independent Density Gradient and Temperature Measurements in High Temperature and Low Pressure Gas Dynamic Environments," June – August, 2006, $9,920.

 

Jeffress Research Grant, "Investigation of Nonresonant Laser-Induced Electrostrictive Gratings for Temperature Measurements in Air at Subatmospheric Pressure," January, 2006 – December, 2006, $25,000.

 

Glenn Grant, "Advancement of the Small Aperture Beam Technique for Density Measurements," June – August, 2005, $3,000.

 

R. E. Lee Research Grant, "Advancement of the Small Aperture Beam Technique for Density Measurements," June – August, 2005, $3,100.

 

References

 

Available upon request.