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Brief Biographical Sketch
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Dr. Richard B. Peterson |
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Professor of Mechanical
Engineering; School of Mechanical, Industrial and
Manufacturing Engineering |
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Director of the Advanced Tactical
Energy Systems Program |
Richard B. Peterson received his
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California,
Berkeley in 1984. He is currently an Associate Professor in Mechanical
Engineering at Oregon State University. His specialty areas include heat
transfer, thermodynamics, and combustion, especially in miniature and microscale
energy systems with emphasis on microscale heat engines. Dr. Peterson has been on the faculty at
Oregon State University since 1985 where he continues his research in
the area of thermal/fluids. Currently, Dr. Peterson is an active member
of the MECS (Microtechnology-based Energy and Chemical Systems) Group
within the College of Engineering. This group, among other
activities, is using microlamination to build energy conversion devices
such as miniature and microscale heat engines, heat pumps, and micro combustors. Specific
work in this area includes the analysis of microsystems that employ a
temperature difference for their operation and examining the performance
of these devices when scaled. Dr. Peterson is an active member of ASME
and AAAS. He reviews manuscripts for a variety of professional journals
and conferences as well as organizes workshops and technical sessions at
national meetings. He is a member of the K-11 subcommittee of ASME on
heat transfer in combustion and fires, and has recently chaired the
Committee on Miniature Energy Systems in the Advanced Energy Systems
Division of ASME. Dr. Peterson has over 50 papers in both refereed
journals and conference proceedings and his work has been supported by a
variety of sources including the National Science Foundation, the
Department of Defense (DARPA and ARL), the Department of Energy, and
various corporate sponsors.
Links to Most Recent Writing Projects
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Richard B. Peterson
Associate Professor
Combustion, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer Research |
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B.S. 1979, University of Nevada-Reno
M.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1984, University of California-Berkeley
Post-doctoral position 1984-85, NRC/NSF Research
Associate at BRL, Aberdeen, MD |
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- Miniature and Microscale Energy Systems
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Chapter 1 in the book:
Heat and Fluid Flow in Microscale and Nanoscale
Structures, editors Faghri and Sunden |
- Heat Engine/Combustor Model Development
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Article: Development of an Analytical
Model Useful for Micro Heat Engine Analysis
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Submitted to: Intl. Comm. in Heat and
Mass Transfer, 2004 |
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See the
Paper |
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Technical Photo of Interest |
Contact Information |
This
photo was taken in our lab and shows a catalytic micro combustor
burning propane and air. The combustor was arranged in a
counterflow configuration and used platinum wire as the
catalytic material. |
Richard B. Peterson
Department of Mechanical Engineering
204 Rogers Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: 541-737-7095
Fax: 541-737-2600
E-mail:
Richard.Peterson@oregonstate.edu |
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Links to Other Micro Energy Systems, Micro Engine Work |
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1.) U.C.
Berkeley's micro rotary engine project. 2.) Website
describes work at the University of Minnesota on
MEMS
Free-Piston Knock Engine.
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Micro engine work at the University of Birmingham.
4.) Micro turbine
work at MDOT aerospace.
5.)
Micro gas turbine work at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Celestijnenlaan 300B, 3001
Leuven, Belgium.
6.)
MIT micro combustor for micro gas turbine (see
also this link).
Feature article on MIT micro gas turbine.
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Micro heat engine work at Washington State University.
More on the WSU micro engine.
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Small Packages -- Featured article in ME magazine by R. B.
Peterson.
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Solid
piston micro engine work at the Pennsylvania State
University.
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Monopropellant small-scale energy systems at Vanderbilt
University. 11.)
An "Informal" survey of power MEMS, by Jacobson and Epstein.
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Meeting the Energy Needs of Future Warriors (2004), Board on
Army Science and Technology (BAST) 13.)
Micro power generation review paper by Fernandez-Pello,
University of California, Berkeley. |
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Links to Other Micro Energy Systems,
Radiocatalytic Effects |
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1.) See list of
reference papers on this subject. |
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