Galen Jackson Email & Phone Number

West Lafayette, In

•Part-time employment•Model thermodynamic devices in Simulink

West Lafayette, In

Work under Dr. Timothy Fisher• Primary emphasis on thermal energy storage• Temperature control of devices using latent heat properties and phase change materials• Investigate transient heating applications• Numerically model phase change processes using Matlab and Simulink• Validate numerical models and designs using analytical solutions and experiments• Incorporate uncertainty quantification into research using the Taylor Series and Monte-Carlo Methods

West Lafayette, In

Class: Thermodynamics I• Assist students with homework assignments as Teaching Assistant• Prepare quizzes for designated class section• Substitute teach for mentor for at least four class lectures Taught Thermodynamics I as an instructor during the Fall 2016 semester

West Lafayette, In

Class: Mass and Heat Transfer• Monitored two lab sections for Mass and Heat Transfer• Prepared notes, lectured on aspects of heat transfer, and provided supplemental materials for lab• Created a grading rubric for each lab report and determined distribution of points• Organized and ran Blackboard for both sections• Maintained lab environment and supervised student projects

Columbia, Mo

Worked under Dr. Hongbin Ma • Investigated oscillating heat pipes:• Wrote literature review on working fluids used in oscillating heat pipes• Modeled capillary action using the Young-Laplace equation utilizing Matlab numerical solvers

Columbia, Mo

• Constructed circuit boards from chemical etching to soldering of components• Drafted sections of the engineering building using AutoCAD

Troy, Ny

Worked with Dr. Amir Hirsa• Assisted with research of liquid/liquid lenses• Built prototype test cell for liquid/liquid lens experiment• Created figures and diagrams for various research proposals using AutoCAD and Solidworks

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Studied Mechanical Engineering with a research focus on heat transfer and thermal energy storage. Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.629

Activities and Societies: National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Inducted 2010), Pi Tau Sigma- Mechanical Engineering Honor’s Society.