Michael Devinney Email & Phone Number

Oak Ridge TN

Madison, Wisconsin Area

-Operated and maintained the MadHeX (Madison Helicon eXperiment) system, a low pressure helicon wave plasma experiment whose purpose is to investigate the basic physics of heliconsources, including neutral depletion effects, double layer ion acceleration, magnetic nozzle effects, and helicon wave propagation with an emphasis in cutting edge space based.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

ME-370 Energy Systems Laboratory -Taught, monitored and maintained laboratory course concerning the experimental evaluation and analysis of the performance of various energy conversion systems such as turbines, compressors, refrigerators, fans, CD nozzles and internal combustion engines

Madison, Wisconsin Area

ECE-220 Electro and Magneto Statics / Transmission Lines -Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, met with students upon request, and graded written assessments-Held office hours, homework help sessions and discussion sessions weekly -Implemented flipped classroom model, using browser based homework and comprehension quizzes within the Moodle.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

ME-240 Dynamics and Mechanical Analysis -Responsible for two 30 student sections, lecturing four times a week -Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, met with students upon request, and graded all written work, including final exam papers.

Carbondale Il

-Developed wind powered auto thermophilic aerobic digester to treat waste water in developing countries funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.-Developed sensor array and wireless transmission of target diagnostics -Designed and constructed key experiments and methods to determine the feasibility of wind powered off grid operation.

Carbondale Illinois

- Managed the team to design and build a wind tunnel apparatus to experimentally test the pressure drop and recovery of underdeveloped flow through aeronautical HVAC orifice fittings. - Used experimental results in conjunction with computational fluid dynamic simulations within FLUENT to validate turbulence models in the application of aeronautical HVAC.

Carbondale Illinois

-Managed multiple aggressive application computer labs in engineering college-Supported several modernization and network rollouts -College of Engineering faculty technical support and computer repair

Carbondale Illinois

-Assisted in the study of coal dust propagation within room and pillar mines using Discrete Phase Modeling within FLUENT. -Conducted study to validate turbulence models within FLUENT against experimental measurements of methane distribution during continuous mining operations

Cromwell Kentucky

-Independently developed, modeled, designed and constructed a batch bio-reactor, to autonomously grow large quantities of ammonia nitrifiers used in wastewater treatment operations -The design and operation have been distributed and successfully implemented at other plants -Quickly came up to operational capacity by reading environmental engineering.

Bowling Green Kentucky

-Complete HVAC rebuild of a 6 story college dormitory, developed piping application and installation skills working 50 hours per week.

Carbondale Illinois

-Supervised inventory and sales in multiple hardware departments, averaged 30 hours per week during semester.

Masters Of Science, Electrical Engineering / Applied Physics / Plasma

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering / Mathematics