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    Kevin Cassel, PhD

    Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
    Associate Chair for Graduate Programs

    Office: E1-209
    Phone: 312.567.5939
    Fax: 312.567.7230
    Email: cassel@iit.edu
    Web: Personal Webpage

    Expertise

    • Application of analytical and computational methods in the thermo-fluid sciences.

    Education

    • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Messiah College, 1988
    • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1990
    • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1993

    Research

    Current Projects

    Awards/Honors

    • S. W. Kung Award - for best Ph.D. paper presented at the 1993 Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, Lehigh University.
    • Baldwin Fellowship, Lehigh University (1989-1990).
    • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (1991-1993).
    • National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Standards and Technology (1993-1996).
    • Philip Thomas Medal of Excellence - for best paper presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Melbourne, Australia, March 3-7, 1997.
    • Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (1998-2001).
    • Ralph L. Barnett Excellence in Teaching Award (2001) Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department, Illinois Institute of Technology.
    • Alfred Noble Prize (2002) - for the paper, A Comparison of Navier-Stokes Solutions with the Theoretical Description of Unsteady Separation, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
    • Essential Foreign Participant (2003) Invited to participate in the London Mathematical Society Colloquium on New Developments and Applications of Rapid Fluid Flows as an Essential Foreign Participant (July 2003).

    Patents

    Books

    Selected Publications

    Professional Society Memberships

    Department of Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace Engineering
    10 West 32nd Street
    243 Engineering 1 Building
    Chicago, IL 60616-3793
    Phone: 312.567.3175
    Fax: 312.567.7230