Herek Clack, PhD
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Office: E1-252D
Phone: 312.567.3184
Fax: 312.567.7230
Email:
clack@iit.edu
Web:
ATESR Lab
Expertise
- Thermofluid systems.
Education
- B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1998
Research
Design and development of advanced thermofluid systems with application toward: combustion and combustion emissions; hazardous waste incineration; atomization and sprays; phase change and heat and mass transfer; microelectromechancial systems for power and propulsion (MEMS power).
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
- Rockwell International, Rocketdyne Division Manager's Award (1992, 1993)
- Los Angeles Council of Black Professional Engineers, President's Award (1992)
- Air and Waste Management Association, Golden West Chapter Student Award (1997)
- National Academies, National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow (1998-1999)
- MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sixteen Stars Distinguished Young Alumni/ae (2000)
- National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award (2003)
- National Academies, National Research Council committee member: Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants (2004-2006)
- National Academies/Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (invited speaker) (2005)
