Dr. Kelly Homan
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996. M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, 1990. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, since 2001. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1997-2001. Post-doctoral Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Advisor: John S. Walker, 1996-97. Graduate Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Advisor: S. L. Soo, 1991-96. Graduate Teaching Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 1990.
Research Interest
Fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics of energy systems, Heat and mass transfer in buoyant flows, second-law and exergy analysis, numerical simulation of transport phenomena and experimental methods.
Publications
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A.M. Boies and K.O. Homan. Improving discharge characteristics of indirect integral collector storage systems with multi-element storage. In International Solar Energy Conference, ASME, 2004. Paper ISEC2004-65188.
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K.O. Homan. Measures of local thermal mixing during filling of stratified thermal storage. In 33rd National Heat Transfer Conference. ASME, 1999. Paper NHTC99-212.
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G.G. Gardner and K.O. Homan. Partial cycling of stratified thermal storage devices: uniform initial condition (RP-1147). Int. J. HVAC&R Research, submitted, 2005.
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J.W. McMenamy and K.O. Homan. Transient and rate-dependent performance of conventional electric storage water heating systems. ASME J. Solar Energy Engineering, accepted, 2005.
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K.O. Homan. Integral solutions for transient temperature profiles in stably-stratified open enclosures. ASME J. Heat Transfer, 125:273-281, 2003.
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K. O. Homan and S. L. Soo. Model of the transient stratified flow into a chilled water storage tank. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 40:4367-4377, 1997.
