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People Mark Kimber

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

mlk53@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8111
Fax: 412-624-8069
Office: BENDM 206

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2008.
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2004.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2002.

Professional Interests

Dr. Kimber’s research interests include energy accountability and sustainability in electronic equipment, energy efficient and biomimetic methods of propulsion, and thermal hydraulics in nuclear energy generation.  His past research has focused on thermal management in electronic equipment with an emphasis on energy efficiency.

selected publications

Kimber, M., Suzuki, K., Kitsunai, N., Seki, K., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Flow Rate and Pressure Characteristics of Piezoelectric Fans,” IEEE Components and Packaging Technologies (in press).

Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Cooling Performance of Arrays of Vibrating Cantilevers,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer (accepted for publication).

Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Measurement and Prediction of the Cooling Characteristics of a Generalized Vibrating Piezoelectric Fan,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (accepted for publication).

Bidkar, R.A., Kimber, M., Raman, A., Bajaj, A.K., and Garimella, S.V., 2009, “Amplitude-dependent Aerodynamic Damping of Slender Sharp-edged Structures,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics (accepted for publication).

Kimber, M., Lonergan, R., and Garimella, S.V., 2009 “Experimental Study of Aerodynamic Damping in Arrays of Vibrating Cantilevers,” Journal of Fluids and Structures (in review).

Kimber, M., Garimella, S.V., and Raman, A., 2007, “Local Heat Transfer Coefficients Induced by Piezoelectrically Actuated Vibrating Cantilevers,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 129(9), pp. 1168-1176.

Lonergan, R., Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., 2008, “Vibration Coupling in Arrays of Oscillating Piezoelectric Fans,” Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies, ThETA2, Cairo, Egypt, December 17-20.

Kimber, M., Suzuki, K., Kitsunai, N., Seki, K., and Garimella, S.V., 2008, “Quantification of Piezoelectric Fan Flow Rate Performance and Identification of Installation Effects,” Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena, Orlando, FL.

Kimber, M., and Garimella, S.V., 2007, “Local Heat Transfer Characteristics of Flows Induced by Multiple Piezoelectrically Actuated Vibrating Cantilevers,” HT2007-32394, Proceedings of the ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Kimber, M., Garimella, S.V., and Raman, A., 2006, “Experimental Mapping of Local Heat Transfer Coefficients under Multiple Piezoelectric Fans,” IMECE2006-13922, Proceedings of International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Chicago, IL. 

Kimber, M., Garimella, S.V., and Raman, A., 2006, “An Experimental Study of Fluidic Coupling between Multiple Piezoelectric Fans,” Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena, San Diego, CA, pp. 333-340.

Curriculum Vitae

Prior to joining the department in 2008, Dr. Kimber conducted thermal and fluidic studies at Purdue University in piezoelectric fans for use as low-power heat transfer enhancement devices.  He was the recipient of the Laura Winkelman Davidson Fellowship (2006-2007) and the Graduate Student of the Year Award in the School of Mechanical Engineering (2008).

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