The Center for Applied Thermodynamic Studies (CATS)

MISSION

The mission of the Center for Applied Thermodynamic Studies is to provide the scientific and engineering communities with the highest quality information concerning the thermophysical properties of fluids and fluid mixtures.

FACULTY

• Dr. Steve Penoncello, Director, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho
• Dr. Richard Jacobsen, Dean, College of Engineering, Idaho State University
• Dr. Reid Miller, Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, Washington State University
• Dr. Richard B. Stewart, Director Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho

CURRENT STUDENTS

• Jennifer Hasenoehrl - Measurement of Vapor Pressure of Several Fluids used in Thermal Management of Electronics (M.S. in progress - Major Professor:  Steve Penoncello)
• Lane Kleppen- Pressure Calibration Methods (undergraduate research assistant)

RECENT STUDENTS

• David Rowe - Exergy Analysis of Commercial Buildings (M.S. 2007 - Major Professor:  Steve Penoncello).  Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota.
• Jacob Leachman - New Fundamental Equations of State Hydrogen (M.S. 2007 - Major Professor:  Richard Jacobsen).  Currently a Ph.D. Student at the University of Wisconsin.
• Veronica Miller - The Design of an Ebulliometer for Measurement of Vapor Pressures up to 3 MPa (M.S. 2006 - Major Professor:  Steve Penoncello).  Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Mark Paulus - The Thermodynamic Properites of the Water-Carbon Dioxide System based on the Lemmon-Jacobsen Mixture Model (M.S. 2004 - Major Professor:  Steve Penoncello)
• Yanlin (Elaine) Zeng - A Fundamental Equation for the Thermodynamic Properties of Methanol (M.S. 2004 - Major Professor:  Steve Penoncello)
• Heather Dillon - A Fundamental Equation for the Thermodynamic Properties of Ethanol (M.S. 2002 - Major Professor:  Steve Penoncello)