Topic: Gas Turbine Heat Transfer
 
Time: 9：30－11：00am, May 28, 2010（Friday）
Venue: F310，Mechanical Building A
 
Professor Karen A. Thole
Department Head
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University (PSU)

Expertise:
Convective heat transfer; turbulent boundary layers; high freestream turbulence; gas turbine heat transfer.
 
Education:
 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 1992
 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1984
 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1982
 
Positions Held:
 1. The Pennsylvania State University, Department Head, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, 2006-Present
 2. Virginia Tech, Assistant Department Head for Research, Mechanical Engineering Department, 2004-2006
 3. Virginia Tech, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, 2003-2006
 4. Virginia Tech, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, 2001-2003
 5. Virginia Tech, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, 1999-2001
 6. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, 1994-1998
 7. University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery, 1993-1994