James R. Valentine
Senior Engineer
Email: valentinereaction-eng.com

Summary

Jim Valentine, a Senior Engineer at REI since 1996, has worked extensively in CFD modeling of large scale, industrial pulverized coal furnaces and in the development and application of sub-models. His experience at REI includes modeling of low NOx systems, particle tracking, modeling of waterwall corrosion, and modeling of soot. Prior to joining REI, he worked in modeling of aerodynamic flows, tracking of particles in curvilinear coordinate systems, and modeling of particle deposition.

Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1995
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 1988
• B.S. Botany (Mathematics minor), University of New Hampshire, 1974

Experience

• Senior Engineer, Reaction Engineering International, (1996 - present)
  • Performing research and analyses in combustion, thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics as a consultant for industries dealing with problems of detailed turbulent reacting flow modeling, pollutant emissions, burner design, and post combustion emissions control.
  
  


• Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT (1995 - 1996)
  
  


• Research/Teaching Assistant, Departments of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT (1991-1994)
  • Developed a two phase flow computer code to simulate an airfoil in rain for PhD research. Taught and graded sections of undergraduate fluid mechanics laboratory class. Conducted problem sessions and helped in grading of undergraduate fluid mechanics and thermodynamics classes. Responsible for most of the system administration of a multi-user Silicon Graphics workstation.
  
  


• Instructor,, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, Summer 1992
  • Taught a senior/graduate level summer quarter aerodynamics class. Responsible for preparation of course outline, preparation and presentation of lectures and exams, and grading.
  
  


• Research Assistant, NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, (Summer 1991)
  • Generated body-fitted grids (with Gridgen) on a Silicon Graphics workstation and used a NASA computer code to determine the flow fields around airfoils. This was the first step in the development of a computer code to simulate an airfoil in rain.
  
  


• Associated Western Universities Fellowship, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Idaho Falls, ID (Summer 1990)
  • Developed a simple numerical model and computer code to simulate heat transfer for the two-phase flow in a nuclear power plant steam generator.
  
  


• Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO (1988 - 1990)
  • Taught undergraduate fluids, thermodynamics, kinematics, and computer graphics classes. Responsible for the preparation of course outlines; preparation and presentation of lectures, exams, and projects; and grading. Computer graphics class involved Fortran, Pascal, and C graphics programming; rendering of curves, surface patches, and shaded polyhedrons; window manipulation; three-dimensional transformations; and hidden line and surface removal.
  
  


• Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO (1986 - 1988)
  • Worked in computational fluid dynamics research leading to thesis.
  
  

Professional Associations and Awards

• Member Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society.
• Member Pi Tau Sigma, National Honor Fraternity for Mechanical Engineers.
• Recipient Associated Western Universities Graduate Student Fellowship, 1990.
• Recipient Graduate Research Award, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1993

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