KEVIN GLEASON
Phone: (305) 510-6920
Email: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Master of Science – Aerospace Engineering, May 2015 (predicted)
Accelerated B.S./M.S. Program Advisor: Dr. Shawn A. Putnam
Thermofluid Aerodynamic Systems Thesis Track
University of Central Florida; Orlando, FL.
Bachelor of Science – Aerospace Engineering, May 2014
Cum Laude Honors, Honors in the Major, & Accelerated B.S./M.S.
Major GPA: 3.9/4.0 Advisor: Dr. Shawn A. Putnam
University of Central Florida; Orlando, FL.
PUBLICATIONS
? K. Gleason, and S. A. Putnam, Microdroplet Evaporation with a Forced Pinned Contact
Line. Langmuir, 30(34):10548–10555, August 2014.
DOI Link: 10.1021//la501770g
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? K. Gleason, and S. A. Putnam, Simulating the Evaporation of Pinned Water Microdroplets with Implementation of a Surface Concentration Distribution. IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermalmechanical Phenomena in Electronic
Systems (ITherm), 1222-1227, Orlando, FL, USA, May 27th – 30th 2014.
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DOI Link: 10.1109//ITHERM.2014.6892420
? K. Gleason, Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Microdroplet Evaporation
with a Forced Pinned Contact Line. Honors Undergraduate Thesis, University of
Central Florida, May 2014.
DOI Link: 29CF032803112
APPOINTMENTS
Graduate Research Assistant:
May 2014 – Current
1) Project with NASA Kennedy Space Center Launch Services to experimentally measure the rate of vapor migration into a payload fairing on a launch vehicle caused
by a malfunctioning environmental control system. Custom thermodynamic testing
chamber to simulate a wide range of launch vehicle operating conditions.
2) Experimental work toward developing a low temperature, evaporation based vapor
deposition of 2D materials to arbitrary substrates.
⇒ Patent disclosure application in progress.
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Research Assistant:
Nov. 2012 – May 2014
Focused on thermal transport at liquid-vapor interfaces (www.PutnamLabs.com).
Research efforts were directed toward understanding the fundamentals of microdroplet evaporation, and the role a liquid-vapor interface portrays in evaporative
heat transfer for active thermal control.
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Teachinggg Assistant//Tutor:
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⇒ Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
⇒ Engineering Thermodynamics
⇒ Aerospace Vibration Analysis
⇒ Aeroelasticity
⇒ Fundamentals of Aerospace Flight
⇒ Engineering Analysis: Dynamics
May 2011 – Dec. 2013
Jan. 2015 – Current
PRESENTATIONS
? Oral & Poster Presentation – ‘Steady State Microdroplet Evaporation: Fundamentals
for Thermal Management and Applications to Monolayer Materials,’ Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Research Symposium. University
of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, February 6th 2015.
⇒ Best Presentation Award
? Poster Presentation – ‘Test Measurement of Water Vapor Migration Between a Simulated Launch Site Environment and Pre-Conditioned Air Volume,’ AIAA SciTech
2015 Conference, Kissimmee, FL, January 8th 2015.
? Poster Presentation – ‘Microdroplet Evaporation with a Forced Pinned Contact Line,’
Summer Research Academy. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, June 13th
2014. – Invited
? Oral & Poster Presentation – ‘Simulating the Evaporation of Pinned Water Microdroplets with Implementation of a Surface Concentration Distribution,’ ITherm
2014: IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena
in Electrical Systems. Orlando, FL, May 30th 2014.
? Poster Presentation – ‘Microdroplet Evaporation with a Forced Pinned Contact Line,’
Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence. University of Central Florida,
Orlando, FL, April 3rd 2014.
⇒ Received an honorable mention award.
HONORS & AWARDS
→ Department Nominee for UCF College of Engineering 2014 Founders’ Award
→ Office of Undergraduate Research Student Research Grant
→ Honors in the Major Scholarship
→ Honorable Mention Award at UCF Undergraduate Research Showcase
→ Accelerated B.S./M.S. program
→ Cum Laude Honors
→ Honors in the Major in Aerospace Engineering
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
∗ American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) – National Member
∗ Participated in National AIAA Student Design/Build/Fly Competition 2013-2014.
⇒ Key contributor to report writing and construction of prototype/final aircraft.
⇒ Gained experience in CAD, laser cutting, and electronic equipment testing.
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