Department
Department of Engineering Science
Phone
+1 (210) 9997518
Email Address
plkelly@trinity.edu
Location
Center for the Sciences and Innovation
Room
470M
Website
Peter Kelly-Zion's Digital Commons Page

Dr. Peter Kelly-Zion joined Trinity University in 1999, after studying diesel engine combustion at Sandia National Laboratories, and fuel-air preparation in spark-ignition engines at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also worked in industry as a research engineer for Eclipse Combustion. Dr. Kelly-Zion's current research interest is the transport phenomena related to the evaporation of drops and liquid films.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
  • B.S., Washington University
  • B.A., Grinnell College

Selected Publications

  • P. L. Kelly-Zion, C. J. Pursell, G. N. Wassom, B. V. Mandelkorn, C. Nkinthorn, "Correlation for Sessile Drop Evaporation Over a Wide Range of Drop Volatilities, Ambient Gases and Pressures," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 118 (2018), pp. 355-367.
  • P. L. Kelly-Zion, C. J. Pursell, N. Hasbamrer, B. Cardozo, K. Gaughan, and K. Nickels, "Vapor Distribution above an Evaporating Sessile Drop,"  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 65 (2013), pp. 165-172.
  • P. L. Kelly-Zion, J. Batra, and C. J. Pursell, "Correlation for the Convective and Diffusive Evaporation of a Sessile Drop,"  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 64 (2013), pp. 278-285.
  • P. L. Kelly-Zion, C. J. Pursell,  S. Vaidya, and J. Batra, "Evaporation of Sessile Drops under Combined Diffusion and Natural Convection," Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem Eng. Aspects, 381, 1-3 (2011), pp. 31-36.

Subjects Taught

  • Engineering Design
  • Statics
  • Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Computational Methods

Community Service & Involvement

  • Member of the executive committee of the San Antonio Chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Scholarships Chair for the San Antonio Chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 502d Air Base Wing Honorary Commander

Teaching and Expertise

  • Transport phenomena related to evaporation
  • Engine combustion
  • Liquid atomization and sprays