Stephen Wood (Mechanical Engineering)
About Our DOE Fellow:
Stephen Wood is dedicated to advancing the models and techniques of multi-disciplinary design and optimization. Stephen also participates in research at the Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design, Robust Optimization and Control Laboratory that allows Stephen to develop analytic skills to facilitate his DOE research. Stephen Wood left the program and continued his education at the University of Tennessee. He is now a TN-SCORE Energy Scholar PhD Fellow at The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education.
Stephen won 1st place in the Student Poster Competition at Waste Management 2011. As part of his EM applied research and thesis topic Stephen is authoring software that enhances the accuracy of the method of characteristics in modeling pipeline transients and a web interface to facilitate its use (Unplugging of High Level Waste Pipelines: Method of Characteristics). This is the third year in a row that a FIU student has won this award.
DOE Related Projects:
Currently, Stephen is assisting Dr. Seckin Golaktun with the investigation of the performance of selected methods in dislodging radioactive waste from pipelines at DOE Sites. His parallel and future work involves modeling of waste materials and conditions in the tanks and pipelines which give rise to blockages as well as the optimization of dislodging methods.