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Richard B. Peterson

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Professor

Thermodynamics, Energy Systems, Heat Transfer, Combustion Research


Office: Rogers 314
Tel: 541-737-7095
Fax: 541-737-2600
Richard.Peterson@oregonstate.edu

http://www.engr.orst.edu/~petersr

PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1984
MS, University of California-Berkeley, 1982
BS, University of Nevada-Reno, 1979

At OSU since 1985.
Post-doctoral position 1984–85, NRC/NSF Research Associate at BRL, Aberdeen, MD.


Research Interests

The research interests of Dr. Peterson are in the thermal/fluids area of mechanical engineering. Broad areas of interest of both past and current work include combustion diagnostics, measurement and modeling of heat transfer, meso-and micro-scale energy conversion devices, thin-film property determination, and cooling of electronic components. Several specific research topics are currently being pursued. Click on the link provided above to go to Prof. Peterson's personal web page.