Resume

Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon.
Citizenship: Naturalized U.S. Citizen (1992).

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2001-2003.
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1995-1996.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1994 (Honors).

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND AFFILIATIONS
  • Registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical Engineering) in California.
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Fellow.
  • Member of Water Energy Environment by Invitation (WEEBI) in San Diego.

    • WORK EXPERIENCE
    University of San Diego, San Diego, CA (2014-Present):
    Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering
  • Teaching freshman-level general engineering core courses, Introduction to Engineering ENGR 101and ENGR 102.
  • Teaching junior and senior mechanical engineering major courses Fluid Mechanics, MENG 360 and Heat Transfer, MENG 400.
  • Teaching hands-on laboratory courses, Fluid Mechanics Laboratories, MENG 360L and Heat Transfer Laboratories, MENG 400L.
  • Teaching technical elective course Computational Fluid Dynamics, MENG 494.
  • Participating in the Living Learning Community (LLC) program.
  • Advising over 50 ME students. Meet with students regarding their academic goals.
  • Guide undergraduate students in research projects.

    • Sandia National Laboratories (2004-2014):
    Manager, Energy Systems Engineering and Analysis Department, Livermore, CA (2012-2014)
  • Leading a group of scientists and engineers working on various projects including the Sandia Cooler project, a multi-million dollar project funded by DOE and consisting of experimental and computational task.
    • Manager, Structural and Thermal Analysis Department, Albuquerque, NM (2009-2012)
  • Lead the team that provided structural and safety analysis for Curiosity (Rover that landed on Mars in August 2012).
  • Program manager for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) projects lead by staff under my supervision between 2010 and 2012.
  • Contributed to the effort creating a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Sandia Labs and the University of New Mexico.
  • Provide project management for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project for DOE. The largest fire test to date was performed at Sandia under this project.
  • Provide Advanced Simulation and Computing program management to DOE.
    • Member of Technical Staff, Albuquerque, NM (2004-2009)
  • Responsible for the development of the MASCOT tool for the emergency center at the NRC.
  • Responsible for the High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) code development and assessment project.
  • Performed FLUENT simulations for spent fuel pool for nuclear reactors.
  • Provide numerical simulations for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) caverns.
  • Involved in code development of MELCOR, an engineering-level computer code developed at Sandia that models the progression of severe accidents in nuclear power plants.
  • Responsible for numerical and experimental thermal studies of transportation packages. Performed thermal analysis of packages using PATRAN, FLUENT, and other codes developed at Sandia.

    • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (2006-2012):
    Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Teaching Internal Combustion Engine class to seniors and graduate students in the engineering department.
  • Lead a group of about 20 students every year in a project consisting of building a race car to participate in FSAE.

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Assistant (2001-2003):
  • Numerical and experimental studies of Supercritical Fluids Expansions.
  • Teaching Assistant for several upper division engineering courses.
  • Research Assistant in Gas Dynamics Laboratory.

    • Hamilton Sundstrand, United Technologies, San Diego, CA (1997-2001):
  • Conduct structural analyses of rotating and static components for small gas turbine engines. Analyses included application of finite element methods, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, C and Fortran programming.
  • Responsible for mechanical design for several structural and high speed rotating components using UNIGRAPHICS and other CAD programs.
  • Responsible for conducting the qualification testing for vibrations for several components and systems.
  • Responsible for conducting engine tests in support of development activities.
    • Composite Optics Incorporated, San Diego, CA (1996):
  • Design of composite lightweight structures used in aerospace industry.
  • Testing of composite structures.

    • HONORS & AWARDS
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) fellow nomination award, a membership grade of distinction. (2018)
  • Nominated for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award by the office of undergraduate research, USD. (2018 and 2016)
  • Received the Mortar Board Award of the Alcala Chapter in recognition of outstanding Scholarship, Leadership and Service, USD. (2018 and 2015)
  • Woman of Impact nomination award, USD. (2017)
  • Best Presentation Award. 19th International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Fuel Management. (2017)
  • Employee Recognition Award at Sandia Labs for LNG project. (2010)
  • Received several Spot Awards at Sandia in recognition of my contribution. (2004-2014)
  • Powell Graduate Fellowship, UCSD. (2002-2003)
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant award, UCSD. (1994-1995)
  • UCSD Regent Scholar. (1991-1994)

    • SCHOLARSHIP
  • Collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories to study the thermal-hydraulic response of dry storage cask simulators for spent nuclear fuel. (2018-2019)
  • Collaboration on research with Professor Roger Ghanem, an expert in uncertainty quantification at Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California. (2016-Present)
  • Supervising undergraduate research for Quinn Pratt, supported by ERC School of Engineering, USD. (February 2016-Present)
  • Supervised undergraduate research for Harrison Schmachtenberger, recipient of Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) award. (summer 2016)
  • Supervised research for Antoine Gatinet, a visiting scholar from France. (September 2015-February 2016)

    • SERVICE
  • Member of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee, USD. (October 2016-Present)
  • Member of the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering Career Readiness Program committee. (2016-Present)
  • Founded the ASHRAE San Diego chapter student group at USD, served as faculty advisor. (2014-2016)
  • Faculty advisor for 3DUSD, a 3D printing student organization, established in September 2015.
  • ession chair at the AAAS Pacific Division Annual Meeting, USD. (summer 2016)
  • Participated in Spring Transfer Day, USD. (2016 and 2017)
  • Participated in the visit of Chief Administrator for the U.S. EPA to USD. (October 2015)
  • Attended the Society of Women Engineer Evening with Industry event, USD. (2016 and 2017)
  • Invited by Qualcomm's Women in Science and Engineering to attend the IEEE Women in Engineering event, San Diego. (September 2016)
  • NSF Reviewer, served as a panelist for the review of proposals submitted to the NSF Fluid Dynamics program, 12 proposals. (March 2016)

    • CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
  • 2016. “Uncertainty Quantification in Two-dimensional Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies”, AAAS Pacific Division Annual Meeting, San Diego.
  • 2016. “Uncertainty Quantification Using Polynomial Chaos Expansion in Numerical Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies”, Collaborative Conference on 3D and Materials Research, South Korea.

    • GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
  • DOE, Office of Renewable Energy, "Numerical Study of Energy Usage of USD Buildings Using EnergyPlus," Sponsored by Oakridge National Laboratory, $198K, 2015. (declined)
  • National Science Foundation Career Award, "Design optimization under uncertainty of wind turbines blades”, $575K, 2015. (declined)

    • DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
  • Uncertainty Quantification Summer School, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. (August 2015)
  • 17th International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources, Paris, France. (June 2015)
  • NETI workshop, American Society for Engineering Education, Seattle, Washington. (June 2015)
  • New Faculty training and Blackboard training sessions, USD. (August 2014)

    • PUBLICATIONS
  • Imane Khalil et al, “Modeling a thermoplate conical heat exchanger in a point focus solar thermal collector”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. (2019)
  • Imane Khalil et al, “MATLAB/FLUENT Model for Studying the Uncertainty Quantification of Spent Nuclear Fuel Heat Transfer”, Nuclear Technology Journal. submitted (2018)
  • Imane Khalil et al, “Experimental and numerical modeling of heat transfer in directed thermoplates”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. (2018)
  • Imane Khalil et al, “Heat Transfer Modeling of Spent Nuclear Fuel Using Uncertainty Quantification and Polynomial Chaos Expansion”, Journal of Heat Transfer. (2018)
  • Imane Khalil et al, “Two-Dimensional Modeling of Spent Nuclear Fuel Using FLUENT”, International Journal of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering. (2017)
  • Program Manager Imane Khalil, “Development of the Sandia Cooler”, Sandia Report, SAND 2013-10712, December 2013.
  • Imane Khalil and Steve Webb. “Numerical Simulations of Lab-Scale Brine-Water Mixing Experiments”. Sandia Report, SAND 2006-5418. October 2006.
  • Imane Khalil and Joe Koski. “Response of a Rail Cask to Long Exposures of Small and Offset Pool Fires”. 46th Annual Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Conference, July 2005.
  • Ahti Suo-Anttila, Carlos Lopez, Imane Khalil, “Users Manual for CAFE-3D: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Fire Code”, Sandia Report, SAND 2005-1469, March 2005.
  • Khalil and D. Miller. “The Free-Jet Expansion of Supercritical CO2 From a Capillary Source”. Proc. of the 24th Int. Symp. on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Bari, Italy, 2004.
  • Khalil and D. Miller. “The Structure of Supercritical Fluid Free-Jet Expansions”. AIChE Journal, Vol 50, No.11, November 2004.
  • Khalil and D. Miller. “The Interaction of a Supercritical Fluid Free-Jet Expansion with a Flat Surface”. Proceedings of the 6th Int. Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Vol. 1, page 655, Versailles, France, 2003.
  • Imane Khalil, “Free Jet Expansion of Supercritical CO2”, PhD Thesis, University of California San Diego, 2003.

    • REFERENCES
    Available upon request.