Jacqueline O'Connor is an American mechanical engineer whose research concerns the fluid dynamics in combustion, including the experimental observation of reacting flows using high-speed lasers,[1] and decarbonization of carbon-intensive industries.[2] She is a professor of mechanical engineer at Pennsylvania State University, where she heads the Reacting Flow Dynamics Laboratory.[3]

Education and career

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O'Connor graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in aeronautics. She went on to graduate study in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, where she received a master's degree in 2009 and completed her Ph.D. in 2012.[4]

She joined the Pennsylvania State University faculty after postdoctoral research at Sandia National Laboratories.[4] She is also affiliated with the Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment,[1] and an associate director of the Penn State Climate Consortium.[2]

Recognition

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O'Connor was named as an ASME Fellow in the 2020 class of fellows;[5] she is also an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[4] She was one of two recipients of the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award of the Combustion Institute.[6]

In 2024, she received the Penn State Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching and was named as a Penn State Teaching Fellow.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jacqueline O'Connor, Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment, retrieved 2024-11-16
  2. ^ a b Penn State Climate Consortium adds two associate directors to leadership team, Pennsylvania State University, May 9, 2024, retrieved 2024-11-16
  3. ^ "Jacqueline O'Connor", Directory, Pennsylvania State University Mechanical Engineering, retrieved 2024-11-16
  4. ^ a b c "Faculty", Reacting Flow Dynamics Laboratory, retrieved 2024-11-16
  5. ^ All Fellows (PDF), ASME, March 2024, retrieved 2024-11-16
  6. ^ Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award, Combustion Institute, retrieved 2024-11-16
  7. ^ Gil, Molloy, O’Connor named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows, Pennsylvania State University, March 26, 2024, retrieved 2024-11-16
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