Curriculum Vitae
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering August 2014 - Present
- Montana State University Bozeman, MT
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering August 2011 - August 2014
Cornell University Ithaca, NY - M.S., Mechanical Engineering August 2008 - August 2011
University of Colorado Boulder, CO
Focus: Energy and the Environment - B.S., Mechanical Engineering August 2004 - May 2008
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
Minor: Mathematics
Research Experience
Assistant Professor 2014 - Present
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
- Uncertainty quantification of multiphase flows
- Electrohydrodynamic assisted atomization
- Numerical method for gas-liquid multiphase flows
- Contact line dynamics and gas-liquid flows in porous media
Graduate Research Assistant 2011 - 2014
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Advised by Dr. Olivier Desjardins
- Studied the atomization process of liquid jets including diesel injection, jets in cross-flow, and pressure-swirl atomizers
- Performed high performance computing with massively parallel simulations on billions of grid cells using thousands of computational processors
- Developed numerical schemes based on geometric algorithms to transport quantities in the presence of discontinuities
- Applied the geometric algorithms to the volume-of-fluid method to transport a phase interface with second-order accuracy and discrete conservation
Graduate Research Assistant 2008 - 2011
University of Colorado Boulder, CO
- Advised by Dr. Olivier Desjardins
- Improved level set interface tracking methods with the development of a discontinuous Galerkin discretization and a new interface normal calculation method
- Studied the flow through a pipe subjected to periodic translations and rotations to improve Coriolis flow meters
Undergraduate Researcher 2007 - 2008
Honors Program, Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
- Advised by Dr. Kenneth Visser
- Senior thesis on the feasibility of a contra-rotating vertical-axis wind-turbine-powered home-heating system
- Received first place award at AIAA Northeastern Regional Student Paper Conference
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor 2014 - Present
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
- Courses
- Spring 2016 - EMEC 303 - Computer Aided Engineering III
- Fall 2015 - EMEC 303 - Computer Aided Engineering III
- Fall 2015 - EMEC 100 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
- Spring 2015 - EMEC 303 - Computer Aided Engineering III
- Fall 2014 - EMEC 303 - Computer Aided Engineering III
- Capstone Projects
- Laboratory exercise for EMEC 303 course (2016)
- Human Powered Vehicle Team (2016)
- Conversion of carbureted to fuel injection system (2015)
- Human Powered Vehicle Team (2015)
Instructor 2011 - 2012
Art Institute of Colorado Denver, CO
- Taught physics, robotics, and mechanical engineering courses
- Initiated a new laboratory component for the physics course with biweekly experiments
- Redesigned the robotics course to provide students a goal-oriented project-based course with students actively learning by building robots
- Practiced interactive teaching methods to motivate and engage students
Teaching Assistant for Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 2012
Cornell University, Dr. Charles Williamson Ithaca, NY
- Instructed four sections of students through fluid dynamics laboratory course
- Directed experiments, taught recitations, and graded lab reports
Teaching Assistant for Fluid Dynamics Course 2008
- University of Colorado, Dr. Jean Hertzberg Boulder, CO
- Led review sessions, held office hours, and graded exams and homework assignments
- Received "Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award" - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Tutor 2006 - 2008
- Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
- Tutored individual students in fluids, statics, dynamics, and environmental economics
Work Experience
Intern Summer and Fall 2006
- GE Energy, Reliability Engineering Group Schenectady, NY
- Wrote a visual basic program to optimize wind turbine maintenance schedules
- Developed a \Lessons-Learned Database" to categorize and track failure data for integrated gasication combined cycle power plants
Intern Summer 2004 and 2005
- Millennium Global Technology, Inc. Vernon, NY
- Designed and constructed prototypes at an engineering rm
- Improved design skills, practiced computer-aided-design, and learned machine shop practices
Extra-Curricular Activities
Team Leader 2007 - 2008
- Human-Powered Vehicle Clarkson University
- Led a team of eleven senior mechanical engineers in the design and construction of a fully-enclosed recumbent bicycle
- Competed in the 2008 ASME human-powered vehicle competition in Wisconsin
Suspension Sub-team Leader 2004 - 2007
- Mini-Baja Clarkson University
- Participated in a team that engineered and built an off-road vehicle
- Directed a group of five students with the design and fabrication of the suspension system
- Competed in the SAE Mini-Baja events and earned 2nd place out of 66 teams in 2006
Service and Outreach
Grant proposal Reviewer 2015
- National Science Foundation
Journal Reviewer 2013 - Present
- Journal of Computational Physics
- Communications in Computational Physics
- Atomization and Sprays
NanoDays/MicroDays April 2015
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Worked with middle and high-school students to help them learn about fluid dynamics on the nano and micro scale
Fluid Dynamics Program Instructor June 2013
- 4H Career Exploration Cornell University
- Led a group of high school students through a two-day exploration of fluid dynamics
- Designed and directed multiple experiments and demonstrations
Student Representative 2009 - 2010
- Graduate Committee - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado
- Met biweekly with a group of 9 faculty members to address student, faculty, and departmental concerns
- Contributed significantly to the re-design of the Ph.D. Preliminary Exam process for incoming graduate students
- Participated in the process of updating the department's course requirements for graduate students
Mentor 2009 - 2010
- George Reynolds Middle School Boulder, CO
- Mentored an at-risk middle-school youth weekly through Community Access Mentoring
Symposium Coordinator 2008 - 2009
- Graduate Engineering Annual Research Symposium University of Colorado
- Led the student group who organized a department-wide research conference with over 20 presenters
- Coordinated industrial sponsors, visiting prospective students, catering, advertising, web-site development, and presentations
Refereed Journal Articles
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (under review) ``A mass and momentum conserving unsplit semi-Lagrangian framework for simulating multiphase flows'', Journal of Computational Physics.
- Sheehy, P., Owkes, M. (under review) ``Numerical Study of Electric Reynolds Number of Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Assisted Atomization'', Atomization and Sprays.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2014) ``A mesh-decoupled height function method for computing interface curvature'', Journal of Computational Physics, 281, 285-300.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2014) "A computational framework for three-dimensional, un-split, geometric transport with applications to the volume-of-fluid (VOF) method", Journal of Computational Physics, 270 (1) 587-612.
- Desjardins, O., McCaslin, J., Owkes, M., Brady, P., (2013) "Direct numerical and large-eddy simulation of primary atomization in complex geometries", Atomization and Sprays, 23 (11) 1001-1048.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2013) "A discontinuous Galerkin conservative level set scheme for interface capturing in multiphase flows", Journal of Computational Physics, 249 (15) 275-302.
Conference Proceedings
- Spirnak, J., Samland, M., Tremont, B., McQuirter, A., Williams, E., Benson, M., Van Poppel, B., VerHulst, C., Elkins, C., Burton, L., Eaton, J., Owkes, M. (2016) ``Validation of Magnetic Resonance Thermometry through Experimental and Computational Approaches'' AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Owkes, M., Van Poppel, B. (2016) ``High-Fidelity Simulations of Realistic Electrically-Charged Atomizing Diesel-Type Jets'' 28th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Dearborn, MI.
- Turnquist, B., Owkes, M. (2016) ``Framework for Uncertainty Quantification of Multiphase Flows Including Atomizing Jets'' 28th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Dearborn, MI
- Cauble, E., Owkes, M. (2016) ``Least Square Curvature Calculation Method for VOF Schemes'' 28th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Dearborn, MI
- Garrick, D., Owkes, M., Regele, J. (2016) ``A finite volume method for simulating droplet breakup in a supersonic cross flow'' 28th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Dearborn, MI
- Hosseinzadeh-Nik, Z., Aslani, M., Owkes, M., Regele, J. (2016) ``Numerical simulation of a shock wave impacting a droplet using the adaptive wavelet- collocation method'' 28th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Dearborn, MI
- Reckinger, S. M., Reckinger, S. J., Owkes, M., Yenny, R. (2015) "A day in the life of a fluid dynamicist " 68th Annual Meeting of the APS DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion, Boston, MA.
- Gaillard, B., Owkes, M., Van Poppel, B. (2015) "High-Fidelity Simulations of Electrically-Charged Atomizing Diesel-Type Jets" 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA.
- Cauble, E., Owkes, M. (2015) "Numerical Simulations of Droplet Dynamics in PEM Fuel Cell Microchannels" 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA.
- Sheehy, P., Owkes, M. (2015) "Numerical study on influence of electric Reynolds and Peclet numbers on electrohydrodynamic assisted atomization" 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA.
- Sheehy, P., Owkes, M. (2015) "Detailed numerical study of charge mobility on electrohydrodynamic assisted atomization" 27th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Raleigh, NC.
- Owkes, M., Herrmann, M., Desjardins, O. (2014) Accurate VoF based curvature evaluation method for low-resolution interface geometries, 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Fransisco, CA.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2014) "Second-order and conservative numerical method for convection of variables with discontinuities", International Conference on Numerical Methods in Multiphase Flows, Darmstadt, Germany.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2014) "Consistent and conservative computational framework for simulations of electrohydrodynamic atomization", 26th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Portland, OR.
- Owkes, M., Pai, M., Desjardins, O. (2014) "Large-eddy simulation study of injector geometry on liquid jet in cross-flow and validation with experiments", AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition - 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, National Harbor, MD.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2013) "Direct numerical simulation of leaky dielectrics with application to electrohydrodynamic atomization", 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2013) "Consistent and conservative computational framework for high density ratio simulations", 25th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2013) "Conservative, three-dimensional, unsplit, semi-Lagrangian scheme for volume-of-fluid methods", International Conference on Multiphase Flows, Jeju, Korea.
- Owkes, M., Desjardins, O. (2012) "Efficient high-fidelity simulation of pressure swirl injection", 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA.
- Owkes*, M., Desjardins, O. (2012) "Towards direct numerical simulation of a pressure swirl injector", 24th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, San Antonio, TX.
- Owkes*, M., Desjardins, O. (2011) "Towards direct numerical simulation of pressure swirl injectors with realistic geometries", 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, MD.
- Owkes*, M., Desjardins, O. (2011) "A discontinuous Galerkin conservative level set scheme for simulating turbulent primary atomization", 23rd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Ventura, CA.
- Owkes*, M., Desjardins, O. (2011) "Experimental and numerical investigation of air-blast n-dodecane injection", 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL.
- Owkes*, M., Desjardins, O. (2010) "A quadrature-free discontinuous Galerkin conservative level set method", 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, CA.
- Owkes*, M., Desjardins, O. (2010) "Quadrature-free discontinuous Galerkin level set scheme", 22nd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Cincinnati, OH.
- Owkes*, M., Desjardins, O. (2009) "Direct numerical simulation of turbulent pipe flows subjected to transverse oscillations", 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN.
- Owkes*, M., Visser, K. (2009) "Feasibility of a Unique Wind Powered Home Heating System", 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL.
- Owkes*, M., Visser, K. (2008) "Feasibility of a Unique Wind Powered Home Heating System", AIAA Northeastern Regional Student Conference, Potsdam, NY.
- * Published under maiden name Czajkowski
Professional and Honor Societies
- American Physical Society (APS)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Phalanx - Clarkson University's Highest Honorary Society
- Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society
- Phi Kappa Phi - Honor Society
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