Christine Marie Ikeda

cikeda@umd.edu
updated: 01/24/11

Current Status

          Ph.D Candidate
          5th year graduate student in Mechanical Engineering
          Concentration: Thermal, Fluid, and Energy Sciences
          Advisor: Dr. James H. Duncan
          Hydrodynamics Laboratory

Education

University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland
• pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, anticipated: August 2011
• GPA: 3.8/4.0
• Future Faculty Program Fellow January 2010-present
• Best Poster Award presented at the 7th Annual Symposium of the Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics (November 17, 2010)
• Scholarships: A. James Clark Fellowship (2006-2009)
• Relevant Coursework: Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamics, Viscous Flow, Turbulence, Fire-Induced Flows, Elasticity, Plasticity, Shockwave Physics I, Energy & Variational Methods, Finite Element Methods, Experimental Mechanics, Convection Heat Transfer, Measurement, Instrumentation & Data Analysis for Thermo-Fluid Processes

University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, May 2006
• Graduated with Honors
• GPA: 3.6/4.0 (Dean’s List: Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006)
• Honors Citation
• Scholarships: A James Clark Scholarship (2005-2006), Charles R. Dodson Endowed Scholarship (2005-2006 & 2003-2004), H. Russell Knust Memorial Scholarship Fund (2004-2005), and Honors Scholarship (2002-2003 & 2003-2004)
• Relevant Coursework: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Vibrations, Controls, Dynamics, Strength of Materials and Advanced Strength of Materials, Deformable Bodies, Electronics and Instrumentation, and Partial Differental Equations

• Matlab
• Pro-Engineer and Pro-Mechanica
• SolidWorks and CosmosWorks
• Ansys
• AutoCAD
• Microsoft Office
• Machine Shop experience
• LabView
• Fluent and Gambit
• limited experience with Fortran

Graduate Research Assistant III, University of Maryland; College Park, MD (06/06-present)
• Studying the behavior of cylindrical shell structures in a high-pressure water environment, specifically pressure waves generated by their collapse
• Photographing the collapse process using ultra high speed digital photography
• Developing a data acquisition system in LabView to record dynamic pressure signals
• Studying the effects of explosions on the expansion and collapse of air bubbles underwater
• Studying the forces and deformation of a cube shape being impacted by a plunging breaking wave

Hydrodynamics Laboratory, University of Maryland; College Park, MD (1/04-5/06)
• Designed a small wave-maker to generate breaking water waves and filming the waves using a Phantom High Speed Camera to study turbulent behavior
• Assisted in projects generating water waves to determine wave behavior in a 14.8 meter long, 1.15 meter wide, and 2.2 meter deep water tank
• Machined simple components to be used in a wind-tunnel construction

University of Maryland; College Park, MD (8/04-5/06)
• Undergraduate Teaching Fellow for the following courses: Statics, Mechanics of Materials, and Product Engineering & Manufacturing
• Tutoring students in weekly office hours

Chemistry Div, Code 6185, Naval Research Laboratory; Washington, DC (5/05-8/05)
Office of Naval Research: Research Enterprise Internship Program
• Assisted in experiments in fire suppression using water mist with chemical additives to replace halons
• Analyzed fluid and particle behavior with Phase-Doppler Anemometry (PDA) and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)

WABTEC Railway Electronics; Germantown, Maryland (6/03-8/03)
• Revised engineering documents and assisted in engineering research

• “An Experimental Investigation of the Implosion of Cylindrical Shell Structures,” 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, November 22-24, 2009.
• “The Generation of Pressure Waves from the Implosion of Cylindrical Shell Structures,” 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Antonio, November 23-25, 2008.
• “An Experimental Investigation of the Generation of Pressure Waves by the Implosion of Light Bulbs in a High-Pressure Water Environment,” 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, November 18-20, 2007.
• “An Experimental Investigation of the Implosion of Cylindrical Shell Structures,” 59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa, November 19-21, 2006.

• “Pressure waves generated by imploding light bulbs,” to be submitted to the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
• “The similarity of pressure waves produced by the experimental collapse of cylindrical shell structures in high-pressure water,” to be submitted to the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

• Founding President of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association at University of Maryland (MEGA) (02/10-present)
• American Physical Society (11/06-present)
• Golden Key Honor Society (10/05-present)
• Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society (02/05-present)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1/03-present)
• Society of Women Engineers (1/03-present)
• GEMS100 Section Leader (8/03-12/03)