Nathan J. Murfield

Masters Student

I am currently a Masters student and plan on pursuing a doctorate degree as a part of this laboratory. Present research interests include the nucleation/condensation/coagulation of Dibutylpthalate nanoparticles and the effects of viscosity disparities on flow stability. In addition to creating and maintaining this website, I am one of several researchers in charge of the configuration and maintenance of our compute cluster. I presently work under the auspices of the United States Army's High Performance Computing Resource Center (AHPCRC) and plan to continue my nanoparticle formation and growth research into my Doctorate program.

Research presentations have been given by myself to the weekly research meeting of members of the Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (THT) Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department, as well as to one of Professor Garrick's CFD classes, ME 5351. I have participated in numerous poster shows including the annual Mechanical/Industrial Engineering departmental poster show, the IPRIME 2004 poster show as a constituent of the IGERT group, and the poster show at the 2004 PARTEC Conference in Nuremburg, Germany.

Originally from Fairmont, Minnesota, I completed my undergraduate education at the University of Minnesota recieving a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree in December of 2003. I anticipate reciving my Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Degree in late 2005 or early 2006, before continuing on to the Ph.D. program.

My current CV/resume is available here.

 

Contact Information:

email: murf0001@me.umn.edu

office/laboratory: Mechanical Engineering 236

office telephone: (612) 625-6302

business card: Nathan Murfield.vcf