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Dr. Adams has served as President of Reaction Engineering since 2000. He previously held positions as Vice-President of Engineering Analysis and Manager of Applied Technologies at REI. He has performed R&D in the areas of heat transfer, fluid dynamics and combustion for the past twenty years. Over the past ten years he has focused on pollutant control and performance optimization of large-scale combustion systems, with particular emphasis on in-furnace NOx reduction technologies and related impacts on furnace operation. He has played a key role in the development and application of REI's combustion simulation tools to industrial problems. Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1993 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1985 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1984. Experience President, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah (2000 - Present) Led a growing R&D consulting firm with an internationally recognized expertise in combustion and environmental solutions. Coordinated R&D programs for government clients and problem-solving projects for commercial clients in the power generation, chemical processing and material processing industries. Annual revenues of $4 M. Vice President, Engineering Analysis, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah (1998 - 2000) Managed REI analysis/modeling division with responsibility for Environmental Technologies and Performance Optimization groups. Manager, Applied Technologies, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah (1997 - 1998) Managed projects modeling industrial combustion applications including work for power generation, chemical process and metallurgical industries; responsible for project proposals, schedules and technical and fiscal progress. Senior Engineer, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah (1992 - 1997) Conducted research and development related to the simulation of large-scale turbulent gas- and coal-fired combustion systems with an emphasis on radiative heat transfer and numerical methods; applied REI’s combustion simulation software to improve performance of a variety of industrial combustion systems. Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (1992) Taught undergraduate heat transfer course, ranked in top 20% of Engineering College instructors in student evaluations. Consultant, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah (1991) Analyzed differences in deposition and NOx levels between a slurry-fired and dry coal-fired turbine combustor; evaluated effects of multiple burners and urea injection on NOx levels in a gas-fired utility boiler. Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (1990) Analyzed transient heat transfer characteristics of materials in a waste storage container to determine possibility of explosion and solid waste combustion. Research Assistant, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (1990 - 1992) Conducted research of radiative heat transfer mechanisms in industrial gas- and coal-fired furnaces including turbulence-soot-radiation interaction; implemented domain decomposition techniques to improve computational efficiency of combustion software. Research Assistant, Combustion Computations Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (1989 - 1990) Conducted research of radiative heat transfer mechanisms in industrial furnaces including improved radiation property models; implemented and evaluated vectorization techniques to improve computational efficiency of combustion software. Staff Member, Optical Systems Engineering, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts (1987 - 1989) Led projects to analyze the thermal performance of a high-energy laser system, aircraft-based cryogenic cooling system and satellite-based electronics package using experimental prototypes and CFD-based simulations; served as Group Representative on committees responsible for procurement of division mini-supercomputer and workstations; evaluated and procured heat transfer and CFD analysis codes for Group use. Engineer, Corporate Mechanical Engineering, GenRad, Concord, Massachusetts (1984 - 1986) Responsible for structural, thermal and acoustical analysis of three new products; developed computer codes for optimizing acoustical and thermal packaging of electronics systems. Professional Associations and Awards Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center (ACERC) Fellowship National Merit Four-year Scholarship Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. |
