Marc Baumgardner, PhD

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Professional Interests: Combustion, internal combustion engines, advanced engine strategies, chemical kinetics, fuel reactivity metrics, alternative fuels, algal biofuels, CFD and modeling of combustion systems, and biomass cookstoves. In short, I'm interested in how to get things to burn cleaner!

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 509.313.5513
Office: BCISE 239
Email: baumgardner@gonzaga.edu

Education: 
B.S. Chemistry, University of West Georgia, 2005
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, 2014


Biographical Description: Dr. Baumgardner is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, where he joined the faculty in the fall of 2015. He received dual B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of West Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively in 2005.  After his undergraduate studies he worked for UOP, a Honeywell Company (a petrochemical technology firm) as a Process Specialist and Technical Expert in Gasoline Refining Technology. In 2014 he received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University specializing in the thermal sciences with a focus on renewable fuels and advanced internal combustion engines. He teaches courses in Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer. Current research interests include fundamental combustion studies, internal combustion engines, advanced engine strategies, chemical kinetics, fuel reactivity metrics, alternative/renewable fuels, biofuels, CFD and modeling of combustion systems, and biomass cookstoves.