ILASS BOARD BIOGRAPHIES: VINCENT MCDONELL

Dr. Vincent McDonell joined ILASS in 1988 as a graduate student and has served as a member at large on the board since 2004. He assumed the Secretary position in 2008. He feels ILASS offers the premier forum for interacting with researchers and end-users in the area of sprays and brings together a unique cross section of individuals. Vince has served as Chair of the Spray Measurement and Instrumentation Technical Committee, co-authored 26 ILASS articles (as of 2005) and been responsible for many secretariat tasks including maintaining the ILASS website.

Vince earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California Irvine in 1990. He is currently the Associate Director of the UCI Combustion Laboratory and maintains an appointment as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine. In addition to his role in ILASS-Americas, he currently serves on the board of directors for the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute and is active in the American Society of Mechanical Engineering’s International Gas Turbine Institute. His work has been published in 50 archival peer reviewed publications and he has contributed to over 150 technical articles/papers, many dealing with the subject of atomization and sprays.

Vince McDonell
Secretary
mcdonell@ucicl.uci.edu

BOARD BIOGRAHIES