J. Jay Peck
Dr. Peck is a Senior Engineer in CATD. With his Aerospace Engineering background, he is currently involved in several projects that require fluid dynamic design or thermal management. He is also participating in expanding the microphysicsal modeling capability to include volatile organic compounds in addition to sulfuric acid. Prior to joining Aerodyne, Dr. Peck developed a combustion system for micro-scale (“MEMS”) gas turbine engines for portable power generation as his doctoral thesis project at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He demonstrated stable combustion of JP8 fuel within a volume of ~1cm3, proving that the micro-combustor can be used as a reliable heat source for micro-gas turbine engines as well as for solid-state heat-to-electricity conversion devices such as thermoelectrics and thermophotovoltaics. Dr. Peck’s research interest includes general heat and mass transfer phenomena, aircraft PM emissions, portable power generation, and Power-MEMS.
