Kathryn Rene Gosselin

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Connecticut
191 Auditorium Road, U-3139
Storrs, CT 06269-3139
Email: kathryn.gosselin@gmail.com
Website: www.kathryngosselin.com

Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, expected spring 2015
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Concentration: Energy and Thermal Sciences
Dissertation title: Novel Optical Diagnostic Techniques for the Study of Turbulent Combustion
and Extinction.
Research interests: three dimensional imaging, laser diagnostics, turbulent combustion, flame
extinction.
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, May 2009
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Minor: Mathematics
Senior Design Project: Development of a three-dimensional narrow depth-of-field optical imaging
system

Experience
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Research Assistant, August 2009 present
Teaching Fellow, January 2013 May 2013
Teaching Assistant, August 2009 December 2009
Undergraduate Research Assistant, January 2008 August 2009
Pratt & Whitney, Middletown, CT
Test Engineering Intern, Systems Engineering Validation, summer 2007, summer 2008
Problem Resolution Intern, System Design and Component Integration, summer 2006

Research Projects
Graduate Research
4. High-speed chemiluminescence time series measurements in a turbulent jet flame, with
M.W. Renfro, May 2014 present.
3. Computational and experimental studies in a stabilized negative edge flame, with M.W. Renfro,
January 2012 present.

2. Ignition studies of premixed hydrocarbon and vitiated gas mixtures at atmospheric and low
pressure, with B.M. Cetegen and M.W. Renfro, March 2011 March 2014.
1. Three-dimensional imaging of combustion applications using a narrow depth-of-field optical
imaging system enhanced with maximum entropy deconvolution, with M.W. Renfro, May 2009
November 2011.
Undergraduate Research
2. Senior Design Project: Design and construction of a narrow depth-of-field optical imaging
system, with M.W. Renfro, August 2008 May 2009
1. Comparison of measured and simulated OH and HCHO distributions through a local extinction,
with M.W. Renfro and W.F. Carnell, Jr., January 2008 May 2009

Publications and Presentations

Refereed Articles
2. Gosselin, K.R., Carnell, Jr., W.F., and Renfro, M.W. (2014). Formaldehyde as a marker for
scalar dissipation through local extinction. Combustion Science and Technology, in review.
1. Gosselin, K.R., and Renfro, M.W. (2011). Reconstruction of three-dimensional
chemiluminescence images with Cassegrain optics and a maximum entropy deconvolution
algorithm. Applied Optics, v. 51, 1671-1680.
Articles in Preparation
3. Gosselin, K.R., Kopp-Vaughan, K.M., and Renfro, M.W. (2015). Simplified energy analysis of a
local extinction event in various fuels, in preparation.
2. Gosselin, K.R., Stoddard, J.P., and Renfro, M.W. (2015). Turbulent time series from high-speed
chemiluminescence, in preparation.
1. Dayton, J.W., Gosselin, K.R., and Renfro, M.W. (2015). Effect of Lewis number on usefulness
of formaldehyde as a marker for scalar dissipation rate.
Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
6. Gosselin, K.R., Carnell, Jr, W.F., and Renfro, M.W. (2014). Formaldehyde fluorescence as a
marker for scalar dissipation through local extinction. 35th International Symposium on
Combustion, Combustion Institute, San Francisco, CA.
5. Gosselin, K.R., Carnell, Jr., W.F., and Renfro, M.W. (2013). Formaldehyde fluorescence as a
marker for scalar dissipation through local extinction. Proceedings of the 2013 Eastern States
Section Meeting, Combustion Institute, Clemson, SC.
4. Gosselin, K.R., and Renfro, M.W. (2013). Influence of fuel type on advective heat flux and
extinction scalar dissipation rate in negative edge flames. Proceedings of the 2013 Joint U.S.
Section Meeting, Combustion Institute, Park City, UT.
3. Gosselin, K.R., Cetegen, B.M., and Renfro, M.W. (2012). Ignition studies of vitiated fueloxidizer mixtures at atmospheric and low pressure. Proceedings of the 2012 Augmentor Design
Systems Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

2. Gosselin, K.R. and Renfro, M.W. (2011). Reconstruction of three-dimensional

chemiluminescence images with a maximum entropy deconvolution algorithm. Proceedings of
the 2011 Joint U.S. Section Meeting, Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA.
1. Carnell, W.F., Jr., Gosselin, K.R., and Renfro, M.W. (2009). Comparison of measured and
simulated OH and HCHO distributions through a local extinction. Proceedings of the 2009
Joint U.S. Section Meeting, Combustion Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.

Honors and Awards

Graduate Student Awards
George H. Markstein Best Paper Award, Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, March
2014
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut,
January 2013
Graduate Predoctoral Fellowship Competition, 2nd Place, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University
of Connecticut, May 2012
Koerner Family Fellowship, School of Engineering, University of Connecticut, August 2011
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship, School of Engineering, University of
Connecticut, January 2010
Undergraduate Student Awards
Senior Design Professors Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut,
May 2009
New England Scholar Award for Academic Excellence, University of Connecticut, March 2007
P&M Longobardi Scholarship, School of Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2005-2009
Achievement Scholarship, University of Connecticut, 2005-2009

Professional Development
CEFRC Combustion Summer School, Princeton University, June 2012, June 2013.
o One-week intensive on advanced combustion topics, including computational
combustion and laser diagnostics.

Course Instruction
Foundations of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Section (ENGR 1166), Spring 2013.

Technical Memberships

The Combustion Institute

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Pi Tau Sigma (UConn Chapter Vice President, 2008-2009)