Research
OVERVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2021- present
National Research Council Research Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2020
Visiting Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory
2018
Visiting Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2016-2017
Mechanical Design Engineer, Leviton Manufacturing Company
2015-2016
Research Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory
2015
Mechanical Design Engineer, U.S. Peace Corps + Michigan Tech
2014
Business Strategy Analyst, Handshake
2012
Manufacturing Engineer Intern, Kimberly-Clark Corp.
2012
Mechanical Design Engineer Intern, Johnson Controls
Speed of Sound: Reference Quality Measurements, Instrumentation, Status of the Field
Publications Related to Speed of Sound (NIST)
Rowane, A.J., Rasmussen, E. G., McLinden, M. O., “Liquid-Phase Speed of Sound and Vapor-Phase Density of Difluoromethane” Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2022, doi: 10.1021/acs.jced.2c00441
In Preparation:
4. E. G. Rasmussen*, B. Willithan, “Status, Gaps, and Importance of Sound Speed Metrology and Data for Metal Elements” Invited Review by Editors – in preparation. Applied Physics Review.
3. E.G. Rasmussen*, Aaron J. Rowane, Eric W. Lemmon, “Reference Quality Measurements of Sounds Speed and a Fundamental Equation of State for N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF)” In Preparation.
2. E.G. Rasmussen*, Eric W. Lemmon, “Fundamental Helmholtz Energy Equation of State for chlorotrifluoroethylene (R1113)” In Preparation.
1. E. G. Rasmussen*, M. O. McLinden, “Instrument for Reference Quality Sound Speed Measurements of Liquid up to 1000 K and 50 MPa” In Preparation.
Presentations:
E. G. Rasmussen, A. J. Rowane, M. O. McLinden, “Advances in Sound-Speed Metrology for Thermodynamic Data on Difluoromethane (HCF-32) and N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) to Enable Next-Generation Technologies,” American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Conference, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2022
Scalable and sustainable nano material synthesis via the continuous flow of supercritical fluids
Publications Related to CO2 + MOF Synthesis (University of Washington/ NREL)
Rasmussen, E.G. *; Kramlich, J.; Novosselov, I. V.; Synthesis of metal-organic framework HKUST-1 via tunable continuous flow supercritical carbon dioxide reactor, Chemical Engineering Journal 450 (2022) 138053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138053.
Rasmussen, E.G.; Yellapantula, S.; Martin, M. J. How Equation of State Selection Impacts Accuracy Near the Critical Point: Forced Convection Supercritical CO2 Flow Over a Cylinder. J. of Supercritical Fluids, 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.supflu.2020.105141
Rasmussen, E.G*.; Kramlich, J.; Novosselov, I. Scalable Continuous Flow Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Synthesis Using Supercritical CO2. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2020 8(26). doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01429
Martin, M.; Rasmussen, E.G.; Yellapantula, S. Nonlinear Heat Transfer from Particles in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide near the Critical Point. J Therm. Sci. Eng. Appl., 2019 12(3). doi:10.1115/1.4045222
Recipient of the following honors/ awards:
University of Washington College of Engineering Graduate Fellowship (2020)
NSF Data Accelerator Fellowship (2020)
NSF Data-Intensive Research Enabling Clean Technologies (DIRECT ) Traineeship (2019)
Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge - $15,000 Grand Prize (2019)
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Collegiate Award - Honorable Mention (2018)
Clean Energy Institute Graduate Fellowship (2018)
Media on work:
Alaska Airlines In-flight print magazine: September 2019 In-flight magazine (pg 87)
University of Washington, College of Engineering - Research Impact
Institute of Nano Engineered Systems: -MOtif Materials team wins grand prize at 2019 Environmental Innovation Challenge
Foster School of Business: - Students Impress at 2019 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
Data Center Liquid Cooling via 3D Printed Brushless DC Motor
My M.S. thesis focused on designing, prototyping, and testing a high-reliability liquid pump for application in liquid cooling high heat semiconductors in data centers.
Projects completed while a design engineer at Leviton - Network Solutions
Novel formfit design to reduce cable strain
*Design prototyped and patented*
