Dr. Ervin is the group leader for the Modeling and Simulation group, which was formed in 2003. He has authored over 80 research publications and has 19 years of experience in the computational simulation of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and chemical kinetics. In particular, he has performed numerical simulations of flows which involve fuel chemistry, multiphase flow, and phase change heat transfer. In addition, he has interests in the modeling of gas turbine heat transfer. Dr. Ervin has also performed heat transfer experiments related to turbine blade cooling and the development of a surface temperature measurement technique involving thermographic phosphors. He has been the research advisor for numerous graduate students. Dr. Ervin joined the university in 1991.

Education:

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1991

Honors:

• University of Dayton Alumni Award for Faculty Research, 2003
• University of Dayton School of Engineering Research Award, 2002
• University of Dayton George Nolan Sigma Xi Research Award, 2001
• University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellow, 1988
• Peer reviewer for scientific/engineering journals and organizations including: Energy & Fuel, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, and ASME Transactions
• Reviewer for grants from the Ohio Supercomputer Center

Affiliations:

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Associate Fellow and Terrestrial Energy Systems Technical Committee
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• International Society for Stability and Handling of Liquid Fuels
• Sigma Xi

Selected Publications:

T.A. Ward, J.S. Ervin, R.C. Striebich, and S. Zabarnick, “Two-Dimensional Simulations of Flowing Mildly-Cracked Normal Alkanes Incorporating Proportional Product Distributions,” Accepted AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2003.

J.S. Ervin, T.A. Ward, T.F. Williams, J. Bento, “Surface Deposition within Treated and Untreated Stainless Steel Tubes Resulting from Thermal-Oxidative and Pyrolytic Degradation of Jet Fuel,” Energy & Fuels,  Vol. 17, pp. 577-586, 2003.

J.S. Ervin, D.L. Atkins, and A. Saxena, “Computational Model of the Freezing of Jet Fuel,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Stability and Handling of Liquid Fuels, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2003, in press.

T. Ward, J.S. Ervin, and S. Zabarnick, “Simulations of Flowing Endothermic Fuels,” presented at the Joint ASME-JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii June 2003.