Research Expertise and Interest

mechanical engineering, use of machine learning to develop high performance energy conversion and thermal management technologies, micro-to-nanoscale modeling of the thermophysics of multiphase systems, waste plastic transport in environmental watersheds, waste plastic recycling.

Research Description

Professor Carey’s current research interests include:

• Use of machine learning to develop more efficient and sustainable energy conversion and thermal management technologies 
• Macro-to-nanoscale modeling of the thermophysics and transport in multiphase systems
• Waste plastic transport in environmental watersheds
• Development of hybrid thermionic/thermoelectric energy conversion technologies

His current research projects are:

• Defining Optimized Nanostructured Surface Morphologies for Enhanced Boiling Surfaces
• Optimal Strategies for Using Convolution Neural Network Model Analysis for Combined Image and Digital Data Analysis of Vaporization Processes
• Use of Machine Learning to Enhance Snow Survey Assessment of Sierra Water Resources
• Experimental and Machine Learning Characterization of Carbon Dioxide Deposition and Blockage in Relief Headers
• Flame Spread Along Insulated Electrical Wires for Terrestrial and Space Applications
• Computational Modeling of Thermionic Energy Conversion for Nuclear Electric Propulsion