ComFORT Lab
Meet the People
Welcome to our website! We are a group led by assistant professor Jingru Benner at Western New England University. We are interested in a wide variety of problems in fluid and heat transfer.
Dr. Jingru Benner , Assistant Professor @ WNE
(Infrared Image of Dr Benner Holding a Cup of Hot Tea)
Current Lab Members:
Rebecca Shannon Brandon Torres Austen Metsack Jarrod Coletta
Previous Lab Members:
Eric Shilyuk
Dan Paradiso
Karl Herman
Tom Graf
Jackie Chak
Anthony DeVita
Thomas Longo
Iestyn Norton
Amanda Schoen
John Thomas
Research Interest:
We work on a wide variety of fundamental and applied problems in thermal and fluid transport processes, including but not limited to:
- Electronics Cooling
- Multiphase Flow
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Machine Learning and Its Application in Thermal/Fluid Field
Below are some ongoing and previous projects from Dr. Benner's group. For a list of our publications, please click here
If you are an undergrad at WNE and interested in working together on a project in a related area, or chatting about research, please stop by Dr. Benner's office S213B or send her an email!
Current Projects
Piezoelectric Flapping Fan
Data Center Energy Efficiency
Dynamic Behavior of Water Droplet in Air Flow
Teaching
- ENGR 103 Introduction to Engineering (F2016, F2017, F2018, F2019)
- ENGR 110 Data Acquisition and Processing (S2016, S2017, S2019)
- ME 202 Statics (Summer 2017)
- ME 304 Thermodynamics II (S2017)
- ME 417 Heat Transfer (F2017, F2018, F2019)
- ME 440/437 Senior Projects (F2017-S2018, F2018-S2019, F2019-S2010)
- ME 651 Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Heat Transfer (S2018)
Previous Senior Student Projects (2018-2019):
Pressure and Flow Rate Quantification of a Piezoelectric Fan
Heat Sink Design
Aerodynamics of Flapping Wings from a PiezoFan
The Amalgamation of Wind and Tidal Turbines
Thermal Performance of a Piezoelectric Fan
Previous Senior Student Projects (2017-2018):
Aerodynamic Drag Reduction of a Heavy Truck
Thermal Analysis of Preform Fabrication for Flow Mold Casting
Thermal Analysis on a House Made of Glass
Aerodynamic Drag Reduction for Bicycle Frames