Kati Wada

BIO

Dr. Wada earned her B.S. in Physics from Boise State University and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Material Science and Engineering. She is a recipient of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy’s Integrated University Program (NEUP) graduate research fellowship. She was also a DOE-OTT EnergyTech University 2022-2023 national nuclear bonus prize winner. Her research focus is in the area of sensors and measurement techniques for temperature and thermal conductivity determination in extreme environments.

PUBLICATIONS

1. K. Wada, A. Fleming, and D. Estrada, “Novel Thermal Conductivity Measurement Technique Utilizing a Transient Multilayer Analytical Model of a Line Heat Source Probe for Extreme Environments,” in Energy Technology 2023, Springer, 2023. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22638-0_13.
2. K. Wada, A. Fleming, J. Eixenberger, B. J. Jaques, and D. Estrada, “Transient multilayer analytical model of a line heat source probe for in-pile thermal conductivity measurements,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 188, no. January, p. 108241, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2023.108241.
3. Katelyn Wada, Austin Fleming, Joshua Eixenberger, Brian Jaques, David Estrada, “Analytical Models for In-Pile Thermal Conductivity Determination Utilizing Line Heat Source Probes”, NPIC HMIT
4. Katelyn Wada, Austin Fleming, Brian J. Jaques, David Estrada, “High Temperature Validation of a Line Heat Source Technique for In-Pile Thermal Conductivity Determination”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023.