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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.