Assistant Teaching Professor
Link 221
anshen@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise:
- Combustion
- Internal combustion engines
- Fuel surrogates
- Optimization
Andrea Shen earned her Ph.D. in the Engine Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with research focused on the reduction of greenhouse gases by utilizing novel alternative fuels, both neat and blended with gasoline. To analyze the potential performance of those novel fuels in a computational model, she developed an optimization method for generating gasoline surrogate compositions that represent a real gasoline fuel, both physically and chemically, while taking important fuel properties and engine processes into account. Her work consisted of both this modeling and running gasoline- and surrogate-alternative fuel blends in a single cylinder spark-ignition direct-injection engine for validation purposes. She has a passion for teaching and mentorship as well, teaching Design of Machine Elements and mentoring a number of graduate and undergraduate students while at UW–Madison.
Honors and Awards:
- Bruce and Alice Tobis Graduate Support Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison