Engineering Research

Keenan Murray - Resume *

Keenan Anton Murray, Ph.D.

Inquisitive environmental engineer with a passion for learning, teaching, and leading 3330 Cowley Way #4 San Diego, CA 92117 Phone: 408-***-**** E-Mail: acut2z@r.postjobfree.com Skills

• Strong background in environmental

aqueous/atmospheric chemistry, boundary

layer micrometeorology, fluid dynamics,

and photovoltaic analysis/modeling

• Skill-set to develop process-scale models

from base code to completion

• Ability to derive numerical approximations

and stability criteria in Finite

Element/Volume analyses

• Programming skills in Fortran(7 years),

MATLAB (7 years), IDL (3 years),

and C (2 years)

• Experienced with Linux/UNIX systems and

command line tools

• Beginner experience with SQL and CAD

• Teamwork, communication, and written/oral

presentation skills

• Published 4 scientific article and in the

process of preparing/submitted 4 more

• Gave 4 oral and 4 poster presentations at

national and international scientific

conferences

• Experience with national and international

collaboration

Education

• Michigan Technological University 2010-2014

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, GPA: 3.96 Advisor: Paul Doskey

• University of California, San Diego 2005-2010

B.S. Environmental Engineering, GPA: 3.3

Experience

University of California, San Diego Aug 2015-Present Postdoctoral Researcher

• I am responsible for producing and maintaining short-term (0-15 minute) operational solar forecasts using a UCSD Whole Sky Imager (USI) for a collaborative study with Maxwell Technologies to test an Ultracapacitor Energy Storage System (UESS). The UESS will smooth solar power output from PV panels at UCSD based upon the operational forecast.

• A joint collaboration with BMW and Princeton Power Systems is testing the second-life use of electric vehicle batteries in a battery management system that can charge/discharge power to the electric micro-grid at UCSD. My role includes developing communication to and from the battery site controller using Modbus protocol. Since the majority of the groups’ research code is written in MATLAB, I used the Modbus C library and simple C code to compile a MATLAB mex file for easy communication from MATLAB to the site controller.

• Two master students are currently under my supervision. I assist them in determining potential thesis projects for their degrees and familiarizing them with the groups’ short-term solar forecasting code through practice exercises and journal paper discussions.

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Jan 2016-Present Part-time Faculty

• I teach an undergraduate-level physics course/lab focused on linear and rotational kinematics and dynamics, equilibrium, work, energy, momentum, gravitation, simple harmonic motion, the thermal properties of matter, and thermodynamics.

Keenan Murray - Resume 2

California State University Fullerton Jan 2015-Present Part-time Faculty

• I teach master-level courses in the field of Environmental Studies at CSUF. Spring 2015 I taught

“Environmental Research and Analysis” which emphasized how to write research documents, design research experiments, and critically evaluate published research. In Fall 2015 I was to teach “Environmental Statistics”, a new course at CSUF focused on real world applications of statistics to the field of Environmental Studies, but due to low enrollment the class was dropped. Spring 2016 I am teaching

“Environmental Research and Analysis” again.

University of California, San Diego May 2014-Aug 2015 Staff Research Associate 2

• My duties include assisting Jan Kleissl's research group in compilation and implementation of the Spherical Harmonic Discrete Ordinate Method radiative transfer model and writing of MATLAB code for forecasting photovoltaic power output based upon meteorological data and Whole Sky Imagers. Michigan Technological University Aug. 2010-May 2014 Ph.D. Student/Candidate

• Assessed data quality of measurements and created a process-scale model of nitrogen oxides and ozone chemistry and physics in snowpack at Summit, Greenland with Finite Volume analysis in Fortran and MATLAB environments. This research was the foundation of my Ph.D. dissertation and identified key chemical mechanisms of nitrogen oxides production at Summit, Greenland.

• Determined optimal pipe replacements and upgrades in seven water distribution systems using complete enumeration with the EPAnet model and MATLAB environment and developed a theoretical approach towards choosing pipe replacements and upgrades in other water distribution systems.

• Developed and performed academic outreach to local schools about alternative energies with emphasis on microbial fuel cells.

• Taught 3 semesters of water resources lab that included a 4-week focus on analyzing watersheds with ArcGIS and tutored a class involving water chemistry and chemical processes for 3 years. Wageningen UR, Netherlands Jan. 2013-May 2013

Visiting Scholar

• Assisted in development of a parameterized model of nitrogen oxides and ozone chemistry and physics in snowpack at Summit, Greenland in parallel with development of a process-scale model presented in my Ph.D. dissertation.

Presentations/ Publications

• Presented my Ph.D. research at several scientific conferences including the American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union, and National Atmospheric Deposition Program conferences.

• My publications are diverse in the field of environmental engineering and explore the topics of photovoltaics, municipal water distribution systems, and Arctic boundary layer chemistry. In addition, my dissertation focused on process-scale modeling of ozone and nitrogen oxides in and above the snowpack at Summit, Greenland contains 3 more papers.

Award and Honors

• USA Rugby All American Academic 2011-2012

• Michigan Technological University S-STEM scholarship 2010-2012

• Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year 2010-2011

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