Sandia Energy > Programs > Energy Storage > Staff > Andrew Kurzawski Andrew Kurzawski Mechanical Engineer Contact Information Andrew Kurzawski / (505) 284-2836 Research Interests Fire Modeling, Heat Transfer, Inverse Problems, Bayesian Statistics, Wildland Fire, Fire Forensics, Parallel Programming, Machine Learning Education Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas (Austin,TX), 2017 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas (Austin, TX), 2013 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas (AustinTX), 2011 Google Scholar Andrew Kurzawski Key Publications J. Ling, A. Kurzawski, J. Templeton “Reynolds averaged turbulence modelling using deep neural networks with embedded invariance” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 807, 2016, 155-166, DOI:10.1017/jfm.2016.615. K.J. Overholt, J. Cabrera, A. Kurzawski, M. Koopersmith, O.A. Ezekoye “Characterization of Fuel Properties and Fire Spread Rates for Little Bluestem Grass” Fire Technol 50(1):9–38, 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s10694-012-0266-9. V.R. Heng, H.S. Ganesh, A.R. Dulaney, A. Kurzawski, M. Baldea, O.A. Ezekoye, T.F. Edgar “Energy-Oriented Modeling and Optimization of a Heat Treating Furnace” ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. June 2017; 139(6): 061014, DOI: 10.1115/1.4035460. K.J. Overholt, A.J. Kurzawski, J. Cabrera, M. Koopersmith, O.A. Ezekoye “Fire Behavior and Heat Fluxes for Lab-scale Burning of Little Bluestem Grass” Fire Safety Journal, Vol 67, 2014, pp 70-81, DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2014.05.007. A.J. Kurzawski, O.A. Ezekoye “Inversion for Fire Heat-Release Rate Using Heat Flux Measurements” ASME. J. Heat Transfer. May 2020; 142(5): 051301, DOI: 10.1115/1.4046264.