Andrew Kurzawski

Mechanical Engineer

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Mechanical Engineer

akurzaw@sandia.gov

(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

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Andrew Kurzawski

Publications

  • Walsh, T., Aquino, W., Kurzawski, A., McCormick, C., Sanders, C., Smith, C., Treweek, B., & Treweek, B. (2022). Support Vector Machines for Estimating Decision Boundaries with Numerical Simulations. https://doi.org/10.2172/1882043 Publication ID: 80075
  • Walsh, T., Akcelik, V., Aquino, W., McCormick, C., Sanders, C., Treweek, B., Kurzawski, A., Smith, C., & Smith, C. (2022). Inverse Methods – Users Manual 5.6. https://doi.org/10.2172/1865236 Publication ID: 80684
  • Kurzawski, A., Hansen, M., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2021). Soot Predictions with a Laminar Flamelet Combustion Model in SIERRA/Fuego on a Coflow Scenario. https://doi.org/10.2172/1832301 Publication ID: 76825
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., & Shurtz, R. (2021). LIM1TR: Lithium-Ion Modeling with 1-D Thermal Runaway (V.1.0). https://doi.org/10.2172/1854741 Publication ID: 76045
  • Mueller, J., Preger, Y., Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., & Kurzawski, A. (2021). Dispersion of Stored Energy in Response to Thermal Runaway [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1895021 Publication ID: 76332
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2021). LIM1TR: Lithium-ion Modeling with 1-D Thermal Runaway [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1892147 Publication ID: 76243
  • Koo, H., Hewson, J., Brown, A., Knaus, R., Kurzawski, A., Clemenson, M.D., & Clemenson, M.D. (2021). DNS/LES Study of Representative Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows using SIERRA/Fuego. https://doi.org/10.2172/1820525 Publication ID: 75692
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Hewson, J., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2021). Battery failure propagation and mitigation: models to understand the problem and sensitivities [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1884900 Publication ID: 75447
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2021). Modeling and analysis of battery safety [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1884102 Publication ID: 78197
  • Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., Shurtz, R., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2021). Battery failure propagation: models to understand the problem and sensitivities [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1844058 Publication ID: 75389
  • Kurzawski, A., Torres-Castro, L., Shurtz, R., Lamb, J., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2021). Predicting cell-to-cell failure propagation and limits of propagation in lithium-ion cell stacks. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(3), pp. 4737-4745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.270 Publication ID: 74838
  • Kurzawski, A., Torres-Castro, L., Shurtz, R., Lamb, J., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2020). Predicting cell-to-cell failure propagation and limits of propagation in lithium-ion cell stacks [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1835977 Publication ID: 72211
  • Kurzawski, A. (2020). Li-ion battery safety [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1882364 Publication ID: 71244
  • Shurtz, R., Torres-Castro, L., Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2020). Predicting Thermal Responses for Actively Cooled Designs Following Thermal Runaway [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822289 Publication ID: 70924
  • Shurtz, R., Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Torres-Castro, L., & Torres-Castro, L. (2020). Material Science-Based Predictions of Single-Cell Thermal Failures [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822291 Publication ID: 70926
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2020). Thermal Analysis to Mitigate Cascading Propagation of Lithium-ion Cell Stacks [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822652 Publication ID: 70996
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2020). Toward predicting trends in propagating failure and its mitigation for a lithium-ion cell stack [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1824733 Publication ID: 71104
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2020). High-temperature kinetics of thermal runaway reactions [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822122 Publication ID: 74986
  • Torres-Castro, L., Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2020). Passive Mitigation of Cascading Propagation in Multi-Cell Lithium Ion Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167(9). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab84fa Publication ID: 73270
  • Shurtz, R., Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2019). Evaluating Safety Characteristics of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems Through Cascading Thermal Runaway Experiments and Modeling [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1643422 Publication ID: 66820
  • Wagman, E., Kurzawski, A., Bunting, G., Walsh, T., Aquino, W., Brunini, V., & Brunini, V. (2019). Transient and Steady-State Inverse Problems in Sierra/Aria. https://doi.org/10.2172/1592851 Publication ID: 66916
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2019). Predicting limits of cascading failure of thermal runaway in stacks of Li-ion pouch cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1642902 Publication ID: 65639
  • Scott, S.N., Hewson, J., Brunini, V., Kurzawski, A., hildago, J., Hadden, R., Welch, S., & Welch, S. (2019). Uncertainty Estimation for Decomposing Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composites [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1641941 Publication ID: 64796
  • Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2019). Predicting Limits of Cascading Thermal Runaway in Li-Ion Pouch Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1642190 Publication ID: 65057
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2019). Predicting Limits of Cascading Failure of Thermal Runaway in Stacks of Li-Ion Pouch Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1641959 Publication ID: 64828
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2019). Predicting and Mitigating Cascading Failure in Stacks of Lithium-Ion Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1668920 Publication ID: 65251
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2019). Predicting and Mitigating Cascading Failure of Thermal Runaway in Stacks of Li-Ion Pouch Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1641889 Publication ID: 64679
  • Scott, S.N., Brunini, V., Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., Hidalgo, J., Hadden, R., Welch, S., & Welch, S. (2019). Modeling the Decomposition Behavior of Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composites [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640638 Publication ID: 68922
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Scott, S.N., & Scott, S.N. (2019). Modeling soot radiation interactions in buoyant fire plumes and wall-bounded fire plumes [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1643673 Publication ID: 68993
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., & Shurtz, R. (2019). Toward understanding and preventing cascading failure with computer modeling [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1639941 Publication ID: 68398
  • Shurtz, R., Kurzawski, A., Torres-Castro, L., Preger, Y., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2019). Approaches and Considerations for Thermal Abuse Studies of Lithium-Ion Batteries [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645316 Publication ID: 68808
  • Scott, S.N., Brunini, V., Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., Hidalgo, J., Hadden, R., Welch, S., & Welch, S. (2019). Validation and Uncertainty Estimation of Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composite Model [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1639474 Publication ID: 67594
  • Scott, S.N., Kurzawski, A., Brunini, V., Hidalgo, J., Hadden, R., Welch, S., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2019). MODELING THE DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF CARBON FIBER EPOXY COMPOSITE [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1597190 Publication ID: 64564
  • Scott, S.N., Kurzawski, A., Brunini, V., Hewson, J., Hidalgo, J., Hadden, R., Welch, S., & Welch, S. (2019). Validation and Uncertainty Estimation of Carbon Fiber Epoxy Composite Model [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1597195 Publication ID: 64569
  • Scott, S.N., Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., Brunini, V., Hidalgo, J., Hadden, R., Welch, S., & Welch, S. (2019). MODELING THE DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF CARBON FIBER EPOXY COMPOSITE [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1591996 Publication ID: 64245
  • Hewson, J., Shurtz, R., Kurzawski, A., & Kurzawski, A. (2018). Predictive modeling for energy-storage safety in abnormal thermal scenarios [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1569114 Publication ID: 59229
  • Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2018). Predicting and Preventing Cascading Thermal Runaway [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1592301 Publication ID: 59059
  • Kurzawski, A., Ling, J., & Ling, J. (2015). First Steps Toward Adaptive Turbulence Model Corrections [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1340131 Publication ID: 44497
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