{"id":898,"date":"2025-03-05T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?p=898"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:51:52","slug":"kihm-honored-by-national-engineers-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/news\/kihm-honored-by-national-engineers-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Kihm Honored by National Engineers\u2019 Council\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kenneth D. Kihm, a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, received the Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award on February 21st in Los Angeles at the 70th&nbsp;anniversary of the National Engineers\u2019 Council.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kihm was nominated for the award in recognition of his article, \u201cPulsating Heat Pipe Performance Modeling with Liquid Metal Coolant Under Hypersonic Aerothermal Heating.\u201d The article, done collaboratively with Lockheed-Martin\u2019s \u201cSkunk Works\u201d team and published in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Journal, regards the development of computational predictions of the pulsating heat pipe (PHP) cooling concept of sharp-edged, stable leading edges for reusable and low-altitude hypersonic flight vehicles.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going forward, Kihm and his group plan to devise a proof of concept to experimentally demonstrate the hypersonic thermal management using the PHP. Kihm highlights the importance of his work, saying, \u201cthis can be fabricated by advanced manufacturing methodologies with refractory alloy materials, contributing to developing innovative capabilities vital to the national security of the United States.\u201d \u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width:100%\"><div style=\"width: 15%;height: 10px;margin: 40px 0 px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhiannon Potkey (865-974-0683,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:rpotkey@utk.edu\">rpotkey@utk.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth D. 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