Dr. Mark A. Ricklick is an Associate Professor in the Aerospace Engineering department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as well as director of the Gas Turbine Laboratory and co-director of the Thermal Laboratory in the College of Engineering. Dr. Ricklick has more than 15 years of experience working on gas turbine- and heat transfer-related technologies. He obtained his doctorate degree and served as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Central Florida. From 2012 until 2013, he supported companies in the turbomachinery, automotive, aerospace and agricultural industries with CAE investigations as an Applications Engineer. Dr. Ricklick is author/co-author on more than 70 publications, including an ASME Best-Paper Award. His research interests lie primarily in the area of thermal management of propulsion and energy systems. He has extensive experience in experimental and computational investigations of the analysis of convective and conjugate thermal systems, as well as the development of relevant design tools.

Research facilities in the Gas Turbine Laboratory (~1000 sq ft) within the Engineering Lehman Building and in the Thermal Laboratory (~1600 sq ft) within the MicaPlex facility are dedicated to research in the area of heat transfer and thermal management. Dr. Ricklick’s research team combines experimental and computational approaches to investigate novel thermal management solutions for a variety of applications, from conventional energy and propulsion to advanced HVAC cycles, hybrid and electric propulsion, and novel energy solutions.

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Dr. Mark A. Ricklick
Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering