Background: Brian completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2010. His PhD Research focused on simultaneous PIV and PLIF measurements to diagnose the cause of rare misfire events within direct-injection engines. 

In 2010, Brian began a postdoctoral fellowship at Technische Universität Darmstadt in Andreas Dreizler’s group. There he continued developing diagnostics for multi-parameter, multi-dimensional measurements applied within optically accessible engines. Novel diagnostic contributions include tomographic PIV, high-speed PLIF/PIV imaging, magnetic resonance velocimetry, and other quasi-4D diagnostic capabilities. Such measurements capabilities have been applied to studies of turbulence, sprays, flame development, and heat transfer. Detailed measurements have also established The Darmstadt Engine Workshop – a collaborative research platform joining experimental and numerical groups to address challenges in piston engines. In 2014, Brian joined Sandia National Laboratories as a postdoctoral researcher.

In 2015, Brian joined The University of Edinburgh as a lecturer, where he joined Prof. Mark Linne in creating a new research activity at the university. They established as a UK Small Research Facility in 2017. Brian’s research has focused on diagnostic development and has expanded to thermographic phosphors and short-pulse coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy. Most of his research focuses on energy related flows, but has recently expanded to application in biology / medicine.