Patrick Caton

 

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department

United States Naval Academy

590 Holloway Road

Annapolis, MD 21402-5042

(410) 293-6516

Fax (410) 293-3041

patcaton@usna.edu

 

 

Education:                

Stanford University,   (June 02 - June 05)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation  "Residual-Effected Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Using Variable Valve Actuation"              

 

 

Stanford University,  (June 00 - June 02)

Masters of Science, Mechanical Engineering

 

                         

Stanford University,  (Sept. 93 - June 98)

Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelors of Arts, Psychology

                                        

                               

Research Areas:     

Alternative fuels with advanced combustion processes, including diesel combustion of biofuels, partially premixed intake charges with diesel combustion, and homogeneous charge compression ignition of hydrogen.

 

Analytical tools for very high compression ratio (>50) engines; real fluid/real mixture reactive equilibrium.

 

Exergetic modeling of advanced power/combustion systems.

 

 

Professional Experience:     

Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Aug. 05 - Present)

Jr. and Sr. High School Teacher, Sunnyvale, CA, (Aug. 98 - June 00)

Research Intern, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (July-Aug., 94 - 96)