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Terry Penney

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Laboratory Program Manager — Vehicle Technologies

On staff since August 1979

Phone number: 303-275-4434
E-mail: terry_penney@nrel.gov

Professional expertise and experience

  • Program and project management
  • Computation Fluid Dynamic modeling of multiphase flows
  • Mechanical engineering with practical problem solving in heat and mass transfer
  • Thermal, fluid, and optical science testing

Education

  • B.S. in aerodynamic and engineering science, 1973 , Purdue University
  • Graduate work at University of Tennessee Space Institute

Prior work experience

  • Laboratory Program Manager, Freedom Car and Advanced Vehicle Technologies, NREL, 1992-present
  • Branch manager, Thermal, Fluid, and Optical Sciences, NREL, 1987-92
  • Branch group leader, Ocean Engineering Technologies, SERI, 1979-85
  • Software development engineer, Concentration Heat and Momentum, 1978-79
  • Project engineer, Arnold Engineering Development Center, 1973-78
  • Assembly manufacturing, Ford Motor Company, 1972

Other affiliations

  • Baldrige National Quality judge for team competition
  • Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Dehumidification Handbook, Munters Corp.

Selected publications

Penney, T. R.; NASA/MSFC, Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Acoustic Testing, AEDC-DR-75-40.

Penney, T. R., Spalding, D. B.; Validation of Cooling Tower Analyzer: Experimental and Predictive Comparisons, EPRI FP-1279, December 1979

Penney, T.R., Bharathan D.; "Power From the Sea," Scientific American, January 1987

Penney, T. R., Daniel, T. H.; "Energy From the Ocean: A Resource for the Future," Science and The Future 1989 Year Book, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 1989

Penney, T.R., Althof, J., "American Trends in Commercial Buildings," International Conference on Water & Energy Conservation in Commercial Buildings, Brisbane, Australia, October 1990

Full list of Terry Penney publications (NREL)

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