Ronald S. BUNKER
Doctor
Senior Engineer
General Electric Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, USA
BSE Nuclear Engineering, Arizona State University, 1980, MS Mechanical Engineering, Univ. California Berkeley, 1982, PhD Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 1988,
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery, University of Karlsruhe, 1989, Design Engineer, Advanced Turbine Aero & Cooling, GE Aircraft Engines, 1990-94, Senior Staff Research Engineer, Thermal & Fluids Systems Program, GE Corporate Research & Development Center, 1994-present: Technical Leader of Turbine Heat Transfer R&D associated with both GE Aircraft Engines and GE Power Systems.
Coverage of all aspects of hot gas path component internal and external heat transfer for turbine and combustor. Focus on experimental investigations and validations for innovative thermal systems.
Related contracts with USAF, NASA, and DOE, Vice-Chair of the IGTI Gas Turbine Heat Transfer Committee, Associate Technical Editor for the Journal of Turbomachinery.