Summary of Research
My work is on computational modeling of wildland fire. Currently, this includes both physics-based fire models at the landscape scale and numerical chemical kinetic models at the micro scale. I am to forge computational fire science by advancing both data-driven and physics based approaches as my time as a DOE CSGF fellow.
Publications
Peer Reviewed:
Michelle E. Winham-Gee, David L. Blunck, Kyle E. Niemeyer, "Highlighting the Importance of Char Oxidation in Wildland Fire Fuel Modeling," Fire Safety Journal, (in press) May 2025.
Michelle E. Gee, D. Behnoudfar, K. E. Niemeyer, W. M. Jolly, E. C. Conrad, D. L. Blunck, "Coupling Chemical Kinetics and Multi-zone Modeling for Consumption of Live Forest Fuels," Proceeding of 9th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), 2024.
Mohammed Elhashimi, Michelle E. Gee, Bahman Abbasi, "The Use of Cyclone Separators in HDH Desalination to Achieve Zero Liquid Discharge," Desalination, 2022.
MS Thesis:
Michelle E. Gee, "Modeling Solid Phase Kinetics for Burning Live Vegetative Fuels," Master's Thesis, Oregon State University College of Engineering, September 2024.
Presentations:
Michelle E. Gee, Alexander Josephson, "Surface Fuel Heterogeneity Using HIGRAD-FIRETEC," 14th US National Combustion Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. March 2025.
Michelle E. Gee, David L. Blunck, Kyle E. Niemeyer, "Advanced Solid Kinetics for Combustive and Pyrolytic Forest Fuels," 14th US National Combustion Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. March 2025.
Michelle E. Gee, "Modeling Solid Phase Kinetics for Burning Live Vegetative Fuels," Master's Thesis Defense, Oregon State University College of Engineering, Corvallis, OR, USA. September 2024.
Michelle E. Gee, "How Plant Chemistry Plays a Role in Fires, American Society for Engineering Education," Portland, OR, USA. July 2024.
Michelle E. Gee, "How Plant Chemistry Plays a Role in Fires," Oregon State University College of Engineering Graduate Research Showcase, Corvallis, OR, USA. April 2024.
Michelle E. Gee, D. Behnoudfar, K. E. Niemeyer, W. M. Jolly, E. C. Conrad, D. L. Blunck, "Coupling Chemical Kinetics and Multi-Zone Modeling for Consumption of Live Forest Fuels," American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers 9th TFEC, Corvallis, OR, USA. April 2024.
Michelle E. Gee, Diba Behnoudfar, Kyle E. Niemeyer, David L. Blunck, "Simulation of Non-structural Carbohydrates in Live Vegetative Fuel," The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute Spring Technical Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. March 2024.
Awards
Stanford EDGE Fellow, 2025
High scoring CFD final project, 2023
High scoring Applied Heat Transfer project, 2023
High scoring Capstone project, 2022
High scoring Fluids design project, 2022
University Dean's List, 2022 (all terms)