Dr. Harri Kytomaa is Corporate Vice President and the Director of the Thermal Science Practice at Exponent. He specializes in mechanical engineering and the analysis of flow processes, heat transfer and phase change phenomena. He has worked on numerous LNG projects with the industry in the US and internationally and has published extensively in this area. He is currently the US representative to the ISO TC67, WG10 working group that is developing a guidance document on the major hazards associated with the planning and design of onshore LNG facilities and associated marine activities. Dr. Kytömaa has held academic positions, including that of Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was head of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Visiting Professor at the Helsinki University of Technology and at the DOE Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Washington, as well as Lecturer at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Academic Credentials:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1986
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1981
B.Sc., Engineering Science, Durham University, England (First class with Honors), 1979
Awards and Professional Honors:
Lewis F. Moody Award for best paper on a subject useful in engineering practice presented by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993;
Henry L. Doherty Professor in Ocean Utilization, 1991–1993;
Chairman, Organizing Committee, Engineering Foundation Workshop, Davos, Switzerland, 1993;
National Science Foundation Review Panelist, Washington, DC, 1990;
National Science Foundation Group Leader, Acoustic Methods Workshop on Visualization of Particulate Two-Phase Flows, Washington, DC, 1990;
Diver in the Finnish Navy, rank Able Seaman, Distinguished Service, 1980;
Institute of Mechanical Engineers Prize for Outstanding Project Work (United Kingdom), 1979.
Licenses and Registrations:
Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer, California, #34290; Louisiana, #PE.0035054;
Massachusetts, #48202; Maine, #12370; Michigan, #6201057546; Washington, #47486; New York, #089361