Marcia Huber

Marcia Lynn Huber is an American chemical engineer. She is a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Huber's research interest include developing models for the thermophysical properties of fluids. She was awarded the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal in 2005.

Marcia Huber
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh (BS)
Colorado School of Mines (PhD)
AwardsDepartment of Commerce Bronze Medal (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsThermophysics, chemical engineering
InstitutionsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Doctoral advisorM. C. Jones

Education

Huber received a B.S. in chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. in chemical and petroleum refining engineering at the Colorado School of Mines after a brief stint working for Rockwell International.[1] Her 1985 dissertation is titled An investigation of heat transfer in packed beds at high temperatures and low Reynold's numbers. Huber's doctoral advisor was M. C. Jones.[2] She came to NIST as an NRC postdoctoral researcher working with James Ely, focusing on developing extended corresponding states models for the properties of fluids, especially heavy hydrocarbons. This work was expanded and incorporated into several early computer databases for thermophysical properties, including what is now NIST Database 23, more commonly called REFPROP.[1]

Career

Huber is a chemical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She was Group Leader of the Theory and Modelling of Fluids Group for several years, and is active in organizing the International Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, held triennially in Boulder.[1]

Research

Modeling the thermophysical properties of fluids

Huber is interested in many aspects of developing models for the thermophysical properties of fluids. She often is involved with international collaborations to develop reference fluid correlations for the viscosity and thermal conductivity of many industrially important pure fluids such as carbon dioxide  and water. Most recently she has focused on proposed low-GWP replacement refrigerants such as R1234yf and R1233zd(E). She also is interested in developing surrogate mixture models for the thermodynamic and transport properties of complex fuel mixtures, including aviation and transport fuels. Recent work has focused on low-sulfur diesel fuels, past research included biofuels, rocket propellants, and aviation fuels.  Much of this work has been done in collaboration with Tom Bruno, also of NIST. Other interests include the solid-liquid boundary of fluids, fire-suppressant mixtures, surface tension, and development of mixture models for thermophysical properties. She also is part of the team that continuously works on developing and improving the REFPROP program.[1]

Awards and honors

In 1992 and 1995, Huber received the NIST Standard Reference Data Measurement Services Award. She was awarded the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal in 2005.[1]

References
  1. Huber, Marcia L. (2019-10-09). "Marcia L. Huber". NIST. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. Huber, Marcia Lynn (1985). "An investigation of heat transfer in packed beds at high temperatures and low Reynold's numbers". Colorado School of Mines.

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