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Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
  • B.S., Applied Physics, Morehouse College, 2015
Licenses & Certifications
  • Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI)
Professional Honors
  • Bruce Deal & Andy Grove Young Author Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2021
  • Graduate RISE Scholarship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018
  • GEM PhD Fellowship Award, Corning Incorporated, 2015
  • President’s Fellowship Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
  • President’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Professional Affiliations
  • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
  • The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI)

Dr. Hines applies the fundamentals of heat transfer, thermodynamics, material science and mathematical modeling to investigate the performance, degradation, and failure of consumer products and thermal fluid systems. He has expertise in the areas of heat transfer, thermometry, thermodynamics, and micro/nano-scale thermal physics. As a consultant, Dr. Hines has experience in consumer product failure evaluation and analysis, fire and explosion investigation, assessment of commissioning and operational issues related to power generation systems, evaluation of exhaust aftertreatment and emissions systems, and evaluation and application of engineering codes and standards related to construction and industrial equipment.

Dr. Hines also has extensive experience with experimental characterization, uncertainty analysis, and computational modeling of thermal and thermomechanical systems. Experimentally, Dr. Hines has expertise in non-contact, optical thermometry techniques including Raman thermometry, IR thermometry, and thermoreflectance imaging. Additionally, Dr. Hines is proficient in various characterization techniques including Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and various electrical semiconductor and thermal property characterization techniques. Computationally, Dr. Hines has utilized high performance computing (HPC) resources to conduct various advanced numerical modeling analyses during technical investigations, including steady-state and transient finite element analysis (FEA), nonlinear regression analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation.

Prior to joining Ä¢¹½tv, as a Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Hines utilized advanced optical and electrical thermometry techniques to characterize the thermal properties of semiconductor materials and the operating temperature of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor devices for power and radio frequency (RF) electronics applications. Further, he utilized experimentally validated thermal finite element analysis (FEA) to develop novel device-level thermal management solutions for WBG semiconductor devices. Dr. Hines also utilized non-destructive optical stress metrology techniques to characterize the accumulated residual stress distribution within gallium nitride (GaN) thin films resulting from lattice mismatch and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch during material growth and processing.

Prior to his graduate studies, Dr. Hines worked as a mechanical engineering intern at Corning Incorporated, where he designed and prototyped an experimental apparatus that utilized localized thermal expansion to enhance defect detection in glass films to support and improve product reliability. He also worked in the aerospace industry as a mechanical engineering intern at GE Aerospace, where he contributed to jet engine turbine thermal management and additive manufacturing process control for ceramic core die production for airfoil die casting.