Dr. Becker is a Professor and the Engineering Sciences Division Chair at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.  He is primarily recognized for his research in the modeling and numerical analysis of heat and mass transport, and freezing phenomena in food storage and refrigeration.  In addition, he has a technically diverse research record, including turbine blade cooling, thermal storage, whole building energy consumption, plume modeling, soil thermal properties, industrial process fouling, and combustion modeling.  He has supervised 38 student theses and authored over 100 journal articles, chapters in books, presentations, and research reports.

Dr. Becker has a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Missouri - Columbia, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla.

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