May Yen | AIChE

May Yen

Mechanical Engineer
Exponent, Inc., Thermal Science Practice

May Yen, PhD, is a mechanical engineer in the Exponent, Inc., thermal science practice (Email: myen@exponent.com). She specializes in multi­dimensional modeling and computational analysis of complex systems, including industrial equipment, combustion systems, energy storage, and fluid and heat transfer equipment, focusing on failure analysis and fire and explosion investigations. Yen has a background in combustion, heat transfer, thermo­dynamics, and fluid dynamics, and she has experience in consequence analysis associated with flammable releases and vapor cloud explosions. She earned a BS and PhD in mechanical engineering from Purdue Univ.