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Kimberly Urness (Fed)

Research Engineer

Dr. Kimberly Urness is a research engineer in the Fluid Characterization Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO. She received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado (Boulder, CO) and bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN). Her current research interests include developing and characterizing a reference-quality breath surrogate delivery system to benchmark and validate novel sensors and devices for non-invasive detection of infectious diseases.

Awards

NIST MML Outreach Award (2018)

National Academies / National Research council Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014)

Selected Publications

Thermophysical properties of polyol ester lubricants:

Author(s)
Thomas J Bruno, Tara J Fortin, Marcia L Huber, Arno Laesecke, Eric W Lemmon, Elisabeth Mansfield, Mark O McLinden, Stephanie L Outcalt, Richard A Perkins, Kimberly N Urness, Jason A Widegren

Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Polyol Ester Lubricants

Author(s)
Kimberly N. Urness, Raina V. Gough, Jason A. Widegren, Thomas J. Bruno
Synthetic lubricants are widely used for applications that require high-thermal and oxidative stability. In order to facilitate new designs and applications for...
Created August 28, 2024, Updated July 2, 2026
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