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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)