Sandra Boetcher

Sandra Kathleen Sparr Boetcher is an American mechanical engineer specializing in heat transfer. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, where she is also interim chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department and director of the Thermal Science Laboratory.[1]

Education and career

Boetcher was a student of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota, where she received a bachelor's degree in 2001, a master's degree in 2003, and a Ph.D. in 2006.[1] Her dissertation, External fluid flow and heat transfer in natural convection and forced convection, was supervised by Ephraim M. Sparrow.[2]

Prior to joining Embry-Riddle in 2011,[3] Boetcher worked in industry at Honeywell, 3M, and the Donaldson Company, and was a faculty member at the University of North Texas.[1]

Recognition

Boetcher received the ASHRAE Presidential Award of Excellence in 2017,[1] and the ASHRAE E.K. Campbell Award in 2025.[3] She was elected as an ASME Fellow in 2019,[4] and received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2023.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Sandra Boetcher", Faculty, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, retrieved 2025-12-04
  2. ^ Boetcher, Sandra Kathleen Sparr (2006), External fluid flow and heat transfer in natural convection and forced convection (Ph.D. thesis), University of Minnesota, ProQuest 305313506
  3. ^ a b Duda, Caroline (July 16, 2025), Embry‑Riddle Professor Helps Students Engineer a Path to Success, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, retrieved 2025-12-04
  4. ^ ASME Fellows (PDF), ASME, March 2025, retrieved 2025-12-04
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