Tiffany joined Brooks Kushman P.C. as a Technology Specialist after establishing herself in the scientific community. She is currently pursuing a law degree at Wayne State University. She received her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan with a focus in the thermal fluid sciences, and was a recipient of the prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship funded by the Department of Defense. After graduating, Tiffany was an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA for three years.

While at Drexel, Tiffany established a laboratory conducting government funded research and taught courses in both the thermal fluid sciences and design sequences. At Michigan and Drexel Tiffany’s research involvement included the areas of flame synthesis and materials analysis of nanomaterials for bio- and sensor applications, catalytic ignition of oxygenated fuels for microcombustors, in situ diode laser diagnostics in a flame environment, and chemical kinetic modeling of silane combustion.

Tiffany has presented at numerous conferences, published twelve refereed articles, actively mentored students through both university and federal sponsored programs, served on federal grant funding panels, and awarded $850,000 as primary/senior investigator and an additional $1,300,000 as senior personnel on government funded research. Tiffany believes that these experiences and successes in the scientific and academic communities will enable her to build relationships and connect with inventors on advanced and emerging technologies.

Publications & Presentations

Ma, Y., Ricciuti, C., Miller, T., Kadlowec, J., and Pearlman, H., “Enhanced Catalytic Combustion Using Sub-micrometer and Nano-size Platinum Particles,” ASAP Energy Fuels, 2008.

Bakrania, S. D., Perez, C., Miller, T. A., and Wooldridge, M. S., “Combustion of Multi-Phase Particle Precursor Reactants for Synthesis of Nanocomposite Materials,” Combustion and Flame, 2007.

Miller, T. A., Bakrania, S. D., Perez, C., and Wooldridge, M. S., “A New Method for Direct Preparation of Tin- Oxide Nanocomposite Materials,” Journal of Materials Research, 2005.

Miller, T. A., Bakrania, S. D., Perez C., and Wooldridge, M. S. “Tin dioxide/metal/metal oxide nanocomposites for gas sensor applications,” in Functional Nanomaterials, E. Rosenberg and K. E. Geckeler, Editors, American Scientific Publishers, 2004.

Miller, T. A., Wooldridge, M. S., Bozzelli, J. W., “Computational Modeling of the SiH3 + O2 Reaction and Silane Combustion,” Combustion and Flame, 2004.

Honors & Awards

Ferne Walter Scholarship, Wayne State University Law School, 2008-2009.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, 2001-2004.

Robert M. Caddell Award, University of Michigan (outstanding students and faculty in materials and manufacturing), 2003-2004.