Current position(s)

Research Scientist; Materials Science Division

Career path

Postdoctoral research, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, 2020-2023

Postdoctoral research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2017-2019

Subject Matter Expertise

Optical diagnostics, ultrafast lasers, combustion

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

MS, Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

BS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

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Selected publications

• T.Y. Chen, S.A. Steinmetz, B.D. Patterson, A.W. Jasper, C.J. Kliewer, “Direct observation of coherence transfer and rotational-to-vibrational energy exchange in optically centrifuged CO₂ super-rotors,” Nat. Commun. 14, 3227 (2023).
• M. Vorenkamp, S.A. Steinmetz, T.Y. Chen, Y. Ju, C.J. Kliewer, “Suppression of coherent interference to electric-field-induced second-harmonic (E-FISH) signals for the measurement of electric field in mesoscale confined geometries,” Opt. Lett. 48, 1930 (2023).
• M. Vorenkamp, S.A. Steinmetz, T.Y. Chen, X. Mao, A. Starikovskiy, C.J. Kliewer, Y. Ju, “Plasma-assisted Deflagration to Detonation Transition in a Microchannel with Fast-Frame Imaging and Hybrid fs/ps Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Measurements,” Proc. Combust. Inst. 39, 5561 (2023).
• S.A. Steinmetz, T.Y. Chen, B.M. Goldberg, C.J. Kliewer, "Resolved rotation-vibration non-equilibrium with rotational VIPA-CARS," Opt. Lett. 47, 5429 (2022).
• S.A. Steinmetz, A.T. DeLaRiva, C. Riley, P. Schrader, A. Datye, E.D. Spoerke, C.J. Kliewer, "Gas-Phase Hydrogen-Atom Measurement above Catalytic and Noncatalytic Materials during Ethane Dehydrogenation," J. Phys. Chem. C 126, 3054 (2022).
• S.A. Steinmetz and C.J. Kliewer, "Gas detection sensitivity of hybrid fs/ps and fs/ns CARS," Opt. Lett. 47, 1470 (2022).
• S.A. Steinmetz, H.A. Ahmed, W.R. Boyette, M.J. Dunn, W.L. Roberts, A.R. Masri, "Effects of ammonia and hydrogen on the sooting characteristics of laminar coflow flames of ethylene and methane," Fuel 307, 121914 (2022).
• S.A. Steinmetz and C.J. Kliewer, "Phase matching in two-dimensional coherent Raman imaging," Opt. Express 28, 34586 (2020).
• S.A. Steinmetz, T. Fang, W.L. Roberts, “Soot particle size measurements in ethylene diffusion flames at elevated pressures,” Combust. Flame 169, 85 (2016).
• S.A. Steinmetz, J.S. Herrington, C.K. Winterrowd, W.L. Roberts, J.O.L. Wendt, W.P. Linak, "Crude glycerol combustion: Particulate, acrolein, and other volatile organic emissions," Proc. Comb. Inst. 34, 2749 (2013).

Memberships

Member, AIAA