Dr. Funk specializes in accident reconstruction and simulations, crashworthiness, rollover analysis, fire investigation, photogrammetry, fluid mechanics, combustion, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. Dr. Funk has research experience with narrow object impacts, bumper mismatch collisions, accident simulation validation, and vehicle body crush. Dr. Funk is also a certified Bosch Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) Technician and Analyst. He has a background in the analysis of combustion, flow, and emissions in internal combustion engines via the use of laser diagnostic techniques. He has worked at Synthes Corporation, where he assisted in the design of a radiolucent aiming guide to assist surgeons with repairing broken femoral bones. Dr. Funk has also worked at Demag Delaval Turbomachinery, where he performed thermodynamic and fluid analyses on centrifugal and axial compressors for petrochemical applications.
Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Funk received his doctorate from the University of Michigan, where he performed both an experimental and computational comparison of turbulent flows in an internal combustion engine. In this work, he performed some of the first high-resolution turbulence measurements in an internal combustion engine to assist in developing and validating advanced turbulence models. Dr. Funk is proficient in German and French and has an intermediate knowledge of Spanish.
Funk C, Sick V, Reuss DL, Dahm WJA. Turbulence properties of high and low swirl in-cylinder flows. SAE Technical Paper Series, 2002-01-2841, 2002.
Funk C. Detailed analysis of experimental in-cylinder flow fields with applications to a k-epsilon model. Masters Thesis, University of Michigan, December 2001.
Doctoral Dissertation
Funk C. An in-depth comparison of experimental and computational turbulence parameters for in-cylinder engine flows. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April 2005.
Presentations and Published Abstracts
Funk C. Implications of swirl on turbulence properties in an IC Engine. Physical Chemistry Group at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, November 2002.
Funk C. Turbulence properties of high and low-swirl flows. Fall 2002 SAE Fuels and Lubricants Conference, San Diego, CA, October 2002.
Funk C. Implications of swirl on kinetic energy in SI engines. 3rd Annual Graduate Student Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, September 2002.
Funk C. Comparison of experimental in-cylinder flow fields to a k-epsilon model. Combustion and Fuels Group of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001.
Funk C. Detailed analysis of experimental in-cylinder flow fields with applications to a k-epsilon model. General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI, October 2001.