Kyle Daun

Professor
University of Waterloo, ON, Canada

Kyle Daun is a Professor of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin (2003), and from 2004-2007 he worked at the National Research Council (NRC) Canada as a postdoctoral fellow and later as a research officer. In 2007 Daun joined the University of Waterloo, where directs the Waterloo Laboratory for Inverse Analysis and Thermal Sciences (WatLIT). His team develops laser-based and imaging techniques for environmental monitoring, nanoparticle diagnostics, and steel production. He has published over 250 research contributions, including over 130 journal papers. Daun is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, and a recipient of the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRT) Ray Viskanta award. HProfessor Daun co-authored Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, 7th Ed., one of the two main textbooks on thermal radiation, as well as Thermal Radiation: An Introduction (2023).

Presentation(s):

• Applications of Ground-Based Hyperspectral Imaging for Methane Detection in Landfills

  Tuesday, June 10, 2025
  5:00pm – 5:20pm ET

• Quantification Accuracy of Airborne Long-Wave Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging for Detecting Methane Emissions from the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector

  Tuesday, June 10, 2025
  5:20pm – 5:40pm ET