Rebecca Webb is a senior instructor and the program lead for the energy systems engineering program. Prior to joining OSU-Cascades, she was an associate professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Rebecca also worked as a R&D engineer at Agilent Technologies designing test and measurement equipment and as a senior engineer responsible for performing thermal analysis of laser cooling techniques at Directed Energy Solutions.

Rebecca’s research is focused on computational and experimental microscale fluidic and heat transfer studies. Her goal is to use research to help create a more sustainable world. Applications of her work include solar electric generating systems, solar thermal propulsion, and electronic cooling.