| Website | mashaVpetrova.com |
| Blog | successfulunemplo... |
| @MVPetrova | |
| Birthplace | Moscow, Russia |
| UC San Diego, PhD | 2005 |
| Engineering | |
| University of Delaware, BS | 2001 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Masha V. Petrova Bio
Dr. Masha Petrova is the founder and CEO of MVP Modeling Solutions - a company dedicated to improvement of engineering R&D processes and the exclusive distributor of the EURO/CFD services in the USA. She is a creator of Successful Unemployment Toolkit for Scientists and Engineers.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego where she conducted research in chemical kinetics with Forman A. Williams, a pioneer in the field of combustion and the author of Combustion Theory.
After receiving her doctorate, she went to work in industry as a development engineer at Reaction Design, an engineering software company. She then transitioned from the research and development group to sales and marketing, where she was the go-to technical person for the company’s engineers, customers, and distributors.
She has created and taught courses on the computer simulation of reactive flows and trained professionals all over the globe. She has published papers in peer-reviewed journals and has presented technical talks at conferences such as International Symposium on Combustion, ASME Turbo Expo, SAE World Congress and AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. She has served on a National Science Foundation Review Panel on Materials and Combustion.
She is a co-founder of the Women in Combustion group, and is an active member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Society of Automotive Engineers, and Toastmasters International. She is a featured speaker for the ACS Speaker Service and an official instructor for the ACS courses.
She is a member of the Executive Board of Directors for the Franklin Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting education and innovation in America’s technology and science fields.
Her most recent instructional webinars, hosted by NAFEMS (National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards), include “10 Ways of Increasing your Value as an Engineering Professional†and “Contributing to the Bottom Line with Computer Modeling.â€Â Â
She writes a monthly column for the Product Design and Development on-line magazine. She is a contributing author for Simple-Talk on-line magazine.
