Add bios for presenters

Author: bryanwweber

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 description: Learn about how to use and develop Cantera
 
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+title: Biographies of Presenters
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+
+# Biographies of Presenters
+
+## Raymond Speth
+
+### Associate Director, Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment, MIT
+
+My research interests are in the development of sustainable energy technologies
+for both stationary power generation and transportation needs. I have a
+particular interest in the development of efficient numerical simulation tools
+which can be used to assess the impacts of energy use and solve problems in
+these areas. I am the lead developer of Cantera, an open-source chemical
+kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport package. I am also the author of Ember,
+a tool for simulating flames and studying flame/flow interactions.
+
+## Steven DeCaluwe
+
+### Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
+
+Dr. DeCaluwe comes to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Mines after
+completing a National Research Council post-doctoral fellowship at the National
+Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dr. DeCaluwe’s work at NIST
+utilized neutron reflectometry experiments to study solid electrolyte interphase
+formation in Lithium-ion batteries and water uptake in thin-film polymers for
+PEM fuel cells. His work at CSM focuses on interfacial studies of
+electrochemical energy systems, in particular the use of in situ measurements to
+validate and assist in scale-up of atomistic models. Dr. DeCaluwe is one of the
+lead developers of Cantera.
+
+## Bryan Weber
+
+### Assistant Professor in Residence, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
+
+Dr. Weber’s research interests are on the combustion of alternative biofuels
+including alcohols and biodiesel, design of novel experimental methods for
+combustion analysis, and computational analysis of reaction mechanisms for
+combustion. Dr. Weber is one of the lead developers of Cantera.

participants.md

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 The meeting will be hosted by
 
-* Ray Speth (MIT)
-* Steven DeCaluwe (Colorado School of Mines)
-* Bryan Weber (University of Connecticut)
+* [Ray Speth](/bios.html#raymond-speth) (MIT)
+* [Steven DeCaluwe](/bios.html#steven-decaluwe) (Colorado School of Mines)
+* [Bryan Weber](/bios.html#bryan-weber) (University of Connecticut)
 
 ## Attending