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ME 539 Heat Transfer Physics

ME 335 Heat Transfer

 

 

 

 

From left to right:
 Jedo Kim, Gi Suk Hwang, Baoling Huang,  Professor Massoud Kaviany, Amelie Saint-Germain, and Dahye Min

 

Current Lab Members

·         Gi Suk Hwang  (Ph.D. Student)

·         Jedo Kim  (Ph.D. Student)

·         Dahye Min (MS Student)

·         Amelie Saint-Germain (Student Intern from ENSEEIHT, France)

 

LABORATORY ALUMNI

Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars 

 

Name

Date

Research Topic

Current Position

Charn-Jung Kim

1991-1992

Numerical Methods in Heat Transfer with Phase-Change

Seoul National University, Korea

Kotsu Hanamura

1993-1994

Condensation in Porous Media

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan     

Melik Sahraoui

1992-1994

Premixed Gaseous Combustion in Porous Media

Tunisia Polytechnic University, Tunisia

Jae-Dong Chung

1997-1998

Effective Thermal Conductivity of Porous Silicon

Sejong University, Seoul, Korea

Amir A.M. Oliveira

1998-1999

In-Cylinder Particulate Filtering and Conversion of Pollutants

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Scott G. Liter

2000-2001

Examination of Interatomic Potentials for Molecular Dynamics Simulations

GE Global Research

Yoon-Been Lee

2001-2002

Diffusion-Reaction in Multi-Length Scale Porous Media

Seoul National University, Korea

Jin-Hyun Nam

2002-2003

Water Management in Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel cells

Kookmin University, Korea

 

Ph.D. Students 

 

Name

Date

Research Topic

Current Position

Yong-Xin Tao

1989

Effect of Surface Saturation or Evaporation Rate

Florida International University

 

Farouk Ben-Ammar

1991

An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Heat Transfer During Impact

Industrial Mechanics of Maghrib, Tunisia

 

Charn-Jung Kim

1991

A Finite-Difference Method for Phase-Change Problems

Seoul National University, Korea

Monther Al-Farah

1992

Film Condensation in Tilted Thermosyphons

Mu'tah University, Jordan

Melik Sahraoui

1992

Slip and No-Slip Boundary Conditions for Porous Plain Media Interface: Hydrodynamics, Conduction and Convection

Tunisia Polytechnic University, Tunisia

Mahmood Fatehi

1996

Role of Solid-Gas Thermal and Chemical Nonequilibria in Combusting Porous Media

Visteon Corporation

Amir A.M. Oliveira

1998

Effect of Particle- and Specimen-Level Transport on Product State : Compacted-Powder Combustion Synthesis and Thermal Debinding

Federal University of Santa Catarina , Brazil

Scott G. Liter

2000

Pool Boiling Enhancement and Liquid Chocking Limits within and above a Modulated Porous-Layer Coating

GE Global Research

Chan-Woo Park

2000

Modeling Thermal Regeneration in Reciprocating, Reacting Streams with Applications in Thermoelectric Power Generation and in Internal Combustion Engines

University of Nevada, Reno

Alan McGaughey

2004

Phonon Transport in Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Formulation and Thermal Conductivity Prediction

Carnegie Mellon University

Luciana daSilva

2005

Integrated Micro Thermoelectric Cooler: Theory, Fabrication and Characterization

Embraco, Research and Development, Brazil

Xulin Ruan

2006

Fundamentals of Laser Cooling of Rare-earth-ion Doped Solids and its Enhancement using Nanopowders

Purdue University

Baoling Huang

2008

Phonon Conductivity Metrics for Compact, Layered, Linked-Cage, and Filled-Cage Crystals, Using Ab-Initio, Molecular Dynamics and Boltzmann Transport Treatments

University of California-Berkeley

(Post-Doctoral Fellow)

 

M.S. Students 

 

Name

Date

Research Topic

Current Position

Melik Sahraoui

1988

Natural Convection from Disks and Rings

Tunisia Polytechnic University, Tunisia

Jeffrey A. Rogers

1989

Dying of Nonhygroscopic Porous Media

Babcock & Wilcox Company

Lawrence Chaney

1990

A Phase-Change Actuated Microelectromechanical Device

Babcock & Wilcox Company

Martin J. Reckker

1990

Dumping of Liquid Nitrogen to Pressures Below One Atmosphere

Ford Motor Company

Bruce Squires

1990

Gel Formation in Liquid Nitrogen using Hydrocarbons

Fermi National Laboratory

Bhupinder P. Singh

1991

Radiation Heat Transfer in Porous Media

Caterpillar Incorporated

Timothy P. Purwin

1992

Influence of Gravitational Environment on Cryogenic Liquid Tank Venting and Dumping

Calsonic North America

Kelvin Fu

1993

Thermal Circuit Modeling of Alternators and Experimental Verification

University of California-Berkeley (a Ph.D. Student)

Justin MacLaurin

1996

Heat Transfer Characteristics of Compact Condensers

Battelle Columbus Laboratory

David Burgess

1997

Optimization of Compact Condensers

Ford Motor Company

Minas Mezedur

2000

Network Modeling of Washcoat Effective Mass Diffusivity

Ford Motor Company

Ozgur Karagozuglu

2001

Design and Fabrication of Thermoelectric Micro-Coolers

Applied Materials Inc.

Gi Suk Hwang

 2006

Modulated Wick Heat Pipe

University of Michigan

Jedo Kim

 2008

Purging of Dropwise Condensate by Electrowetting

University of Michigan



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