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EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Research and Development Scientist, Jet Propulsion Engineer, Engineering Failure Analysis, Accident Reconstruction Consultant, Specialist, Forensic Analysis Investigation Expert Witness Testimony, Engineering Consulting ServicesExpertise in heat and mass transfer, cryogenic research, infrared radiation, heat transfer, aeronautics, astronautics, experimental heat transfer, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, radiation heat transfer, convection of heat and mass, and thermal engineering.
Specialization includes heat transfer in semitransparent materials, thermophysics and heat transfer, thermal diagnostics, numerical fluid mechanics and heat transfer, solar energy utilization, experimental heat transfer, mechanical and aerospace engineering, heat and fluid flow.
Extensive knowledge regarding glass melting, microgravity science and applications, thermal-fluids engineering, radiative heat transfer, natural circulation boiling, boiling water reactor performance, heat transfer in thermal radiation absorbing and scattering medium, nucleation and boiling from a liquid-liquid interface.
Highly regarded in areas including radiating fluid with viscous dissipation, transient heating and cooling, thermal radiation, heating and cooling of one-dimensional solids, radiative characteristics of cryodeposits, black body radiation, bi-directional reflectanc, radiant energy transfer in water, radiant heat transfer, radiation shielding, absorbing gas transpiration, and hemispherical radiation characteristics.
Additional areas of interest include temperature distribution in glass, for radiative transfer in polluted atmospheres, solute and thermal redistribution, infrared radiation techniques, thin film coated cover plates, temperature modeling, temperature distribution in semitransparent solids, transient natural convection, on radiative transfer in an urban planetary boundary layer, and thermal energy storage material.
Has conducted numerous studies in areas including flat-plate solar collectors, solar radiation, pollutant and heat emissions effects, cooled horizontal cylinders, convection flow visualization, energy transfer in irradiated and cooled water, void fractions, semitransparent materials, double-diffusive thermohaline systems, advanced power systems, and heat-of-fusion energy storage.
Expertise includes combined wall conduction and natural convection, vertical tube bundle, on three-dimensional circulation in glass melting tanks, glass batch blankets, phase-change heat transfer, finite cylindrical enclosures, phase-change materials, of radiative heat transfer in diesel engines, heat transfer in pulverized coal-fired furnaces, of solidification in a binary mixture, and natural convection of binary gas.
Additional specialties include analysis of core and core barrel heat-up, analysis of radiation-induced melting, fly-ash particles, mathematical modeling, of gas-fired radiant tubes, thermal hydraulics, solidification of binary mixtures, on temperature distribution and natural convection, vertical crystal growth, and direct-fired batch reheating furnace.
Highly experienced in areas including steady-state natural convection, chemical reactions and variable properties, buoyancy-driven convection, three-dimensional natural convection, differentially-heated square cavity, high-temperature industrial furnaces, indirectly-fired continuous reheating furnaces, heat transfer modeling, ceramic burner radiant heater, and industrial combustion systems.
Extensive knowledge regarding dynamic temperature distribution, planar water jets, anisotropic porous layers, porous matrix combustor-heater, constant wall temperature adsorption column, aqueous sodium chloride solutions, furnaces with impinging flame jets, moving isothermal surface, heat transfer in materials processing, reticulated ceramics, cooling by round jets, binary alloys, and hyperbolic nozzles.
This associate is an expert in areas including treatment of complex geometries, axisymmetric radiative transfer, premixed flame impingement heat transfer, gas bubble injection, the annealing of optical quality glass, indirectly-fired continuous reheating furnaces, heat transfer modeling, a ceramic burner radiant heater, industrial combustion systems, and dynamic temperature distribution.
Has conducted numerous studies in areas including planar water jets, anisotropic porous layers, porous matrix combustor-heater, constant wall temperature adsorption column, aqueous sodium chloride solutions, furnaces with impinging flame jets, and moving isothermal surface.
Additional areas of interest include heat transfer in materials processing, reticulated ceramics, cooling by round jets, binary alloys, hyperbolic nozzles, treatment of complex geometries, axisymmetric radiative transfer, premixed flame impingement heat transfer, gas bubble injection, the annealing of optical quality glass, glass melting furnaces, three-dimensional combustion code, and low inertia furnace.
Extensive knowledge regarding a porous radiant burner, methane/air diffusion flames, low-emissions surface combustor-burner, solidification of ammonium chloride, laboratory scale glass melting furnace, dynamic zone modeling, metal fiber burners, of semitransparent media containing gas bubbles, multilayer thermal insulation, fresnel interfaces, and a submerged metal fiber burner/heater
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Aeronautics, Astronautics, Automotive, Biological, Chemical, Cryogenics, Electrical, Electronics Manufacturing, Fluid Mechanics, Glass, Manufacturing, Nuclear, Power Production, Thermal, Thermodynamics, Steam Boilers
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
MSME, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
BSME, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
CONTINUED EDUCATION
Convective Heat Transfer, Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
Turbulence and Combustion, ERCOFTAC (European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion, Rheinisch-Westfahlen Technische Universitat Aachen
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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W.F.M. Goss Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Major University
W.F.M. Goss Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Major University
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Major University
Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Guest Professor, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
Research Scientist, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., Santa Monica, California
Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California
Consultant, Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York
Consultant and Visiting Lecturer, IBM Corporation, Endicott, New York
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Senior Research Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Summer Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Associate Mechanical Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
Student Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
Assistant Mechanical Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
CONSULTING CLIENTS
Duncan Electric Co., Argonne National Laboratory, Corning Glass Works, IBM Corporation, Honeywell, Inc., Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Aerojet Electro-Optical Systems Co., Eli Lilly and Co., Science Applications, Inc., Ball Corp., Owens/Corning Fiberglas Corp., Solar Energy Research Institute, National Science Foundation, Ford Motor Co., Kerr-McGee Corp., PPG Industries, Inc., Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Union Carbide Corp., Industrial, Gas Division, Electric Power Research Institute, Energetics, Inc., U.S. Department of Energy, Eclipse, Inc., Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Energy Research Inc., SS Energy Environmental International, Inc., Thermophysical Properties Research, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Licensed Professional Engineer, IL
HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in Engineering
American Men of Science, The Physical and Biological Science
Who's Who in the Midwest
Who's Who in Technology Today
Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology
Member, Honorary Editorial Board, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Member, Honorary Editorial Advisory Board, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Member, Honorary Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Russell B. Scott Memorial Award for Outstanding Paper in Cryogenic Research, Cryogenic Engineering Conference
Best Paper Award, Industry Applications Society of IEEE
Honorable Mention of paper "Infrared Radiation Techniques for Glass Surface and Temperature Distribution Measurements," from among those published in the Transactions of Industry Applications Society of IEEE
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Heat Transfer Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Thermophysics Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
JSPS Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Distinguished Engineering Alumnus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Senior Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education
Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, Purdue University
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Recipient of the ASME Heat Transfer Division Best Paper Award
Max Jakob Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers / American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Melville Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The Hawkins Memorial Lecture in Heat Transfer, Purdue University
Foreign Member, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Nusselt-Reynolds Prize, The Assembly of World Conferences on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Heat Transfer Division Best Poster Award
National Science Council Lecturer, National Science Council, Republic of China
Dr.-Ing. E.h. (Doctor honoris causa), Technical University of Munich
Thermal Engineering Award for International Activity, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Elected Foreign Member, Academy of Engineering Sciences of the Russian Federation
Thurston Lecturer, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
Session Organizer and Chairman, Spacecraft Heat Transfer, ASME Space Technology and Heat Transfer Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Session Organizer and Chairman , Heat Transfer in Semitransparent Materials, ASME, New York, NY
Session Organizer and Chairman, Radiative Transfer Technology, ASME-AIChE 14th National Heat Transfer Conference, Atlanta, GA
Session Chairman, Applications of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, AIAA 12th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Washington, DC
Session Organizer and Chairman, Radiative Transfer, AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Boston, MA
General Chairman, Second AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Palo Alto, California
Chairman, National Heat Transfer Conference Coordinating Committee
Technical Program Chairman, 18th ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, San Diego, California
Group Leader, NSF Research Workshop on Thermal Diagnostics for High Temperature Flows, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
ASME Representative on Max Jakob Memorial Award Board
Co-Chairman, 19th AIChE/ASME National Heat Transfer Conference, Orlando, Florida
Co-Chairman, Workshop on Radiation Heat Transfer, Orlando, Florida
Member, U.S. Delegation, U.S./Japan Heat Transfer Joint Seminar, Tokyo, Japan
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Annual Review in Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Member, Advisory Subcommittee, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Division, National Science Foundation
Member, Organizing Committee of the 5th NATO Advanced Study Institute on Natural Convection
Member, Organizing Committee of the 6th NATO Advanced Study Institute on Solar Energy Utilization
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Annual Review of Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Member, The Scientific Council of the International Centre of Heat and Mass Transfer
Member, U.S. Delegation, Korea-U.S. Joint Heat Transfer Seminar on Thermal Engineering and High Technology Systems, Seoul, South Korea
Member, Organizing Committee of Symposium on Heat and Mass Transfer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Editor, Experimental Heat Transfer
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
Member, NUREG-1150 Peer Review Committee, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ASME Representative on Max Jakob Memorial Award Board
Member, National Research Council's Associateship Program, Panel on Engineering, Applied Science, and Mathematics
Member, External Review Committee, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
Chairman, Symposium on Phase Change Problems in Materials Processing, ASME Winter Annual Meeting
Member, Exploratory Research Associate Program, Electric Power Research Institute
Associate Editor, Applied Mechanics Reviews
Advisory Editor, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
Member, Fossil Fuels Symposium Committee (ASME), 12th Annual Energy Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition, Houston
Panel Member, Collaborative Energy Research Workshop, Lake Bluff, Illinois
Chairman, Max Jakob Memorial Award Committee
Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, Heat Transfer (First International
Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer), Southampton, UK
Panel Member, National Science Foundation Workshop on Research Needs in Direct Combustion Synthesis, Washington, DC
Member, Organizing Committee of the XXII International Symposium on Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
Member, MELCOR Peer Review Committee, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Technical Editor, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer
Member, ASME Heat Transfer Division K-15 Committee on Heat Transfer in Materials Processing
Member, International Commission on Glass Committee on Glass Melting Process
Member, Science Council for Microgravity Science and Applications, Universities Space Research Association
Member, Advisory Board of the Pacific Center of Thermal-Fluids Engineering
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Numerical Heat Transfer
Co-organizer, USA-USSR Joint Seminar/Workshop on Multiphase Flow Systems
Member, SCDAP/RELAP5 Peer Review Committee, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Member of Review Panels for National Research Council’s Associateship Program
Member, Expert Technical Review Group on Late Phase Melt Progression, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee for the 6th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Thermal Engineering, Seoul, Korea
Member of Peer Review Panel of COBASE (Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering), National Research Council
Member, Advisory Board of JSME International Journal Series B
Member, Kentucky NASA EPSCOR Program External Advisory Panel
Member, NSF/EPA Environmental Technology Initiative Peer Review Panel
Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee of the 8th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena in Combustion
Member Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Radiative Heat Transfer
Member, NASA TEMPUS Mission Hardware Readiness Review Panel
NASA Microgravity Science and Applications Division, Proposal Peer Review Panel
External Examiner in Thermal-Fluids, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Member, Organizing Committee, Turbulent Heat Transfer - An International Conference
Member, Mechanical Engineering Advisory Committee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, KSME International Journal
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ASME Heat Transfer – Recent Contents
Member, NASA Microgravity Division Metals and Alloys Peer Review Panel
Member, NASA Microgravity Division Fluid Physics Peer Review Panel
Chairman, Committee on Microgravity Research, National Research Council
Member, Space Studies Board, National Research Council
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, AIAA Journal
Member, Mechanical Engineering (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Advisory Committee
Chairman, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Review Committee
Member, External Review Committee of the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Member, Scientific Committee of 5th European Furnaces and Boilers
Member, School of Engineering Advisory Board, University of Connecticut
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Thermal Engineering
Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering Academic Advisory Committee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Member, International Scientific Committee, Third International Symposium on Radiative Transfer
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Association of University Professors
American Association for Advancement of Science
Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
Combustion Institute
Society of the Sigma Xi
Member, ASME Heat Transfer Division Committee K-12 on Aeronautics and Astronautics Heat Transfer
Member, AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee
Member, National Heat Transfer Coordinating Committee (ASME)
Member, Joint (U.S.-U.S.S.R.) Study Group in Heat on Heat and Mass Transfer
PUBLICATIONS
Numerous publications, articles, invited lectures on topics including Heat and Mass Transfer, Cryogenic Research, Infrared Radiation, Heat Transfer, Aeronautics, Astronautics, Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Radiation Heat Transfer, Convection of Heat and Mass, Thermal Engineering, Heat Transfer in Semitransparent Materials, Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Thermal Diagnostics, Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Solar Energy Utilization, Experimental Heat Transfer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Heat and Fluid Flow, Glass Melting, Microgravity Science and Applications, Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Radiative Heat Transfer, Outer Planet Entry Heating and Thermal Protection, Thermophysics and Thermal Control, and more.
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