Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Resume:
- Short Version (PDF File)
- Full Version (PDF File)
Publications (PDF File)
Research Projects
M.S. Students:
- Ranjith Kumar
Ph.D. Students:
- Tao Geng
- Francisco Diaz
- Fei Zheng
Former Ph.D. Students:
- Ping Xiang
(Grad. 8/07)
- Sid Becker
(Grad. 5/07)
- Jianxi Zhu
(Grad. 5/07)
- Geng Peng
(Grad. 12/05)
- Liping Cheng
(Grad. 12/04)
- Patirop Chitrphiromsri
(Grad. 12/04)
- Nan Jiang
- Deming Mao
(Grad. 5/03)
- Qun Wan
(Grad. 12/03)
- Ming Xiong
(Grad. 12/01)
Former M.S. Students:
- Michael Schoen
(Grad. 8/05)
- Robert Ordon
(Grad. 5/06)
- Sid Becker
(Grad.12/03)
Visiting Scholars:
- Prof. W.S. Kim (E-mail)
- Dr. S.Y. Kim (E-mail)
- Drs. A. Avramenko, I. Shevchuk, and S. Kobzar
Visitors:
- Prof. Yukio Ogata
Research Opportunities for New Graduate Students
My Calendar (Password Req.)
Useful Links:
- Maps and Directions
Research Projects
Current and Pending Projects (.RTF file)
Visualization of Continuous Casting Process
(in collaboration with Prof. W. Schneider and Dr. V. Noshadi)
About Horizontal Continuous Casting Process (.PDF file)
Schematic Diagram of Continuous Casting Process (.PDF file)
Visualization 1 (stroke duration 1.384 sec) (.MOV file)
Visualization 2 (stroke duration 0.6 sec) (.MOV file)
Modeling of Fine Particle Agglomeration in Circulating Fluidized Bed Absorbers
(in collaboration with Prof. J.R. Edwards)
Modeling Approach (.PDF file)
Visualization of Bubble Formation in Circulating Fluidized Beds (.WMV file)
Thermal Modeling of Thermal Protection
Outfits for Fire Exposures
Investigation of Interaction Between Dendritic Crystal Growth, Microporosity Formation, and Melt Convection on Micro and Macroscales
Definition slide (.PDF file)
Animation of crystal growth, no rotation (.WMV file)
Animation of crystal growth, rotation about z-axis (.WMV file)
Animation of crystal growth, spinning crystal (.WMV file)
