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2024 M. Necati Ozisik Distinguished Lecture: Renato Cotta
April 19 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
About the M. Necati Ozisik Distinguished Lecture series:
The Dr. M. Necati Ozisik Distinguished Lecture Series was established in late 2022 to honor the tremendous impact and contributions that Dr. Ozisik had on research, teaching and the profession of engineering. Dr. Ozisik joined the NC State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty in 1963. He was the primary advisor for more than 45 doctoral students at NC State, many of whom are now established leaders in industry and academia. Dr. Ozisik was an internationally known authority on the subject of Heat Transfer who had over 270 research publications and authored 11 books.
He was an elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards recognizing his teaching and research excellence, including the Oliver Max Gardner Award (1985), the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award (1987), the North Carolina State University Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professors Award (1989), and the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence (1992). Dr. Ozisik was a kind and thoughtful man who dedicated his life to making advances in his profession and developing the next generation of engineering leaders. He continued to remain active with research and writing books for several years after his official retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1993.
Title:
Revival and Growth of Analytic-Inspired Convection-Diffusion Theory: The Legacy of Prof. M. Necati Ozisik
Abstract:
Analytical heat and mass diffusion theory was mostly established along the 20th century, particularly within its first seven decades, till the boom of the computer era, then dividing attention with advancements on numerical methods for partial differential equations, that today form the basis of the simulation arsenal in modern engineering practice. Professor M. Necati Ozisik from NCSU was one of the great names in analytical diffusion theory along this vibrant period, with numerous important contributions which include two classical treatises, Boundary Value Problems of Heat Conduction (1968) and Heat Conduction (1980). In 1984, working together with another outstanding scientist, M.D. Mikhailov, they prepared a compendium on the integral transform method (Unified Analysis and Solutions of Heat and Mass Diffusion) that merged heat and mass diffusion theory into seven classes of linear problems, and systematically presented an unified view of this analytical solution procedure. I had the unique opportunity of working with Prof. Ozisik and interacting with Prof. Mikhailov at NCSU, including the revision and proof-reading their valuable book, acquiring the background that would form the basis for my own career development. However, it was in a theoretical paper published in the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer in 1974 together with Prof. Raymond Murray, a pioneer in the Nuclear Engineering field, also from NCSU, that Prof. Ozisik provided the seeds for the revival of analytic-based approaches in transport phenomena. This work aimed at offering approximate analytical solutions for a priori non-transformable diffusion problems, in that specific case, due to time varying heat transfer coefficients in the boundary conditions. Nevertheless, it also provided the clue for the growth of a hybrid numerical-analytical approach, continuously extended along these forty years, to become both a benchmark tool for purely numerical algorithms and an alternative simulation tool by itself. This lecture links the fundamental work of Prof. Ozisik with the present development stage in convection-diffusion through this Generalized Integral Transform Technique (GITT), a name coined at his early work in 1974, travelling along its timeline, illustrated with a few challenging engineering problems, and discussing future research needs.
Bio:
Prof. Renato M. Cotta was born in Niterói, Brazil, on March 5th, 1960. He obtained his B.Sc. in Mechanical-Nuclear Engineering, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil, in 1981, and his PhD in Mechanical-Aerospace Eng. from North Carolina State Univ., NCSU, USA, in 1985, under the supervision of Prof. M. Necati Ozisik. He became Assistant Professor at the Aeronautics Technological Institute, ITA, Brazil, 1985-1987, then Associate Prof., at UFRJ, in 1987, and Professor, at COPPE-UFRJ in 1994, and at POLI-UFRJ in 1997, until the present days. Author of around 600 scientific articles, 10 books, and supervisor of 49 MSc, 39 PhD, and 18 PosDocs. He is member of 15 Editorial Boards, including Int. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, Int. Comm. Heat & Mass Transfer, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, and Editor of the Annals Braz. Academy of Sciences. Served as President of the Braz. Association of Mechanical Sciences & Engineering, ABCM, from 2000-2001, as member of the Scientific Council, International Centre for Heat & Mass Transfer, ICHMT, since 1993, of the Executive Comm. ICHMT, 2006-2022, ICHMT EC Chairman, 2017-2018, and Congress Comm., Int. Union of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, IUTAM, 2012-2018. Served as Exec. Director for the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2012-2015. He received the ICHMT Hartnett-Irvine Award, 2009 and 2015, the ICHMT Fellowship Award, 2019, the National Order of Scientific Merit, Brazil, in 2009 (Comendador) and 2018 (Grã-Cruz), the National Order of Naval Merit, Brazil, 2018, the Nuclear Legacy Award for Research & Development, ABDAN, 2023, and the Prof. Leonardo Goldstein Jr. Prize of ABCM, 2023, the highest award from this national association. He was recently awarded the prestigious Luikov Medal of the ICHMT, 2022. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, since 2009, National Engineering Academy, since 2011, and The World Academy of Sciences, TWAS, since 2012. Holds the Doctor Honoris Causa title from Université de Reims, URCA, France, 2018. President of the National Commission of Nuclear Energy, CNEN, both regulatory body and science promoter in nuclear energy in Brazil, 2015-2017. Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami, 1993-2005, and Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor at the University College London, UCL, UK. Member of the National Council of Energy Policy, CNPE, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil, 2020-2022. Presently, Member of the Technical Working Group (TWG) in Nuclear Desalination, IAEA, 2021-2024, and Expert Evaluator for the European Innovation Council, EIC.. Since 2017, he has been commissioned as Senior Technical Consultant (Amazul Defense Tecnologies), for the General Director of Nuclear and Technological Development, DGDNTM, Brazilian Navy.
