Dr. Issam Mudawar
Breakthroughs in Two-Phase Theory and Applications
Event Date: | March 25, 2016 |
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Time: | 1:30p |
Location: | ME 2054 |
Contact Name: | Marsha Freeland |
Contact Email: | mjfreeland@purdue.edu |
Open To: | ALL |
Priority: | No |
College Calendar: | Show |
Abstract
Liquid-vapor phase-change processes play a crucial role in many of the world’s vital industries, including energy, space, materials processing, and thermal management of electronics. While modeling of single-phase systems has benefitted greatly from commercial CFD software, predicting the transport behavior of two-phase systems relies heavily on empirical formulation and, to a far lesser degree, on theoretical or computational modeling. Shortage of theoretical models can be traced to limited understanding of several fundamental interfacial phenomena such as flow regime transitions, waves, break-up, coalescence, and turbulence dampening along liquid-vapor interfaces. The Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory has played a leading international role in the development of innovative practical two-phase thermal solutions for a broad range of applications, as well as predictive tools for boiling and condensing flows, including both ‘universal’ correlations and theoretical models. These accomplishments will be highlighted and new opportunities identified. It will be shown how adoption of Purdue advances in two-phase transport can yield enormous benefits in many applications, but success implementation will be contingent on the ability to effectively combine knowledge from several engineering disciplines.
Biography
Prof. Issam Mudawar joined Purdue University in 1984 immediately after receiving his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a minor in management from M.I.T. At Purdue, he founded the Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory (BTPFL) and the Purdue University International Electronic Cooling Alliance (PUIECA). He is also founder and president of Mudawar Thermal Systems, Inc., a company based in the Purdue Research Park. He has supervised over 65 Ph.D. and M.S. students and visiting scholars, and co-authored 206 archival journal papers, 4 handbooks, and numerous conference papers and presentations. He is internationally recognized for experimental and theoretical research on phase change mechanisms and applications in energy, space, intelligent materials processing, and thermal management of electronics. He earned the title of Fellow of ASME in 1997, and received several research awards, including the ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging outstanding paper award for 1995, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer award for two most cited articles for 2005-2008, Rolls-Royce Milestone Award for 2009, 75th anniversary medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, 2013 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in science category, and 2013 American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Founder's Award. In 2015 he was named Betty Ruth and Milton B. Hollander Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In the same year, he was recognized by Thomson Reuters as Highly Cited Researcher, and included in “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015.” His citation record and h-index according to Google and ISI, respectively, are 7046 and 46, and 11,222 and 58. He also received several awards for dedicated teaching and service at Purdue, including the Solberg Award for best teacher in mechanical engineering for 1987, 1992, 1996, and 2004, Charles Murphy Award for outstanding teaching for 1997, Ruth and Joel Spira Award for 1999, and Purdue Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers professor of the year award for 1985 and 1987. He is a Founding Fellow of the Purdue University Teaching Academy and Inaugural Member of the Purdue University Book of Great Teachers.
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