Simulation of Flow Through Porous Media -- this project is in support of work at the University of Oklahoma sponsored in part by an Petroleum Research Fund grant (Dr. Dimitrios V. Papavassiliou, PI). I have been performing computational fluid dyna mics simulations in support of a pore flow simulator called FTPM built at the University of Oklahoma. This collaboration began in late 2004 -- and we have presented these results in a regional conference, and we are currently writing a manuscript to be s ubmitted to an archival journal.
Simulation and Experimental Study of Laser Irradiation of Tumors -- this project is in collaboration with Dr. Wei Chen at the University of Central Oklahoma. My role has been to support students, many of them undergraduates, in performing Monte Ca rlo simulations of laser energy deposition and heat diffusion through tissue; and in interpreting results of simulations and experiments related to this project. This collaboration is ongoing for the last several years and has resulted in several publica tions.
Simulation of Micro Heat Exchangers -- I served as faculty committee member along with Dr. Mauricio Sanchez for this senior project for an undergraduate student (T. Matt Collins) in the 2004-2005 academic year. The work focused on producing flow p rofiles and temperature distributions in varying configurations of micro heat exchangers with channel widths from 100 microns to 1 mm. The models built by Matt serve as the groundwork for further study of micro heat exchangers.
Experimental Investigation of Thermo-acoustic Generators -- I am serving as the faculty advisor for this senior project (along with Dr. Weldon Wilson as committee member) in the 2005-2006 academic year for four undergraduate students. This projec t is focused on a parameter search to optimize the performance of thermo-acoustic generators, which are power devices that transform waste heat into sound energy which then may be used to generate power. |
Constant Head Tank
Exit Nozzle from Tank
An acrylic bifurcation model with pressure taps.
The complete flow and measurement system for pressure losses in arbitrary bifucations as of 15-APR-08.