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Graduated Ph.D. Students


Lalit Kr. Bohra

Ph.D., 2007, Analysis of Binary Fluid Heat and Mass Transfer in Ammonia-Water Absorption.


Sangsoo Lee

Ph.D., 2007, Development of Techniques for In-Situ Measurement of Heat and Mass Transfer in Ammonia-Water Absorption Systems

Absorption Heat and Mass Transfer in Absorbers for Refrigerants with Volatile Absorbents.


Ulf C. Andresen

Ph.D., 2007, Supercritical Gas Cooling and Near-Critical-Pressure Condensation of Refrigerant Blends in Microchannels


Akhil Agarwal

Ph.D., 2006, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop During Condensation of Refrigerants in Microchannels.

Biswajit Mitra

Ph.D., 2005, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop During Condensation and Cooling of Refrigerant R410A at Supercritical Conditions, Engineering Leadership Program, Carrier Corporation, Farmington, CT, August 2005.

Yirong Jiang

Ph.D.,2004, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Refrigerant R404A at Near-Critical and Supercritical Pressures, currently Senior Research Engineer at United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT.

John W. Coleman

Ph.D., 2000, Flow Visualization and Pressure Drop in Small Hydraulic Diameter Geometries During Air-Water Flow and Refrigerant Condensation, Senior Research Engineer, Brazeway, Inc., Saline MI (2000 – 2004), currently small business owner.


Graduated Masters Students


Brian M. Fronk

M.S., 2007, Modeling and testing of water-coupled microchannel gas coolers for natural refrigerant heat pumps, Engineering Leadership Program, Carrier Corporation, Farmington, CT, August 2007

 

Julian Winkler

M.S., 2005, Void Fraction Determination in Condensing Flows Through Microchannels (Dipl. Ing. Project, Universität Siegen student), currently Ph.D. student at Universität Siegen.

Matthew D. Determan

M.S., 2005, Experimental Investigation of Heat and Mass Transfer in Ammonia-Water Falling-Film Microchannel Desorbers, currently PhD student at Georgia Tech.

Timothy C. Ernst

M.S., 2005, Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Wearable Cooling System, currently Engineer - Waste Heat Recovery, Advanced Engineering Division, Cummins Inc. Columbus, IN.

Kalyanjit Ghosh

M.S., 2004, Thermal Models and Energy Saving Strategies for Rotational Molding Operations, currently PhD student at the University of Minnesota.

Vishwanath Subramaniam

M.S., 2004, Design of Air-Cooled Microchannel Condensers for Mal-Distributed Air Flow Conditions, currently PhD student at Georgia Tech.

Lalit Kr. Bohra

M.S., 2004, Flow and Pressure Drop of Highly Viscous Fluids in Small Aperture Orifices, currently PhD student at Georgia Tech.

   Jesse D. Killion

M.S., 2003, An Investigation of Droplets and Films Falling Over Horizontal Tubes, currently Ph.D. student, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Leo M. Mincks

M.S., 2002, Experimental Investigation of the Pressure-Flow Characteristics of Viscous Fluid Flow Across Orifices, currently Engineer II, Biomass Energy Conversion Center, Iowa State University.

J. Mark Meacham

M.S. 2002, An Integrated Experimental and Analytical Study of Ammonia-Water Absorption in Microchannel Geometries, currently Ph.D. student, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Todd M. Bandhauer

M.S., 2002, Heat Transfer in Microchannel Geometries During Condensation of R-134a, currently Research Engineer, Fuel Cell Products Group, Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI.
Yirong Jiang M.S., 2001, Comparison of Low Refrigerant Charge, Hydronically Coupled Microchannel Heat Pumps with Air-Coupled Systems, currently Senior Research Engineer at United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT.
William J. Dowling M.S., 2000, Experimental Investigation of Miniaturized Absorption Heat Pump Components, currently Product Design Engineer, Powertrain Operations and Engine Engineering, Ford Motor Company.

 Andrew Veldt

M.S., 1999, Simulation of Cascade Refrigeration Systems for Controlled Environmental Chamber Development, currently Research Engineer, Thermotron, Holland, MI.

James Malone

M.S., 1999, Integrated Automotive Engine Cooling and Climate Control System Simulation, currently Research Engineer, Eaton Corporation, Jackson, MI.

Shukui Zhao

M.S., 1998, Simulation of Advanced Absorption Space-Conditioning Cycles

Ahmed Al Fahaid

M.S., 1996, Design of Two-Phase Heat Exchangers using Spirally Fluted Tubes

 Andreas Wicht

M.S., 1995, Air-Cooled Condensation of Ammonia in Flat-Tube, Multi-Louver Fin Heat Exchangers

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