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Ph.D. Students

UCF:

  1. Parveen Sachdeva, Fall 2009, “Molecular Dynamics Study of Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Water based Nanofluids.”
  2. Amit Gupta, Spring 2009, “Droplet Flows in Microchannels Using Lattice Boltzmann Method.”
  3. Ehsan Tafti, Fall 2010, “Thermally – Induced Motion of Droplets On A Thin Liquid Layer And Its Application to Droplet Manipulation Platforms.“
  4. Navid Amini, Fall 2010, “Heat Transfer in Multi-layer Energetic Nanofilm on Composite Substrates.”
  5. Xin Gu, Spring 2012, “Numerical Simulation of Conventional Fuels and Biofuels Dispersion and Vaporization.”
  6. Abhishek Saha, Summer 2012,”Evaporation, Precipitation dynamics and instability of Acoustically Levitated functional droplets”.
  7. Joshua D. Lee, Fall 2013, “Experimental Investigation of Breakup and Coalescence Characteristics of a Hollow Cone Swirling Spray.”
  8. Jonathan D. Wehking, Fall 2013, “Electrohydrodynamic Manipulation of Liquid Droplet Emulsions in a Microfluidic Channel.”
  9. Ashkan Davanlou, Fall 2015, “Thermally Induced Motion, Collision and Mixing of Levitated Droplets”.

Clemson:

  1. Tim Conover, advisor, 1996.
  2.  Dengfu Zhang, advisor, 1996.
M.S. Students

UCF:

  1. Erick Tijerino, 2012, “Agglomeration, Evaporation and Morphological Changes in Droplets with Nanosilica and Nanoalumina Suspensions in an Acoustic Field”.
  2. Benjamin Patrick, 2011, “Measurements in Air-Water Bubbly Flow Through a Vertical Narrow High-Aspect Ratio Channel.”
  3. Keon Vereen, 2011, “An Experimental Investigation on the Dynamics of Bubbles Utilizing Refrigerant R134A Under Pressurized Flow Boiling Conditions.“
  4. Diane Vazquez, 2010, “EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF SILICA NANOPARTICLE WATER-BASED DISPERSION IN POOL BOILING USING NICHROME FLAT RIBBONS AND WIRES”.
  5. Abhishek Saha, 2010, “Vaporization Characteristics of Pure and Blended Biofuel Droplet Injected into Hot Stream of Air”.
  6. Joshua Lee, 2010, “EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFECT OF SUPERFICIAL GAS AND LIQUID VELOCITIES IN THE REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE FROM A BRINE/OIL MIXTURE“.
  7. Xin Gu, 2009, “STUDY OF THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF DROPLET IMPINGEMENT ON A DRY SURFACE USING LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD”.
  8. Ehsan Yakhshi-Tafti, 2009, “FLOW VISUALIZATION IN MICROFLUIDIC EXPANSION AND MIXING“.
  9. Luis Zea, 2008, “EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE ABSORPTION PHENOMENA IN BRINE/OIL MIXTURES AS A FUNCTION OF SYSTEM PRESSURE AND H2S CONCENTRATION”.
  10. Kiran Talari, 2007, “LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY STUDIES IN WATER POOL BOILING AT SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES“.
  11. Amit Gupta, 2007, “LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION TO STUDY SINGLE AND MULTI BUBBLE DYNAMICS“.
  12. Navid Amini, 2007, “Heat Transfer in Multi-layer Energetic Nanofilm on Composite Substrates“.
  13. Daniel Joo, 2006, “EXPERIMENTS IN POOL BOILING HEAT TRANSFER AND NUCLEATION DYNAMICS OF HIGH PRESSURE REFRIGERANTS”.
  14. Parveen Sachdeva, 2006, “LATTICE VIBRATION STUDY OF SILICA NANOPARTICLE IN SUSPENSION“.
  15. Manoj Venkataraman, 2005, “The effect of colloidal stability on the heat transfer characteristics of nanosilica dispersed fluids“.

Clemson:

  1. Satchi Venkataraman, graduated in 1993.
  2. Manish Singhal, graduated in 1993.
  3. Maneesh Narain, graduated in 1993.
  4. Timothy Conover, graduated in 1992.
  5. Yong Pan, graduated in 1992.
  6. Conrad Vincent, graduated in 1992.
  7. Sridharan Kannan, graduated in 1991.
  8. Kerry Jameson, graduated in 1989.
  9. Ujjwal Chakraborty, graduated in 1987.
  10. M.A. Kalam, graduated in 1987.
  11. David Mahony, graduated in 1984.
Undergraduate Research Students
  1. James Wilson, 2011-12
  2. Michael Gabany, 2011-12
  3. Keon Vereen, 2008-2009 (NSF-REU, URE)
  4. Ryan Clapp, 2008-2010 (NSF-REU, URE)
  5. Brandon Dubas, 2009 (NSF-REU)
  6. Stefan Szlendak, 2009 (NSF-REU)
  7. Kyle Seleski, 2009 (NSF-REU)
  8. Denitsa Milanova, 2004-2008, Honors’ thesis, “NEXT GENERATION HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF NANO-OXIDE AND CARBON NANOTUBE SUSPENSIONS IN WATER“.
  9. Diana Gaviria, 2008 (NSF-REU)
  10. Kevin Law, 2008 (NSF-REU)
  11. Orlando Ardilla, 2007 (NSF-REU)
  12. Jesse Kelly, 2007 (NSF-REU)
Post-Doctoral Fellows
  1. Dr. Sohel Murshed (2008-2010)
  2. Dr. Xuan Wu (2004-2007)
  3. Dr. Steven Pothier (2006-2007)
  4. Dr. Sanjeev Bharani (2005-2006)