Multiscale Thermal Transport in Energy Systems

Yuwen Zhang is a James C. Dowell Professor and the Chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Missouri. He was a recipient of the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research in 2002. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and an associate fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Zhang received the 2010 MU Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity. His research has resulted in more than 250 journal papers and more than 150 conference papers, and he has published five books. Zhang's research has been funded by the ONR, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training & Instrumentation and the MU Research Board. He is serving as co-editor in chief for two international journals, and he is an editorial board member for 10 international journals.

Preface; Boiling & Evaporation on Micro/Nano-Engineered Surfaces; Multiscale Modeling of Nanostructure-enhanced Thin Film Evaporation; Multi-Length Scale Thermal Simulations of GaN-on-SiC High Electron Mobility Transistors; Coupling Scheme of Lattice Boltzmann Method & Finite Volume Method for Multiscale Numerical Simulation; A Unified Diffusive-Nondiffusive Two Parameter Heat Conduction Model; Multiscale Thermal Diode & Switch for Advanced Thermal Management Systems; Molecular dynamics-continuum hybrid simulation method & applications; Coupling Finite Type Method & the lattice Boltzmann method for multiple physicochemical processes; Hybrid LBM-FVM & LBM-MCM Methods for Fluid Flow & Heat Transfer Simulation; Micro-scale Thermal Transport in Gas Turbine Ceramic Coatings; Index.