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Winter 2014
ME374: Dynamics and Kinetics of Nanoparticles
Part 1: Thermodynamics, transport theories and properties, aerosol dynamics and reaction kinetics of nanoparticles in fluids. Nucleation, gas kinetic theory of nanoparticles, the Smoluchowski equation, gas-surface reactions, diffusion, thermophoresis, conservation equations and useful solutions. Part 2: Introduction to soot formation, nanoparticles in reacting flows, particle transport and kinetics in flames, atmospheric heterogenous reactions, and nanocatalysis.
Spring 2014
ENGR 30: Engineering Thermodynamics
The basic principles of thermodynamics are introduced in this course. Concepts of energy and entropy from elementary considerations of the microscopic nature of matter are discussed. The principles are applied in thermodynamic analyses directed towards understanding the performances of engineering systems. Methods and problems cover socially responsible economic generation and utilization of energy in central power generation plants, solar systems, refrigeration devices, and automobile, jet and gas-turbine engines.
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Recent Publications
Imaging nano carbon materials Ð tiniest soot
particles in flames are not structurally homogeneous
Kinetics of catalytic
oxidation of methane over palladium oxide by wire microcalorimetry
On
potential energy landscape and combustion chemistry modeling
Mesoporous titania films prepared by flame stabilized on a
rotating surface-Application in dye sensitized solar cells
Tunneling in
hydrogen transfer isomerization of n-alkyl radical
Nanoporous
titania gas sensing films prepared in a premixed
stagnation flame
The
method of uncertainty quantification and minimization using polynomial chaos
expansions
Internal
structure, hygroscopic and reactive properties of mixed sodium methanesulfonateÑsodium chloride particles
Formation
of nascent soot and other condensed-phase materials in flames
Micro-FTIR study of soot chemical composition -
evidence of aliphatic hydrocarbons on nascent soot surfaces
Products of the benzene + O(3P)
reaction
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