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Iman Borazjani, Assistant Professor

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota , 2008 Office: 337 Jarvis Hall Phone: (716) 645-1468 FAX: (716) 645-2883 E-mail: iman .at. buffalo.edu Webpage: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~iman/ Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Cardiovascular Flows, Bio-inspired Propulsion, High-performance Computing. Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations: nat
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Borazjani, I., Ge, L. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). Curvilinear immersed boundary method for simulating fluid structure interaction with complex 3D rigid bodies. Journal of Computational physics 227, 7587-7620. Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Vortex-induced vibrations of two cylinders in tandem in the proximity-wake interference region. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 621, 321-364. Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). The effect of implantation orientation of a bi-leaflet mechanical heart valve on kinematics and hemodynamics in an anatomic aorta. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering In Press. DOI: 10.1115/1.4002491 Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). On the role of form and kinematics on the hydrodynamics of body/caudal fin swimming. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 89-107. (Featured on Inside JEB) Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F., Malkiel, E., Katz, J. (2010). On the role of copepod antenna in the production of hydrodynamic force during hopping. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 3019

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Paul E. DesJardin, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Aerospace Engineering

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1998 Office: 336 Jarvis Hall Phone: (716) 645-1467 FAX: (716) 645-2883 E-mail: ped3 .at. buffalo.edu Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase reacting flows, fire and combustion, fluid-structure simulation. Home page: http://cet.eng.buffalo.edu/ Selected Papers:
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Godoy, W. and DesJardin, P.E., "Radiation Driven Evaporation for Polydisperse Water Sprays," Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, accepted (2008). Xie, W. and DesJardin, P.E., "A Level Set Embedded Interface Method for Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of Low Speed 2D Flows," Computers and Fluids, 37, pp. 1262-1275 (2008). Carrara, M. D. and DesJardin, P.E., "A Filtered Mass Density Function Approach to Modeling Separated Two-Phase Flows Using LES II: Simulation of a Droplet Laden Temporally Developing Mixing Layer", Int. J. of Multiphase Flows, 34, pp. 748-766 (2008). Glaze, D. J., Yoon, S. S., Hewson, J. C., DesJardin, P.E., "Modeling Transport Phenomena of High Mass Loadings with Applications to Fire Suppression," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, 53, pp. 118-142 (2008). Godoy, W. and DesJardin, P.E., "Efficient Calculation of Transmission Calculations for Polydisperse Water Sprays Using Spectral Scaling", J. of Quant. Spec. Rad. Trans., 108, pp. 440-453 (2007). Shihn, H. and DesJardin, P.E., "Near-Wall Modeling of a Heated Vertical Wall Using One-Dimensional Turbulence", Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, pp. 1314-1327 (2007). Luo, C. and DesJardin, P.E., "Thermo-mechanical Damage Modeling of a Glass-Phenolic Composite Material", Composites Science and Technology, 67, pp. 1475-1488 (2007). Yoon, S. S., DesJardin, P. E., Hewson, J. C., Tieszen, S. R. and Blanchat, T. K., "Unsteady RANS Modeling of Water Spray Suppression for Large Scale Compartment Pool Fires," Atomization and Sprays, 17, pp. 1-45 (2007).

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James D. Felske, Professor

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1974 Office: 330 Jarvis Hall Phone: (716) 645-1463 FAX: (716) 645-2883 E-mail: felske .at. buffalo.edu Curriculum Vitae: Click for CV Research Interests: Heat & mass transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, radiative transfer, spectroscopy, combustion. Current Projects:
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Radiative Properties of Particles and Droplets Radiative Heat Transfer Microscale Thermophysics Modeling Industrial Thermal/Fluid/Chemical Phenomena T.Pennell, T. Suchyna, J. Wang, J. Heo, J.D. Felske, F. Sachs, S.Z. Hua, "A Microfluidic Chip to Produce Temperature Jumps for Electroophysiology", Analytical Chemistry, 80, 2447-2451, 2008. A.M. Joshi, J.A. Lordi, J.C. Mollendorf, J.D. Felske, and D.I. Blekhman,"Clearance Analysis and Leakage Flow CFD Model of a Two Lobe Multi-Recompression Heater", International Journal of Rotating Machinery, 2006, # 79084, 2006. P.E. DesJardin., J.D. Felske, and M.D. Carrara, "A Mechanistic Model for Aluminum Particle Ignition and Combustion in Air", AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 21, 478-485, 2005. Felske, J.D., Effective Thermal Conductivity of Composite Spheres in a Continuous Medium With Contact Resistance, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, to appear.

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D.I. Blekhman, J.C. Mollendorf, J.D. Felske, and J.A. Lordi, MultiControl-Volume Analysis of the Compression Process in a HighTemperature Roots Type Compressor, International Journal of Rotating Machinery, 10, 45-53, 2004. J.C.Y. Lee, J.D. Felske, and N. Ashgriz, Flame Propagation Across Gelled Alkane-In-Water Emulsions, Spill Science & Technology Bulletin, 8, 391-398, 2003. J.C. Mollendorf, J.D. Felske, S. Samimy, and D.R. Pendergast, A Fluid/Solid Model for Predicting Slender Body Deflection in a Moving Fluid, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 70, 346-350, 2003. W.J. Stry, J.D. Felske, and N. Ashgriz, Droplet Combustion of Chlorinated Benzenes, Alkanes, and their Mixtures in a Dry Atmosphere, Environmental Engineering Science, 40, 125-134, 2003.