Seminar by Prof. John R. Howell and Prof. M. Pınar Mengüç : "Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer for In

Özyeğin Üniversitesi

 

by

Prof. John R. Howell

Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Memorial Chair Emeritus

The University of Texas at Austin, USA

 

and

Prof. M. Pınar Mengüç

Director, Center for Energy, Environment and Economy

Özyeğin University
 

The authors of the Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, a fundamental textbook on radiative heat transfer recognized worldwide and studied in the leading universities, will be the guests of Özyeğin University.

We will be delighted to see you in this seminar on Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer for Innovative Energy Applications on June 7, 2011 with the participation of Prof. John R. Howell and Prof. Pınar Mengüç, two of the co-authors.



Abstract: Fossil fuels are, and will remain for some time, the chief source of energy in the world markets. The continuing controversy over the effect of fossil fuel emissions on the environment (global warming and climate change) drive increased research and use of renewable energy sources. Solar energy in particular receives increased funding for research in a quest to increase efficiency and reduce costs of photovoltaic (PV) cells. This in turn requires a work force that is educated in the fundamental aspects of the academic disciplines necessary to exploit solar energy. These include basic studies in radiative energy transfer, and, for more recent advances, micro- and nanoscale phenomena that can increase the effectiveness of PV cells.

The seminar will focus on the rapid changes in the economy, technology, and politics of the relation between energy and the environment, as well as comments on the educational needs to meet these changes.

Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer (coauthored by John. H. Howell, Robert Siegel and M. Pinar Mengüç) provides a comprehensive overview of the radiative behavior and properties of materials, describes the physics of radiative heat transfer, its interaction with conduction and convection transfer. The principles discussed in the book reflects innovations in the field, including radiative transfer at the micro- and nanoscales and inverse problems in radiative transfer along with the development of computational and experimental methods, and the associated analytical techniques. The earlier edition of the book was translated into German and Russian; the fifth US edition which appeared in 2010 is being translated to Chinese.

Jack Howell pioneered the use of the Monte Carlo method for analysis of radiative heat transfer in  complex systems that contain absorbing, emitting and scattering media. His textbook Thermal  Radiation Heat Transfer (coauthored with Robert Siegel and M. Pinar Mengüç), has been translated  into  German and Russian. Its fifth US edition appeared 2010. He has concentrated research on  computational techniques for radiative transfer and combined-mode problems for over 45 years.  Recently he has adapted inverse solution techniques to combined-mode problems and radiation  at the  nanoscale. Along with many awards in heat transfer, he was elected a member of the US  National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Professor Mengüç received his BS and MS from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and his PhD from Purdue University, USA in 1985, all in Mechanical Engineering. In 1985, he joined the University of Kentucky as assistant professor and was promoted to the ranks of associate in 1988 and full professor in 1993. He was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador in 2006. He was a visiting professor at the Universita degli Studi "Federico II,” in Napoli, Italy in 1991, and at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University in Boston during 1998-1999 academic year. Professor Mengüç was the coordinator of the Umbrella Program on Nano-scale Engineering (UPoN) and the director of the Nano-scale Engineering Certificate Program (NECP) at the University of Kentucky. At the end of 2008, he was promoted to the ranks of Engineering Alumni Association Professor UK.  He joined Özyeğin University as the founding professor of the Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program in 2009, and has established the Center for Energy, Environment and Economy at OzU in the same year. Since then, he serves as the Director of CEEE. Professor Mengüç is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and as of 2010, he became the Turkish delegate of the Energy Commission for the European Union Framework Programmes (EU-FP7).

 

Professor Mengüç holds four patents, and has two pending patent applications. He is the author of More than 100 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals, more than 140 conference proceedings and the co-author of two books. He has worked with more than 40 MS, PhD and Post-Doc researchers over the years.