CAREER: Development of a Molecule-based Diagnostic Technique to Study Joule Heating and Micro-scale Heat Transfer Process in Electrokinetically-driven Microfluidics
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| Abstract | With the NSF-IREE supplement to Dr. Hui Hu's ongoing NSF-CAREER project, an "ISU-TOKYO Research and Education Integrated International Collaboration Partnership" is being established to promote international research and education collaborations between Iowa State University (ISU) and the University of Tokyo in Japan on advanced flow diagnostics. As Iowa State's first ISU-JAPAN engineering student exchange program, two ISU graduate students, Mr. Lucas Clemons (USA citizen) and Hirofumi Igarashi (USA permanent resident), were sent to Japan to conduct collaborative research at the University of Tokyo for 3 months (05/19/2008 ~ 08/20/2008). This is Iowa State's first ISU-Japan engineering international student exchange program, which contributes greatly to the international programs and the cultural diversity goals of Iowa State University. The 3-month visit of the two American graduate students to the University of Tokyo supported through the current NSF-IREE project brings significant benefits to the students by enhancing their educational experience to train them to be proficient in the technical subjects, let them to be informed about international technological trends and business practices, and make them to be familiar with Japanese language and culture. |
| Contributor | Mourad Ouzzani
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| Bio | Hui Hu received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering (Specialization in Aeroengine and Jet Propulsion) from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) in 1990, 1993 and 1996, respectively. He received his second Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Specialization in Optical Diagnostics) from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2001. He worked as an JSPS research fellow at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo from 1997-2000, research associate and course instructor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Michigan State University from 2000 to 2004. He is an assistant professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering of Iowa State University since 2004. Dr. Hu's research interests include: 1). Development of advanced laser-based diagnostic techniques and instrumentation for fluid flow and heat transfer sensing; 2). Conducting fundamental studies to elucidate the underlying physics of complex fluid flow and heat transfer phenomena.
Lucas A Clemons received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2005. Since 2006, he has been a M.S. graduate student at Aerospace Engineering Department of Iowa State University. His master thesis project is related to the development of advanced molecular-based flow diagnostic techniques for the flow field measurements. Hirofumi Igarashi received his B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University in 2007. Since 2008, he has been a M.S. graduate student at Aerospace Engineering Department of Iowa State University. His master thesis project is related to the experimental aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing using advanced flow diagnostic techniques. |
| Cite this work | Researchers should cite this work as follows: Hui Hu, Lucas Clemons and Hirofumi Igarashi, "CAREER: Development of a Molecule-based Diagnostic Technique to Study Joule Heating and Micro-scale Heat Transfer Process in Electrokinetically-driven Microfluidics", Trip report presented at the NSF IREE 2008 Grantees Conference, May 2008, Washington, D.C. |
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