B. K. Hodge

Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Mail Stop 9552, 210 Carpenter Building
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Telephone: (662) 325-7315
Fax: (662) 325-7223
E-mail: hodge@me.msstate.edu
 

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University

Experience Record

  • 1990-Present,  Giles Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  • 1985-1990,  Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  • 1980-1985,  Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  • 1978-1980,  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  • 1973-1978,  Research Engineer, ARO, Inc. (now Sverdrup), Arnold AF Sta., TN
  • 1972-1973,  Instructor, Dept. of Mech. Sys. Eng., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • 1966-1968,  Engineer, Thiokol Corporation, Redstone Arsenal, AL

Specialty Areas

        Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Compressible Flow, Energy Systems

MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES-Professional and Honorary:


American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
American Society for Engineering Education, Member
  • Chair, Mechanical Engineering Division (2004-2005)
  • Program Chair, Mechanical Engineering Division (2003-2004)
  • Secretary-Treasurer, Mechanical Engineering Division (2002-2003)
  • Southeastern Section Officer (1990-2001, 2004- )
  • Southeastern Section President (1999-2000)

Association of Energy Engineers, Member
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Gamma Tau
Sigma Xi
Pi Mu Epsilon
Pi Tau Sigma

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Registered Professional Engineer Mississippi and Tennessee


ENGINEERING EDUCATION


ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HONORS
Chair, ASEE Mechanical Engineering Division, 2004-2005
Program Chair, ASEE Mechanical Engineering Division, 2003-2004
Secretary and Treasurer, ASEE Mechanical Engineering Division, 2002-2003
ASEE Southeastern Section President (1999-2000)
Designated a Master Teacher (one of the first four) of Mississippi State University, 1993.
Finalist for the 1999-2000 Grisham Fellow Award, Mississippi State University
Appointed to the University of Alabama Department of Mechanical Engineering Advisory Committee, 1998
Designated William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, 1990.
2001-2002 Career Achievement Award, MSU College of Engineering V1996-1997 Outstanding Engineering Educator, MSU College of Engineering
1990-1991 Outstanding Faculty Member, MSU College of Engineering.
1984 1985 Outstanding Junior Faculty Member, MSU College of Engineering.
Tom C. Evans Instructional Unit Paper Competition Award, ASEE Southeastern Section, 1990.
1999 ASEE Annual Conference, best paper in the TIME II Session
1994 ASEE Annual Conference, best paper in the TIME III Session.
1993 ASEE Annual Conference, best paper in the TIME III Session.
2003 Outstanding Instructional Paper, MSU College of Engineering
1998 Outstanding Instructional Paper, MSU College of Engineering
1995 Outstanding Instructional Paper, MSU College of Engineering.
1992 Outstanding Instructional Paper, MSU College of Engineering.
1990 Outstanding Instructional Paper, MSU College of Engineering.
1989 Outstanding Instructional Paper, MSU College of Engineering.
Pi Tau Sigma (MSU Chapter) "Shaft of Excellence" Teaching Award, 1982 83, 1984 85.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS

MSU College of Engineering Hearin Communications Skills Team Chair (1997-2001)
Mechanical Engineering Department Undergraduate Committee Chair (1990- )
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department Research Committee Chair (1987 1990).
Chairman, Mississippi State University College of Engineering Faculty Council (1982 83).

COURSES DEVELOPED (At MSU)

ME 4323/6323 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (undergraduate/graduate)
ME 4333/6333 Energy Systems Design (undergraduate/graduate)
ME 4823/6823 Compressible Flow and Turbomachinery (undergraduate/graduate)
ME 4303/6303 Intermediate Heat Transfer (undergraduate/graduate)
ME 8853 Viscous Flow I (graduate)
ME 8863 Viscous Flow II (graduate)

COURSES REVISED (At MSU)

ME 3313 Heat Transfer (undergraduate)
ME 4353/6353 Alternate Energy Systems (undergraduate/graduate)
ME 8333 Convective Heat Transfer (graduate)

PAPER AND TEXTBOOK REVIEWER

International Journal of Engineering Education
Journal of Engineering Education
ASEE Annual Conferences and ASEE Section Meetings
Oxford University Press
Harper and Row Publishers, New York
PWS Publishers, Boston, MA
Irwin, Inc., Boston, MA
Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Rolling Meadow, IL
West Publishing Co., Amesbury, MA

BOOKS

Analysis and Design of Energy Systems, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1999. (first edition, 1985; second edition, 1990; third edition, 1999)
Compressible Fluid Dynamics with Personal Computer Applications, with Keith Koenig, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995. Also, Solutions Manual for Compressible Fluid Dynamics, with K. Koenig, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995. Alternate Energy Systems, manuscript under development.

ARCHIVAL PUBLICATIONS

“Mathcad Applications in a Convective Heat Transfer Course,” submitted for publication in the International Journal of Engineering Education.
“Mathcad Applications for Generalized One-dimensional Compressible Flow, submitted for publication in Journal of Computer Applications in Engineering Education.
“Sunpath Lines Using Mathcad,” ASEE Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2003, pp. 78-92.
“From Slide Rules to Arithmetic Systems: Changing Paradigms in Engineering Education,” with R. P. Taylor, in preparation for publication in the Journal of Computer Applications in Engineering Education.
“Piping-system Solutions Using Mathcad,” with R. P. Taylor, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2002, pp. 59-78.
“A Survey of Computational Paradigms in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Education,” with W. G. Steele, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 91, No. 4, 2002, pp. 415-417.
"A CFD Project Combining Solution Algorithms, Software Develop¬ment/Validation and Viscous Flow Calculations," with W. R. Briley, Journal of Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997, pp. 161-168.
"Incorporating Energy Management Topics in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum," with R. E. Forbes, Proceedings of the 4th World Confer¬ence on Engineering Education, Vol. 4, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, October 1995, pp. 48-51.
"Uncertainty Analysis as a Paradigm for Thermal Systems Design," with R. P. Taylor, Mech. Eng. News, Vol. 31, No. 2, Fall 1994. pp. 28-34.
"CIG, A Calorically Imperfect Compressible Flow Software Element," with K. Koenig, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 1, No. 6, 1993, pp. 477-487.
"A Century of Evolution in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum," with W. G. Steele, Mech. Eng. News, Vol. 30, No. 2, Sept. 1993. pp. 22-26.
"Development and Evolution of an Energy Systems Design Course," with R. P. Taylor and G. A. Adebiyi, Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Engineering Education, Vol. 2, Portsmouth, England, September 1992, pp. 241-245.
"Using Symbolic Manipulation Languages to Enhance Instructional Material," International J. Eng. Ed., Vol. 8, No. 2, 1992, pp. 154-160. Also, MSU College of Engineering 1992 Outstanding Instructional Paper Award.
"Mechanical Engineering Student and Faculty Perceptions of Team Projects in Engineering Courses," with R. P. Taylor, Mech. Eng. News, Vol. 28, No. 4, Nov. 1991, pp. 11-16.
"Generalized One Dimensional Compressible Flow Techniques," International J. of Applied Engineering Education, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1991, pp. 56-63.
“Process Path for Simple Mass Addition in One Dimensional Compressible Flow," Internation¬al J. of Applied Engineering Education, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1991, pp. 51-55.
"Evolution of a Capstone Energy Systems Design Course," with R. P. Taylor, Mech. Eng. News, Vol. 27, No. 2, May 1990, pp. 8-12.
"A Microcomputer Based Introductory Compressible Flow Course," Interna¬tional J. of Applied Engineering Education, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1989, pp. 361 368. Also, 1990 Tom C. Evans Instructional Unit Award, ASEE Southeastern Section, and MSU College of Engineering 1989 Outstanding Instructional Paper Award.
"Development of a Course in Energy Systems Design," Mech. Eng. News, Vol. 20, No. 3, August 1983, pp. 14 20.

PAPERS READ

“A Unified Approach to Piping System Problems,” Session 3666, presented at the 2005 ASEE Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Session 3666, Portland, Oregon, June 2005. Also, presented at the 2005 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, TN, April 2005
“Using Mathcad in a Convective Heat Transfer Course,” presented at the 2004 ASEE SE Section Annual Meeting, Auburn, March 2004.
Hodge, B. K., and Hardy, J. D., “A Cooling, Heating, and Power for Buildings (CHP-B) Instructional Module,” Session 1166, 2003 ASEE Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Nashville, TN, June 2003. Also, presented at the 2003 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, Macon, GA, April 2003.
“Alternate Energy Systems—A New Elective?,” Session 2566, Presented at the 2002 ASEE Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Montreal, Canada, June 2002. Also, presented at the 2002 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, Gainesville, FL, April 2002.
“Experiences with an Alternate Energy Systems Course,” IMECE2002-33159, Proceedings of the IMECE 2002, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 2002, New Orleans, LA.
“Operational Benefits of Cogeneration at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center,” Proceedings of the Southern Gas Association 2002 Architects and Engineers Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 2002.
“Uncertainty Analysis and Its Role in Experimentation,” with Don Morris, Session 2268, presented at 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.
“A Survey of Computational Paradigms in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Education,” with W. G. Steele, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 2266, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001. Also, presented at the 2001 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, April 2001.
“A Survey of Computational Paradigms in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Education in the ASEE Southeastern Region,” Proceedings of the 2000 Southeastern Section ASEE Annual Meeting, Roanoke, VA, April 2000.
“Using MathCad for Generalized One-dimensional Compressible Flow in an Introductory Compressible Flow Course,” Presented at the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 2366, Charlotte, NC, June 1999.
“Learning Styles Distribution in Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University,” with W. G. Steele and M. C. Explaincourt, Proceedings of the 1999 Southeastern Section ASEE Annual Meeting, Clemson, SC, April 1999.
“The Evolution of a Required Energy Systems Design Course,” presented at the 1998 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, Paper 98-WA/DE-9, Nov. 1998.
“Experience Incorporating Desiccant Dehumidification into an HVAC Course,” with J. W. Stevens and A. A. Jalalzadeh-Azar, Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3233, Seattle, WA, June 1998.
“The Impact of MathCad in an Energy Systems Design Course,” with R. P. Taylor, Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 46-53, Orlando, FL, April 1998 and Proceedings of the1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2666, Seattle, WA, June 1998.
"The Use of Mathcad in Viscous Flow Courses," Proceedings of the 1997 Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 114-122, Marietta, GA, April 1997 and Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2666, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.
"Factors for Change in Mechanical Engineering Education," with R. P. Taylor, Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2266, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.
"A Desiccant Instruction Module for HVAC Courses," with J. W. Stevens and A. Jalalzadeh-Azar, Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 123-129, Marietta, GA, April 1997 and Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2333, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.
“The Use of Mathcad in Viscous Flow Courses,” presented at the Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Special Symposium, American Chemical Society, 1997 Extended Abstracts Computers in Science and Engineering, pp. 80-83, Birmingham, AL, May 1997.
"Career Patterns of Mississippi State ME Graduates," with W. G. Steele, Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 309-313, Gatlinburg, TN, April 1996.
"Factors for Change in Mechanical Engineering Education," with R. P. Taylor, Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Southeast¬ern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 234-240, Gatlinburg, TN, April 1996.
"A Project Combining Solution Algorithms, Software Development and Viscous Flow Calculations," with W. R. Briley, presented at the ASME/JSME Fluid Engineering Confer¬ence, Hilton Head, SC, ASME FED-Vol. 220, pp. 7-12, August 1995. Selected as Outstand¬ing 1995 Instructional Paper, MSU College of Engineering.
"A Mechanical Engineering Curriculum with Integrated Design Content," with W. G. Steele, Proceedings of the 1995 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 142-148, Biloxi, MS, April 1995 and Proceedings the 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 1305-1311, Anaheim, CA, June 1995.
"Integrating Computers and Software into Two Thermal Sciences Courses," with R. P. Taylor, Proceedings of the International Conference on Simulation in Engineering Education (ICSEE '95), pp. 195-199, Los Vegas, NV, Jan. 1995.
"Teaching Upper Division Courses," invited presentation, 1995 American Society of Agricul¬tural Engineering Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 1994.
"Uncertainty Analysis as a Paradigm for Thermal Systems Design," with R. P. Taylor. Proceedings of the 1994 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 128-142, Greens¬boro, NC, April 1994. Proceedings of the 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, Vol. II, pp. 2409-2416, Edmonton, Alberta, June 1994; also selected as best paper in the TIME III Session.
"The Use of Uncertainty Analysis in a Thermal Systems Design Course," with R. P. Taylor and W. G. Steele, presented at the 1993 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, ASME AES-Vol. 30/HTD-Vol. 266, pp. 235-240, December 1993.
"A Suite of Personal Computer Programs to Support Propulsion Education," with Keith Koenig, AIAA Paper 93-2053, presented at the 29th Joint Propul¬sion Conference, Monterey, CA, June 1993.
"A Century of Evolution of a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum," with W. G. Steele, Proceedings of the 1993 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 140-146, Nashville, TN, April 1993 and Proceedings of the 1993 ASEE Annual Conference, Vol. I, pp. 1006-1010, Urbana-Champaign, IL, June 1993, also selected as best paper in the TIME Session III.
"Experiences with a Video-Taped Off-Campus Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program," with R. P. Taylor, E. W. Jones, and W. G. Steele, Proceedings of the 1993 ASEE Southeast¬ern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 147-158, Nashville, TN, April 1993.
"A Curriculum with Balanced Design Content in All Stems," with W. G. Steele, Innovations in Engineering Design Education Resource Guide, pp. 1161-1164, 1993 ASME Design Education Conference, Orlando, FL, March 1993.
"The Use of Uncertainty Analysis as a Design Tool in an Energy Systems Design Course," with R. P. Taylor, Innovations in Engineering Design Education Resource Guide, pp. 177-180, 1993 ASME Design Education Conference, Orlando, FL, March 1993.
"A Comparison of a United States and a Japanese Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum," with Tomo Ishii and R. P. Taylor, Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, pp. 63-68, Norfolk, VA, April 1992.
"Experiences with a University Familiarization Program for Minorities in Engineering," with G. A. Adebiyi and T. L. Griffin, 1992 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp. 938-941, Toledo, OH, June 1992. Also, Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, pp. 69-72, Norfolk, VA, April 1992.
"Experiences with a Required Energy Systems Design Course," with R. P. Taylor, presented at the ASME 1991 Winter Annual Meeting, ASME AES- Vol. 24, pp. 59-64, December 1991.
"Mechanical Engineering Student and Faculty Perceptions of Team Projects in Engineering Courses," with R. P. Taylor and A. A. Smaili, Proceedings of the 1991 ASEE Gulf Southwest Section Meeting, pp. 3C-7 to 3C-13, New Or¬leans, LA, March 1991, and Proceedings of the 1991 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, pp. 13-18, Charleston, SC, April 1991.
"Evolution of a Capstone Energy System Design Course," with R. P. Taylor, Proceedings of the 1990 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, pp. 128-132, Charlotte, NC, April 1990. Also, MSU College of Engineering 1990 Out¬standing Instructional Paper Award.
"A Suite of Personal Computer Programs for Undergraduate Education in the Thermal Sciences," presented at the 25th ASME/AIChE National Heat Trans¬fer Conference, Philadel¬phia, PA, ASME HTD-Vol. 110, pp. 19-24, August 1989.
"Using Microcomputers in an Introductory Compressible Flow Course," presented at the 1988 ASME Computers in Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 1988.
"Energy Engineering in the 21st Century," with W. G. Steele presented at the Annual ASEE Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 1985.
"A Generalized Analysis and Design Program for Series Piping Systems," Software Exchange, presented at the 1985 ASEE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 1985.
"An Instructional Computer Program for Computing the Steady, Compressible Turbulent Flow of an Arbitrary Fluid Near a Smooth Wall," Proceedings of the 1984 ASEE Annual Confer¬ence, pp. 994-1000, July 1984.
"Development of a Course in Energy Systems Design," Proceedings of the 1982 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, pp. 10-16, Huntsville, AL, April 1982.

RESEARCH:

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HONORS

Designated TVA Professor of Energy Systems and the Environment, 2001.
Founding Director of the Global Center for Desiccant Technology (1995).
MSU Industrial Assessment Center designated at one of top four (out of thirty) in the program, 1997.
Designated William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, 1990.
ASEE Southeastern Section Award for Outstanding Contribution in Research, 1995.
Named as Distinguished Engineering Fellow of the University of Alabama. College of Engineering (1988).
Designated as a Hearin Hess Distinguished Professor of the MSU College of Engineering for the 1989 90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997- 1998, and 1998-1999 Academic Years.
Designated as a Hearin Distinguished Professor of the MSU College of Engineering for the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 Academic Years.
1994 Outstanding Research Paper, MSU College of Engineering.
AIAA Southeastern Student Conference First Award, Undergraduate Division, 1965.

PAPER REVIEWER

AIAA Journal
AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Applied Mechanics Review
Applied Thermal Engineering
ASHRAE
Chemical Engineering News
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer
Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Fluids Engineering
Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Heat Transfer
Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Solar Energy
ACEEE Summer Workshop
ASME Winter Annual Meetings (and IMECHEs)
ASME Fluids Engineering Conferences
Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute
ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conferences

BOOKS

“A Desiccant Instruction Module,” with J. W. Stevens and A. Jalalzadeh-Azar, Version 96-1, Global Center for Desiccant Technology, Mississippi State University, 1996; Version 97-1, 1997. Version 2000-1 with Louay Chamraa, August 2000.
Cooling, Heating, and Power for Buildings (CHP-B) Instructional Module, with J. D. Hardy, Mechanical Engineering Department, MSU, under contract to ONRL.
“Predicting Turbulent Rough Wall Skin Friction and Heat Transfer,” with R. P. Taylor and H. W. Coleman, Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 8, 1989, pp. 445 468.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY


Prime MSU technical responsibility in Honeywell, Inc., donation of desiccant system patents (third party economic evaluation at $17 million during life of patents) to MSU.

ARCHIVAL PUBLICATIONS


“The Importance of the Mean Elevation in Predicting Skin Friction for Flow Over Closely Packed Surface Roughness,” with St. T. McClain, S. P. Collins, and J. P. Bons, accepted for publication in Trans. ASME, J. Fluids Engineering.
"Predicting Skin Friction and Heat Transfer for Turbulent Flow over Real Gas-Turbine Surface Roughness Using the Discrete-Element Method," with S. T. McClain and J. P. Bons, Trans. ASME, J. Turbomachinery, April 2004, pp. 259-267
James, C. A., Hodge, B. K., and Taylor, R. P., “A Numerical Method for Analyzing a Cross-flow Heat Exchanger Considering Nonuniform Flow, Lateral/Longitudinal Wall Conduction, and Layer Stacking,” submitted to the International Journal of Heat Exchangers.
James, C. A., Hodge, B. K., and Taylor, R. P., “A Method for Modeling Nonuniform Flow Distributions in Cross-flow Heat Exchanger Installations,” submitted to International Journal of Heat Exchangers.
“A Validated Model of a Dust Collector System,” with David Jones, to be submitted to Trans. ASME, J. of Energy Resources Technology.
“Energy Conservation in the Wood-Furniture Industry,” with M. C. Emplaincourt and K. Findley, to be submitted for publication in Energy Engineering.
“Thermal Comfort for Sedentary and Moderate Activity Levels,” with Louay Chamra and Kien Huynh, ASHRAE Trans., V. 108, pt 1, 2002.
“Performance Characteristics of a Commercially Available Gas-Fired Desiccant System,” with A. A. Jalalzadeh-Azar and W. G. Steele, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 106, Pt. 1, 2000, pp. 95-104.
“Thermodynamic Assessment of Desiccant Systems with Targeted and Relaxed Humidity Control Schemes—Alternatives and Case Studies,” with A. A. Jalazadeh-Azar and W. G. Steele, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 104, Part 2, 1998, pp. 313-319.
“Cogeneration at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center,” with David Schmidt, Engineered Systems, Vol. 15, No. 7, July 1998, pp. 74-78.
“Estimating Uncertainty in Thermal Systems Analysis and Design,” with R. P. Taylor and C. A. James, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 19, 1998, pp. 51-73.
"Determination of Uncertainties in Thrust-Level Computations of a Hybrid Rocket Motor Model," with D. J. Chenevert and R. P. Taylor, submitted for publication in the AIAA J. Spacecraft and Rockets.
"Computer Simulation of a High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage System Employing Several Families of Phase-Change Storage Material," with G. A. Adebiyi, W. G. Steele, A. A. Jalalzadeh, and E. C. Nsofor, Trans. ASME, J. Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 118, No. 2, pp. 102-111, 1996.
"The Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Cross-Flow Heat Exchanger Performance Prediction," with R. P. Taylor and C. A. James, Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 50-62, 1995.
"Uncertainty Analysis of Diffuse-Gray Radiation Enclosure Problems," with R. P. Taylor, R. Luck, and W. G. Steele, J. of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol., 9, No. 1, pp. 63-69, 1995.
"Supersonic Axisymmetric Conical Flow Solutions for Different Ratios of Specific Heats," with Keith Koenig, J. Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 31, No. 5, 1994, pp. 918-920.
"Fully Developed Heat Transfer and Friction Factor Predictions for Pipes with 2-Dimensional Rib Roughness," with C. A. James and R. P. Taylor, J. Enhanced Heat Transfer, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1994, pp. 287-304. Selected as the MSU College of Engineering Out¬standing Research Paper for 1994. Selected as the ASEE Southeastern Region Outstanding Contribution in Research for 1994.
"Series Piping System Design Program with Uncertainty Analysis," with R. P. Taylor and W. G. Steele, Heating, Piping, and Air Conditioning, Vol. 65, No. 2, May 1993, pp. 87-92.
"Fully Developed Heat Transfer and Friction Factor Predictions for Pipes with 3-Dimensional Roughness," with R. P. Taylor, J. Enhanced Heat Transfer, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1993, pp. 23-35.
"Computer Program to Estimate Pump Curves for High Viscosity Fluids," with R. P. Taylor and Tim Sorrell, Heating, Piping, and Air Conditioning, Vol. 62, No. 10, October 1990, pp. 75-78. Program reprinted in Process Measurement and Control Division Newsletter of the Instrument Society of America, Vol. 26, No. 2, August 1991, pp. 3-9.
"Generalized One Dimensional Compressible Flow Matrix Inverse," J. of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1990, pp. 446-447.
"A Discrete Element Model for Turbulent Skin Friction Prediction for Rib Type Surface Roughness," with R. P. Taylor and H. W. Coleman, International J. Heat and Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1989, pp. 29 48.
"Prediction of Heat Transfer in Turbulent Flow Over Rough Surfaces," with R. P. Taylor and H. W. Coleman, Trans. ASME, J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 111, No. 2, May 1989, pp. 568 572.
"Thermal Modeling of POL Bulk Storage Tanks," Trans. ASME, J. of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 110, No. 3, September 1988, pp. 161 171.
"A School District's Energy Management Program," with W. G. Steele, Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning, Vol. 61, No. 9, September 1988, pp. 109 113.
"Using an Energy Index to Assess the Effectiveness and Potential of Energy Management Programs," with W. G. Steele, ASHRAE Trans., Vol. 93, Part 2, February 1987, pp. 643-652.
"A Simplified Energy Audit Technique for Generic Buildings," with W. G. Steele, ASHRAE Trans., Vol. 92, Part 2, February 1986, pp. 121-132.
"Investigation of Surface Roughness Effects on Adiabatic Wall Temperature," with R. P. Taylor and H. W. Coleman, AIAA J., Vol. 24, No. 9, September 1986, pp. 1560 1561.
"Prediction of Turbulent Rough Wall Skin Friction Using a Discrete Element Approach," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, Trans. ASME, J. Fluids Engineering, Vol. 107, June 1985, pp. 251 257.
"Analysis and Design Program for Series Piping Systems," Heating, Piping and Air Condition¬ing, Vol. 57, No. 4, April 1985, pp. 85 89.
"Ten Commandments for Energy Conservation Programs," with W. G. Steele, ASHRAE J., Vol. 25, No. 6, June 1984, pp. 59 60.
"A Re Evaluation of Schlichting's Surface Roughness Experiment," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, Trans. ASME, J. Fluids Eng., Vol. 106, No. 3, March 1984, pp. 60 65.
"Energy Conservation Opportunities for Schools in Mild Climates," with W. G. Steele, Energy Engineering, Vol. 79, No. 3, May 1982, pp. 19 36.
"Extended Mixing Length Applications to Compressible Boundary Layers," with J. C. Adams, AIAA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 7, July 1978, pp. 643 644.
"Prediction of Hypersonic Laminar Boundary Layer/Shock Wave Interactions," AIAA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 7, July 1977, pp. 903 904.
"Extended Mixing Length Applications to Compressible Boundary Layers," with J. C. Adams, AIAA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 7, July 1978, pp. 643 644.
"Prediction of Hypersonic Laminar Boundary Layer/Shock Wave Interactions," AIAA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 7, July 1977, pp. 903 904.

PAPERS READ

“Energy Conservation in the Wood-Furniture Industry,” with M. C. Emplaincourt and K. S. Findley, Proceedings of the 2003 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, Rye, NY, July 2003.
Mississippi State University Industrial Assessment Center, “Energy Management Practices Guide for the Wood Furniture Industry,” Mechanical Engineering Department, MSU, 2002.
“A Numerical Method for Analyzing Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers Accounting for the Coupled Effects of Non-uniform flow, Lateral and Longitudinal Wall Conduction, and Layer Stacking,” with C. A. James and R. P. Taylor, Paper TED AJ03-570, 6th Joint ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Kolaha Coast, HI, March 2003.
“A Novel Approach for Modeling the Non-uniform Flow Distributions in Typical Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers Installations,” with C. A. James and R. P. Taylor, Paper TED AJ03-571, 6th Joint ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Kolaha Coast, HI, March 2003.
"Predicting Skin Friction and Heat Transfer for Turbulent Flow over Real Gas-Turbine Surface Roughness Using the Discrete-Element Method," with S. T. McClain and J. P. Bons, Paper GT2003-38813, ASME International Gas Turbine Conference: TURBOEXPO 2003, Atlanta, GA, June 16-19, 2003.
"Predicting Skin Friction for Turbulent Flow over Randomly Rough Surfaces Using the Discrete-Element Method: Part I--Surface Characterization," with S. T. McClain and J. P. Bons, Paper FEDSM2003-45411, 4th ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 6-10, 2003.
"Predicting Skin Friction for Turbulent Flow over Randomly-Rough Surfaces Using the Discrete-Element Method: Part II--Skin Friction Validation," with S. T. McClain and J. P. Bons, Paper FEDSM2003-45412, 4th ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 6-10, 2003,
"Predicting Heat Transfer for Turbulent Flow over Randomly-Rough Surfaces using the Discrete-Element Method," with S. T. McClain and J. P. Bons, Paper TED-AJ03-595, 6th ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Honolulu, HI, March 16-20, 2003, ASME Paper TED-AJ03-595.
“A Validated Model of a Complex Dust Collection System Using Mathcad,” with David Jones, Proceedings of the 2001 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, Vol. 2, pp. 351-362, Tarrytown, NY, July 2001.
“Real Surface Effects on Turbine Heat Transfer and Aerodynamic Performance,” AGTSR Aero-Heat Transfer Workshop IV, Minneapolis, MN, 11-13 October 2000.
“Real Surface Effects on Turbine Heat Transfer and Aerodynamic Performance,” Advanced Turbine Systems Poster Presentation, sponsored by SCIES (Clemson University), Arlington, VA, 7-9 November 2000.
“The Use of MathCad in Thermal /Fluids Calculations,” with R. P. Taylor, paper presentaed at the NASA Thermal & Fluids Analysis Workshop, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, August 2000.
“Performance Characteristics of a Commercially Available Gas-Fired Desiccant System,” with A. A. Jalalzadeh-Azar and W. G. Steele, presented at the ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Dallas, TX, Feb. 2000.
“Experimental Facility for Gas-Fired Desiccant Systems: Capabilities and Performance Analysis,” with A. A. Jalazadeh-Azar, K. Cook, and W. G. Steele, presented at the 1998 International Gas Research Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper RCP-53, November 1998.
“Thermodynamic Assessment of Desiccant Systems with Targeted and Relaxed Humidity Control Schemes—Alternatives and Case Studies,” with A. A. Jalazadeh-Azar and W. G. Steele, presented at the 1998 ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Toronto, CA, ASHRAE Paper 4210, June 1998.
"Design of a Test Facility for Gas-Fired Desiccant-Based Air Conditioning Systems," with A. A. Jalazadeh-Azar and W. G. Steele, presented at the 1996 International Joint Power Genera¬tion and Exposition, Houston, TX, ASME PWR-Vol. 30, pp. 1-13, October 1996.
"Uncertainties in Performance Computations of a Large LOX/HTPB Hybrid Rocket Motor," with D. J. Chenevert and R. P. Taylor, presented at the 1995 JANNAF Propulsion and Subcommittee Joint Meet¬ing, Tampa, FL, December 1995.
"Determination of Uncertainties in Thrust-Level Computations of a Hybrid Rocket Motor Model," with D. J. Chenevert and R. P. Taylor, AIAA Paper 95-2395, presented at the 31st Joint Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA, July 1995.
"The Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Cross-Flow Heat Exchanger Performance Prediction," with R. P. Taylor and C. A. James, Proceedings of the 1995 ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, pp. 337-345, Maui, HA, March 1995.
"SOLROC, A Solid Rocket Motor Internal Ballistics Software Element," with K. Koenig, AIAA Paper 94-3115, presented at the 30th Joint Propul¬sion Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 1994.
"Uncertainty Analysis of Diffuse-Gray Radiation Enclosure Problems," with R. P. Taylor, R. Luck, and W. G. Steele, AIAA Paper 94-0132, presented at the 32nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference, Reno, NV, January 1994.
"Uncertainty Analysis of Diffuse-Gray Radiation Enclosure Problems--A Hypersensitive Case Study," with R. P. Taylor, R. Luck, and W. G. Steele, Fifth Annual Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop, NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, NASA Conference Proceedings 10122, August 1993, pp. 27-40.
"Uncertainty Analysis in Piping Network Analysis and Design--Pump Selection Case Studies," with R. P. Taylor and W. G. Steele, AIChE Paper 154e, presented at the 1993 AIChE Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, November 1993.
"Enhanced Convective Cooling in Electronics Systems Using Surface Rough¬ness," with R. P. Taylor, W. Chakroun, M. Medhin and J. W. Stevens, presented at the 1993 ASME Interna¬tional Electronics Packaging Conference, Binghampton, NY, October 1993.
"A Discrete Element Method for the Prediction of Friction and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Two-dimensional Rib Roughness in Fully Developed Turbu¬lent Pipe Flow," with C. A. James and R. P. Taylor, presented at the 29th National Heat Transfer Conference, Atlanta, GA, ASME HTD-Vol. 239, pp. 9-18, August 1993.
"Supersonic Axisymmetric Conical Flow Charts for Different Ratios of Specific Heats," with B. Patel and Keith Koenig, AIAA Paper 93-0970, presented at the 1993 AIAA Aerospace Engineering Design Conference, Irvine, CA, February 1993.
"Mass Addition Processes in One-Dimensional Compressible Flow," with Fred Young, AIAA Paper 93-0487, presented at the 31st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 1993.
"A Discrete Element Predictive Method for Two-Dimensional Rib Roughness in Fully-Developed Flow," with C. A. James and R. P. Taylor, presented at the 1993 ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, ASME FED-Vol. 150, pp. 83-91, June 1993.
"A PC-Based Collapse Factor Analysis for High Pressure Cryogenic Systems," AIAA Paper 92-3683, presented at the 28th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Nashville, TN, June 1992.
"Fully-developed Heat Transfer and Friction Factor Predictions for Pipes with 3-dimensional Roughness," with R. P. Taylor, presented at the 1992 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, ASME HTD-Vol. 210, pp. 77-84, November 1992.
"Computer Simulation of a High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage System Employing Several Families of Phase-Change Storage Material," with G. A. Adebiyi, W. G. Steele, A. A. Jalalzadeh, and E. C. Nsofor, presented at the 1992 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, ASME AES-Vol. 27, pp. 1-11, November 1992.
"Personal Computer Utility Programs for Use in Compressible Flow," with K. Koenig, presented at the ASME 1991 Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, ASME AD-Vol. 23, pp. 75-83, December 1991.
"Application of the Discrete-Element Surface Roughness Model to Rocket Nozzle Heat Transfer Computations," with R. P. Taylor, AIAA Paper 91-2435, presented at the 27th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Sacra¬mento, CA, June 1991.
"A Generalized Program for Computing Two Dimensional Boundary Layers on a Personal Computer," with Boyd Gatlin, presented at the 25th ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, Philadelphia, PA, ASME HTD-Vol. 110, pp. 25-30, August 1989.
"Turbulent Boundary Layer Surface Roughness Modeling," Invited Lecture, Ballistic Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, August 1987.
"Thermal Modeling of POL Bulk Storage Tanks," presented at the 24th ASME/AIChE National Heat Transfer Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, ASME HTD-Vol. 78, pp. 85-95, August 1987.
"Using an Energy Index to Assess the Effectiveness and Potential of Energy Management Programs" with W. G. Steele, presented at the 1987 ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, June 29, 1987.
"A Simplified Energy Audit Technique for Generic Buildings," with W. G. Steele, presented at the 1986 ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, June 22, 1986.
"Discrete Element Modeling Efforts in Surface Roughness Effects on Turbu¬lent Flow and Heat Transfer," with R. P. Taylor and H. W. Coleman, USAF/FRG Data Exchange Agreement Meeting, Wright Aeronautical Labs, Wright Patterson, AFB, OH, June 10, 1986.
"An Investigation of Surface Roughness Effects on Adiabatic Wall Tempera¬ture," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, AIAA Paper 85 1657 presented at the 18th AIAA Fluid Mechan¬ics, Plasma Dynamics and Lasers Conference, Cincinnati, OH, July 1985.
"Prediction of Turbulent Rough Wall Skin Friction Using a Discrete Element Approach," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, ASME Paper 85 FE 2 presented at the ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 1985.
"Prediction of Turbulent Flow Over Two dimensional, Rib type Surface Roughness," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, International Symposium on Refined Flow Modeling and Turbulence Measurements, September 1985, Iowa City, IA.
"Discrete Element Prediction Approach for Turbulent Flow over Rough Surfaces," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, USAF/FRG Data Exchange Agreement Meeting, NSWC, White Oak, MD, May 9, 1984.
"A Computational Method for Turbulent Flow over Rough Surfaces Using a Discrete Element Approach," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, present¬ed at the 3rd International Conference on Boundary and Interior Layers, Dublin, Ireland, June 20 22, 1984.
"How to Use Generic Building Concepts to Streamline Energy Audits," with W. G. Steele, presented at the 6th World Energy Engineering Congress, Atlanta, GA, December 1983.
"The Use of the Energy Utilization Index in Energy Surveys for Generic Buildings," with W. G. Steele, presented at the 5th World Energy Engineering Congress, Atlanta, GA, September 1982.
"Evaluation of Integrated Floor Slab Thermal Storage for Wall Panel Solar Collector," with C. W. Bouchillon, presented at the 4th ASME Solar Confer¬ence, Albuquerque, NM, April 1982.
"Public School Energy Conservation Program (PSEC) for Mississippi," Mississippi Energy Extension Center, 1978-79.
"A Statewide School Energy Audit Program Utilizing School Personnel," with R. E. Forbes et al., presented at the ASME Century II Computer Technology Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 12 15, 1980.
"Conditions Which Prescribe the Evolution of Turbulent Flow Influenced by Roughness," with H. W. Coleman, AIAA Paper 79 1564 presented at the AIAA 12th Fluid and Plasma Dynam¬ics Conf., Williamsburg, VA, July 1979.
"An Assessment of Roughwall Prediction Techniques," presented at the 21st Annual ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, June 18 20, 1979.
"Extended Mixing Length Hypothesis Applications to Transpired or Roughwall Compressible Boundary Layers," ASME Paper 78 HT 22, presented at the 1978 ASME/AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Palo Alto, CA, May 1978.
"The Calculation of Compressible, Transitional, Turbulent, and Relaminarizational Boundary Layers Over Smooth and Rough Surfaces Using an Extended Mixing Length Hypothesis," with J. C. Adams, AIAA Paper 77 682, present¬ed at the AIAA 10th Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Conf., Albuquerque, NM, June 1977.
"The Effects of Retained Condensed Phases Upon the Performance of Solid Propellant Rocket Motors," Alabama Academy of Sciences, May 1970.
"Effect of Acceleration on the Burning Rate of Composite Propellants," with R. L. Glick and L. H. Caveny, AIAA Paper 67 470, presented at the AIAA 3rd Propulsion Joint Specialist Conference, Washington, DC, July 1967.
"The Smoothing of Derivatives of Fourier Series as Applied to Moment Diagrams," AIAA Southeastern Student Conference, First Award Undergradu¬ate Division, 1965.

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

Principal or Co-Principal Investigator:


“MSU Micro-CHP and Bio-fuels Center,” with L. M. Chamra, W. G. Steele, Pedro Mago, U. S. DOE, $518,000. June 2004-June 2005.
“MSU Industrial Assessment Center,” with M. C. Emplaincourt, U.S. DOE (Golden Field Office), $189,376, September 2002-August 2003; $198,000, September 2003-August 2004; $191,999, September 2004-August 2004; five-year projected funding of $871,500.
“Energy Assessment of Eka Chemicals Facility.” with M. C. Emplaincourt, U.S. DOE (Golden Field Office), $30,000, June-September 2005.
“Energy Assessment of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Memphis Facility,” with M. C. Emplaincourt, U. S. Dept. of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), $26,000, June-September 2005.
“Thermal Modeling of Heat Dissipation from a Vertical Electrical Shaft Inside a Tunnel,” The Calvert Company, $11,965, 23 Jun 2003-15 Aug 2003.
“Global Center for Desiccant Technology," Mississippi Valley Gas; $25,000, April 2003- April 2004, advanced desiccant research topics in support of natural gas industry.
“MSU Industrial Assessment Center Special Project,” University City Science Center, $25,000, 1 July 2001-31 March 2002.
“Global Center for Desiccant Technology," Mississippi Valley Gas and Oak Ridge National Laboratory; $419,912, April 2001- February 2003, advanced desiccant research topics in support of U. S. DOE/ORNL programs.
“MSU Industrial Assessment Center,” U.S. DOE/Rutgers University, $185,500, October 2000- September 2001; $185,999, 1 October 2001-September 30, 2002.
“Modeling and Optimizing of Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer on Micro-fin Tubes,” with Louay Chamra, HeatCraft, Inc. and Wolverine Tubes, Inc., $230,441, October 1999-September 2002.
“Real Surface Effects on Turbine Heat Transfer and Aerodynamic Performance,” with R. P. Taylor, DOE Advanced Land-Based Gas Turbine Systems Research Consortium, $321,374, March 1999-March 2002.
"Mississippi Energy Research Center Supplemental Funds," Division of Energy, Mississippi Dept. of Community and Economic Development, $70,000, Grant GT-99-011-001, March 1999-June 2001.
“Advanced Desiccant Technologies Research,” with W. G. Steele, J. W. Stevens, and A. Jalalzadeh-Azar, U. S. DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Gas Research Institute, Hearin Foundation Grant, September 1998-February 2001, $560,000.
“Global Center for Desiccant Technology," Mississippi Valley Gas; $100,000, March 2000- March 2001, residential desiccant development/testing in support of HeatCraft (Grenada, MS) manufacturing.
"Global Center for Desiccant Technology," American Gas Cooling Center, Southern Natural Gas, Mississippi Valley Gas, Texas Gas Transmission, Koch Gateway Pipeline, Gas Research Institute; $125,000, August 1995-October 1996; $150,000 October 1996-October 1997; $125,000 December 1997-December 1998, $100,000 December 1998-December 1999.
“MSU Industrial Assessment Center,” with R. E. Forbes, U.S. DOE/Rutgers University, $183,000, October 1997-30 September 1998; $184,750, 1 October 1998-September 30, 1999: $155,750, 1 October 1999-September 30, 2000 .
"MSU Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center," with R. E. Forbes, U.S. DOE/Rutgers University, $120,050, 1 October 1994-30 September 1995; $161,000, 1 October 1995-September 30, 1996; $181,000, 1 October 1996-30 September 1997.
"Activating the Mississippi Energy Research Center," Division of Energy, Mississippi Dept. of Community and Economic Development, $500,000, Grant GT-95-181-01, 1 July 1994-30 June 1996.
"Using Mass Addition in Diffusers for Altitude Simulation in Large Rocket Engine Testing," NASA/Stennis Space Center, $13,999, June 1994-May 1995.
"Development of an Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center at Mississippi State University," with R. E. Forbes, U. S. DOE/Rutgers University, $67,260, 1 October 1993-30 September 1994.
"Validated Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Prediction Methods Based on the Discrete Element Method: Phase II - The Separation and Reattachment Mechanism," with R. P. Taylor, Argonne National Laboratory, $36,210, 1 June 1992-30 May 1993.
"Validated Heat-Transfer and Pressure-Drop Prediction Methods Based on the Discrete Element Method: Phase I - Boundary-Layer Thinning Mechanism (3-D Roughness)," with R. P. Taylor, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, November 1991-February 1992, $15,997.
"Characterization of a Thermal Energy Storage System Utilizing an Encapsu¬lated Phase Change Storage Material," with G. A. Adebiyi, W. G. Steele, and R. E. Forbes, Martin-Marietta Energy System, Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Revision I, 1991-1992, $100,000.
"Development of a Collapse Factor Simulation Program and PC-Based DTF Simulation Program," with Keith Koenig, NASA Stennis Space Center, $49,948, June-December 1991.
"Characterization of a Thermal Energy Storage System Utilizing an Encapsu¬lated Phase Change Storage Material," with G. A. Adebiyi, W. G. Steele, and R. E. Forbes, Martin-Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1989-1991, $230,686.
"Thermal Modeling of Fixed Installation Targets," U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experi¬ment Station, 1987-1992, $243,964, initial year funding $44,197, no additional funding because of change in mission of funding agency.
"Development of a Model for the Transient Thermal Behavior for Fractured Dry Granite Beds During Geothermal Energy Extraction," Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute, 1990-1991, $6,885.
"Investigations of Rough Surface Effects on Turbulent Boundary Layers," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, U. S. Air Force Systems Command, 1987, $37,309.
"Surface Roughness Effects Water Tunnel," with H. W. Coleman and R. P. Taylor, U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1985-1987, $48,737.
"Generalized Roughness Effects on Turbulent Boundary Layer Heat Transfer," with H. W. Coleman, U. S. Air Force Armament Laboratory, 1981-1983, $123,396.
"Development and Improvement of a Course in Energy Systems Design," NSF LOCI Grant SER80-01005, 1980-1982, $8,361. Associate Investigator:
"Testing and Evaluation of Heat Recovery/Seed Recovery," U. S. Dept. of Energy, Contract DE-AC02-80ET-15601, January 1980-August 1980.