15:00–18:30 Registration
Merit-Limra Hotel, Reception Area8:30–9:00 Registration
Merit-Limra Hotel, entrance of the meeting hall9:00-9:15 Opening
Welcome: A. Majumdar and F. Arinc
Greetings: S. Sideman
9:15-10:00 Keynote Lecture: Dimos Poulikakos
Title: On microscale energy conversion and mechanical power generation through explosive vaporization from microheaters
Moderator: Arun Majumdar
SESSION 1: Micro/Nanoscale Energy Conversion and Transport in Solids Chair: Gang Chen
10:00-10:20 “A molecular dynamics simulation of heat conduction in a carbon nanotube”
S. Maruyama
10:20-10:40 “Thermal transport in single nanowires and nanowire arrays”
D. Li, A. Abramson, S. Huxtable, L. Shi, A. Majumdar
10:40-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:20 “Study of phonon heat transfer in metallic solids from molecular dynamics simulations”
P. Chantrenne, M. Raynaud, D. Baillis
11:20-11:40 “Thermal transport in superlattices”
A. Abramson, S. Huxtable, A. Majumdar
11:40-12:00 “Phonon transport in periodic micro-porous silicon thin films”
D. Song, G. Chen
12:00-12:20 “The Physical Removal of Nanoscale Particles from Surfaces”
A. Busnaina, H. Lin
12:20-15:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00-15:45 Keynote Lecture:Sam Sideman, A Landesberg
Title:Molecular Engines: conversion of biochemical to mechanical energy in the cardiac muscles
Moderator:D. Polikakos
SESSION 2: Single Phase Flow in Micro/Nanostructures Chair: A. Majumdar
15:45-16:05 “Numerical and experimental study of gas flow characteristics in microscale nozzles”
T. Araki, H. Iwai, K. Suzuki
16:05-16:25 “Laminar- to-turbulent flow transition in micro-channels”
G.L. Morini
16:25-16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45-17:30 Keynote Lecture: A. Yabe
Title:Advanced energy conservation technologies utilizing micro/nanoscale phenomena
Moderator: G. Chen
17:30-17:50 “Energy and momentum transfer in an ultra-thin liquid film under shear between solid surfaces”
T. Ohara, T. Yatsunami
18:30-19:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
Merit-Limra Hotel
9:00-9:55 Keynote Lecture:G. Chen, B. Yang, W.L. Liu, R.G. Yang, D. Borca-Tasciuc, A. Jacquot
Title: Energy conversion and transport in nanostructures
Moderator: K. Goodson
SESSION 3: Short Length and Time Scale Radiative Interactions Chair: K. Goodson
9:45-10:05 “Transmission enhancement by using a negative-refractive-index layer”
Z.M. Zhang, C.J. Fu
10:05-10:25 “Short-time radiative transfer through thin scattering slabs: a numerical and theoretical study”
R. Elaloufi, R. Carminati, J.-J. Greffet
10:25-10:45 “Radiative coherent thermal emission by microstructured materials”
F. Marquier, J.-P. Mulet, K. Joulain, R. Carminati, J.-J. Greffet, S. Mainguy, Y. Chen
10:45-11:10 COFFEE BREAK
Chair: Z. M. Zhang
11:10-11:30 “Spectrally selective radiator and absorbers with periodic microstructured surface for high temperature applications”
H. Sai, H. Yugami, Y. Kanamuri, K. Hane
11:30-11:50 “Thermal response of silicon crystal to pico-femtosecond heat pulse by molecular dynamics”
S. Volz, R. Carminati
11:50-12:10 “The effects of scattaring on micro energy transport”
A. Karakas, M. Tunç
12:10-15:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 4: Micro/Nanoscale Multiphase Phenomena Chair: A. Yabe
15:00-15:20 “Fluid interface dynamics and phase transitions inside carbon nanotubes”
C.M. Megaridis, A.G. Yazicioglu, Ö. Aytekin, J. Libera, Y. Gogotsi
15:20-15:40 “Vibration Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Materials: Molecular Dynamics Study”
S. H. Park, J.S. Lee, Y.K. Choi, H.J. Kim
15:40-16:00 “Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Evaporation and Condensation”
Z. J. Wang, M. Chen, Z. Y. Guo
16:00-16:25 COFFEE BREAK
9:00-9:45 Keynote Lecture:Ken Goodson
Title:Thermal Engineering of Electronic Micro and Nanostructures
Moderator: A. Yabe
SESSION 5: Micro/Nanoscale Energy Conversion Devices Chair: K. Okazaki
9:45-10:05 “Pumping mechanism of thermally driven phase transformation type micropump”
X.-B. Yao, M.-R. Wang, Z.-X. Li, Z.-Y. Guo
10:05-10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30-10:50 “Feedstock for micro fuel cells: efficient hydrogen production in the reverse-flow authothermal catalytic microreactors with fractal structuring of the catalytically active surface”
T. Kikas, H. Zhang, I. Bardenshteyn, C. Ejimofor,P. Puri, C. Phillips, A.G. Fedorov
10:50-11:10 “The use of centrifugal fields in electrochemical energy conversion”
B. Worth
11.10- FREE AFTERNOON, TOURS
9:00-9:45 Keynote Lecture:R. Carminati
Title:Radiative transfer at mesoscopic scale: the basic concepts revisited
Moderator: S. Maruyama
SESSION 6: Micro/Nanoscale Chemical or Phase Change Effects Chair: R. Carminati
9:45-10:05 “FT-ICR study of precursor clusters of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)”
M. Kohno, S. Inoue, A. Yabe, S. Maruyama
10:05-10:25 “Gas Transport in Nanoporous Hydrophobic Media”
A. Kaisheva, I. Iliev
10:25-10:45 “Oscillatory behavior of nanodroplets”
S. Ardiciacono, Y. Ventikos, D. Poulikakos
10:45-11:10 COFFEE BREAK
11:10-11:55 Keynote Lecture:Arun Majumdar
Title:Statistical Thermodynamics, Energy Conversion and Transport in Biomolecular Devices
Moderator: K. Goodson
11:55-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 7: Energy Conversion and Transport in Micro/Nanostructures Chair: S. Volz
14:00-14:20 “New insight into microscale transport phenomena in PEFC by quantum MD”
R. Jinnouchi, K. Okazaki
14:20-14:40 “The disparate thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube and diamond nanowires studied by atomistic simulation”
J.F. Moreland, J.B. Freund, G. Chen
14:40-15:00 “Study of transient flows of microparticals suspension by use of the tangential microfiltration process”
R. Miri, R. Joulié, G.M. Rios
15:00-15:25 COFFEE BREAK
15:25-15:45 “Size effect on free convection in a square cavity”
Z.-Y. Guo, Z.-X. Li, X.-B. Luo
15:45-16:45 DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
Moderator: D. Poulikakos
16:45-17:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS
F. Arinc & A. Majumdar
19:30- FORMAL CONFERENCE DINNER