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Brent W. Webb

Graduate Students

PhD Students:
1.      J. Stevens, 1991, “Measurements of Local Fluid Velocities in an Axisymmetric, Free Liquid Jet Impinging on a Flat Plate”
 
2.      B.W. Butler, 1992, “An Experimental Evaluation of Radiant Energy Transport in Parti­cle-Laden Flames”
 
3.      Y. Pan, 1993, “Local Heat Transfer Characteristics of Impinging Free-Surface Liquid Jets and Jet Arrays”
 
4.      M. Denison, 1994, “A Spectral Line-Based Weighted-Sum-of-Gray Gases Model for Arbitrary RTE Solvers”
 
5.      J. Rigby, 1996, “Experimentally Determined Optical Properties and Chemical Compositions of Coal-Derived Soot”
 
6.      T. Morton, 1997, “An Exact Solution for a New Elliptical Patch of Uniform Vorticity with an Application to Drag Prediction”
 
7.      V. Solovjov, 1999, “Spectral Line-Based Weighted-Sum-of-Gray-Gases Modeling of Radiative Transfer in Multicomponent Mixtures of Hot Gases”
 
8.      B. Liechty, 2008, “Material Flow Behavior in Friction Stir Welding”
 
9.      B. Wolford, 2009, “Laminar and Turbulent Flow of a Liquid Through Channels with Superhydrophobic Walls Exhibiting Alternating Ribs and Cavities” (with D. Maynes)
 
10.    D. Frankman, 2009, “Radiation and Convection Heat Transfer in Wildland Fire Environments”
 
 
MS Students:
1.      A.B. McEntire, 1988, “Convective Heat Transfer From Two-Dimensional Discrete Heat Sources Along a Vertical Channel”
 
2.      T.J. Martin, 1988, “An Interferometric Study of Heat Flow in a Channel With Discrete Heat Sources” (with H. Heaton)
 
3.      J. Stevens, 1988, “Measurements of Local Heat Transfer Coefficients: Results for an Axisymmetric, Single-Phase Water Jet Impinging Normally on a Flat Plate With Uni­form Heat Flux”
 
4.      J.A. Olsen, 1989, “Experimental Measurement of Local Convective Heat Transfer Coef­ficients From a Three-Dimensional Cubical Protrusion” (with M.Q. McQuay)
 
5.      P.T. Roeller, 1989, “Forced Convection from Two- and Three-Dimensional Heated Pro­trusions in Channels”
 
6.      M. Chadwick, 1989, “Natural Convection From Discrete Heat Sources in Vented and Unvented Enclosures”
 
7.      G. Whidden, 1990, “Air Jet Impingement Heat Transfer From Two-Dimensional Protrud­ing Discrete Heat Sources With Crossflow of the Spent Air”
 
8.      M. Sefcik, 1990, “Buoyancy-Driven Flow and Heat Transfer in a Vertically-Vented En­closure”
 
9.      K. Oliphant, 1990, “A Comparison of Jet and Spray Impingement Cooling” (with M.Q. McQuay)
 
10.    D. Lytle, 1990, “Air Jet Impingement Heat Transfer at Low Nozzle-to-Plate Spacings”
 
11.    C. Boyack, 1992, “Heat Transfer Characteristics of Two Submerged Slot Jets Impinging Symmetrically on a Heated Plate”
 
12.    C. McDonald, 1992, “Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Cylindrical Pin Fin Ar­rays”
 
13.    B. Elison, 1993, “Submerged and Free-Surface Liquid Jet Impingement Heat Transfer for Fully Developed Laminar and Transitional Flows”
 
14.    J. Newbold, 1997, “Combustion Measurements and Modeling of an Industrial, Gas-Fired, Flat-Glass Furnace” (with M.Q. McQuay)
 
15.    K. Garrett, 1998, “The Effect of Drainage Configuration on Heat Transfer under an Impinging Liquid Jet Array”
 
16.    R. Hayes, 1999, “Measurements of Radiation Heat Transfer in Glass Melting Furnaces” (with M.Q. McQuay)
 
17.    J. Judy, 2001, “Measurements of Liquid-Flow Pressure Drop in Microtubes” (with D. Maynes)
 
18.    S.G. Tuttle, 2002, “Characterization of Local, Time-Mean and Time-Resolved Heat Transfer from an Impinging Flame Jet” (with M.Q. McQuay)
 
19.    B. Thompson, 2003, “Characterization of the Hydrodynamically Developing Flow in a Microtube using Molecular Tagging Velocimetry” (with D. Maynes)
 
20.    J. Jones, 2003, “Development of an Advanced Stem Heating Model”
 
21.    S. Broderick, 2004 “Thermally Developing Electro-osmotic Convection in
Circular Microchannels” (with D. Maynes)
 
22.    J. Tenny, 2004, “Numerical Simulations in Electro-Osmotic Flow” (with D. Maynes)
 
23.    J. Covington, 2005, “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Tool Heating During Friction Stir Welding”
 
24.    J. Young, 2005, “Microparticle Influenced Electro-osmotic Flow” (with D. Maynes)
 
25.    S. Salisbury, 2005, “A Method for Characterizing the Properties of Industrial Foams” (with M. Jones)
 
26.    J. Davies, 2006, “Analysis of Viscous Drag Reduction and Thermal Transport Effects for Microengineered Ultrahydrophobic Surfaces” (with D. Maynes)
 
27.    K. Jeffs, 2007, “Numerical Study of Fully-Developed Laminar and Turbulent Flow through Microchannels with Longitudinal Microstructures” (with D. Maynes)
 
28.    J. Pearson, in progress, “Droplet Impingement on Ultrahydrophobic Surfaces” (with D. Maynes)
 
 
Honors Student Advisement:
1.      L.G. Hansen, 1992, “Enhanced Surface Air Jet Impingement Heat Transfer”
 
 
Post-Doctoral Fellows/Research Associates
1.      D. Gera, Ph.D. from U. West Virginia, 1997 – 1998
2.      J. Wang, Ph.D. from Instituto Superior, Lisbon, Portugal, 1998 – 2001
3.      S. Brewster, Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley, 1998 – 2001
Brent W. Webb
Professor and AVP

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