This presentation describes in brief my CFD research background in multi-phase flows, my laboratory experience and my future career interests.

1. Brief Description of My CFD Research and Its Relevance to My Career Interests Prepared by: ShantanuKulkarni PhD Candidate, Energy Thermo Fluids Group, Michigan Technological University 1

5. Development of numerical methods, algorithms, and computational techniques to solve non-linear mathematical models of condensing flow physics.

6. Analysis of computational results to develop fundamental understanding about external and internal condensing flows, their attainability, stability, flow regimes, correlations, and controllability.

7. Comparisons/Synthesis of computational results with experimental results and development of lab-based multi-phase flow experiments.

8. Development of effective thermal/fluid system designs for ground based applications, space-based applications, airborne applications, and electronic cooling systems.

9. Applications: Micro-scale Pumped Two-Phase Electronic Cooling Systems, Heat pipes, Rankine Power cycles, Air-water Flow, Turbo-machinery, Nuclear Power Plants, Single-phase Gas Flows, etc.3

11. “Semi Implicit Pressure Linked Equation” method used for descritizing governing equations.

12. Hyperbolic interface tracking equation solver to obtain film data in unsteady mode.

13. Level-set method to improve the interface tracking for non-annular flows.

14. Adaptive griding and structured meshing on homegrown code and un-structured meshing on commercially available software.

15. FORTRAN 77 and MATLAB 2008a with high speed number crunching servers with dual processor capabilities. 1g or 0g 4

19. Height function with adaptive grid (current)

20. Level-set function (planned)Other conditions • Wall conditions • Conditions at infinity (if any) • Inlet/outlet conditions • Initial conditions (t = 0) 5

21. GRID – B EMPLOYS xudi LINES xudi xudi+1 yvm2 GRID  A LINES FOR CFD yvj+1 I = 2 yvj Interface-cell I = 1 yv2 xul1 xui xui+1 xu2 Adaptive Computational Grids Employed for CFD Research 6

23. Teaching students to develop programs to analyze experimental data and compare it to standard data.

24. Teaching students how to develop calibrations for pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, pressure gauges, flow measuring devices, etc.

25. Designing test rigs to conduct different experiments related to fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer.7

26. My Career Interests Technical: Application of my 5 years of experience in CFD simulations, numerical methods, and flow modeling to continue and enhance the ongoing CFD research, Thermal System Research, and Heat Transfer Technologies. Managerial: Development of a great team work, inter-disciplinary functionalities, and a leadership to interact with people and produce efficient performance. Personal: Pursuit of a continuously developing long term engineering career in a knowledge-based, friendly, and highly motivated environment. 8

27. Thank You 9