Graduates Since 1990

Doctor of Philosophy Graduates Since 1990

Dr. Pratap Sadasivan
1990
Dissertation: "Factors Influencing Saturated Flow Boiling Burnout on a Cylindrical Heater"
Advisor: J. H. Lienhard
After Graduation: staff scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dr. Subramian Sankaran
1990
Dissertation: "Highly Subcooled Flow Boiling form a Cylinder in Cross-Flow"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Princeton University

Dr. Ravi Peddinti Reddy
1991
Dissertation: "Cubic Thermodynamic PVT Equations and a Modified Corresponding States Principle"
Advisor: N. Shamsundar
After Graduation: founded computer business in India

Dr. N. Vaidyanathan
1992
Dissertation: "Three-Dimensional Numerical Study of Natural Convection and Melting Around an Iso-thermal Cylinder"
Advisor: N. Shamsundar
After Graduation: research engineer in computational fluid dynamics

Dr. LiDong Huang
1994
Dissertation: "Subcooled Flow Boiling Across Horizontal Cylinders"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Senior research engineer at Heat Transfer Research, Inc. (HTRI)

Dr. William Scott Bousman
1994
Dissertation: "Studies of Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Flow in Microgravity"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Staff scientist with Merck Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Gopinath Warrier
1997
Dissertation: "An Experimental Study of Subcooled Flow Boiling Across Horizontal Cylinders"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Post-doctoral appointment, University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Balaji Maniam
1997
Dissertation: "An Experimental Study of the Turbulent Momentum and Thermal Boundary Layers Beneath a Two-Stream Mixing Layer"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Staff scientist at Creare, Inc.

Dr. Doreen Yun Chin
1997
Dissertation: "An Experimental Study of Flow Boiling in a Narrow Channel: From Convection to Nucleate Boiling"
Advisors: L. C. Witte and D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Engineer in the oil tool industry

Dr. Michael Joseph Barrett
1998
Dissertation: "Skin Friction and Heat Transfer in Turbulent Boundary Layers Subjected to Small-scale Free-stream Turbulence"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Tenure-track professorship at Valparaiso University

Dr. Kathryn Miller Hurlbert
2000
Dissertation: "Flow Dynamics for Two-Phase Flows in Partial Gravities"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Continued career at NASA Johnson Space Center

Dr. Xin Li
2005
Dissertation: "An Experimental Study of the Microlayer Thickness and the Kinematics of a sliding Vapor Bubble"
Advisors: D. K. Hollingsworth and L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Research Engineer with Cummins Power Generation Inc.

Master of Science Graduates Since 1990

Fredéric Reguillot
1990
Thesis: "Pool Boiling on a Large Horizontal Flat Resistance Heater"
Advisor: L. C. Witte & J. H. Lienhard
After Graduation: Engineer in French industry

Christian Struble
1990
Thesis: "An Electrical Method for Measurement of Jet Nucleation Boiling Heat Transfer on Power Transistors in Dielectric Liquids"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Doctoral study in mechanical engineering

Prasad V. Seshadri
1991
Thesis: "A Second-Law-Based Approach to Design of Thermal Systems"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Research engineer with General Electric

Abhay Ashok Watwe
1991
Thesis: "A Study of Nucleate Boiling Incipience Using Liquid Crystal Thermography"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Doctoral study in mechanical engineering

Hugues-Antoine Bourgogne
1991
Thesis: "The Development of a Turbulent Boundary Layer Beneath a Two-Stream Mixing Layer"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Engineering position with Exxon (France)

Chia-Hsian Chang
1991
Thesis: "Transient Thermal Performance of a Solar Pond with Salinity- and Temperature- Dependent Properties"
Advisor: R. B. Bannerot
After Graduation: Doctoral study in mechanical engineering

Tony Tang-Ming Man
1991
Thesis: "A Experimental Study of Spray Cooling of a Simulated Microelectronic Surface"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Doctoral study in mechanical engineering

Vincent Bricout
1992
Thesis: "Three-Dimensional Numerical Study of the Charging and Discharging of a Horizontal, Cylinderical Thermal Storage Tank"
Advisor: R. B. Bannerot
After Graduation: Doctoral study in mechanical engineering

Michael Wayne Futschik
1993
Thesis: "Analysis of Effective Thermal Conductivity of Fibrous Materials"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: engineer in the electric power industry in Houston

Clarissa Ann Belbas
1993
Thesis: "Design and Qualification of a Heat Transfer Surface for Studies of High Turbulence"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Engineering position in the petrochemical industry

Nikhil Mukund Dukle
1994
Thesis: "Thermal Images of the Transition from Jet-Impingement Convection to Nucleate Boiling"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Engineering position in the gas turbine industry

Michael Yesudas
1994
Thesis: "A Study of the Critical Heat Flux Under Small Jet Impingement on a Flat Heater"
Advisor: J. H. Lienhard
After Graduation: engineering employment in Australia

Frank Kuan-Chao Hsu
1994
Thesis: "An Optical Method for Simultaneous Velocity and Diameter Measurements of Droplets in Sprays"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Doctoral study in mechanical engineering

Michael Joseph Barrett
1994
Thesis: "The Numerical Investigation of a Turbulent Boundary Layer with an Elevated Free-stream Turbulence Intensity"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Doctoral study in mechanical engineering

Jennifer Lynn Drapp Hay
1995
Thesis: "Calibration of Thermochromic Liquid Crystals, thesis on detailed calibration of liquid crystal surfaces"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Research engineer in the materials testing industry

Nathan Edward Dalrymple
1995
Thesis: "Quantitative Imaging of Boiling Fronts in Planar Jet-Impingement Convection"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Doctoral study in nuclear engineering

Charles H. Campbell
1999
Thesis: "An Evaluation of Infrared Thermography as Applied to Research in Boiling Heat Transfer"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Doctoral study in aerospace engineering

Leah R. Pate
1999
Thesis: "Investigation of Surface-tension-driven Flows on a Uniform Flux Surface"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: continued career at NASA Johnson Space Center

Stephen W. Miller
1999
Thesis: "Correlating Turbulent Boundary Layer Heat Transfer in the Presence of Free-Stream Turbulence"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: continued career at NASA Johnson Space Center

Muthu S. Lakshminarasimhan
1999
Thesis: "Boiling Incipience in Thin Channels"
Advisors: D. K. Hollingsworth and L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Manufacturing engineering in a Houston company

Baris B. Bayazit
2000
A Thermoraphic Analysis of the Heat Transfer Mechanisms Generated by a Sliding Bubble
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth & L. C. Witte
After Graduation: risk analysis at CMS Energy, Houston

Subramaniam Ramachandran
2001
Thesis: "Correlating Skin Friction and Heat Transfer in Flows with Very High Free-Stream Turbulence Intensity"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation: gas turbine engineering at Siemens Inc., Orlando Florida

Qing Lu
2001
Thesis: "Single and Two-Phase Heat Transfer In A Micro-channel"
Advisors: D. K. Hollingsworth and L. C. Witte
After Graduation: plant engineering at Grant-Prideco Inc., Houston

Marcelino Figueroa
2005
Thesis: "The Evolution of the Microlayer Thickness Above a Sliding Vapor Bubble"
Advisors: D. K. Hollingsworth and L. C. Witte
After Graduation:  aerospace engineering at Boeing Inc. in support of the International Space Station

Erik Daniel
2006
Thesis: "Transition From Boiling Onset To Fully Developed Nucleate Boiling in a Narrow Channel"
Advisor: D. K. Hollingsworth
After Graduation:  design engineer with a private engineering and machining company in Houston

Bachelor of Science with Honors Graduates Since 1990

Anthony W. Smith
1991
Thesis: "Water Modeling of Quenching Tank"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Engineering position in the petrochemical industry

Robert Nicol
1993
Thesis: "Topological Methods in Fluid Dynamics: The ABC Flow Case"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: CEO of construction company in Columbia

Jennifer Lynn Drapp Hay
1993
Thesis: "A Study in the Calibration of Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals for Use in Liquid Crystal Thermography"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Graduate study in mechanical engineering

Ruben E. Martinez
1994
Thesis: "Development of a Cold-Wire Temperature Measurement System"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Graduate study in mechanical engineering

Michael J. Gapinski
1994
Thesis: "Effects of an Evaporative Cooler External Spray System on Combustion Gas Turbine Engine Performance"
Advisor: R. B. Bannerot
After Graduation: Stock broker in Houston

Troy William Dutton
1996
Thesis: "Liquid Crystal Imaging of Surface-Tension-Driven Convection"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Engineering management position in Houston

Hector A. Ayala
1996
Thesis: "Enhanced Boiling: Heat Transfer Manufacturing Artificial Nucleation Sites using Photolithography"
Advisor: L. C. Witte
After Graduation: Graduate study in mechanical engineering

Nehal Sardar Rahim
1998
Thesis: "Liquid Crystal Imaging of High-Turbulence Heat Transfer"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Graduate study in mechanical & biomedical engineering

Sandra K. Geffert
2001
Thesis: "A History of the Cold Chain: Problems in the Transport of Biological Materials"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Graduate study in mechanical & biomedical engineering

Andrew Z. Weaver
2001
Thesis: "Heat Transfer Analysis of a Biomedical Transport Container"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Law School; patent attorney

Enedelia M. Franco
2003
Thesis: "Computational Modeling in Support of the Mars Radiator Characterization Experiment"
Advisor: D. K Hollingsworth
After Graduation: Engineer with Shell Oil