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Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) Program

Contact 1. Contact . SWCNT. T. T 1. T 2. x. Patrick Phelan, Program Director NSF CBET November 2006 (703)292-8371 pphelan@nsf.gov. Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) Program . Research Objectives

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Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) Program

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  1. Contact 1 Contact SWCNT T T1 T2 x Patrick Phelan, Program Director NSF CBET November 2006 (703)292-8371 pphelan@nsf.gov Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) Program

  2. Research Objectives Fundamental understanding of thermal transport at the microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic levels for the conversion of energy, the synthesis and processing of materials, cooling and heating of buildings and equipment, biological systems, the interaction of industrial processes with the environment Major Funded Topics Synthesis, manufacturing, and integration of nanothermal Systems Multiphase transport High heat flux micro-engineering Manufacturing and materials processing Complex convective flow processes Thermal properties Design, control and optimization TTP Program Scope

  3. TTP Active Awards

  4. TTP FY06 Activity

  5. TTP FY06 CAREER Projects • H. Hu, Iowa State University CAREER: Development of Molecule-Based Diagnostic Technique to Study Joule Heating and Micro-Scale Heat Transfer Process in Electrokinetically-Driven Microfluidics • S. Huxtable, Virginia Tech CAREER: Measurements, Understanding, and Control of Interfacial Thermal Transport and Recruiting Young Minorities to Science and Engineering • J. Lukes, University of Pennsylvania CAREER: Integrated Approach for Modeling Thermal Energy Transport in Mesoscale Arrays of Nanostructures

  6. TTP Research ThemesRelative to CBET Priority Areas CBET Priority Areas TTP Themes Energy, Environment, & Sustainability Nanotransport applied to energy, manufacturing, and health Nanoscale Science & Engineering High heat flux micro-engineering Thermal transport in materials processing and manufacturing Cyberinfrastructure Multi-Scale Modeling Thermal transport in energy systems Biology in Engineering

  7. Examples of Awards in Theme Areas CAREER: Nanoscale Thermal Processing with a Heated Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Tip (Bill King, Georgia Tech) Heated AFM tip is used to: • Explore and improve nanoscale properties of energetic and other materials • Quickly, accurately, and inexpensively manufacture materials with nanoscale features, such as digital memory and tissue scaffolds • Resulted in Technology Review 2006 Young Innovators Under 35 recognition World’s Smallest Controlled Heat Source

  8. Examples of Awards in Theme Areas SGER: A New Innovative Miniature Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (Amir Faghri, University of Connecticut) • Planar fuel cell stack • Pure methanol fuel (liquid or vapor) • Air-breathing • No pumping • No external power sources needed • Passive water recirculation • Orientation-independent operation Planar Air-Breathing Fuel Cell Stacks

  9. Where are the frontiers?1TTP Looking Forward • Challenges remain in continuum level phenomena that will continue to nurture mature fields at a lower level • Multi-phase, multi-component, high turbulence, coupled reacting flows with heat transfer, but • Micro and Nanoscale Engineering will continue to be the dominant driver of modern Thermal Science • High heat flux, small scales, convective and nanoscale interfacial phenomena driven by emerging integrated electronics, future nanoelectronics, and bio-interfaces • Synthesis, characterization and modeling of nanomaterials and nanostructures and integration into nanosystems; motivates research in nano-manufacturing • Rapid transition of ideas, measurements, and modeling to two emerging, transcendent areas: • Sustainable energy (Hydrogen, Nano-photovoltaics) • Cellular and Molecular engineering 1 ”Frontiers in Transport Phenomena Research and Education: Energy Systems, Biological Systems, Security, Information Technology, and Nanotechnology” - an NSF/TTP Funded Workshop, scheduled for May 2007

  10. One Frontier: Energy Balance and Obesity Obesity is an increasingly important American public health concern. Working with NIH and the NSF BES Division, the TTP program supported a workshop in June 2006, to bring together medical practioners, public health specialists, and engineering researchers to address this crucial issue. • A joint NIH/NSF solicitation on Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity was issued in August 2006 PI: James Hill, Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (workshop organizer)

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