Office: Steinman Hall T 241
Tel: (212) 650 8584
Fax: (212) 650-8013
Email: kawaji@me.ccny.cuny.eduEducation:
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1984;
M.S. University of California, Berkeley, 1979
B.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 1978
Current Professional Affiliations:
Member, Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO);
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME);
Fellow, Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE);
Senior Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE);
Chair of Transport and Energy Processes (TEP) Division (2009-10) ;
Member, American Nuclear Society (ANS);
Member, Heat Transfer Society of Japan;
Member, Japanese Society of Multiphase Flow, Member;
Areas of Expertise:
Multiphase flow and phase change heat transfer;
Nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics and safety analysis ;
Microfluidics;
micro-heat pipes;
Microgravity fluid physics and transport phenomena;
Thermal energy storage;
Current Research Interests:
Use of self-rewetting fluids in energy systems including nuclear reactors;
Adiabatic gas-liquid two-phase flow in microchannels ;
Buoyancy-induced intermittent flow phenomena in nuclear reactors;
Pulsating heat pipes ;
Phase change nano-emulsions for thermal energy storage;
Vibration effects on fluid-particle systems under microgravity;
Marangoni convection in liquid bridges under microgravity;
Phase equilibrium behavior of bitumen-gas mixtures;
Thermal diffusion in binary and tertiary mixtures;
Heat transfer enhancement in rotary kilns;
Collaborators:
Prof. Taehun Lee (CCNY);
Prof. Sanjoy Banerjee (CCNY) ;
Prof. H.N. Tran (University of Toronto);
Prof. Ziad Saghir (Ryerson University);
Recent and frequently cited publications:
Books:
Kauffeld, M., Kawaji, M. and Egolf P.W., 2005. Handbook on Ice Slurries: Fundamentals and Engineering, International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris, France.
Kabov O., Kawaji, M., Ohta H., and Zhao J.F. (Ed.), 2008. Journal of Microgravity Science and Technology, Vol. 20, No. 3-4, 2008.
Journal Papers:
Kawahara, A., Chung. P.M.Y., and Kawaji, M., 2002. Investigation of two-phase flow pattern, void fraction and pressure drop in a microchannel. International J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 28/9, pp. 1411-1435.
Hassan, S., Lyubimova, T.P., Lyubimov, D.V. and Kawaji, M., 2006. The effects of vibrations on particle motion in a semi-infinite fluid cell. ASME J. Applied Mechanics, Vol. 73(4), pp. 610-621.
Hassan, S., Kawaji M., Lyubimova T.P., and Lyubimov D.V., 2006. Effects of vibrations on particle motion near a wall: Existence of attraction force. International J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 32, pp. 1027-1054.
Simic-Stefani, S., Kawaji, M. and Hu, H., 2006. G-jitter induced motion of a protein crystal under microgravity. Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 294, pp. 373-384.
Simic-Stefani, S., Kawaji, M. and Yoda, S., 2006. Onset of oscillatory thermocapillary flow in acetone liquid bridges: the effect of evaporation. International J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 49, pp. 3167-3179.
Pan, S., Yan, Y., Jaber, T.J., Kawaji, M. and Saghir, Z.M., 2007. Evaluation of thermal diffusion models for ternary hydrocarbon mixtures. J. of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Vol. 32(3), pp. 241-249.
Ide, H., Kimura, R., and Kawaji, M., 2007. Optical measurement of void fraction and bubble size distributions in a microchannel. Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 713-719.
Pan, S., Saghir, Z.M., Jiang, C.G., Yan, Y. and Kawaji, M., 2007. A theoretical approach to evaluate thermodiffusion in alkanol aqueous solutions. J. of Chemical Physics, Vol. 126, 014502.
Hassan, S. and Kawaji, M., 2008. The effects of vibrations on particle motion in a fluid cell: Effect of liquid viscosity. ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 75, Issue 3, 031012 (published on line).
Ide, H., Kimura, R., and Kawaji, M., 2009. Effect of inlet geometry on adiabatic gas-liquid two-phase flow in a microchannel, Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 30, No.1 & 2, pp. 37-42.
Kawaji, M., Mori, K., and Bolintineanu, D., 2009. The effects of inlet geometry and gas-liquid mixing on two-phase flow in microchannels, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol.131, Issue: 4, Article Number: 041302.
Abbasi, A., Saghir, M.Z., and Kawaji, M., 2009.A new approach to evaluate the thermodiffusion factor for associating mixtures, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 130, Issue: 6, Article Number: 064506.
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