Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Fluid Flow and Thermal Science (ICFFTS 2024)
November 21 - 23, 2024 |Lisbon, Portugal
The keynote information for the 5th International Conference on Fluid Flow and Thermal Science (ICFFTS 2024) is as follows:
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Majid Bahrami
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dr. Gretar Tryggvason
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Thomas Adams
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Dr. Guillermo Paniagua
Purdue University, USA
Dr. Majid Bahrami
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dr. Bahrami is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Alternative Energy Conversion Systems at SFU. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers (FCAE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (FASME). Bahrami championed interdisciplinary, collaborative research in multitudes of sustainable clean energy systems, including: harvesting and transforming low-grade heat for sustainable air conditioning, thermal energy storage, atmospheric water harvesting, heat pump systems and dehumidification for applications in automotive, agri-food, sustainable city, and hybrid thermal electric microgrids. He has a strong track record in successful collaboration with national and international research institutes and industry. He formed 2 start-ups; won national and international research and innovation awards; published 12 patents and 350 publications; and supervised 180+ highly qualified personnel, including 8 professors.
Topic of Keynote:
Waste Heat and Sorption Technology: A Pathway to Decarbonize District Energy
Dr. Gretar Tryggvason
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Gretar Tryggvason is the Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins University and the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his PhD from Brown University in 1985 and was on the faculty of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor until 2000, when he moved to Worcester Polytechnic Institute as the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Between 2010 and 2017 he was the Viola D. Hank professor at the University of Notre Dame and the chair of the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Professor Tryggvason is well known for his contributions to computational fluid dynamics; particularly the development of methods for computations of multiphase flows and for pioneering direct numerical simulations of such flows. He served as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computational Physics 2002-2015, is a fellow of APS, ASME and AAAS, and the recipient of several awards, including the 2012 ASME Fluids Engineering Award and the 2019 ASTFE Award.
Topic of Keynote:
Numerical Simulations of Complex Multiphase Flows
Dr. Thomas Adams
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Thom Adams is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA. He earned his BS from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and his MS and PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, all in Mechanical Engineering. He is the only faculty member in the history of Rose-Hulman to have received all three of the institute’s highest honors, including winning the Outstanding Scholar Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award, and being appointed the Herman A. Moench Distinguished Professor. His early work in single-phase and two-phase heat transfer in microchannels represents some of the seminal work in the field. He later became a leading educator in the field of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and authored a first of its kind textbook on the subject aimed at an audience of undergraduate technical majors regardless of specific discipline. His current research focuses on what he calls “generalist scholarship,” in which physical systems and processes are purposely modeled using the most fundamental concepts and methods available in order to ascertain physical trends and correlations that often go unnoticed when relying solely on the techniques of modern specialized research. His work has received international acclaim, receiving multiple best paper awards for his work in technical research as well as engineering education.
Topic of Keynote:
Challenging Reductionism—The Truth is Up Here!
Dr. Guillermo Paniagua
Purdue University, USA
Prof. Paniagua’s team specializes in turbines, measurement techniques, and propulsion, focusing on aerodynamics and heat transfer of high-speed internal flows. The central theme of Paniagua’s research is to expand the traditional limits of fluid machinery. Prof. Paniagua’s team aims to pioneer the transition to a world where all propulsion and power generation is clean through creative and rigorous research in high-speed internal flows. The team combines expertise in Measurement techniques, Experimental testing procedures, Theoretical calculations, and Computational analysis with a focus on research and development for turbines and novel thermal-based cycles.
Topic of Keynote:
Advanced Turbine Research for Sustainable Propulsion and Power